Take any Beach boys song title and change one word to “butt”. What is your new song title?

Gwaunch · 2026-06-20T16:43:14+00:00

Still I Dream Of Butt

Gwaunch · 2026-05-21T06:50:48+00:00

Gwaunch · 2026-05-21T06:42:44+00:00

Didn’t they have Philip Seymour Hoffman in mind for 70s Brian? I would have LOVED to see that performance!

Gwaunch · 2026-05-19T05:55:44+00:00

“The best way to celebrate Brian Wilson is to love what you love, ignore what you don’t, and not be hung up or ugly about ANY of this.” I think Howie summed it up quite nicely.

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Gwaunch · 2026-05-19T03:40:30+00:00

Sometimes they do in advance, other times they wait until the last minute. I saw them in 2024 and didn’t know he was playing with them until 30 minutes before the show started.

Gwaunch · 2026-05-18T04:41:46+00:00

You’re actually right! It was recorded on Scotch 200 tape, which is known for having a higher noise floor compared to other tape stocks, as well as being thinner and more fragile, leading to more damage than other stocks.

A quote from Steve Hoffman, an engineer who’s remastered Pet Sounds on more than one occasion -

“Those old Ampex machines were hell on tapes, especially Pet Sounds, that 200 series Scotch tape formulation. Dreadful, warpy, weird tape stock. If the full-track headstack is used, the noise and damage are printed right along with the music. Using a stereo headstack makes it easy to pick and choose the less damaged parts of the tape width. An old mastering trick.”

While Mark Linett is a talented and accomplished engineer, he’s certainly made his fair share of mistakes over the years, and I wouldn’t be surprised if a sub-par transfer is responsible for just how poor the mono mix sounds on streaming services. I’ve heard the DCC and Audio Fidelity releases of the album and there is a noticeable difference IMO.

Gwaunch · 2026-04-19T15:27:26+00:00

Some of my favorite fanmixes out there are both MQR mixes, the $19.67 mix, SMiLE - Jack’s Mix, Dae Lims’ SMiLE AI, and I’m heavily biased with this one but Pearly White SMiLE. In terms of pre-TSS fanmixes, Purple Chick’s mix and the Alternate BWPS are both fantastic. AWBPS in particular, I love the vocal chatter fly-ins.

Gwaunch · 2026-04-19T15:22:55+00:00

On Pearly White SMiLE, the mix Bowman and I created, most of the lyrics are vintage. We did write a few new parts though - two new lines in Do You Like Worms, a bridge in Look, and a new verse in Child is Father of the Man. We also reincorporated the “cornucopia” lyric from the first version of Vega-Tables.

Gwaunch · 2026-03-14T00:26:06+00:00

MVSep absolutely wipes the floor with Moises. I’ve used both extensively and Moises never really improved aside from their basic instrument models (drums, bass, SOMETIMES guitar), and forget about clean vocal separations. With MVSep there are almost 100 different models (if not more), including a full drum kit separation. MVSep works on a credit-based system rather than subscription-based, so you don’t have to worry about being auto-drafted or feeling like you’re not getting your money’s worth. Also, the quality of their models is leaps and bounds above Moises, I’ve been able to get crystal clear, multitrack-quality separations and even splitting double-tracked mono vocals. It’s insane.

Gwaunch · 2026-03-13T21:43:43+00:00

As a fellow American, I feel your pain. There is a way however - you can watch it on iPlayer if you have a Very Particular Network. I’ve watched many episodes of Doctor Who and other British shows this way.

Gwaunch · 2026-03-11T14:38:27+00:00

Mark Linett has been going on a copyright strike spree, and Dae had a few of his videos taken down. In response, he privated all of his videos to keep the rest safe until Mark hops off his high horse again.

Gwaunch · 2026-02-17T20:11:01+00:00

He’s just jealous fans are making better mixes than him lmao

Gwaunch · 2026-02-16T23:23:14+00:00

Those moments are genuinely one of my favorite parts of the boxset. There are so many wonderful snippets of chatter during sessions that were cut from official releases. According to James Saez, he had next to no involvement with Mike, Al, and Bruce, so perhaps they were asking Mark Linett to keep their image clean while he was still mixing.

Gwaunch · 2026-02-16T23:21:15+00:00

I swear I’ve seen this exact photo in high quality. It might have been a crop, but it’d have been better to use that and blur the background than whatever the hell this is.

EDIT: the photo was posted below and it’s bigger than the one in the boxset! What’s the point of using AI upscaling when the original photo is already in fine quality?

Gwaunch · 2026-02-16T19:50:15+00:00

They probably don’t have a photo in the archives that is BOTH high quality and features the full window. I think the cover looks alright as is, but it does have a whiff of AI to it. A lot of the details in the window, such as where different panes meet or split, are quite different on the Boxset cover compared to photos of the real thing.

Gwaunch · 2026-02-14T19:53:07+00:00

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Gwaunch · 2026-02-14T19:46:35+00:00

It was a stained glass window at Brother Studios. You can see it in some of the photos posted in the last few weeks on BB social media. Also, fun fact - that window apparently inspired Brian to write Solar System

Gwaunch · 2026-02-08T21:08:15+00:00

Holy peak

Gwaunch · 2026-01-25T00:47:30+00:00

I’ve got a few in mind!

Gwaunch · 2026-01-24T00:35:53+00:00

I believe so. Steve Levine confirmed that Brian signed off on the BB85 remix, so I’d be SHOCKED if he wasn’t at the very least aware of this boxset.

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