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September 24, 2005

Donate To Katrina Victims, Get A Call From Brian Wilson

It's for real. Via Brian Wilson's site's message board:

Instructions for sending donations to "get the call" (posted by Jerry Boyd on September 22, 2005) Message: Hello, everyone. I'm very excited and thankful that Brian and Melinda are donating their time and resources to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina. I can take payments into my fund only by PayPal. If you have a PayPal account, send the contribution to djsurfclown@bellsouth.net. If you don't have a PayPal account, go to PayPal.com and it's easy to set one up. (I was surprised at how easy it was.) After you set up the account, you just click on "Send Money", and it will walk you through the process. You will have the opportunity to put in a message with the payment. In the message, be sure to include the phone # that you want Brian to call you at, when is the best time to call, and your Blueboard screen name (if it's something other than your real name.) PayPal always sends me an email notifying me that someone has sent a payment. When I receive this email from PayPal that you have donated at least $100, I will forward it directly to Brian. Thank you, and have fun talking with Brian Wilson! ;-)
Pretty cool, especially 'cause the legendary songwriter isn't much of a chatterbox these days. He and his wife are also matching every donation.

Perhaps you're not a Brian Wilson fan and/or already donated as much as you can afford. Is there another artist whose phone call, hypothetically, could get you to send $100 to a "djsurfclown@bellsouth.net"?

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Tom Fucking Waits.

brian wilson...very cool. But what could be better than picking up the phone and hearing Tom Waits' voice? Nothing, I tell you. Nothing.

Posted by: Benjamin at 09/24/05 6:11 PM | Reply
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hearing Jim Morrison's?

Posted by: MYSWEETbeard. at 09/24/05 6:31 PM | Reply
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Um. Billie Joe Armstrong's voice. Duh.

You're all super old. And totally just dated yourself by mentioning Tom Waits and Brian whathisname.

Posted by: Jane at 09/24/05 10:14 PM | Reply
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No WAY!!! You're old... Billie Joe Armstrong's like, married and like OVER THE HILL!!!

It's sooo obvious... Mary Kate AND Ashely Olsen... talking AT THE SAME TIME!!!

Posted by: PrePube at 09/24/05 11:32 PM | Reply
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fuck em ,

get liam gallagher on the phone !

Posted by: m83 at 09/25/05 12:12 AM | Reply
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i'd pay $100 for a call from jenny lewis.

i'd pay $500 for a call from sufjan. but only if he promises to impregnate me later.

Posted by: rohallma at 09/25/05 12:57 AM | Reply
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*beep* Hi this is Brian Wilson. Thanks for donating money to that stuff down there. Did you know my dad used to make me poop on newspaper in the living room? Also, I was beholden to a new age guru for several years who orchestrated my every move and obstensibly destroyed the Beach Boys. Have a nice day. *beep*
*beep* also BNL wrote possibly the worst pop song ever about me. here's a sample "lyin in bed, just like Brian Wilson did". Remember that time I lied in bed? I'm well known for tha--*beep*
*beep* me again. can I borrow a bus token? I gotta get to the clinic by five and the number 4 comes by here in--*beep*
*beep* so. lonely. come over and we'll listen to smile together.(long pause) will you be my guru?*beep*

Posted by: LL Cool F at 09/25/05 1:29 AM | Reply
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trip out... i got a phone call from Brian Wilson once. i used to work for a law office that represented a big hospital in LA. a member of his family was treated there and i ended up getting a call from him regarding the bill. it was a ton. over $100,000 if I remember correctly. the funny thing was i didn't put it together that it was him until after the call. probably a good thing. it would have been tough to do my job at the time... "yeah yeah, so about the vocal arrangement on 'i just wasn't made for these times'...

Posted by: schlarb at 09/25/05 12:56 PM | Reply
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David Bowie anyone?

Posted by: Todd Broockerd at 09/25/05 6:35 PM | Reply
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i got a call from brian and he talks to you quite a long time. he called twice actually because my phone was not getting a signal so he left a message the first time.

Posted by: ryan staskel at 09/26/05 11:08 PM | Reply
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YOU got a call, and he talks to ME? That I gotta hear.

Posted by: LL Cool F at 09/27/05 12:32 AM | Reply
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yeah he actually seems to care and is pretty coherent. i talked to him for about 5 or 6 minutes discussing the music of today and how much fun he had on the smile tour.

Posted by: ryan staskel at 09/27/05 1:33 AM | Reply
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Posted by: Stephen Cole at 12/03/05 1:01 AM | Reply
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