Brian Wilson, co-founder/producer of the Beach Boys turns 74 today. Pitchfork has a great article on the making of their best album, Pet Sounds
If ever there was an artist so perfectly able to tap into the creativity of his inner child, it was Brian Wilson. In the time leading up to the May 16, 1966 release of the Beach Boys' grand masterpiece Pet Sounds, Wilson—who was only in his early twenties—erupted with a manic wellspring of ideas, visions, and fleeting thoughts.
