In this episode of my GOTTA POP podcast, my guest is poet, writer, and music lover Jessica Lee McMillan. We discuss two legendary albums we both love: The Beach Boys' PET SOUNDS and Brian Wilson's SMILE (which famously began as an ill-fated and unfinished album by The Beach Boys).
To learn more about Jessica Lee McMillan, her poetry, writings, and other things, check out her great website:
https://www.jessicaleemcmillan.com/Also, here are great links Jessica nicely provided me with to share here, related to what we discussed during our show:
-Joshilyn Hoisington website:
https://www.joshilyn.com/aboutBreakdown of opening notes to "Wouldn't It Be Nice":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrOjCMPTdzY-2004 Pitchfork Review of Smile by Dominique Leone:
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8781-smile/ -Brian Wilson's 2011 liner notes:
https://www.reddit.com/r/thebeachboys/comments/9ds01z/liner_notes_by_brian_included_in_the_smile/-2004 liner notes for Smile by David Leaf:
http://albumlinernotes.com/Smile__BWPS_.htmlTo find my writings and other places I am online, please visit my Linktree:
https://linktr.ee/buddygottThanks for reading and watching. Have a great day!
Buddy Gott
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