u/BigJilmQuebec

Happy birthday Darian!!!!

I can't help but have major adoration of Darian, he seems like such a nice guy and he massively helped our guy Brian out in a big way.

I really think Darian had a way with Brian that he truly deserved in his life, he was always very supportive of him.

He's also a fantastic musician who without him we probably wouldn't have gotten Smile with how much he helped with finishing it.

He's also quite fantastic in Wonder Mints!

I was listening to my 72 mono version of Pet Sounds on Saturday and it really got me thinking.

I really think I'm Waiting for the Day is my favorite song off of Pet Sounds, it's so damn good.

It has such a perfect mix of melancholy with the lyrics and sunshine joy with the music.

And I can never get enough of the opening drum line and the piano on this!

So fucking excited for this!!! Only a couple more days and we officially get new Park music!

I can't wait for it!!

This just made me shed a tear... RIP Carl

With the recent anniversary of New Jacks death, I've been thinking of him quite a bit.

He was really entertaining as hell! Definitely a terrifying individual but he seemed like he could be nice too.

A couple of my friends would talk to him on Facebook and said he was really nice to them.

But my question is, what are some favorite New Jack memories of yours?

I'm looking to digitize some wrestling VHS tapes I have as my VCR TV won't show picture anymore.

Is there any places that will digitize VHS tapes here in town?

So I have some unedited supercard and house shows from ECW, including the full Mass Transit incident show.

I have a TV with a VCR in it but it won't show the picture on VHS when it plays now, I'm thinking some tubes might be out.

I know getting it fixed is probably more expensive than it's worth, so I was thinking of just digitizing them.

Anyone have advice on how to do this? I appreciate it if someone knows how to go about it!

I love these years of the Boys so much, Smile, Wild Honey, Friends and 20/20 are all such fantastic records to me and I love the Lei'd in Hawaii stuff too!

I'm glad records like Wild Honey and Friends are getting the love they deserve today, imo there some of the bands best work.

Although it does make me a little sad that there still exists a myth that Brian didn't do anything interesting after Smile was dropped from being released because imo he was still on a streak until after Friends didn't sell well.

What would you say is your guys favorite 67 to 69 stuff?

I find it very fascinating that Glen was in the touring band for a little!

Is there any recordings with Glen in the band?

I know they would be live recordings but I can't think of any live albums with him in the band.

I'd love to hear some of it!

As someone who's lived on the north end most of there life, I really do like living on this end of time!

But my question is, for fellow Northenders is what would you change about this side of town?

Also what do you like most about the north end?

With 12GCG turning 30 soon and it being a great country record I wanna know what are some of your guys favorite country musicians or bands?

I really love Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Hank Sr and Uncle Tupelo!

I'm absolutely obsessed with the Beach Boys, I can't get enough of them, I can't talk about them enough and I pretty much love almost everything they've ever done.

To me there such a unique band with there history, sound and experimentation in Pop music, I mean it's insane the same band released Surfin Safari, Today, Pet Sounds, Wild Honey, Friends, Sunflower, So Tough, Holland, Love You and 85 that's absolutely nuts to me.

But I wanna know what makes you guys a fan of the Boys? And what's your favorite albums from them?

My favorites are probably Friends, So Tough, Holland, 85, Smile and Love You!

I'd love to discuss my favorite band with people!

I've often found it hard to fully embrace Smiley Smile as I just don't like a lot of the material on it tbh but I've always liked Lei'd in Hawaii so I was thinking a way to make a fan made album combining Lei'd in Hawaii with the three tracks I like off of Smiley so I came up with this using those three songs and the rest are songs from Lei'd.

1. Fred Vail Intro

2. Little Pad

3. The Letter

4. You're So Good to Me

5. Help Me Rhonda

6. California Girls

7. Surfer Girl

8. Sloop John B

9. Fall Breaks

10. God Only Knows

11. Good Vibrations

12. Heroes and Villains

I've tested it out and I quite enjoy this!

I was watching a Beach Boyman Jeremy video on YouTube the other day, specifically the one going through all his copies of Pet Sounds and and he said something that's really been hitting me and I honestly agree with in a way and has been making me think a lot and about why I love the Boys so much.

He said basically he was sick of people trying to say the Beach Boys were cool, not in a bad way but like as far as trying to fit in at least that's how I interpreted it (sorry if I misunderstood you Jeremy!)

And I think I agree, like imo at least Brian and Dennis and Carl and all of them never really experimented to try to fit in and imo they never did anything to try and fit in and that's definitely been hitting me, in my opinion they experimented starting in small bits in the early years through there mostly whole career because that's just what they wanted to do!

To me that's beautiful knowing they were really just weirdos at heart who loved music and harmony and there family, it's also fascinating to me that Wild Honey, Love You, Today, Pet Sounds, Smile, Friends, Sunflower, So Tough, Holland and 85 just to name some are all BBs records while all being pretty different from each other.

That really is so beautiful and interesting to me, and knowing they used music to heal like I do really puts a smile on my face.

Sorry for the rambling! Haha, this just has really been stuck in my head lately.

I always love seeing 911 on old ECW stuff!

I know he wasn't a great wrestler by any means and he got over because Paul really put him over and he was with the fans as well but damn was he entertaining.

Watching him come out to Frankenstein and come out and chokeslam the hell out of people was great especially when he did it to Alfonso!

I can never ever ever get over how dope Keith is, a true legend in the game as well.

Dude has been at it since the 80s and has continuously kept it fresh over the years while just doing whatever he wants to do.

Not to mention his plethora of alter egos where he arguably popularized the use of having several alter egos at least in my opinion.

To me Keith has stood the test of time and remains an icon.

Im always up for a good concert especially smaller ones, what shows are happening in Springfield that are upcoming?

I like Punk, Emo, Rock pretty much most music!

I have a lot of love for all the Central Illinois Midwest Emo bands, but I'm interested to find out, who in your opinion is THE Midwest Emo band from Central Illinois? And I wanna make it a little more challenging by saying you can't just say American Football (even though I adore them!)

I would probably pick Braid if I'm going more known bands but my real answer is Park as some would've already guessed by how much I talk about them lol.

I'd also throw an honorable mention to The Junior Varsity!