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Love & Mercy and the Saving of Brian Wilson

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Robert Burke Warren

Beach Boy Brian Wilson, musical genius and cultural icon, should have died, but did not. Someone saved him. Who, exactly, did the saving is up for debate. In any case, hot new biopic Love & Mercy, fleshes out the less-familiar trope of “saving the artist,” and our own Robert Burke Warren digs that. Continue reading →

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Caroline, No

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Caroline Leavitt

In Sunday Magazine, Caroline Leavitt recalls the time she got picked up hitchhiking — by the Beach Boys. Continue reading →

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The Ten Bands I Will be Forced to Listen to in Hell

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Sean Beaudoin

In which Sean Beaudoin spins a playlist even Mephistopheles doesn’t have the balls to play. Continue reading →

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