That's awesome. I definitely would like to pick your brain on the Beach Boys sometime. I just ordered the book, very excited for it. I never gave the Beach Boys much of a shot until this year and then fell into their music totally. What was interesting to me was to found how much of the music of my own youth - late 00s indie rock - carried their influence, including weird bands like Animal Collective
Appreciate your reporting for sure, but also, wow, the Beach Boys. Here's a link hyping my book about them and at the bottom, links to other BBs stuff I've written over the years. https://tomsmucker.net/book-on-the-beach-boys-by-long-time-fan-and-rock-critic/
PS. Thanks for writing about our NYC major in context of his outer borough support.
Oh wow I will definitely read your book. I realized, mistakenly, I never linked to my actual piece.
I read three books about the Beach Boys this year - David Leaf's, Steven Gaines', and Peter Ames Carlin's. I will read yours! https://rossbarkan.substack.com/p/the-surf-was-up
Read the original essay when it was posted, just couldn't respond at the time. Loved it.
That's awesome. I definitely would like to pick your brain on the Beach Boys sometime. I just ordered the book, very excited for it. I never gave the Beach Boys much of a shot until this year and then fell into their music totally. What was interesting to me was to found how much of the music of my own youth - late 00s indie rock - carried their influence, including weird bands like Animal Collective
I’d be really interested in your POV on protesters going after Erik Bottcher for drag queen story hour.
Thank you for a great year. As click hungry pubs look beyond covering their home city, I’m glad to subscribe to support your work!