Jeff Melnick

Like these names who are like crucial people in American culture are dancing with these marginal freaks. Yeah. Yeah.

Like these names who are like crucial people in American culture are dancing with these marginal freaks. Yeah. Yeah.

They do. And Dennis Wilson, I mean, he's in his own way a vulnerable character. He's not the creative engine of the group. He's an important musician, but- If there was a real Beach Boy, it was Dennis Wilson. Yeah, exactly. He's the only one who surfs of the Beach Boys. And he not only takes up with the Manson women, he- gets kind of convinced by Charlie's rap.

They do. And Dennis Wilson, I mean, he's in his own way a vulnerable character. He's not the creative engine of the group. He's an important musician, but- If there was a real Beach Boy, it was Dennis Wilson. Yeah, exactly. He's the only one who surfs of the Beach Boys. And he not only takes up with the Manson women, he- gets kind of convinced by Charlie's rap.

They do. And Dennis Wilson, I mean, he's in his own way a vulnerable character. He's not the creative engine of the group. He's an important musician, but- If there was a real Beach Boy, it was Dennis Wilson. Yeah, exactly. He's the only one who surfs of the Beach Boys. And he not only takes up with the Manson women, he- gets kind of convinced by Charlie's rap.

And he like, he very famously gives an interview to a British music magazine in, in 68 saying like, Oh my, you know, we, you know, me and the, me and my brothers have a record company at one of our first acts is going to be this guy, you know, Charlie Manson, he's a wizard.

And he like, he very famously gives an interview to a British music magazine in, in 68 saying like, Oh my, you know, we, you know, me and the, me and my brothers have a record company at one of our first acts is going to be this guy, you know, Charlie Manson, he's a wizard.

And he like, he very famously gives an interview to a British music magazine in, in 68 saying like, Oh my, you know, we, you know, me and the, me and my brothers have a record company at one of our first acts is going to be this guy, you know, Charlie Manson, he's a wizard.

He's like a guru, you know, and like, he's talking this up in public, you know, like this very kind of dark, weird scenario he's presenting as like, this guy's great. He's a great musician. We're going to record him. And he gives Manson personally this sense of legitimacy that he belongs in this scene and that he's a part of it.

He's like a guru, you know, and like, he's talking this up in public, you know, like this very kind of dark, weird scenario he's presenting as like, this guy's great. He's a great musician. We're going to record him. And he gives Manson personally this sense of legitimacy that he belongs in this scene and that he's a part of it.

He's like a guru, you know, and like, he's talking this up in public, you know, like this very kind of dark, weird scenario he's presenting as like, this guy's great. He's a great musician. We're going to record him. And he gives Manson personally this sense of legitimacy that he belongs in this scene and that he's a part of it.

And he never gets really that what these guys want from him are women in drugs. He's like a pimp in a few different ways. Exactly.

And he never gets really that what these guys want from him are women in drugs. He's like a pimp in a few different ways. Exactly.

And he never gets really that what these guys want from him are women in drugs. He's like a pimp in a few different ways. Exactly.

And it's so shady. I mean, this isn't just LA. This is like, the sites that matter are like Venice Beach, real honky tonk, really marginal folks, what we would now call street people, and just kind of folks who are not mainstream culture. And all of a sudden, they find themselves in Dennis Wilson's mansion, like up on the hill, And it's a wild moment of cultural mixing.

And it's so shady. I mean, this isn't just LA. This is like, the sites that matter are like Venice Beach, real honky tonk, really marginal folks, what we would now call street people, and just kind of folks who are not mainstream culture. And all of a sudden, they find themselves in Dennis Wilson's mansion, like up on the hill, And it's a wild moment of cultural mixing.

And it's so shady. I mean, this isn't just LA. This is like, the sites that matter are like Venice Beach, real honky tonk, really marginal folks, what we would now call street people, and just kind of folks who are not mainstream culture. And all of a sudden, they find themselves in Dennis Wilson's mansion, like up on the hill, And it's a wild moment of cultural mixing.

And spawn ranch, just to like, to try to draw a picture for listeners. Like I'm always, whenever I was out on research trips in LA, I was always like, I, I caught to spawn ranch or where it was in Chatsworth. And for East coast people, this is shocking. Cause it's like, this is still LA. Like, cause it's, it just feels like this kind of hard scrabble, desert-y, you know?

And spawn ranch, just to like, to try to draw a picture for listeners. Like I'm always, whenever I was out on research trips in LA, I was always like, I, I caught to spawn ranch or where it was in Chatsworth. And for East coast people, this is shocking. Cause it's like, this is still LA. Like, cause it's, it just feels like this kind of hard scrabble, desert-y, you know?

And spawn ranch, just to like, to try to draw a picture for listeners. Like I'm always, whenever I was out on research trips in LA, I was always like, I, I caught to spawn ranch or where it was in Chatsworth. And for East coast people, this is shocking. Cause it's like, this is still LA. Like, cause it's, it just feels like this kind of hard scrabble, desert-y, you know?