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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.
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.
