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Nice article on Al Jardine's Beach Boys Love You tour, and *God* I hope he brings the tour to the UK at some point.
Incidentally, Al talks here about Mike's behaviour at Brian's funeral, and Mike denies Al's version. Al's version is how I heard it from someone who was there and friends with both.
Al Jardine Is Keeping the Beach Boys' Legacy Alive, One Show at a Time
Al Jardine talks about how he's keeping the Beach Boys' legacy alive by playing Brian Wilson's songs on tour with the Pet Sounds Band
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August 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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It's as far as humanly possible from the public image of the Beach Boys, but sums up perfectly what those of us who truly love them love about them.
August 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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David Byrne came to my band’s show at a gay bar in Bed-Stuy and sang This Must Be The Place with us and I still haven’t processed it
August 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Wanna see something cool?

At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is.

The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥
May 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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I miss John Prine

Killing the Blues youtu.be/LZOS2MEV4kw?...
Killing the Blues
YouTube video by John Prine - Topic
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March 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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So great to see a life sign from the fabulous Tom Waits, brings tears to my eyes.

Tom Waits - Tom Traubert's Blues (Live 2025) youtu.be/pbktJytZvTY?...
Tom Waits - Tom Traubert's Blues (Live 2025)
YouTube video by SPianista
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March 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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The new episode of A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs is now up! Part three of our look at "Never Learn Not to Love", the Beach Boys, Charles Manson, and Huddie Ledbetter, this one is where the villain turns up. Not Charles Manson, not Murry Wilson, the *really* bad man. John Lomax.
Song 177: “Never Learn Not to Love” by the Beach Boys, Part 3: “Mister, Can You Give Me Some Direction?”
For those who haven’t heard the announcement I posted, songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the third part of a multi-episode look at the song “Never…
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January 31, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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oh man, peace to garth hudson. if you've never heard it, highly recommend his wild solo album, 2001's "the sea to the north," where he plays many of the instruments & includes his version of "dark star." (his only solo album besides a tape for an art exhibit.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uAA...
January 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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whatever your thoughts on A Complete Unknown, I think we can all agree a movie set during the making Gaucho would be the greatest rock biopic of all time
December 30, 2024 at 10:19 PM
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It's RATMAS!

Enjoy a rat-themed festive bonus episode. Someone has already emailed to say that it made them vomit so do gird yourself.

pod.link/1564066507/e...
December 30, 2024 at 12:08 PM
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I wrote a review of A COMPLETE UNKNOWN: the brand new Bob Dylan bio pic. And I guarantee you it is totally unlike any other critique of the film that you are ever going to run in to. merrillmarkoe.substack.com/p/a-complete...
'A Complete Unknown': The Ballad of TOSHI
And INTRODUCING 'THE TOSHI AWARDS!'
merrillmarkoe.substack.com
December 23, 2024 at 5:57 PM