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December 12, 2012
12 Best Gifts for People Who Love L.A.
See also: *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Best of L.A. issue and our Best of L.A. app What do you get someone who has everything: a beautiful home, great food and legal marijuana? From endless gift certificates to countless books and DVDs, there's ... More >>
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September 27, 2012
10-Year Anniversary of Light in the Attic Records
See also: *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Best of L.A. issue and our Best of L.A. app What do you get someone who has everything: a beautiful home, great food and legal marijuana? From endless gift certificates to countless books and DVDs, there's ... More >>
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June 3, 2012
The Beach Boys - Hollywood Bowl - 6/2/12
The Beach Boys The Hollywood Bowl 6/2/12 See also: A Tour Of Beach Boys' Haunts In Their Hometown Of Hawthorne, California - With Pictures Better Than: Your average Carnie Wilson show. This year in the UK, Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee is bringing together millions of her subjects (and pl ... More >>
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March 5, 2012
1041 Studios Fire Damages Hollywood Venue Where Beatles, Elvis, Beach Boys Recorded
A studio complex where the Beatles, Elvis and the Beach Boys recorded went up in flames tonight, according to the L.A. Fire Department and reports. The blaze at 1041 N. Orange Avenue in Hollywood (a.k.a. 1041 Production Studios) was reported about 7 p.m. and was put out in 18 minutes, according to ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
Chef Jonathan Waxman: KCRW Guest DJ Set
The latest chef to step behind the virtual turntable at KCRW is Jonathan Waxman, who returns to his Southern California roots in his set for the radio station's Guest DJ Project. Waxman, the chef/owner of Barbuto in New York City and author Italian My Way, has a short but diverse list that includes ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
Why The Beach Boys' Reunion Is A Terrible Idea
Brian Wilson and Mike Love back in the daySee also: *Henry Rollins: The Column! The Beach Boys' SMiLE: Even Better than Advertised *A Tour Of Beach Boys' Haunts In Their Hometown Of Hawthorne, California - With Pictures! "A lot of people are thinking that Mike Love is crazy but they've been ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
Henry Rollins: The Column! The Beach Boys' SMiLE: Even Better than Advertised
[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] See also: A Tour Of Beach Boys' Haunts In Their Hometown Of Hawthorne, California - With ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
Best Posts Of The Week
We've got nothing but love for Heavy D, who died this week at his Beverly Hills home. Dan Hyman wrote a touching memorial for a man who was a pioneer of the hip-hop/R&B hybrid. This week will be remembered for sunnier news as well, however: We finally enacted Nigel Tufnel day. And it's toda ... More >>
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November 7, 2011
The Five Dopiest Beach Boys Songs, Including One Where Brian Wilson Raps
Wait, where are our wetsuits? See also: A Tour Of Beach Boys' Haunts In Their Hometown Of Hawthorne, California - With Pictures! Last week saw the release of the Beach Boys' The Smile Sessions box set, and folks can't stop talking about how amazing it is. In fact, the recent splurge of criti ... More >>
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November 1, 2011
A Tour Of Beach Boys' Haunts In Their Hometown Of Hawthorne, California - With Pictures!
Sean J. O'ConnellToday Capitol Records releases one of the greatest lost albums of all time -- the Beach Boys' Smile. Brian Wilson intended this "teenage symphony to God" as a follow-up to Pet Sounds and countless tapes were recorded. But owing to a hazy blitz of paranoia and group in-fightin ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Hermosa Beach Cigarette Nazis Ban Smoking Pretty Much Everywhere in South Bay Town
Ian BroylesHermosa Beach: Woo! Wait, not woo.Ah, the South Bay. Home of the Beach Boys, the laid-back, California lifestyle and, of course, white people partying. And now it's also where you'll find ... cigarette Nazis! That's right, the salt-air breezes don't seem to dissipate the anti-s ... More >>
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June 13, 2011
Natali and Lady Gaga? How About The Five Most Truly Talented Sets of Siblings In American Music?
Over the weekend we became aware of the fact that Lady Gaga a) has a little sister named Natali Germanotta and b) that Natali is pretty stylish, just like her big sis. This got us thinking about all the other famous musicians out there with siblings that are just as talented as they are, even if ... More >>
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June 2, 2011
Page Two: Cerebral Ballzy Are Brainy, Nuts
Over the weekend we became aware of the fact that Lady Gaga a) has a little sister named Natali Germanotta and b) that Natali is pretty stylish, just like her big sis. This got us thinking about all the other famous musicians out there with siblings that are just as talented as they are, even if ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
Design of the Week: Alvarius B.
