A few people have asked me to post the 2004 documentary Wouldn't It Be Nice. Here you go. It's been up on Myspace for a really long time. I guess everyone forgot it was there. Someone should snag this thing before it's gone.
https://myspace.com/hilton1949/video/wouldnt-it-be-nice/59284476
Thanks Hilton Teper, wherever you are.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
Sunday, February 23, 2014
A serious thought about obsession
Hello Beach Boys fans!
It's me, Eric. I wanted to share my thoughts on a bizarre situation that has been unfolding for the past few years. In 2009 I got a friend request from someone on Facebook named "Denni Leann". I accepted as I usually do out of courtesy and learned that she believed she was "Dennis Wilson's illegitimate daughter". It kind of made sense...Dennis Wilson slept around a lot, she was 29 at the time (meaning Dennis could have been alive to father her), she seemed to know a lot of personal details about the family, but most of all, she seemed to believe her own story. She also always seemed to be in crisis. Either her mother was in the hospital, she was dying or she was about to be evicted. It was always a sob story. Some people even spoke to her on the phone, sent her money and spoke to her for over 3 years.
I figured out this was not a real person in late 2011 and called her out on it, only to have myself blocked on facebook and laughed at by about 50 of her believers. No big deal I thought...but for 2 more years this kept going on while I paid no more attention. Today when I logged in on facebook I saw the following:
There you have it. Julia Gifford is a real person who has had her identity stolen by someone for the past 5 years. When someone finally found her real profile, Denni Leann quietly deleted her Facebook account, fading into the maw of obscurity where she (or he) came from. Obviously the person responsible loves the Beach Boys and wanted to feel like they were important to this community of fans. But, there was also a financial aspect to it. A lot of older people like the Beach Boys, and when an older person hears that the child of his favorite musician is in trouble, it is near impossible to stop them from trying to help.
This person is a criminal and I feel very sad that this happened. If anyone spoke to Denni Leann or knows the person's real identity, I would love it if you would share your thoughts in a comment.
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EDIT: An anonymous Beach Boys fan has shared a real letter that Denni sent them. There was a return address on the letter, and, according to Google this person lives there. The picture on the left was included in an email from Denni Leann sent to the fan. The photo on the right is from her original Facebook account before this started.
Many times Denni Leann mentioned her mom and posted pictures of her. It turns out, Denni's mom IS "Denni". Kind of sad. Kind of lonely. Completely pathetic.
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EDIT 2: Since posting this article I have received A LOT of messages about this. I could completely re-write this article with more accurate information about what REALLY happened, but I'm not going to bother. This woman is sick in the head and this exacerbates her compulsion to pretend to be the daughter of a rock drummer (and dozens of other personalities) online.
She has dozens and possibly hundreds of facebook profiles that communicate with each other and I'm not sure if she actually believes these characters are real or not. It makes me not want to log into Facebook anymore.
I'm struggling to end this on a serious note, but unless someone puts a stop to this and reports it (like the woman whose identity was stolen) I think this woman, Sherry Hutsell, will just keep coming back under different names. It has bummed me out to see so many of my friends taken on a ride, believing her drama and caring about her for years, only to be devastated again to learn that the person they thought was real was, well, not.
That is a really terrible thing to do.
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EDIT 3: Apparently there was one other woman involved with Sherry Hutsell who would occasionally talk to some of her victims and pose as Denni on Skype or over the phone. Could have been her sister, or a friend or someone she met at the hospital. Who knows?
I figured out this was not a real person in late 2011 and called her out on it, only to have myself blocked on facebook and laughed at by about 50 of her believers. No big deal I thought...but for 2 more years this kept going on while I paid no more attention. Today when I logged in on facebook I saw the following:
There you have it. Julia Gifford is a real person who has had her identity stolen by someone for the past 5 years. When someone finally found her real profile, Denni Leann quietly deleted her Facebook account, fading into the maw of obscurity where she (or he) came from. Obviously the person responsible loves the Beach Boys and wanted to feel like they were important to this community of fans. But, there was also a financial aspect to it. A lot of older people like the Beach Boys, and when an older person hears that the child of his favorite musician is in trouble, it is near impossible to stop them from trying to help.
