In this episode of my GOTTA POP podcast, my guest is poet, writer, and music lover Jessica Lee McMillan. We discuss two legendary albums we both love: The Beach Boys' PET SOUNDS and Brian Wilson's SMILE (which famously began as an ill-fated and unfinished album by The Beach Boys).



To learn more about Jessica Lee McMillan, her poetry, writings, and other things, check out her great website: https://www.jessicaleemcmillan.com/



Also, here are great links Jessica nicely provided me with to share here, related to what we discussed during our show:



-Joshilyn Hoisington website:
https://www.joshilyn.com/about


Breakdown of opening notes to "Wouldn't It Be Nice":
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrOjCMPTdzY



-2004 Pitchfork Review of Smile by Dominique Leone:
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8781-smile/ 



-Brian Wilson's 2011 liner notes:
 https://www.reddit.com/r/thebeachboys/comments/9ds01z/liner_notes_by_brian_included_in_the_smile/



-2004 liner notes for Smile by David Leaf:
http://albumlinernotes.com/Smile__BWPS_.html





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Thanks for reading and watching. Have a great day!


Buddy Gott



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