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THE FOURTH of JULY WEEKEND STARTS HERE: 
...with THE BEACH BOYS! It's time to "Do It Again." Because folks my age will always remember their mammoth July 4th concerts at the Washington Monument -- as with this 1980 take on "Good Vibrations." Their "Lost Concert" from 1964 includes "Fun, Fun, Fun," "Long, Tall Texan," "Little Deuce Coupe," "Surfer Girl," "Surfin' USA," "Shut Down," "In My Room," "Papa Ooh Mow Mow," and "Hawaii." Their take on "Dance, Dance, Dance" from Shindig! later that year is like a slice of Christmas in July. There's also a nifty twofer of "I Get Around" and "'When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)" from their first UK TV appearance on Ready Steady Go! The Andy Williams Show serves up "Help Me, Rhonda," while The Jack Benny Hour produced these quick takes on "Barbara Ann" and "California Girls." There's a primitive video for "Wouldn't It Be Nice" that starts with a cameo from Brian Wilson's dogs (Banana and Louie), who appear at the end of the Pet Sounds LP. And I'll finish with a live version of "God Only Knows" from the 1967 European tour -- one of the last Brian would do for a decade or so. BONUS: Part 1 and Part 2 of the epic Political Beats podcasts covering the entirety of the Beach Boys' catalog. RAY CHARLES performs "America The Beautiful" like no one else. INDEPENDENCE DAY: Bruce Springsteen, circa 1978, before it came out on The River. AMERICAN MUSIC: The Violent Femmes, circa 1992. DAVE ALVIN: Hey, baby, it's the "4th of July." JAMES LILEKS: Truth. JOHN ADAMS, on helping with the Declaration of Independence. And being told to sit down. THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER: As performed by Jimi Hendrix, Whitney Houston, Smokey Robinson, members of the Grateful Dead, and Umphrey’s McGee. YES: The post-1974 part of the band's career gets 2 hours, 43 minutes of discussion on Political Beats. KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD play “Bad Pilot,” “Le Risque,” and “Daily Blues.” LOS CAMPESINOS! shares "kms." ONEIDA shares "La Plage." HEART's Ann Wilson had cancer surgery. LILY ALLEN started an OnlyFans... for her feet. DAVID CROSBY donated to more than Melissa Etheridge. ROBERT TOWNE, an Oscar winner for his original script for “Chinatown” and an acknowledged master of the art of screenwriting, has died. He was 89. PARAMOUNT is looking to sell BET. THE INTERNET ARCHIVE steps in after Paramount deletes MTV News. DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE has a new trailer online. SUPERMAN will feature a special cameo. LARA FLYNN BOYLE on tabloids, dating actors, ageism in Hollywood, and more. SUKI WATERHOUSE on music, motherhood and Robert Pattinson. KATE BECKINSALE mooned London. 
TWIGGY: Another Fourth of July tradition, the water-skiing squirrel. She's retired, but it remains a great story. Compelling and rich. CATS & DOGS: Game Of Throne edition. AN ELEPHANT plays a prank. MOM collects her weasels.
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