Alan Bishop gets his Busby Berkeley on
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December 27, 2010
LA's Coolest Producers (Daedelus, Schlomo, etc.) Do Prince, Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey, Soulja Boy and More (Free Download of Entire Album)
Los Angeles' Friends of Friends Music has spent 2010 figuring out how to reinvent the way music is released and as a thank you for a successful year, FoF is giving fans a free download of its Pop Massacre compilation. FoF gave its favorite producers simple instructions: "choose a song from a ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
Road Strories: The Musicians
Los Angeles' Friends of Friends Music has spent 2010 figuring out how to reinvent the way music is released and as a thank you for a successful year, FoF is giving fans a free download of its Pop Massacre compilation. FoF gave its favorite producers simple instructions: "choose a song from a ... More >>
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November 9, 2010
Today's New Releases: Jonathan Richman, Congotronics Remixes, Gary Wilson and Groove Merchant
Being a selective selection of some of today's new releases--this week, we'll look at a modern lover, a man you think you really know, a new take on Congotronics and soul songs with the spirit of the Beach Boys' SMiLE.
Music
October 7, 2010
Going Coastal
What happens when L.A. bands take the Beach Boys literally?
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July 21, 2010
Al Jardine Reveals Grandiose, "Definite" Plans for Beach Boys Reunion; Brian Wilson and Mike Love, Not So Sure
Eternal optimist Al JardineBeach Boys guitarist Al Jardine recently spoke with Rolling Stone and confirmed that the Beach Boys are going to reunite for at least one concert next year to celebrate the group's 50th anniversary. Jardine tells Rolling Stone the lineup will include himself, Brian ... More >>
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March 25, 2010
The T.A.M.I. Show: Santa Monica Rock City
L.A.'s pre-Woodstock music summit, finally on DVD
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February 11, 2010
First Look at the Forthcoming T.A.M.I. Show DVD Featuring James Brown, Rolling Stones, Lesley Gore, Beach Boys and More
It's a little hard to fathom, the line-up of the legendary T.A.M.I. Show film that was recorded over two days at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1964. There's James Brown and the Flames (before they became "Famous"), Chuck Berry, the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye, the Miracles, Le ... More >>
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January 21, 2010
Appetite for Destruction by Guns 'n Roses: The Word Cloud
When we first starting doing word clouds of classic Los Angeles albums, we knew this day would come, and were itching to find out what a Guns 'n Roses Appetite for Destruction cloud would reveal. Our past exercises have been pretty interesting, if we do say so ourselves. N.W.A's Straight Outta Compt ... More >>
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January 6, 2010
Facebook Fan Page Alert: Is Mike Love of the Beach Boys a Douchebag?
Resolved: The Mike Love is a Douchebag Page, dedicated to spreading the word about the Beach Boys member that Beach Boys fans love to hate. Mike Love, who some people think is a douchebag for what he did to their beloved Beach Boys Specifically, the description of the page: Mike Love, ear ... More >>
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December 1, 2009
Black Flag Word Cloud: 'Damaged' Boiled to Its Essence
In an ongoing effort to better understand the many classic albums of Los Angeles, we've come upon an equation that gets to the heart of the matter without much thinking, analysis, verbiage or any of those other "old-model" music criticism techniques that have become obsolete. Specifically, wo ... More >>
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November 24, 2009
Pet Sounds Word Cloud: The Distilled Truth of Brian Wilson's Lyrics
Sometimes lyrics distilled to their essence reveal truths that the songs/music themselves don't. That's one way of looking at the below word cloud, created with help of the totally awesome wordle website. As a way of getting to the heart of the matter and better understanding classic albums, we've d ... More >>
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August 6, 2009
Auto-Inspired Exhibit
Sometimes lyrics distilled to their essence reveal truths that the songs/music themselves don't. That's one way of looking at the below word cloud, created with help of the totally awesome wordle website. As a way of getting to the heart of the matter and better understanding classic albums, we've d ... More >>
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June 24, 2009
Rhino Announces Landmark LA Reissue: Where The Action Is: Los Angeles Nuggets, 1965-1968
By far, the Official Most Anticipated L.A. Reissue of the Year has officially become the just-announced Los Angeles Nuggets Box that Rhino Records has announced. It's a four CD-box of garage and weird rock classics of the 1960s, a wild ride through an LA long since vanished.
