This is a different podcast for Halloween.
It's the winter season, and Cedar and Adrian spread goodwill and cheer across the land by going through 1964's The Beach Boys' Christmas Album. Plus: other podcasts, Santa, and more! Happy holidays from The Only Beach Boys Podcast. Sorry if this episode is a little static-y, we used backup XLR cables.
Independent rock and roll man and HTML wrangler Jake McKelvie (@JacobCMcKelvie) is on the pod to promote the Neil Young Archives app, as well as to discuss when the Beach Boys held a fake party. Also: songwriting, Weird Al, musical histories, sad playlists, Worcester Red Sox, the Tops, and more!Check out Jake McKelvie and the Countertops at https://jacobcmckelvie.bandcamp.com or on all streaming platforms.
Season 2 begins! Sorry for the wait. We try and review Love and Mercy, the Brian Wilson biopic without spoilers. Plus: mental health, biblical scholarship, Gemini Man, Rocketman again, busts, Rich Aucoin, and the love of music!
Citizen journalist Jillie Ginty joins us in the dog days of summer to discuss the summer fun of Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!). Did we mention we recorded this when it was still summer?Also: amusement parks, New Haven, cousin time, TikTok and emoji sexuality, #McChicken, MTV reality shows and bathroom humor.TW violence discussion at 1hr 27min-30min.
Nick Charney of Dallas on the Dotted Line and Orafist gets down with Cedar and Adrian to discuss the pubescent 1965 album The Beach Boys Today! in the longest, most rambling episode yet. Plus: musical histories, dada, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, working with musicians, New England power ranking, St Ides. Malt Liquor, and vore.
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Adrian and Cedar go Solo Dolo all over the Beach Boys' 1964 live recording. Plus: Smokey and the Bandit, the Control verse for podcasting, Mitosis Jones, cornhole ethics, The Graduate, Buster Keaton, the M****** M***, and live show setlists.
Taylor (@puddlesplashers) and Mike (@laackmanization) join Adrian to talk about the new Mike Love single, "Rockaway Beach (The Ramones Cover)". Newly updated!
The inspired Ben Loftus (@asinglefather) swings on by to discuss the consistent, tender, and oft-horny All Summer Long. Plus: pods, Rodney Dangerfield, John Cusack, Puddle of Mudd, the comedian-sitcom pipeline, the Child's Play franchise, and the logistics of drive-in theaters. Our longest episode yet, and our most poorly recorded: enjoy all the clipping!Follow Ben on Instagram at benloftus.rebooted. He asked us to tell you.
A behind-the-scenes look into the troubled recording of our Shut Down Vol. 2 episode, prompted by a failed pizza delivery fiasco. Plus: sainthood, Francis Scott Key, cheesecake, Lil Nas X, and more Bomb The Music Industry discussion.
Eli Blaker (@eliablaker) of PILGRIM and Moxie Shotgun joins our hosts to dig into the confusingly titled Shut Down Volume 2 and sing along to songs with us. Plus: podcast infighting, Bomb The Music Industry, goblin discourse, makeout points, Shaft (2019), love, loss, and setting release dates. Check out Moxie Shotgun's music on all platforms or at https://moxieshotgun.bandcamp.com/, and PILGRIM soon on all platforms or at https://pilgrimtheband.bandcamp.com/
Alex Walton (@yugiohmachinima) of Alex Walton and Group Sounds Band joins us to power through technical difficulties and break down Little Deuce Coupe, the label-mandated third album of 1963, all while simultaneously abusing a vocal effects box. Plus: fear and loathing, doo-wop, David Lynch, car accidents, greek life, Bob Dylan's voice, and force femming.Check out Alex's music on all platforms or at https://handshighway.bandcamp.com/
Taylor Rosenholm (@puddlesplashers) of Weezer Shitposting joins our hosts to discuss Surfer Girl, the album heralding the return of Al Jardine. Plus: an interview with Brian Wilson, the dangers of bowling, Weezer, the ethics of a car club in late capitalism, and the Amish. Newly corrected, again!
Hobo Johnson has never publicly commented on The Beach Boys. Pat will be on a real episode soon. Find more of his music at https://dallasonthedottedline.bandcamp.com.
Twitter's own Patrick Gray (@844WIFE) breaks down the Beach Boys' foray to Surfdom with Adrian and Cedar. Plus: an in-depth investigation on post-modern literature, people having heard of Mitski, and the JFK assassination.
Our heroes begin in the simple winter of January, fresh off of anticipation of recording their sketch comedy pilot, in which the album "Surfin' Safari" is thoroughly dissected. Also, a discussion of musical history, surf music, and Vermont.