Pocket Symphony: A Beach Boys Podcast
By Rosie Alejandrino & Krista Kurisaki
A narrative podcast exploring the life and cultural legacy of the Beach Boys and Brian Wilson. Using the 2015 biopic "Love & Mercy," Rosie Alejandrino and Krista Kurisaki break down each scene and uncover the real-life events that inspired the movie.
"Part movie watch-along and part pop culture deep dive, but mostly an exploration of why we, two Asian-American millennial women, keep talking about a white boy band whose best hits lived and died before we were even born."
"Part movie watch-along and part pop culture deep dive, but mostly an exploration of why we, two Asian-American millennial women, keep talking about a white boy band whose best hits lived and died before we were even born."
Latest episode
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7. LOVE AND MERCY: Brian & Britney
"Kind of wild that every major public update on Brian’s well-being occurs on the Beach Boys’ album cycle, almost like the capitalist desire to keep him working overrides the desire to keep him healthy. Makes you think, huh?" CW: This episode deals... -
6. I JUST WASN’T MADE FOR THESE TIMES: Pet Sounds and the Cult of Uncool
“Rolling Stone is no longer like 50 Cameron Crowes, extolling the ‘never to be experienced again’ majesty of the 70s rock age to anyone curious about music history.” Today, Pet Sounds is widely considered to be one of the greatest albums of... -
5. GOD ONLY KNOWS: Who Owns the Beach Boys' Legacy?
“We’ve come a long way from Hawthorne, California, and now the Boys are handing over their literal likenesses to a company that’s willing to give them the Tupac treatment so that Mike Love can finally put the band to rest.” Oh no! The podcast... -
4. (OH!) DARLIN’: The Beach Boys vs. The Beatles
“Resurrected like some Hawaiian shirt-clad phoenix every ten years or so, the Beach Boys became the act as synonymous to boomer nostalgia as the Beatles are to youth counterculture.” As soon as Beatlemania hit US airwaves, the Beach Boys were... -
3. I GET AROUND: How the Boys Sold the Beach
“They take up the mantle of being ‘America’s band’ while writing albums overseas, and secure that reputation by becoming peak boomer nostalgia music for an era where gas was cheap, roads were wide open, and the ocean was a playground if you... -
2. Meet The Beach Boys
“There’s drugs, there’s sex, there’s girls! There’s an evil psychiatrist who tries to take over his life! There’s marriage and divorce and family drama and cousins trying to sue each other. There’s intergenerational trauma, fast cars,... -
1. Who are the California Girls?
“Discovering the Beach Boys’ music has only made my love for other things stronger. I’ve learned to love so many other types of art, music, movies because of discovering this band.” Even if you don’t know the Beach Boys, you probably know... -
Introducing Pocket Symphony: A Beach Boys Podcast
"Part movie watch-along and part pop culture deep dive, but mostly an exploration of why we, two Asian-American millennial women, keep talking about a white boy band whose best hits lived and died before we were even born." Best friends and are...