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April 6, 2009
Re-Package Alert: Beach Boys "Summer Love Songs": EMI-Capitol Collection Adds Just Enough Crumbs to Make it Notable
If you're a fan of writing and you've never read Nick Kent's The Dark Stuff, you're missing a great book. You're also missing the best piece of writing on Brian Wilson's crazy days in the 1970s, when the Beach Boys' genius was battling demons and trying to understand, uh, something. Love maybe.
Blogs
March 11, 2009
Capitol to Reissue Key Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beach Boys, Ben Harper Releases on Heavy Vinyl
Capitol Records has just announced its next round of 180 gram vinyl reissues, and it's a fantastic list. This next batch will arrive June 16. The Beach Boys / Sunflower (1 LP, single jacket) The Beach Boys / Surf's Up (1 LP, single jacket, lyrics sheet insert) Plastic Ono Band / Live Peace In To ... More >>
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November 18, 2008
Tonight at the Echo: Wait. Think. Fast. celebrates the Release of Vuelve el Mar at the Echo (MP3)
Despite having a name that will piss off copy editors for the duration of their career, Echo Park quartet Wait. Think. Fast. more than make up for their punctuational demands with generous melody and attentive songcraft. The songs are solid without being rigid, and pretty without being cloying. My ... More >>
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August 15, 2008
John McCain's Favorite Songs of the Past 100 Years
Blender recently posted a list of John McCain's favorite songs. Sure, you could make fun of him for choosing kinda gay stuff like Perez Hilton did, but the more telling fact is that the most recent song on this list is more than thirty years old. Think about that. Thirty-one years have come and ... More >>
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June 27, 2008
This Weekend: The Mae Shi, Fleet Foxes, T.A.M.I. Show at Cinespia
Tonight at Sugar in Silverlake, the Mae Shi play at the Spectrum art opening (see below). The Fleet Foxes, of Seattle, bring their harmonies to the Echo on Saturday and Spaceland on Sunday. Also check out my interview with singer Robin Pecknold in this week's print edition.
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June 24, 2008
Three New Beck Songs Streaming Online
If you don't already know by now, Beck has a new album coming out on July 8 called Modern Guilt. In a carefully crafted rollout, the little one with the big hats has dropped a few songs at a time to calm the obsessives. Three have found their way to iLike. They're streams, but they sound okay. Th ... More >>
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May 19, 2008
New Beck song, "Chemtrails," streaming at Beck.com
photo by Autumn Dewilde It starts off lightly with Beck Hansen in soft, sad falsetto mode, his moan high lonesome and sounding like a missing Beach Boys harmonist. This, friends, is a Southern California song by a Southern Californian which contains a vibe to die for. Then the drums kick in, and t ... More >>
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February 8, 2007
Super Fun Music Hour Podcast #7
A Valentine's Day Special podcast, full of love.
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January 18, 2007
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February 23, 2006
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January 14, 2006
Myspace Taste of the Week
I'd like to think that I'm way more popular in real life than I am on Myspace. I've only got like 50 friends, but that's probably because I only say yes to requests from peeps who truly are friends. Call me a weirdo. Anyway, the pals I do have, happen to have thousands of friends and way too much ... More >>
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November 17, 2005
�Ay, Dios M�o!
South Bay smart-asses Dios (Malos) change their name and their game
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October 6, 2005
The Great Water Heater Launch of 1966
Hawthorne, we have a problem
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September 8, 2005
Live in LA
Hawthorne, we have a problem
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November 11, 2004
Child Is Father of the Man
Brian Wilson sees himself and Smiles
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April 8, 2004
The Lady at the Bottom of the Groove
Brian Wilson sees himself and Smiles
Music
February 26, 2004
Playa Boys
Brian Wilson sees himself and Smiles
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July 5, 2001
Oldies But Goodies
The television event
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September 7, 2000
Mickey and Mortie
The television event
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June 1, 2000
The Steamy Muse
Rhapsodies of light and heat and hope
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December 23, 1999
Between the Waves
Rhapsodies of light and heat and hope
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June 3, 1999
When the Cat Stays
Rhapsodies of light and heat and hope
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June 3, 1999
Sweat and Wild
Rhapsodies of light and heat and hope
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