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Brian Wilson Endless Summer 2025
It's official! Summer 2025 has OFFICIALLY been declared Brian Wilson Endless Summer 2025 with festivities going all summer long! #BrianWilsonEndlessSummer2025 Today, the first full day of Summer 2025, we joyfully dedicate the ENTIRE episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas to music Produced, Written, Recorded, Arranged and Performed by that Pop Music Master genius... THE MAESTRO THE MAN THE LEGEND Mr. Brian Wilson (1942-2025) Join us as we surf the waves of Brian's madness from the mid 1960's through the turbulent 70's, laying "in a bed just like Brian Wilson did". We make stops along the way to Terry Mercher's unfortunate L.A. mansion where we are greeted by nonother than a disgruntled Charles Manson, friend to Brian's baby brother and fellow Beach Boy Dennis Wilson. Seems Charlie didn't dig the fact he didn't get that record deal he was promised, a deal thoroughly supported by one time fan and music colleague Neil Young! All this and more in the latest installment of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024 *THE SONGS: "The Black Hole" by Nine Inch Nails member Atticus Ross from his soundtrack to the 2014 Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-black-hole/1443134275?i=1443134417 "The Bed Montage" by Nine Inch Nails member Atticus Ross from his soundtrack to the 2014 Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-bed-montage/1443134275?i=1443134828 "After You" by The Four Freshman from their 1952 debut album Voices In Modern. Hearing this for the first time at age 10, Brian Wilson never looked further for the basis of a timeless vocal harmonic style he would make his own https://music.apple.com/ca/album/after-you/1442732079?i=1442732306 "Think About The Days" from the final Beach Boys album, their 2012 50th Anniversary album That's Why God Made The Radio" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/think-about-the-days/715466841?i=715466843 "Psycodelic Sounds: Brian Falls Into A Microphone" from the long awaited, perennially delayed, once nixed legendary Beach Boy's album SMiLE, some 40 odd years in the making https://music.apple.com/ca/album/psycodelic-sounds-brian-falls-into-a-microphone/724119116?i=724120392 "Summer's Gone" from the final Beach Boys album, their 2012 50th Anniversary album That's Why God Made The Radio" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/summers-gone/715466841?i=715466868 "Fall Breaks And Back To Winter (Woody Woodpecker Symphony)" from the original recording sessions that eventually produced the long awaited, perennially delayed, once nixed legendary Beach Boy's album SMiLE, some 40 odd years in the making. Initially released as part of the Beach Boys 1967 Smiley Smile album, issued in wake of the shelving of Brain Wilson's magnum opus SMiLE https://music.apple.com/ca/album/fall-breaks-and-back-to-winter-woody-woodpecker-symphony/1442864862?i=1442864889 Psycodelic Sounds: Brian Falls Into A Piano" from the long awaited, perennially delayed, once nixed legendary Beach Boy's album SMiLE, some 40 odd years in the making https://music.apple.com/ca/album/psycodelic-sounds-brian-falls-into-a-piano/720113626?i=720113842 "Little Pad" from the original recording sessions that eventually produced the long awaited, perennially delayed, once nixed legendary Beach Boy's album SMiLE, some 40 odd years in the making. Initially released as part of the Beach Boys 1967 Smiley Smile album, issued in wake of the shelving of Brain Wilson's magnum opus SMiLE https://music.apple.com/ca/album/little-pad/1442864862?i=1442865071 "Wonderful" from the long awaited, perennially delayed, once nixed legendary Beach Boy's album SMiLE, some 40 odd years in the making https://music.apple.com/ca/album/wonderful/720113626?i=720113686 "'Till I Die" from the granddaddy of all Beach Boy's 70's albums, the master stroke Surf's Up album, the OTHER Beach Boys albums with songs from the long abandoned SMiLE sessions https://music.apple.com/ca/album/til-i-die/1440873813?i=1440874283 "Surf's Up" from the long awaited, perennially delayed, once nixed legendary Beach Boy's album SMiLE, some 40 odd years in the making https://music.apple.com/ca/album/surfs-up/720113626?i=720113694 *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is aimed at an academic audience and does not serve as a substitute for the original
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RIP Brian Wilson & Sly Stone: Rough Week
A sad week indeed for Rock N Roll nation. Two heavyweights. Two titans. Two innovators. Two legends. Lost. But not forgotten... Sylvester Stewart (aka Sly Stone of Sly & the Family Stone) Passed June 9, 2025 Brian Wilson (of The Beach Boys) Passed June 11, 2025) Join us as we celebrate the joy, love, life and art of two music giants of 20th century song: One continuing on in the time honored tradition of Tin Pan Alley... The other invented FUNK... All this and more on your weekly Sunday morning drop of the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas...contextualizing rock n roll since 2024. OPENING TRACK: "Come Sit Down And Tell Me" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/come-sit-down-and-tell-me/1799238478?i=1799238483 taken from Stony Plain's 2Fer deluxe version of Ellen McIlwaine's 1982 album Everybody Needs It featuring legendary lead singer/bass player extraordinaire of iconic 1960's British psych power trio Cream along with Eric Clapton and King Crusty himself on drums, Mr. Ginger Baker CLOSING TRACK: "California Girls" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/california-girls/1585395623?i=1585395630 taken from Brian Wilson's masterstroke, his album, At My Piano from 2021 Further Research: Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson And The Story of SMiLE (2004 documentary) https://youtu.be/0SriaRRcA6w?si=X6OqYBCyJhIXwPNH Love & Mercy (2014 feature film trailer) https://youtu.be/Xne-_S34T1c?si=CpOy-aYuXVNUNi3K I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (1995 Brian Wilson documentary) https://youtu.be/8JjAZomaxww?si=cfV7JU26zctzXtvx
