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In case you don't know about it, here is a link to a great UT website: Factory Belt.

Gary Moore Dead at 58 I haven't seen any cause listed yet.

I recall reading about that somewhere. Maybe they will bring David Marks along if they do a reunion tour. I am going to grab his book and read it one of these days. I forgot about these events:

That Live In London album that I got when I was about 10 years old is still one of my favorite Beach Boys albums. I had the above set of shows up at The Owl and Bear, but I took it down once I remembered that the band is not tape trader friendly. Now, it's a two-fer: Beach Boys Concert/Live London

I found it on some blogs in FLAC. I don't mind messing with those sort of links sometimes, but Rapidshare takes forever unless you pay. It's up at The Traders' Den and Zomb Torrents (which is having free leach right now). This was the last BB boot I grabbed by way of a torrent site: It's up at Zomb Torrents also. Which is a bit odd, as they are on Dime a Dozen's Band Not Allowed list.

Gary Moore R.I.P.

Synthesizer Patel - I figured you would post in this thread. I will check that version out. That Pet Sounds box set is nice. I think I own 4 or 5 copies of that album now. I am still looking for a reel to reel copy of it. I wonder if Al was "authorized" to let that bit of news out? Or was is just a spur of the moment deal?

Yes, and I guess that is the last time all of them worked on something together. As far as we know. I can't believe the prices on some of this stuff. I have the Nashville documentary on VHS. I taped a lot of music stuff off of TV back in those days.

There is also this one - which I learned about from the official BB fan club site: Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962-1969 Oh, and the weirdest BB deal I have ever seen: The Beach Boys - Nashville Sounds: The Making of Stars and Stripes I saw that when it was on CMT, or VH-1, or whatever channel it was on.

There are interviews with him I have seen where he seems great. I have not seen that film. I will have to check it out. I think the last Beach Boys documentary I saw was Endless Harmony: The Beach Boys Story. The cd I have of Smile was sent to me by someone on here years ago. I think it is the Vigotone version. This was in the days before BT, and Mp3 blogs, and whatnot.

Do you have all the Sea of Tunes boots? I actually don't have any of them. I was digging around for them a while back, but all I could find were crappy Mp3 rips. I don't really want to mess with them unless I can find them all in FLAC. It's not really The Beach Boys without Carl and Dennis anyhow. The current band, as well as Brian's band have actually played here where I live. But I didn't go to either of the shows. I know someone who met Brian a few years ago. They said he seemed as if he had no idea what was going on around him.

That book is great. The dude was a bit how shall we say - determined. I was going to post a link to his site/blog, but I don't think it has been updated in a couple of years. It will be nice to hear an officially released version. I only hope they don't mess it up by adding new overdubs, or editing out a bunch of stuff. The other rumors are that they are going to do a tour, and Al and Brian will be included. I just hope they don't release all the cds again, as I have bought all of them three times now. I think the got it right the last time. But Capitol may of course do it in order to gr

Pretty Darn Close -- Beach Boy Al Jardine On His New Solo Album, Plus SMILE We've heard this before, but maybe it will happen this time. I hope they don't do "any new recording" - just put the album out as it is. Some of it did come out officially on The Beach Boys box set. I guess I now know why I had this song stuck in my head yesterday: The Beach Boys - Wind Chimes Also, a great book: Look, Listen, Vibrate, Smile (Domenic Priore)

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I wonder if Ric got motivated by seeing those guys playing Cars songs with Todd Rundgren. One thing I think is weirder than these old bands getting sound alike front men and carrying on - getting someone totally outside the band's sound to be the new lead singer. Although, I suppose Todd fronting The Cars is not as weird as Bruce Kulick leading Grand Funk Railroad. I have not listened to The Cars in a long time. I don't think I am interested in any new stuff from them, really.

I always get the feeling they have been forgotten when groundbreaking bands are mentioned. I still think the first album was the best. I had it on 8-track. Elliot Easton has been playing with Creedence Clearwater Revisited. There was also this:

I find it odd that stuff like this is coming back - same with Paul Reubens and Elvira re-launching the characters that made them famous. I am also reminded of John Kricfalusi's attempts to do Ren and Stimpy again. I recall laughing at Beavis and Butthead back in the day, but I don't think I have any desire to watch such things again.

There was an article on Billboard this morning about The Stones not touring, and it mentioned that U2 will soon hold the title of highest grossing tour in history. That is amazing.

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Yes. Too polished for my taste. I respect his work, I just don't care for it.

I can deal with Sound of Lies, but not Smile. It's really a Bob Ezrin record. I've never cared for what that guy does to a band's sound. Anyhow, let's hope the new one is good.

If the new album is not like Smile, or has more get up and go than Rainy Day Music I will be happy. I've never seen Gary play a Rickenbacker before. Is that an original or a new one?

ckc - Thanks for posting. I've been reading this thread, and have noticed a lot of bullshit being posted. Don't tell we are now going to start posting references to Nazis. Mr. Emanuel served President Clinton and President Obama. And Jeff Tweedy is doing a show for him. All great men - who do great things. He is also a Democrat with guts. I don't live in Chicago, but if I did, I'd vote for him.

Louris & Olson: the full Q&A It's amazing to me that their albums were out of print. I did not know that.

The Jayhawks (Mark Olson & Gary Louris with Victoria Williams) - Lights