It goes without saying that Brian Wilson, who died last week at the age of 82, was a pure product of Southern California. His ...

God Only Knows Where California Would Be Without Brian Wilson originally appeared on L.A. Mag.

Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys passed away June 11 at age 82, just two days after fellow Californian Sly Stone of Sly and the ...

UVA pop culture expert Jack Hamilton says the 1960s music icon merged different genres into his unique style, taking rock and ...

The Beach Boys were selling the California Dream. And I bought it hook, line and sinker. Today California is a pejorative. The whipping boy of the right. And many on the left too. They have contempt f ...