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Head Beach Boy: Brian Wilson Turns Serious

Jamie McCluskey III, KRLA Beat, 6 November 1965

A FUNNY THING happened to me as I was sidewalk surfin' the other day. At the crucial moment, just when I was about to hang eight — Alas! — I slipped!! Well, actually, I sort of slid — right into a building which just happened to be conveniently standing nearby. Oh hevvins, what a coincidence that was, especially since Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys also just happened to be there.

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