Brian Wilson

  • "I try to write songs and stuff"

    The enigmatic Brian Wilson talks to Salon about emulating McCartney and Spector -- and writing music after "Smile."
  • Nothing to smile about

    Am I the only critic in the universe who doesn't love Brian Wilson's "Smile"? Plus: Free music for jazz fans, Saturday Looks Good to Me admirers and Christmas-song haters.
  • Wouldn't it have been nice?

    Last week, Brian Wilson performed the Beach Boys' unreleased album "Smile" for the first time. How did the 1966 concept LP become the stuff of myth, anyway?
  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for July 4-8, 2001
  • Brian Wilson, card-carrying genius

    After a life custom-made for cable catharsis, the force behind the Beach Boys is now being honored even for things he didn't do. Does that card ever expire?
  • He still gets around

    Former Beach Boys genius Brian Wilson now lets us use the word "genius." It's all part of growing up.
  • God only knows

    Why now, after 34 years, is Brian Wilson revisiting "Pet Sounds"?
  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Jan. 20, 2000
  • Thinking outside the box

    Not another list of multi-disc sonic money-shots.
  • Sharps & Flats

    Why the High Llamas are more than just another workingman's Beach Boys.
  • Been There

    Wilco's Jeff Tweedy talks about losing his alt-country baggage
  • Seeing past the "Endless Summer"

    Mark Athitakis reviews the Beach Boys' 'Endless Harmony,' which spotlights the classic vocal group's underrated later history.
  • Brian Wilson

    Sharps & Flats is a weekly music review roundup in Salon Magazine
  • Carl Wilson, 1946-1998

  • A Woman & a Man

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