Lyin' in bed, just like Brian Wilson did

Here's something for me to be pretty happy about: new Brian Wilson music!

See, Brian's got a new project called "That Lucky Old Sun (A Narrative)" that is going to be premiered live in London on September 10. This is exciting because it's his first "real" work since he went back and finished Smile in 2004 (2005's Christmas album doesn't really count, even though it did have two very good new songs). I'm curious to see if the nearly unanimous love for Smile (not to mention his working with and finishing up the music) will influence his new music. He hasn't really had a consistently strong solo album yet, other than Smile.

The second reason it's exciting is because my second favorite person ever, Van Dyke Parks, worked with Brian on the narrative, something to do with thoughts about life and "the heartbeat of Los Angeles," with spoken word interludes, brand new songs, and a version of the old song "That Lucky Old Song" which apparently inspired the whole thing. So Van Dyke is on board! And he's got a pretty magic touch, as I've written about before.

And check it out: a new song! It's pretty damned beautiful.

And finally, Brian had a new song on the Arctic Tale soundtrack, but I can't get it anywhere without buying the whole damn CD. Somebody with a Windows computer get it from Soulseek and send it to me or something, I'm dyyyyyying to hear it.