Author and pop culture historian Domenic Priore has re-launched the website for the Dumb Angel Gazette. To date, the four-issue series has covered and celebrated the history and music of Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys, instrumental Surf Music, the Wall of Sound, Jan Berry, Jan & Dean, and Southern California culture of the 1960s.
In the 1980s, Dumb Angel Gazette No. 2—Look! Listen! Vibrate! SMiLE!—was the catalyst for stoking the cult of SMiLE, Brian Wilson’s 1967 masterpiece that failed to see release in its original era but later rose to massive acclaim.
Dumb Angel No. 4: All Summer Long (2005), a full-color glossy magazine co-edited with writer/historian Brian Chidester and designed by Mark London, took the concept to a new level. Alongside entries on Dick Dale, the artwork of John Van Hamersveld, Phil Spector’s scene, and others, No. 4 featured the article “‘A Righteous Trip’: In the Studio with Jan Berry, 1964-1966” by Mark A. Moore, author of Dead Man’s Curve: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Life of Jan Berry (McFarland, 2021).
Now that Dumb Angel Gazette has an online home, Priore will continue to post new content with Blogs, Event updates, and other information.
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