David Beard: All Summer Long

Book Soup presents David Beard in conversation with Dennis Diken for All Summer Long: Conversations with the Beach Boys from “Surfin’” to SMiLE. Beard, editor-in-chief of Endless Summer Quarterly, brings deep knowledge of the Beach Boys’ history, music, and cultural legacy to an evening designed for music lovers, pop historians, and fans of California sound. The event centers on conversation, signing, and the stories behind one of American pop’s most enduring bands.

The book’s subject makes the event especially fitting for Book Soup’s Sunset Strip literary and music-minded audience. With discussion of the Beach Boys’ evolution from early surf hits to the artistic ambition of SMiLE, the evening promises a thoughtful and nostalgic look at songwriting, harmony, myth, and the creative world behind the music.