Beach Boys in London in 1966. Clockwise from top left: Al Jardine, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Brian Wilson and Mike Love. Photo: DEZO HOFFFMANN/REX/Shutterstock. My last column was about the heat, but apparently it was technically still spring. I guess it depends on who you ask. Astronomically, each season…

Insert Foot Vs. National Siblings Day. Saturday was Siblings Day, which we celebrate by posting photos on social media of siblings harmoniously pretending to get along, not trading blows and not throwing a deceased parent’s false teeth at each other at a funeral home. Don’t ask. I didn’t meet…

James Brown performs in the Musikhalle in Hamburg, Germany in February 1973. Courtesy: Heinrich Klaffs/Wikicommons. I am in a funk. Fortunately I’m not alone. It seems everyone is in a funk. Unfortunately, everyone thinks it’s just them, so we’ve all spent the last week or two snapping at each…