Episodes

  • Episode 23: We laugh, we cry, we live then die and dream about our yesterday
    Aug 9 2024
    In this lengthily-titled episode, Lisa and Sean discuss not just songs that are signposts for the beloved Pet Sounds album, but also songs that theoretically could be Pet Sounds aftershocks. Recorded June 22, 2024 SHOW NOTES
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Episode 22: Concert…concert toni-ite…
    Jun 18 2024
    On the 25th anniversary of their first Brian Wilson concert, your hosts talk about their experience at the show and how things have changed (and stayed the same) — for both Brian Wilson and them personally — in the last quarter-century. (Please note that this episode was recorded before the sad and unexpected news of ...click to read more
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Episode 21: When you open your mouth, it’s a big put-down!
    Apr 19 2024
    Hot takes is what this episode is all about: Lisa and Sean talk about some…well, unpopular…opinions about The Beach Boys. Do you think “Good Vibrations” is a hack job that should have been given to The Pickle Brothers? Or maybe that Country Love blows That Lucky Old Sun out of the water? Perhaps “Ten Little ...click to read more
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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • Episode 20: Long, long ago…long ago…
    Feb 20 2024
    Brian Wilson conceived of the Smile album 58 years ago, abandoned it 57 years ago, and debuted a finished version of it 20 years ago to the day. To commemorate the anniversary of the first public performance of the legendary masterpiece, Lisa and Sean look at the 2004 album in comparison to the original versions ...click to read more
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    1 hr and 42 mins
  • Episode 19: And if you hap…happen to be listening…
    Jan 18 2024
    Because Lisa and Sean felt the need to talk about The Beach Boys and record the conversation, here is episode 19. Life got in the way of the episode being released in a timely manner after recording, but they look back on Beach Boysy things that happened in 2023 and talk about their hopes for ...click to read more
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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • Episode 18: I gave you everything I had, but you left me sitting on my own.
    Sep 30 2023
    While on a weekend trip to Harbor Country USA, Sean and Lisa took some time to discuss a topic they’ve been tossing around since long before this podcast was even thought of: that sensitive topic of…Beatles envy. It can’t be denied that the jealousy is there; even Brian Wilson himself said that when The Beatles ...click to read more
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Episode 17: You invite me to pick up my award.
    Aug 2 2023
    In this long-overdue episode, Lisa and Sean discuss the recent GRAMMY Salute to The Beach Boys aired this spring in celebration of the band’s 60th anniversary, and the baffling ignorance shown by the Recording Academy’s shortsightedness in recognizing The Beach Boys and other bands over the years. And while we’re at it, we take a ...click to read more
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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Episode 16: I’m pickin’ up good vibrations.
    Apr 7 2023
    A little over a year ago, we discussed some of the, well…not great…moves and decisions that The Beach Boys made over the years. This time, however, we’re going in the opposite direction. What did they get right? Drop in on our conversation in which we discuss just a handful of the good things that The ...click to read more
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    1 hr and 46 mins