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

When the sad news of Brian Wilson's death was announced last week the tributes poured in, praising him as the guiding light ...

If The Beach Boys felt threatened by the Fab Four's explosive arrival, they were not going down without a fight.

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

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 ...