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An Interview With Dominic Priore: Good Things Come To Those Who SMiLE: Gary Pig Gold Climbs Back into the Virtual Sandbox

by Gary Pig Gold

SMiLE: The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece is, I believe, the very best of Domenic's extensive work to date on that most challenging of all-American subjects, Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. Deftly weaving the myriad elements, characters, and events which lead to and shaped the extremely heady atmospheres of 1966/67 (Brian's "lettuce years," as opposed to salad daze I suppose, in the always studious words of Van Dyke Parks), this book can stand proudly alongside Timothy White's The Nearest Faraway Place as not only definitive Beach Boy texts, but perfect pocket historical overviews of California's most Golden Age itself.

Yet who else but Domenic could cite the Boys' Surfin' USA album in the same sentence as Led Zeppelin II and Paranoid by Black Sabbath …and not only make it work, but make it...

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The Michael Carpenter Interview

by Mike Bennett

One of the first record reviews I ever wrote was of a Michael Carpenter record. I've been a fan since his Not Lame debut Baby. I've since then gotten to know Michael personally, and let me tell you, the warmth and spirit on his records reflects the man in person. Michael is an open and engaging conversationalist, who can opine on a variety of topics. Recently, Michael teamed up with Mark Moldre of Hitchcock's Regret, and they formed The Supahip. Their debut disc, Seize The World, is a fun and friendly pop-rock record that is both energetic and relaxed – it might be as fun to listen to as it was (see below) to make. (Check out my review in the August 2005 Fufkin, if you get the chance.)

On the occasion of this new album, I thought it would be a good time to throw some questions at Mr. Carpenter. This is an e-mail interview – I...

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Music is a Gift: The Jeremy Morris Interview

by Robert Pally

Jeremy Morris (47) is not only a very nice guy, he is also very passionate about music and switches easily between Power Pop, Prog Rock and other styles. Beside that he runs a record label (Jam Recordings) and teaches music. In the interview he talks about the first band he liked that his parents didn't, instruments, God, his teen idol and his dreams and fears.

Robert Pally: What was your first contact with music?

Jeremy Morris: My Dad, Bill Morris, is a jazz musician. He...

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So Much Music, So Little Time

by Kevin Mathews

I gave up collecting comic books about a year or so ago. Partly because I found that the cost of buying these 22-paged pamphlets just was not giving me value for money. Now, direct comic book stores would typically have to factor in shipping and freight costs and thus what would cost US$2.50 in the States would cost me about US$3.00 here in Singapore. That, and the fact that traditional super-hero comic books were getting more and more formulaic was the final straw that broke the proverbial camel's back. Sure, the alternative comics were also interesting e.g. Eightball, Optic Nerve, Love & Rockets etc, but...

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Further Observations From a Jangly Musical Fan

by Eric Sorensen

August was another month for excellent live music in the Washington, D.C. area. We were able to share live music with my sister (visiting from Phoenix) on three successive evenings. We treated her to the second of two Raul Malo shows at the Birchmere (I attended both shows - a week apart), a Last Train Home show at their "home club" IOTA, and then we attended a coffeehouse performance by local singer/songwriter Bill Kaffenberger. The Raul Malo show was terrific; he played over 50 songs during his two performances at the Birchmere - duplicating only seven tunes. Highlights of the two shows included covers of Elvis' "Can't Help Falling In Love With You," J.D. Souther's "It's Only Lonely" and Roy Orbison's "In Dreams" and "Crying." Malo sings...

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