201B. PAT ST. JOHN (LEGENDARY FM RADIO & SIRIUS XM DJ) ON THE BEACH BOYS’ SINGLE “THE LITTLE GIRL I ONCE KNEW”
This Beach Boys 45 is the band’s final musical communique prior to Pet Sounds’ release, and although it’s indisputably up there with the greatest music they’ve ever created, it died a relative death a...
7 Apr 202511min
201. THE BEST SHOW’S TOM SCHARPLING ON THE BEACH BOYS’ PARTY! (PLUS THE SEMINAL STEPPING STONES EN ROUTE TO PET SOUNDS)
The Best Show’s Tom Scharpling has been a Beach Boys obsessive for over 40 years, and the idea behind bringing him on for Party!, The Beach Boys’ oft-dismissed 10th LP that also served as a stopgap me...
4 Apr 20251h 22min
200B. SNEAK PEEK INTO THE EPIC ROUNDTABLE DEEP-DIVE ON THE BEACH BOYS’ SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS!!) WITH THE SMITHEREENS’ DENNIS DIKEN, MARK FRIE...
This incredibly special bonus episode, possibly the longest documented conversation about The Beach Boys 9th LP, is exactly as its title suggests. Here we have four human beings disproportionately ex...
31 Mar 202512min
200! SPACEMEN 3’S PETE KEMBER (AKA SONIC BOOM) ON THE BEACH BOYS’ SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS!!)
Returning guest Pete Kember (aka Sonic Boom) is back, and better than ever, as he tackles the 9th LP by The Beach Boys. As it says in David Leaf’s 1990 CD two-fer liner notes: “After side two of Toda...
28 Mar 20251h 20min
199B. SNEAK PEEK INTO AUTHOR DAVID LEAF GOING TRACK-BY-TRACK ON THE BEACH BOYS’ TODAY! (PART 2)
This is an absolute treat of a bonus episode, featuring the remainder of my interview with David Leaf…and the most important material, to boot. This hour-long special is a track-by-track rundown of a...
24 Mar 202513min
199. AUTHOR DAVID LEAF ON THE BEACH BOYS’ TODAY! (PART 1)
Welcome to Season 2 of “The Beach Boys: And Your Dreams Come True!” Sub-titled “Icarus Ascending,” this season focuses solely on the year 1965 because, well…a whole heck of a lot can happen in that sh...
21 Mar 20251h 7min
198B. ”THE BEACH BOYS: AND YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE” SEASON 1 WRAP-UP GOSSIP, SEASON 2 COMING ATTRACTIONS, & RUSS TITELMAN BONUS GOODIES! (WITH JOE KENNE...
Welcome to the fulcrum point of Season 1’s finale and the beginning of Season 2! In this episode, special guest Joe Kennedy and I talk about all the juicy Season 1 Wrap-Up Gossip I can’t talk about on...
17 Mar 202514min
198. SEASON 1 FINALE: AUTHOR JON STEBBINS ON THE BEACH BOYS’ ALL SUMMER LONG (PART 2)
The Beach Boys’ sixth LP is unquestionably one of their best. It’s a transitional one, too, which is why this record stands as the perfect signpost at which to conclude “Catch A Wave: 1961-1964.” This...
14 Mar 202549min
