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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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Why The '60s Really Ended With Carole King's 'Too Late'

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.29.2012

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Driving home to "Lawn Guyland" the day after graduating from Bucknell U. in Lewisburg, PA and blasting progressive rock station WNEW on the radio, I was struck by one of those other-worldly, pull-over-to-the curb musical moments.

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LISTEN: Memorial Day Playlist

The Huffington Post | Crystal Bell | Posted 05.25.2012

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It's Memorial Day weekend, which means it's time to fire up the grill, grab the beers and hit the beach. But every epic weekend needs an equally epic ...

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24 Graduation Anthems To Celebrate The Big Day! (LISTEN)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.24.2012

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Graduation season is upon us, but don't think that means you're doomed to listen to "Pomp and Circumstance" on repeat. Everyone from Kanye West to Kat...

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Five Life Lessons I Learned at a Beach Boys Concert

Patricia Crisafulli | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Reinvention, Creativity, Inspiration, Writing, Midlife, The Beach Boys, Beach Boys Tour, Music, Fifty News, Rock and Roll, Fifty News

At mid-life, our favorite songs compile quite the anthology, from the music that played at our high school prom to the first dance at our wedding.

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Good Vibrations

Laura Norman | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Laura Norman, The Beach Boys, Meditation, Fitness and Exercise, Reflexology, Vibrations, Healthy Living News

Take responsibility for your life, and your beliefs, right now. Watch your vibration shift. You will start to notice more and more evidence that you are actually experiencing life based on where you are vibrating.

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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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Where To Play Rough This Weekend

The Huffington Post | Amanda McCorquodale | Posted 05.04.2012

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From nostalgia acts like The Beach Boys and Lily Tomlin to stage-worthy dramas centered on current events, the next two days offer plenty to distract ...

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Feist And The Beach Boys Among Upcoming NYC Shows

dnainfo.com | Posted 05.03.2012

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By Daniel Jumpertz Celebrating the opening of the Frieze New York art exhibition, Martha Wainwright performs a full concert in the MoMA PS1 Perform...

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Spilled Milk: In My Room

William Lucas Walker | Posted 04.24.2012

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To my children this is and always will be Mimi and Pop's House. To me -- regardless of my current address -- it's home, the place I feel safest. Returning is one of my great pleasures in life.

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SXSW Hangover 1: A Conversation With Perez Hilton, Plus Chatting With Ian Anderson and Wilson Phillips

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Carl Wilson, Cris Cab, The Beach Boys, Carnie Wilson, Owen Elliot, Moon Zappa, Wilson Phillips, Mama Cass, b.o.b., Heart, Fleetwood Mac, Timbaland, Ione Skye, Jethro Tull, Cass Elliot, Perez Hilton, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Mike Love, Alanis Morissette, Genesis, Donovan Leitch, Wendy Wilson, Katy Perry, The Mamas & the Papas, Thick as a Brick, John Lennon, Ed Sheeran, Chynna Phillips, Cher Lloyd, Lady GaGa, Kendra, Sxsw, Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine, Ian Anderson, Robyn, Devin, Entertainment News

"There's a great music scene in Austin, but if you really want to be seen by the right people and have the right opportunities, you need to be based in Los Angeles. Then again, because of the Internet, anything is possible from anywhere."

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Covered: Chatting With Macy Gray, Plus a Regina Spektor Exclusive, 'ZinePak, and More of The Box Story

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.27.2012

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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

Read More: Brian Wilson, Sally Parks, Phil Ochs, Terry Melcher, Inara George, The Beach Boys, George Martin, Silverchair, Fleet Foxes, Colonel Parker, Van Dyke Parks, The Byrds, Les Paul, The Honeymooners, Ed Ruscha, George Clinton, Ry Cooder, Lenny Waronker, Elvis Presley, Selma Riots, Stanley Dorfman, Joanna Newsom, Skrillex, Tommy Manicotti, Charles Ray, Randy Newman, Rufus Wainwright, Art Spiegelman, JB Baretsky, Jackie Gleason, James Taylor, Tonkin, Video, Entertainment News

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The New Post 50: Why We All Get To Be The Boss

Carol Orsborn | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Billy Crystal, Baby Boomers, Joan Rivers, Paul McCartney, Madonna, The Beach Boys, Alzheimer's, The Oscars, Fashion Police, Glen Campbell, Grammy Awards, Bruce Springsteen, Growing Old, Fifty News

I no longer view being old as an ending to my involvement in life in a vital and powerful way. Rather, I see it as the initiation of a new life stage during which I am freer than ever to achieve my true human potential.

