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It's All Happening: The Beach Boys Return To The Bowl

Annie Fehrenbacher | Posted 06.04.2012

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A native Angeleno, I've loved the Beach Boys from a young age, spurred on by a penchant for the band's creative front-runner Brian Wilson. Hometown heroes in both form and function, the band's music is their own personal fan fiction to California.

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Beach Boy Mike Love: Being Present by Leaving the Past Behind

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.30.2012

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I caught up with Mike Love and asked him about The Beach Boys' new album, the tour and getting the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers back together.

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WATCH: The Beach Boys Harmonize With Jimmy Fallon

Posted 05.08.2012

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The year 1968 marked the last time the Beach Boys visited the 30 Rock studio when they appeared on "The Johnny Carson Show." Cousins Mike Love and Bri...

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A Sampling Of Iconic MLB Relievers' Facial Hair

New York Times | Greg Hanlon | Posted 04.27.2012

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A sampling of iconic relief-pitcher facial hair, by Greg Hanlon....

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Mad Men: Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey, Trippy-Wippy (and Peggy Olson Is No Dana Scully)

William Bradley | Posted 04.24.2012

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The hairpin plot twists so evident in last week's episode continue in this one, as does the sense of suddenly (seemingly?) impending doom.

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Baseball as Oxygen -- Another Year in Bloom

Joshua Braff | Posted 04.24.2012

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It's Baseball season again. The cable guy on the phone says I can see every professional game in the United States. He calls it a "buffet of pro-hardball," and I begin to see what he means, flipping my new remote higher and higher.

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Giants Closer Set For Surgery

AP | JANIE McCAULEY | Posted 04.19.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO -- All-Star Giants closer Brian Wilson will undergo Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery Thursday in Pensacola, Fla. Renowned orthop...

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Wilson Done? Fear For The Beard

AP | JANIE McCAULEY | Posted 04.14.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Giants closer Brian Wilson is likely headed for surgery on his right elbow after an MRI revealed structural damage and an issue with ...

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Lucky Strike Bowls Us Over

Jennifer Raiser | Posted 05.21.2012

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For San Franciscans, the ten lanes are most likely to be played during ironic corporate team-building exercises or ennui-charged 'tween birthday parties, but the bowling is only the ostensible reason to knock down the pins at Lucky Strike.

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From The Beach Boys & Randy Newman to Fleet Foxes & Skrillex: A Conversation With Van Dyke Parks, Plus Calling JB Baretsky's Bluff

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.21.2012

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WATCH: San Francisco Giants Release 2012 Commercial

Robin Wilkey | Posted 03.12.2012

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The hot stove league is finally over, and anyone with a television knows that Giants fever is in full swing. Last week, the Giants released a new s...

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Our Favorite Giants Reveal Their Secrets

HuffingtonPost.com | Robin Wilkey | Posted 03.30.2012

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Who: The San Francisco Giants' brightest stars: two-time Cy Young Award-winning starting pitcher Tim Lincecum, National League Rookie of the Year catc...

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Grammytech 1: A Conversation With Musical Director, Engineer & Producer Phil Ramone

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.14.2012

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Over the next two weeks, I'm going to share a series of interviews with some of the music industry's heroes and working stiffs who literally brought you this year's awesome Grammy Awards with nary a hiccup. First up at bat is Phil Ramone.

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It Ain't Yo Gabba Gabba, But... A Daddy's Favorite Non-Kids' Records of 2011

Tony Sachs | Posted 02.29.2012

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My Top Ten list of the year has very little, if any connection, with what people who still pay attention to the hipster music scene and read the Billboard charts would consider the best records of the year. And to be honest, I don't give a crap.

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Beach Boys Make Huge Announcement

AP | NEKESA MUMBI MOODY | Posted 02.15.2012

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NEW YORK — It's almost winter, but get ready for some surf and sun: The Beach Boys are reuniting. The founding members of the classic rock grou...

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Got Heeeem!: Man Falls Into Fountain During MLB Winter Meetings

The Huffington Post | Dan Treadway | Posted 12.09.2011

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Maybe he just found out that Pujols signed with the Angels? MLB Network's cameras were fortunately rolling during Major League Baseball's annual Wi...

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PHOTOS: Brian Wilson Shows Off His New Lady Friend

Robin Wilkey | Posted 12.08.2011

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This week, photographer Westley Hargrave caught an unsuspecting Brian Wilson in the crosshairs during a Los Angeles walk with his equally tough-lookin...

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Smile: An Interview With Beach Boy Brian Wilson, Plus Chatting With Andy Warhol Siren Ultra Violet and Boyz II Men Exclusive Clips

Mike Ragogna | Posted 01.08.2012

Multi-Platinum selling Grammy Award winners, Boyz II Men, are bringing R&B back with their with their new double album, Twenty, which debuted in -- of course -- the Top 20 on the Billboard Top 200.

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WATCH: Brian Wilson's Hillarious Appearance On College Game Day

Posted 01.05.2012

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There are few personalities in sports (or anywhere for that matter) as vibrant as the one possessed by Brian Wilson. Or, better yet, there are few per...

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A Reason to SMiLE

Joseph Vella | Posted 01.03.2012

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On November 1st and 44 years later, the long awaited SMiLE sessions have officially been released with Brian Wilson's blessing for all to finally appreciate.

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Brian Wilson Talks Beach Boys, Drug-Filled Past

Spinner | Posted 01.01.2012

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Named rock 'n' roll's "most famous unfinished album" by Rolling Stone, the Beach Boys' 'SMiLE' was recorded while mastermind Brian Wilson succumbed to...

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He's Feeling The Love

Spinner | Posted 12.18.2011

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Brian Wilson, the harmonic mastermind behind '60s songbirds the Beach Boys, has returned to the studio to put his quirky and smile-laden mark on sever...

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WATCH: Behind The Scenes With Brian Wilson

Robin Wilkey | Posted 12.06.2011

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"My natural tone is too gorgeous for the camera," explains Brian Wilson to the makeup artist, as she dabs his face with powder. Just another day on th...

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Sweetheart Of The Sun & Modern Art: Chatting With The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.25.2011

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"I think the culture today is very, very different from what it was in the '60s, and I feel lucky that I grew up at a time when I had these very strong female role models. They were strong women, but their power was very much connected to their creativity and their voice."

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