Orange Crate Art

...versions of songs from his Beach Boys and solo catalogue produced by Was, along with a 1976-vintage demo recording. The second, Orange Crate Art, saw Wilson as lead vocalist on an album of songs produced, arranged and (mostly) written by...

In this article: Brian Douglas Wilson, The Beach Boys, Carl Wilson, Murry Wilson, Mike Love, Pet Sounds, Psychology, Trademark, and Billboard

...critically noticed. In 1995 Parks teamed up again with Brian Wilson to create the album Orange Crate Art. Parks wrote all of the songs on the album, except "This Town Goes Down At Sunset" and George Gershwin instrumental "Lullaby", with...

In this article: Brian Wilson, Song Cycle, Beach Boys, Tokyo Rose, Silverchair, Van Dyke Parks, The Shortwave Set, and Smiley Smile

Nearly 30 years after their legendary collaboration on the ill-fated Smile '' project, Wilson and Parks teamed up again for this ''Orange Crate Art, which in essence, is really a Van Dyke Parks album, full of his dense, complex songwriting...

In this article: Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks, Orchestration, Warner Bros, and California

This Moleskine book opens up into a desktop calendar. The list price is $19.95 but Amazon is selling it for $3.74. As Michael Leddy noted, they should have marked it down to $3.65. As for the fetishization, just because you don't...

In this article: Amazon, Creepy, Trademark, Creative Commons License, Boing Boing, and Dark Horse Comics

Organ jazz records flow into and out of our consciousness evoking memories of the roots of jazz, R&B and easy listening, but also awakening us to the possibilities of new musical exploration. Whatever inspired Wild Bill Davis, Milt Buckner...

In this article: Larry Goldings, Anthony Wilson, Hot sauce, Children Of The Night, Jim Keltner, Ari Hoenig, and Jeff Hamilton

Martin Gladu is a guitarist, composer and music consultant. He graduated with High Distinction in Jazz Guitar from McGill University. Concerned with building a reputation as a well-rounded and versatile musician, he favours varying settings...

In this article: Anthony Wilson, David Binney, Scott Colley, Jim Hall, Jimi Hendrix, and Jeff Hamilton

Posted by David Pescovitz, October 1, 2008 10:08 AM | permalink BB pal Michael Leddy told me that he has some real problems with contemporary Hi and Lois strips. I agree. The lousy art is filled with seemingly unintentional...

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Posted by David Pescovitz, March 3, 2009 2:24 PM | permalink Orange Crate Art's Michael Leddy spotted this funny ironic list of "Ways To Be Cool." I speak European and my coolness factour has increased a thousand percent. I also grow...

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Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, November 13, 2008 9:34 AM | permalink Michael Leddy of Orange Crate Art came across this Flickr gallery of old Scholastic book covers. I loved these books when I was growing up, and recognized many of them in...

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Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, February 12, 2009 12:15 PM | permalink In commemoration of Honest Abe's 200 birthday, Michael Leddy of Orange Crate Art ran this quote from the great President on avoiding procrastination: Leave nothing for...

In this article: Michael Phelps, New York, and Germany