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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 ...

Brian Wilson was a troubled genius who made so many people happy but had far too much sadness in his life already.

On June 11, leader of The Beach Boys legendary pop composer Brian Wilson died at the age of 82. Below, Grammy-winning ...