Alternate Brian Wilson Presents Smile

Sorry I haven't blogged on here in forever. I've received a lot of emails from people who care and I really appreciate that. NOTE: I changed my email address, it is now ericwarncke@gmail.com (AOL had way, way too much spam, not to mention its utterly embarrassing.)

I lost my internet for a long time and now I finally have it back, so! Here comes something that I've been meaning to repost.





ALTERNATE BRIAN WILSON PRESENTS SMILE:

(this is a really good version of SMiLE. It is 5 tracks, with an intro, the 3 movements, then You're Welcome at the end. The person who put this together did a heck of a job and more people need to hear it.

Download it here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CIE0UQI3

I think its happening

my latest post got taken down and i received this email:

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Darn! =[

Look What I Got!

Win tickets to see Brian this weekend

A record label called Amoeba music from Los Angeles, CA is giving away tickets to the 3 day Hollywood Bowl this weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). The 3 concerts (whose proceeds will be going toward the Los Angeles Philharmonic Musicians Pension Fund) are expected to be once in a lifetime events.

You can enter to win the tickets here. Today is the last day to enter though, so good luck!

More information is available here.

Photos Reupload

I finally have had time to reupload all of my photos. There are many several thousand of them. The zip file is split into 3 parts (200, 200 and 100 MB respectively).

Massmirror doesn't seem to work anymore so all 3 parts are on rapidshare until I can do more. Get these quickly.


Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

More stuff coming soon! I've been very busy though, lots of girl problems and such. Sorry guys.

- eric

I'm looking to expand this blog

Into something bigger and something better. Including a huge compendium of photos that we have to organize and get information for... A sort of more convenient way to get what I already do here.

Plus, independent hosting of files and bootlegs (because the file removals has been a total hassle).

If anyone designs web pages or has spare space on their server please let me know so we can make this a reality.

- eric

I made this a while ago, who likes it?

Streaming That Lucky Old Sun

You can stream and here all of Brian Wilson's new solo album, "That Lucky Old Sun" below.

http://theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/00/99999999/BRIANWILSON/80814001

In Concert

I just got home from seeing Brian Wilson in concert for the first time.

The concert was in Northampton, MA at the Calvin Theater on King Street. Overall I had a very good time, so let me talk about it a bit.

As I came in after reserving my 75 dollar ticket I realized that I was one of the few people at the concert in their 20s. The vast majority of fans, at least at this concert were all middle aged to elderly men and women. I'm glad that his fans are so diverse, but I still felt a little odd seated between 2 women old enough to be my grandmother.

But when Brian and his abridged 8 piece band (which they call "The Crazy Eight") came out on stage the crowd was very excited to see the man they had come for, and so was I. I never imagined I would really see him in person, and being that close to him was kind of odd really. I found myself noticing things like his legs and thinking "He walks just like I do"...very odd things indeed.

They played through a string of Brian Wilson classics including "I Get Around", "Help, Me Rhonda", "Wouldn't It Be Nice", "Sloop John B", "God Only Knows", "Dance, Dance, Dance" and quite a few of their rarer songs like "Marcella" and "Drive-In". However, after premiering his newest solo album That Lucky Old Sun on his last tour, he seems less excited to be promoting that album on his current tour. The band only played 2 songs from Brian's upcoming album.

I found it odd that Darian was missing from the band, along with quite a few other important members like Taylor Mills and any mention of a string section or horn player. Everything was handled on keyboards sadly.

However, the defining moment of the show is when Brian finally stands up from his unused keyboard (except to play a very short version of "Row, row, row your boat") and plays bass guitar for the classic Beach Boys cover of Barbara Ann. Very exciting stuff to see Brian rock out with his bass and do the classic guitar dance with the other bassist. (I wonder why Brian needs a bassist when he plays too).

It's nice to see a pop legend still trying hard to get out and play some concerts. Although he may not have known the name of the city or perhaps even what he was doing sometimes, I can say I saw him perform at least once in my life. There is a certain amount of prestige that comes with that.

I also bought this shirt, it cost $30.

That Lucky Old Sun Artwork

In case you didn't know that Brian Wilson's new album, That Lucky Old Sun, is going to be released on September 2nd...it is.

In preparation of this special event my talented friend Sam Stone has made some wonderful artwork for the demo versions of the songs. So go ahead and check out the artwork (it's beautiful) and some other special surprises by downloading below.



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