A tourist in your hometown… I do always feel that way back home. Home is gone.
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The Beach Boys - “Wouldn’t It Be Nice (A Cappella)”
It’s Friday and dreary in Nashville, so on the music menu this morning is something to make it as sunny indoors as possible. Sunny….southern California…1960s…Beach Boys! And what’s better than the regular, like-you’ve-heard-it-a-hundred-times Beach Boys? That’s right, a capella Beach Boys. All harmonies, all the time.
When Pet Sounds (seriously, it’s one of the greatest albums ever; if you don’t own it, go get it right now) turned 30, the Beach Boys released a 4-disc Pet Sounds extravaganza with remasters, alternate takes, stereo mixes, and these “Stack-o-vocals” recordings. Hearing these a cappella versions highlights just how much of the Beach Boys’ music is built on their perfect harmonies, and if you’ve never heard these harmonies all by themselves, you’re missing out.
Edit: If you’d like to hear more of these a cappella versions, some benevolent YouTube user has uploaded the a cappella versions of all 10 songs from Pet Sounds for you.
We have this really exciting idea to do a tour where we spend two nights in each city, and the first night, we play the entire Blue album, and the second night, we play the entirety of Pinkerton. We’re just running it by promoters right now to see if there’s sufficient interest in the markets to do something like that, and if they’re on board, it’s gonna happen.
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Things you should know about sharks
BE A SHARK, DAMMIT.
- Shark skeletons are made of cartilage, which is more flexible than bone, which a shark will use to tear you into pieces.
- Shark skin is very hard and sharp, meaning that they’re so badass, touching them will hurt you.
- Most fish wiggle to swim. Sharks are too cool for that, they glide.
- Most fish have one pair of gills; sharks have five to seven, because that’s how much oxygen they need to be that badass.
- The jaws of a shark are the most powerful on Earth. The entire effing Earth.
- Sharks have very enhanced senses, and can hear, smell and feel everything in the water around them. If you step foot into the water, THEY WILL KNOW.
- Sharks have a lifetime supply of teeth. They’re so intense, THEY DON’T NEED A DENTAL PLAN.
- What’s more badass than the fact that there’s very little a shark can’t eat? THEY. DON’T. CHEW.
- Shark eggs are tough, leathery, and rectangular, or shaped like spirals and screws. They look badass before they were even born.
This is from the Shark vs Kitty debate last year, but I think it needs to be posted again for Shark Week.
Landlord 101
Have a stove in the apt. before the tenant moves in. Not 2 weeks later.
Fix leaky pipes immediately. Not a week later.
Keep your screaming child quiet before 9am. At least 8am.
Don’t rearrange furniture above my head at 7 in the flipping morning.
Kill the dog.
Landscapers not allowed at 8am.
Get me a fridge with a freezer that can fit more that 4 Lean Cuisines.
Counter space? Kitchen drawers? Storage? Wall space? Psh.
Keep it cheap.
