{"id":2430,"date":"2012-06-30T00:07:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T00:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/index.php\/2012\/06\/30\/good-vibrations\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T16:30:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:30:57","slug":"good-vibrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/good-vibrations","title":{"rendered":"Good Vibrations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We stumbled across a little book titled,&nbsp;<em>Brian Wilson: an art book<\/em>&nbsp;and thought it a timely find in light of the Beach Boy\u2019s 50th anniversary reunion tour!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image tmblr-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/862824067a88dd90ddbb3d4526486666\/975bb6179619eec2-88\/s540x810\/6379c5d81d569433707921d90401fd2cdecc27b4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The essays and art works in the book focus on \u201cthat brief and prolific period, from 1962 to 1967, when Brian Wilson was the principal creative force behind the Beach Boys.\"&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCracken\u2019s essay from the book below\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image tmblr-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/82ad073bc2a310928718577c354e7e8d\/975bb6179619eec2-ea\/s540x810\/8f6d69d67487013650db9a98e6313868a11df910.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full tmblr-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/image-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/image-2.jpeg 430w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/image-2-184x300.jpeg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Farquharson, Alex ed. <em>Brian Wilson: An Art Book.<\/em>&nbsp;Four Corners Press. 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