The Record Crate by Alex V. Cook – Not my pail of blueberries

The poet e.e. cummings said once “a hellless hell of compulsory heaven on earth is emphatically not my pail of blueberries” and I take that tack with the Beach Boys. Yes the arrangements are like Swiss clockwork, the harmonies like the constellations arranged painstakingly by the Creator, but ultimately, they’re just not for me. Read more…