It goes without saying that Brian Wilson, who died last week at the age of 82, was a pure product of Southern California. His ...

Brian Wilson, the chief architect behind surf-rock supernovas The Beach Boys, who soundtracked a generation of youthful ...

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 ...

Sid Holt is a former editor of Rolling Stone. He is currently the executive director of the American Society of Magazine Editors.