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...dismiss the Smile live show on account of its broken protagonist is a simple reaction against the mythology. It is unlikely that any version of Wilson’s work—bootleg, official recording or live performance—will be evaluated separate from its surrounding narratives. Indeed, the Brian Wilson legend is at least as responsible as his music for maintaining his and the Beach Boys’ permanent respectability at the frontiers of pop music—frontiers of which Wilson himself has no knowledge...
...following decades saw most of the Smile sessions leaked from studio vaults to expensive bootleg collections. And the songs were fantastic: an organic sound, dense but airy, layered with intensely complicated but immediately ingratiating vocal arrangements and Parks’ beautiful, obscure lyrics. Some songs were finished; others were short, orphaned segments; some never made it past the demo stage. A small but growing core of diehard fans kept the flame burning. The advent of the internet meant easy propagation of the material. Finally Wilson himself, rehabilitated, married and finally receiving proper medical treatment, broke his decades of silence about...
...other on the gold-paved road. Since 1994, the band has been combining their Nashville roots, laden with lap steels and banjos, with a more experimental exploration of the boundaries of rock, and their star still shines bright for both the clan of purists who collect their every bootleg and the thousands of Rolling Stone readers who just wanted to see what all the fuss was about...
...gets Screwed first. Now, don't be vulgar. This is a dispute between unavoidable hotel heiress PARIS HILTON, left (sister of less famous Nicky), and squeaky-clean singer-actress HAYLIE DUFF (sister of more famous Hilary). Each recorded a song called Screwed for her upcoming debut album. When a bootleg copy of Hilton's version hit the Net last week, the still hazy issue of who has first-release rights to the tune became urgent. While the record companies work things out, we'd like to suggest a compromise: recruit brunet rocker Ashlee Simpson (sister of more famous Jessica...
...Stealing from Whom? Your story on digital-movie piracy, "Hollywood Robbery" [Jan. 26], left out one of the biggest reasons for the black market in bootleg copies of films. People are sick of getting ripped off at the theater and the DVD store. When we see movie stars getting millions for making one film and studio execs living like movie stars, the purchasers of bootleg DVDs say, "Who's getting ripped off? I'm the one paying a bundle when I spend $20 to see a movie and buy a bag of popcorn." Who cares if the industry loses...