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2012 Bonnaroo Lineup

AP | By CHRIS TALBOTT | Posted 02.14.2012

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The reunited Beach Boys will celebrate sunshine and summer at the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival with Radiohead, Red Hot Ch...

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The Grammys: Something Old, Something New, Something... Meh

Christian Piatt | Posted 04.15.2012

There will always be sensational outliers in the world of pop music. But for every Chris Brown, there is a Bon Iver; for every Lady Gaga, there is a Mumford and Sons.

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

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Brian Wilson, Donald Passman, Simon & Garfunkel, Lorene Michaels, Ed Koch, Madonna, Kenny Ehrlich, Foster the People, Eminem, Mike Love, Roy Halee, Sting, Paul Simon, Mike Green, The Beach Boys, Luciano Pavarotti, Bob Dylan, Glen Campbell, Billy Joel, Aretha Franklin, Mark Linnet, Rihanna, George Michael, Pierre Cossette, Taylor Swift, John Cossette, Phil Ramone, Elton John, Art Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

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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Grammy Awards Red Carpet Arrivals

Posted 02.13.2012

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Although the 2012 Grammy Awards will no doubt be overshadowed by Saturday's passing of music legend Whitney Houston, the show must go on. Even with th...

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The Beach Boys To Reunite At Grammys

AP | Posted 02.12.2012

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LOS ANGELES -- Get the sunglasses and tanning oil out: The Beach Boys are reuniting at The Grammys Awards for their first live performance in more tha...

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"Crazy Crazy": Introducing Guinevere, Plus Chatting With Four Year Strong's Alan Day and Gregory Rogove

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Star Wars, Dan O'Connor, Britney Spears, The Strokes, The Beach Boys, Alanis Morisette, Black Sabbath, Beck, Star Trek, Bon Jovi, Fab Moeretti, Gregory Rogove, Devandra Banhart, Ari Levine, Fleetwood Mac, Erik Satie, Jean-Luc Picard, Garage Band, Turantula a.D., Jake Massucco, The Smeezingtons, John Medeski, Joe Weiss, Stevie Nicks, Fela Kuti, Taio Cruz, Diana Garcia, Paul McCartney, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Instagram, Johnny Cupcakes, The Backstreet Boys, Jonathan Safran Foer, Bruno Mars, Nick Carter, Rihanna, The Doors, The Gun Club, Flo Rida, Knitting Factory, Get Up Kids, Four Year Strong, Dr. Luke, King Arthur, Amir Epstein, Ke$Ha, Britney, Call of Duty, SJC Drums, Patrick Stewart, Video, Megapuss, Cirkut, Priestbird, Gunievere, Alan Day, V for Vendetta, Entertainment News

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Glen Campbell -- A Real American Idol Bids Farewell

Melody Breyer-Grell | Posted 03.06.2012

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I became obsessed with Campbell as I often do when performers are more than just a celebrity, but someone touched by something quite divine. So I am delighted that Campbell will be appearing at The Town Hall in NYC Jan. 7.

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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

Read More: Brian Wilson, Tony Bennett, Jack White, Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica, Collapse Into Now, The Churchill Downs, Mike Viola, Columbia Records, Lydia Lunch, Candy Butchers, Danger Mouse, Nas, The Beach Boys, Esquivel, Ennio Morricone, The Disciplines, The Posies, Smile Sessions, Bill Berry, Gary Paxton, Fresh Beat Band, Martin Denny, Norah Jones, Ken Stringfellow, Santigold, Daniele Luppi, Yo Gabba Gabba, Beastie Boys, R.E.M., Brian O'neill, Entertainment News

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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10 Fresh Holiday Albums You Actually Want To Hear This Year

www.high50.com | Posted 12.04.2011

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Ready to hang yourself with the tinsel if you hear Slade one more time? Here are the ten festive records you do want to hear this year....

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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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