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Celebration Day

Dinosaur DVDs with a smattering of punk, porn, and R&B

by Greg Beets December 21, 2012September 30, 2025

Arts

Uh Oh – What’s Lashonda Lester Doing with Andy Warhol?

Same thing she’s doing with the Beach Boys & Charlie Manson

by W. A. Brenner July 23, 2012December 24, 2025

Music

Phases & Stages

by Greg Beets July 20, 2012September 30, 2025

Music

Crunk Christmas

The curse (and charms) of Christmas albums

by Raoul Hernandez December 20, 2011September 30, 2025

Basic Decorum

John McCain has a nice singing voice.

by Kate X Messer October 11, 2008November 4, 2025

Music

The Mayor of Washington Boulevard

Dennis Wilson’s California dream

by Bill Bentley August 1, 2008September 30, 2025

Music

TCB

Music news

by Christopher Gray November 10, 2006September 30, 2025

Page Two: Songs of Ourselves

As friends and legends pass, art and memory burst from the present and warn the future

by Louis Black August 11, 2006September 30, 2025

Music

Heroes and Villains

Van Dyke Parks can finally ‘Smile’

by Greg Beets March 18, 2005September 30, 2025

Page Two

Meditations on memory, politics, and sexuality, brought on by the Beach Boys.

by Louis Black December 26, 2003September 30, 2025

Page Two

Our cover story delves into the complex legacy of Townes Van Zandt, an artist who cared more about music than business, who literally lived his whole life for the sake of the song.

by Louis Black June 14, 2002September 30, 2025

Music

Pet Sounds

Fifteen Minutes With Brian Wilson

by Greg Beets July 21, 2000September 30, 2025

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