@mls14 I fucking LOVE this woman!!!!!!!!
SHE is the fucking oracle.
Not all these white male talking heads.
#TressieMcMillanCottom is a #genius in the truest form.
HAIL.

#BrianWilson released a memoir in 2016, & the following year shared “Some Sweet Day,” a previously unreleased song recorded in the 1990s, as well as a new single called “Run James Run.”

Wilson & the #BeachBoys were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. Wilson won 2 Grammy awards (out of nine nominations), & the Beach Boys were honored in 2001 with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

#music #art #genius

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVUBpzlELOg&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD

#BrianWilson eventually revisited #Smile, reworking the archived studio sessions with Darian Sahanaja to bring the once-scrapped project to a live concert. He released Brian Wilson: Presents Smile in 2004 to critical acclaim. He continued to release solo work in the 2000s. His last solo album was 2015’s No Pier Pressure, which featured contributions from Kacey Musgraves & Zooey Deschanel.

In 1968, he entered a psychiatric hospital for treatment. In the years after the release of #PetSounds, #BrianWilson briefly owned & operated a health food store called the Radiant Radish. He continued to work w/the #BeachBoys while struggling w/drug & alcohol addiction in the ’70s.

After a family intervention…, he became embroiled w/the controversial psychologist Eugene Landy. Their decades-long treatment later became the subject of a biographical film called Love & Mercy.

In 2004, #PetSounds was inducted into the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry due to its cultural, historical, & aesthetic significance.

#BrianWilson planned a follow-up called #Smile, which he described as a “teenage symphony to God,” but it was scrapped after continual delays [Wilson released his version in 2004]. After the album’s cancellation in 1967, Wilson’s role in the band receded.

In 1964, #BrianWilson decided to stop touring with the #BeachBoys after experiencing a panic attack due to the band’s heavy schedule. He focused on his production, & in 1965 started work on the landmark experimental pop album #PetSounds. Wilson was the mastermind behind the Pet Sounds sessions, working alongside famed studio musicians the #WreckingCrew. At the time of its release, Pet Sounds was considered a relative commercial flop & critical failure [can you imagine?].

A year later, the band signed with Capitol to release its debut, Surfin’ Safari; the following year, “Surfin’ U.S.A.” became the #BeachBoys’ first U.S. Top 10 single. In 1963, the band released 3 albums: Surfin’ U.S.A., Surfer Girl, & Little Deuce Coupe. By then, #BrianWilson had started his career as a producer for other musicians. He worked with Jan & Dean, the Castellas, Donna Loren, Sharon Marie, & others.

Born in Inglewood, California, #BrianWilson formed the band—then called the Pendletones—as a teenager with his brothers Dennis & Carl, their cousin Mike Love, & high school friend Al Jardine. Their first song, “Surfin’,” was released by Candix Records, who changed the band’s name to the #BeachBoys without the members’ permission.

@newrepublic remember this is the same #Genius that started a #TariffWar with an island of penguins .