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Collapse Board at 7: The 25 Most Read Articles

Collapse Board at 7: The 25 Most Read Articles

Collapse Board celebrated its seventh birthday yesterday. To celebrate, here’s the 25 most read articles over those seven years. Enjoy! 1. Shut up about Kreayshawn being Racist – Kelly McClure In the last few days I’ve gotten into two very intense debates via Facebook about whether or not Kreayshawn is a racist. Naturally Facebook would be […]

 Wallace Wylie

Ghost In Every Town – The Haunting Of Elliott Smith

Ghost In Every Town – The Haunting Of Elliott Smith

Smith’s songs were populated by back alley losers, moving in a moonlit world of cashed checks, track marks, and bad luck.

 Everett True

The 20 Most Read Articles on Collapse Board in 2012

Fucking nice music too! I can hear Crass, I can hear Bikini Kill, I can hear Dutch insurrectionists The Ex … but most of all I can hear anger and determination and energy and bleakness and hope and a refusal to lie down and accept things as they are.

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Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Tour @ Singapore Indoor Stadium, 22.08.12

Provided you own more books than golf clubs, Brian Wilson wrote your record collection, your life.

 Everett True

Song of the day – 472: Ronnie Spector (+ interview)

[Oh my god! Ronnie Spector is singing to me!]

 Everett True

odd comment left on Brian Wilson blog entry

odd comment left on Brian Wilson blog entry

I’m the fellow who gave LSD to Brian Wilson in the early Sixties. I have been vilified for doing this for almost fifty years. I would like to set the record straight about this event

 Wallace Wylie

Brian Wilson tired of music critics putting him in a box

Turns out some cold-hearted bastard had gotten Brian in a box and then nailed it shut. It took me almost an hour to get him out.

 Scott Creney

THE ALTERNATE REVIEW: The Beach Boys – The Smile Sessions (Capitol)

The Smile Sessions is a candle made out of wax collected from the melted wings of Icarus

 Everett True

Brian Wilson: wayward genius or ersatz elevator music maker? You decide.

A recent comment on YouTube called Brian Wilson “a guinness”.

 Joseph

Know When To Fold ‘Em: The Beach Boys should have fired Brian Wilson after Pet Sounds

Frankly, though, The Smile Sessions? It is an utter bore.