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Ellen McIlwaine: Your School Bus Driver Jammed With Jimi Hendrix
Ellen McIlwaine, one of the greatest practitioners of slide guitar ever, soulful powerhouse vocalist extraordinaire, poet, composer, songstress, lyricist, recording artist, painter, visual artist, interpreter of song and more. She was all that and then some... Join us in our celebration of the life and artistry of this giant amongst musicians, this icon, this goddess... Ellen McIlwaine's life and times explored through the lens of the newly posted CBC Docs YouTube channel music documentary "Goddess Of Slide" from Soul Flicker Films, an Alfonso Maiorana production https://youtu.be/SCTety1hwdI?si=PC2ux8sTlD5_Occr As far back as 1973 the impact of Ellen McIlwaine's presence has been deeply felt and loomed large in the personal life of Rock N Roll Fashionista's host Sean Passmore (AKA "unimportant"). Join Passmore as he outs himself as the guy who made the phone call that changed McIlwaine's life. Passmore sets the record straight on one singular inaccurate fact in this otherwise thoroughly inspiring love letter to McIlwaine who passed away quite suddenly at the age of 75 in 2021, six weeks after receiving a diagnosis of terminal cancer. McIlwaine's music weaves poignantly through Passmore's life through personal recollections and anecdotes of Swami Bill, Brother Tommy and others in the colorful cast of characters from the Rock N Roll Fashionistas universe. Did a teenage Passmore put an impertinent and inappropriate move on the middle-aged McIlwaine while making an embarrassingly inebriated song request in a bar? And did McIlwaine play the song? Would this same song fatefully draw McIlwaine & Passmore together again over a decade later with surprising, life altering results? FIND OUT NOW and SO MUCH MORE on the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas THE SONGS: Opening Track: "Can't Find My Way Home" is a song written by Steve Winwood that was first released by Blind Faith on their self titled 1969 debut album. They were an English rock supergroup consisting of Winwood, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Ric Grech. They followed the success of each of the member's former bands, including Clapton and Baker's former group Cream and Winwood's former group Traffic but split up after a few months, producing only one album and a three-month summer tour. McIlwaine's cover of the song appears of her debut solo album Honky Tonk Angel released by Polydor Records in 1972 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/cant-find-my-way-home/1444004698?i=1444005078 "Higher Ground" is a song written by Stevie Wonder that first appeared on his 1973 album Innervisions. The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 1 on the US Hot R&B Singles chart. Wonder wrote and recorded the song in a three-hour burst of creativity in May 1973. McIlwaine's stunning reinterpretation of the song appears on her 1975 3rd album The Real Ellen McIlwaine released by Montreal, Canada label Kot'Ai Records https://music.apple.com/ca/album/higher-ground/932879780?i=932882018 "Down So Low" was written by American R&B and country music singer/songwriter Tracy Nelson. McIlwaine's stunning reinterpretation of the song appears on her 1975 3rd album The Real Ellen McIlwaine released by Montreal, Canada label Kot'Ai Records https://music.apple.com/ca/album/down-so-low/932879780?i=932882059
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Rock Talk With MistyK The DJ
This episode is dedicated to the memory of MistyK The DJ's beloved friend and companion, Vino The Rock N Roll Dog, who passed suddenly this past week. Our hearts go out to the MistyK The DJ family, friends and loved ones. We wish them light, love and healing at this most difficult time. A few weeks back we had the good fortune of visiting with MixCloud master DJ MistyK The DJ https://www.mixcloud.com/Redgirl77/ to discuss the latest in her series of Unscripted shows, the half marathon she ran in Vegas earlier this year and her subsequent MixCloud mega show FEELING LUCKY? THE VEGAS MIX Along the way we touch on her personal encounters with Rock N Roll royalty including Deborah Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie as well as Little Steven from Underground Garage, The Sopranos, Bruce Springsteen's band, her dream gig and much more. Her touching tribute to Blondie's Clem Burke, the final Blondie album of the 80s, Deborah Harry's reinvention as a solo act in the 90s, personal anecdotes and the unmistakable charm and charisma that is the GREAT MistyK The DJ... All hear on the latest BONUS episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas. OPENING TRACK: Sure Don't Feel Like Love https://music.apple.com/ca/album/sure-dont-feel-like-love/380593433?i=380593552 by master American songwriter Paul Simon from his 2006 Brian Eno produced album Surprise. Completely unrelated to the theme of this BONUS episode. Due to time limitations we were unable to include this track on our previous episode Paul Simon: 8 Decades so have done so here. CLOSING TRACK: Well, Did You Evah! https://music.apple.com/ca/album/well-did-you-evah/1629181291?i=1629181417 is a song written by Cole Porter for his 1939 musical DuBarry Was A Lady, where it was introduced by Betty Grable and Charles Walters. It is written as a duet, with the pair exchanging bad news, shrugging off and one upping each others stories all in the name of an aloof good time. Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra sang the song in the movie High Society, January 17, 1956. The film is a musical remake of the 1940 screwball comedy film The Philadelphia Story staring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart, itself based on Phillip Barry's 1939 play of the same name. The Sinatra/Crosby duet is likely the most well known version of the song. It was added to the movie late in development, to give the two stars an opportunity to sing together. Punk Rock royalty Debbie Harry and proto punk granddaddy Iggy Pop recorded the song in 1990 for Red Hot + Blue, a compilation album released as part of an urgent call to raise funds and awareness for HIV/AIDS. Red Hot + Blue is the first compilation album from the Red Hot Organization in the Red Hot Benefit Series. It features contemporary pop performers reinterpreting the songs of legendary LGBT Great American Songbook composer Cole Porter. The title of the album originates from Cole Porter's 1936 Broadway musical Red, Hot and Blue staring Ethel Merman, Jimmy Durante and Bob Hope. Released in September 1990, the album sold over a million copies worldwide, raising nearly $1m for the activist group ACT UP (AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power). Heralded as one of the first major AIDS benefits in the music business, this initiative came a full two years before the creation of The Elton John Foundation, itself inspired by the tragic death from AIDS of teenager Ryan White who had, before his passing, forged a strong and meaningful friendship with pop singer Elton John. Released as a single in the UK on December 24, 1990 but not the US. The single reached No. 42 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 29 in the Irish chart.
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Paul Simon 8 Decades
You read that right folks! 8 DECADES!! Paul Simon He began his music career in the 1950's while still in High School, writing, recording and releasing records from the age of 16. 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s And that's just the first four decades! And then there's the... 1990s 2000s (the Aughts) 2010s 2020s While not an exhaustive history of the man and his music, we choose instead to focus on Simon's origin story, before the fame, before Simon & Garfunkel, highlighting what's possibly his finest artistic achievement to date Two legacy defining albums of Simon's, one from the Aughts, the other from very early on in the 2010s. Most folks have not heard these albums. We're gonna change that, All this and MORE! And COOPER THE COMFORT DOG! on Rock N Roll Fashionistas, Your trusted source for everything Rock n Roll! THE SONGS: "Voices Of Old People" from the 1968 Simon & Garfunkel album Bookends, "Voices of Old People" is a sound collage recorded on tape by Art Garfunkel at the United Home for Aged Hebrews in New Rochelle, New York and the California Home For The Aged in Reseda, California: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/voices-of-old-people/203303421?i=203303893 "Old Friends" from the 1968 Simon & Garfunkel album Bookends https://music.apple.com/ca/album/old-friends/203303421?i=203304062 "Outrageous" taken from Paul Simon's 2006 Brian Eno produced album Surprise https://music.apple.com/ca/album/outrageous/380593433?i=380593549 "How Can You Live In The Northeast" taken from Paul Simon's 2006 Brian Eno produced album Surprise https://music.apple.com/ca/album/how-can-you-live-in-the-northeast/380593433?i=380593474 "Old" taken from Paul Simon's 2000 album You're The One https://music.apple.com/ca/album/old/380591854?i=380591892 "That's Me" taken from Paul Simon's 2006 Brian Eno produced album Surprise https://music.apple.com/ca/album/thats-me/380593433?i=380593682 "So Beautiful Or So What" taken from the 2011 Paul Simon album of the same name https://music.apple.com/ca/album/so-beautiful-or-so-what/1416977100?i=1416978487 "The Afterlife" taken from the 2011 Paul Simon album So Beautiful Or So What https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-afterlife/1416977100?i=1416977631 "Love And Hard Times" taken from the 2011 Paul Simon album So Beautiful Or So What https://music.apple.com/ca/album/love-and-hard-times/1416977100?i=1416978264 "Father And Daughter" taken from Paul Simon's 2006 Brian Eno produced album Surprise https://music.apple.com/ca/album/father-and-daughter/380593433?i=380593683 Portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is aimed at an academic audience and does not serve as a substitute for the original.
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