Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Oh WTF, Let's Just Make it Beach Boys Week: Special "Why Didn't I Get the Memo?" Edition

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From 1996, and unknown to me prior to last Sunday, please enjoy this absolutely astoundingly wonderful clip of veteran British rockers Statu...
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Monday, June 16, 2025

My Last Brian Wilson-Related Post For the Time Being: Special More "Fun, Fun, Fun" from Finland Edition

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Attentive readers will recall my recent posting of a bizarre (for want of a better word) cover of The McCoy 's "Beat the Clock...
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Friday, June 13, 2025

Brian Wilson: My Long Goodbye

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[I originally posted this defense of the Beach Boys in the comments section back here in 2006(!). It was occasioned by NYMary's surprise...
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Thursday, June 12, 2025

Goodbye Brian

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I'm still having trouble processing the head Beach Boys ' passing; all I can really say is that it hit me much harder than I expecte...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Brian Wilson 1942 - 2025

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This is a true story, swear to god. This afternoon, while walking home from lunch at my Forest Hills watering hole, an attractive woman (of...
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And Speaking as We Were of the Late Great Bob Andrews...

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Okay, this is going to be a little convoluted, so please indulge me; it'll be worth it, I promise. So I was a huge fan of the first two...
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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Tuesday's Cartoon Chuckle(s)

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Okay, I know the Davis one isn't a cartoon but it cracked me up anyway so cut me some slack.😎 Regular music posting resumes on the...
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Monday, June 09, 2025

Capt. Al's 21st Century: Part VIII -- The Shape of Things to Come? Possibly!!!

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[As attentive readers will recall, our old friend (and more important, Friend of PowerPop©) Allan Rosenberg, aka Capt. Al, has been toiling ...
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Sunday, June 08, 2025

Bob Andrews 1949 - 2025

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Oh hell. My all-time favorite rock keyboardist (alright, tied with Nicky Hopkins ) passed last Thursday. He was my favorite member of Brins...
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Friday, June 06, 2025

La Fin de La Semaine Essay Question: Special "Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out" Edition

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So I chanced across this quite fabulously evocative photo the other day. That is, of course, the pre- Grace Slick edition of Jefferson...
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