EPISODES FROM THE LIFE OF BRIAN – ‘Love and Mercy’ Brian Wilson biopic (review) [email protected] May 22, 2020 The most revelatory aspect of ‘Love and ‘Mercy’ is not the extraordinary music Brian Wilson produced at these junctures, but given his frailties how it ever emerged at all. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bill Pohland, Brian Wilson, Elizabeth Banks, John Cusack, Love and Mercy, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys
FOR WHOM THE BELLS SOLD – Mike Oldfield & ‘TUBULAR BELLS’ [email protected] March 22, 2018 Tubular Bells saw Mike Oldfield acclaimed as ‘the most important popular composer of the decade.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Dark Side of the Moon, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Frampton Comes Alive, King Crimson, Mike Oldfield, Pet Sounds, Quadrophenia, Richard Branson, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, Tubular Bells, Van Morrison, Virgin Records, Yes
GOD HAS ALWAYS KNOWN – There is no other album like ‘PET SOUNDS’ [email protected] March 13, 2018 Lack of record company support condemned ‘Pet Sounds’ to commercial failure, Brian Wilson seeing his masterpiece soon disappear from view. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Pet Sounds, Phil Spector, Rubber Soul, The Beach Boys, The Beatles