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WEIRD MOMENTS IN ROCK HISTORY: Spector and Manson
A crazy rumor I heard: Musical murderers Phil Spector and Charles Manson are both serving time in California’s Corcoran State Prison… apparently Charlie has been trying to get Phil to produce some of his new songs. But Phil isn’t really interested. Maybe because he used to work with real talent like The Beatles and Leonard Cohen …. or maybe he just doesn’t have access to mics and a mixing board in maximum security.
BTW: Did you know that the Beach Boys once recorded a creepy Manson song before the murders started? Oops.
My work performed at LINCOLN CENTER (? kinda???)
Someone sent this to us. Apparently at Lincoln Center’s Unsound Festival last week my Beach Boys/Black Flag T-shirt logo was projected on stage during this:
Sebastian Meissner, Germany’s well-known producer of electronic music, who also works under the name Klimek, collaborates with Kwartludium, one of Poland’s most innovative classical/avant-garde quartets. Together, as Solid State Transmitters, they perform an homage to the artists and sound of California’s infamous punk label SST Records, often described as the most influential and popular underground indie label of the 1980s. Essential songs from the SST catalog will be reinterpreted in a surprising, strikingly beautiful manner, to reveal their persisting uniqueness and relevance.
Beach Boys T-Shirts for sale
Holiday shopping begins now! You can pick up these two shirts from my tee distributor Miss Wit at her website, or stop by her booth at the following local fairs and markets!
Bowery Bazaar
Dec. 4/5/6
351 Bowery (3rd & 4th Ave)
Gifted Holiday Fair
Dec. 9-13
20 E. 4th Street and Lafayette
Brooklyn Lyceum Holiday Craft Market
Dec. 19/20
277 4th Ave. Brooklyn
We’ve got another T-Shirt for sale!
For all the ultra music geeks out there: A Beach Boys/Black Flag mashup. If you’ve always liked hardcore punk but you really dig the oldies (or vise-versa!), than this is the shirt for you. Click on over to Miss Wit T-Shirts to purchase one! There’s also this other Beach Boys shirt for sale based on my Pop Cultural Chart!
FUN FACT: Both of these bands started out within 5 miles of each other in the outskirts of southern Los Angeles!
Hey, remember that Beach Boys Pop Cultural Chart? Well now you can have it on a T-Shirt. It’s the perfect gift for people who like the music of the Beach Boys AND the data analysis of Venn diagrams! They can be purchased over here at Miss Wit Designs.
Or to get it at a special discounted price, pick one up from Miss Wit’s table at the WFMU Record fair this weekend in NYC! Fun Fun Fun.
Summer is high time for listening to the Beach Boys.
Mike Love and Brian Wilson: the yin and yang of pop music. The libidinous bully and the fragile man-child genius. Id and superego. Testicles and heart.
More of my Beach Boys inspired work: Pop Cultural Chart and Concert in Kelv
From the archives: Halloween 2004: Mark “Lloyd” Vitelli and myself as Mike & Brian. The original Nite Fite? Actually, the similarities to Penalty & Lloyd are eerie.
The “Early Beach Boys Hit Song Topics” chart was featured in a recent issue of The New York Times style magazine… despite it being neither newsworthy nor stylish.
The British newspaper “The Guardian” wrote a little article about my Pop-Cultural Charts this weekend :
“Dan Meth is a web cartoonist with a rep for funny viral films, but you may know him best for the pop culture charts that are among the most linked to blog entries in the history of the internet ever. Entries include a Venn diagram of early Beach Boys lyrics, a map of sitcom locations and a film trilogy meter ranking them in order of greatness (the second in a series is invariably better than the original; the third never is). Meth’s most recent, The Futuristic Movie Timeline is, he says, “by far the geekiest thing I’ve ever done”, and charts and ranks when sci-fi movies were made and when they were set…”
Early Beach Boys Hit Song Topics
#5 In A Series Of Pop-Cultural Charts
Jeff Rubin is a fellow College Humor writer as well as a fellow Beach Boys fan. He suggested this idea to me after seeing my other charts and discussing our favorite band. Back before “Pet Sounds”, drugs, and mental breakdowns, Brian Wilson pretty much only wrote about three things: Girl, Cars, and Surfing.
THE CHRONICLES OF KELV: The Beach Boys
In 1970, the Beach Boys arrived in Kelv to play a controversial concert at the Bladovak Opera House. Their intention was to bring a message of rebellion against the oppressive Perpendikulon government.
Unfortunately less that 1% of the Kelvic population understands English. The political lyrics of their song “Breakaway” were met by an uncomprehending audience.
The Beach Boys’ visit only deteriorated after the concert. Drummer Dennis Wilson tried to surf in the sea of Kyuuth and was mildly poisoned by the magnesium-filled waters. Singer Mike Love was involved in three separate street-fights. They were all so shaken by the strange things they saw in Kelv (especially leader Brian Wilson) that their demise as a band and as individuals is widely regarded as a direct result of the tour.
*** Musician John Crave wrote a song about this event. Click here to hear it.
