202B. SPACEMEN 3’S SONIC BOOM ON DRUGS, KIDS, THE RED KRAYOLA, & WHY EMOTICONS SUCK
Believe it or not, this explicitly vulnerable catch-up was simply my prelude to rapping with Pete Kember about The Beach Boys’ Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!). Pete’s a truly great man, so wonderful...
14 Apr 20254min
202. WRECKING CREW PIANIST DON RANDI & DOCUMENTARY DIRECTOR DENNY TEDESCO REVEAL THE FULL STORY BEHIND THE BEACH BOYS’ STACK-O-TRACKS
For our big Season 2 Finale, Discograffiti’s opted to fudge the timeline just a bit in order to give the proper red-carpet drum-roll gravitas to Season 3, especially since much of the music on The Bea...
11 Apr 20251h 15min
201B. LEGENDARY FM RADIO & SIRIUS XM DJ PAT ST. JOHN REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND 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 REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND 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 WITH THE SMITHEREENS’ DENNIS DIKEN & FRIENDS REVEALING THE FULL STORY BEHIND THE BEACH BOYS’ SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS!!)
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 Mars 202512min
200! SPACEMEN 3’S PETE KEMBER (AKA SONIC BOOM) REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND 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 Mars 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 Mars 202513min
199. AUTHOR DAVID LEAF REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND 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 Mars 20251h 7min