This person is a criminal and I feel very sad that this happened. If anyone spoke to Denni Leann or knows the person's real identity, I would love it if you would share your thoughts in a comment.
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EDIT: An anonymous Beach Boys fan has shared a real letter that Denni sent them. There was a return address on the letter, and, according to Google this person lives there. The picture on the left was included in an email from Denni Leann sent to the fan. The photo on the right is from her original Facebook account before this started.
Many times Denni Leann mentioned her mom and posted pictures of her. It turns out, Denni's mom IS "Denni". Kind of sad. Kind of lonely. Completely pathetic.
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EDIT 2: Since posting this article I have received A LOT of messages about this. I could completely re-write this article with more accurate information about what REALLY happened, but I'm not going to bother. This woman is sick in the head and this exacerbates her compulsion to pretend to be the daughter of a rock drummer (and dozens of other personalities) online.
She has dozens and possibly hundreds of facebook profiles that communicate with each other and I'm not sure if she actually believes these characters are real or not. It makes me not want to log into Facebook anymore.
I'm struggling to end this on a serious note, but unless someone puts a stop to this and reports it (like the woman whose identity was stolen) I think this woman, Sherry Hutsell, will just keep coming back under different names. It has bummed me out to see so many of my friends taken on a ride, believing her drama and caring about her for years, only to be devastated again to learn that the person they thought was real was, well, not.
That is a really terrible thing to do.
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EDIT 3: Apparently there was one other woman involved with Sherry Hutsell who would occasionally talk to some of her victims and pose as Denni on Skype or over the phone. Could have been her sister, or a friend or someone she met at the hospital. Who knows?
Monday, January 6, 2014
Happy New Year!
Hello everyone!
I just wanted to say Happy New Year! I can't believe its 2014! I started this blog back in 2006, so that's...a lot of years!
I am 26 now and wanted to thank everyone for their continued support and friendship. I still have most of the files on this blog that have been lost, but still no reliable place to store them. I am trying out a website called Adrive.com right now because I am low on cash for server costs. I'll hopefully be able to re-dump most of the stuff that has been lost on here.
This will be the year!
- Eric W
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Caroline Mountain
Hello!
I recently discovered a wonderful band from San Francisco, CA called "Sugar Candy Mountain". On their latest record, Mystic Hits, they released a song called Caroline Mountain, which is based off the original Beach Boys song Caroline, No from the Pet Sounds album. It breathes a lot of life into the song and its original harmonies and vocal effects combine to create an even lusher trip than the original. Enjoy and be sure to check out all of their music at http://sugarcandymountain.bandcamp.com (it's all wonderful!).
- Eric Warncke
I recently discovered a wonderful band from San Francisco, CA called "Sugar Candy Mountain". On their latest record, Mystic Hits, they released a song called Caroline Mountain, which is based off the original Beach Boys song Caroline, No from the Pet Sounds album. It breathes a lot of life into the song and its original harmonies and vocal effects combine to create an even lusher trip than the original. Enjoy and be sure to check out all of their music at http://sugarcandymountain.bandcamp.com (it's all wonderful!).
- Eric Warncke
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Server Space
I have about 30GB of Beach Boys stuff I want to share, but I have nowhere to host it (as sites like rapidshare often remove them)
If anyone has some server space that they would be willing to "loan" me, I would be happy to get this blog back on track. Please email me, ericwarncke@gmail.com if you can help.
Please don't leave a comment on this post, as I will probably not see it. I'm still dealing with hundreds of spam comments every day.
- Eric Warncke
Monday, August 12, 2013
Not Posting
Hello Beach Boys friends,
I haven't been updating this blog much lately because I receive hundreds of spam comments every day that bury any real comments, so I have taken a vacation from deleting dozens of comments every day. I think Google needs to try harder to keep spammers off of Blogspot.
Anyway, The Heavy Blinkers have finally released HEALTH! You should go to www.theheavyblinkers.com to download it!
More updates coming soon (after I figure out a solution to my spam problem)
- Eric W
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Arrested Development
I just wanted to take a minute to express that the new season of Arrested Development (which is only available on Netflix) is wonderful, hilarious and exactly like my family. You should all watch it. I'll write more about it later.
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