Like fellow Hawthornean Brian Wilson, #EmittRhodes didn't merely write songs. He painted: Sublime miniatures of harmonic & melodic beauty; canvases sensitive to timbre & tonal mood; direct lyrical expression ("lonely leaking words") of unguarded feeling, one side dark, one light.

NOW STREAMING thru June 27 spinitron.com/WPRK/pl/225741…

I always thought that "Along Comes Mary" by The Association epitomizes what might have been created if Brian and Bob had written together. The harmonies, the bass lines, the production & arrangement surprises, the lyric lines that just keep on coming—it's all there. Just saying.

It’s been one year since the loss of Brian Wilson, American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer best known as the founder of The Beach Boys. Jim had a strong admiration for Brian. In his Elektra Records biography, Jim listed The Beach Boys as one of his favorite groups. “Pet Sounds, Smile - The man is brilliant.” - Jim Morrison Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

BRIAN DOUGLAS WILSON (June 20, 1942–June 11, 2025) This Saturday, June 13, Magic Transistor Radio honors the "heavenly birthday" of this astonishing musician, who left us one year ago this week. Stream wprk.org 7–9 p.m. Eastern

The Beach Boys - Friends (Instrumental Album) youtu.be/TujjigY-wNE?si=LEYo… via @YouTube

The Beach Boys - FRIENDS (Instrumental Album Mix) youtu.be/TujjigY-wNE?si=LEYo… via @YouTube

Brilliant performance by RICKY FATAAR. I always thought that the drums should have been placed much louder in the final mix. DENNIS WILSON - "River Song" - Isolated Drums #DigitalDeconstructions youtu.be/xMT0HqvILxU?si=fCK6… via @YouTube

The first dog to enter Freud’s life was ‘Wolf’ a German Shepherd he procured for his daughter Anna in 1925 to provide her safety during her long and sometimes nocturnal walks around Vienna. He promptly fell in love and the family were never without dogs in their household again.

Dogs in psychoanalysis... "One can love a dog with such extraordinary intensity: affection without ambivalence, the simplicity of life free from the almost unbearable conflicts of civilisation, the beauty of an existence complete in itself." Sigmund Freud to Marie Bonaparte

Joni Mitchell: Me and My Uncle, 1965.10.04 youtu.be/1lZsC0WFwVE?si=cEOh… via @YouTube

CHER - "The Warner-Spector Sessions" (Full Compilation EP) [2024 Remaster] PRODUCED BY PHIL SPECTOR youtu.be/4nkdKRLjoxA?si=sThq… via @YouTube

Laura Nyro “MERCY ON BROADWAY” LIVE fr. an EARLY RADIO BROADCAST. (... youtu.be/-YX59VRKcR4?si=nhMC… via @YouTube

How To Dress Like Steve McQueen in BULLITT #shorts youtube.com/shorts/k9-q22hEO… via @YouTube

Just saw this great movie again in a cinema! Talk about style. The Menswear in "An American In Paris" (1951) alittlebitofrest.com/2026/04…

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (Visualizer) youtu.be/dndX7D2Chg8?si=9NW_… via @YouTube

Eric Clapton on The Beach Boys youtube.com/shorts/ugkV9qk0F… via @YouTube

Do your Christmas shopping now! Dig those t-shirts!

The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds (60th Anniversary Celebration) youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… via @YouTube