"That's Why God Made The Radio."

A beautiful new song by the (surviving) Beach Boys — Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine (with Bruce Johnston and David Marks). You can ...

Ch-ch-ch-changes...

We were just talking about change. Change in general, change in Obamology, and change in Sitemeter. And as I'm slowing getting caught u...

Okay, everybody, elbows up!

Inflatable Bucky is here on Bascom Mall today: Wiggle around: He's got free doughnuts. And — in musical form, at least — tequila: IN THE...

It's Christmas Eve, and thus far the posts aren't looking too Christmasy."

So let's go back to the previously blogged Christmas Eves and republish the most Christmasy one from each year. 2004: First Encounter wi...

"On cultural issues, Richardson has the distinct advantage of not setting off any culture war vibes."

"He was in college in the late 1960s, but he was listening to the Beach Boys, not Janis Joplin." David Brooks on Bill Richardson. ...

About those pop culture law school exam fact patterns.

I'm always basing my Civil Procedure II exam on some pop culture thing. CivPro2 here at UW covers jurisdiction and related topics, and I...

Have some Psapp.

I've been listening to Psapp . I love when musicians play objects that are not musical instruments. Many years ago, I saw the Incredible...

Is there anything else to say about the Beach Boys?

Bruce Handy thinks not , judging by Peter Ames Carlin's "Catch a Wave." So why is there another book on the subject? Handy h...

Bob's flower theme.

Bob's theme today -- on "Theme Time Radio With Bob Dylan" -- was, officially, flowers . But nearly every song was about roses ...

Brian Wilson's "new lease on life came with a deed restriction."

And now that landlord is dead: Eugene Landy, the psychotherapist who was variously called a savior and a snake oil salesman for his unorthod...

Blue Christmas.

The view from my window, tonight at nightfall: It seems that every year, there's something that gets us started singing "Blue Chris...

"In a restless world like this is."

What a very touching appearance by Brian Wilson on The Larry King Show last night: KING: When you say you heard voices can you describe what...

No drinking game yet, but ....

Why is Slate teasing us with the line "Play the Jeopardy drinking game!" when its TV writer Dana Stevens hasn't come up with...

Zombies!

Hey! They are finally re-releasing The Zombies' great album "Odessey and Oracle"--the album so druggy they misspelled the tit...