More pocket-sized knowledge gems for dat azz! If you're a NYC/BK denizen (or resident of any metro area), we know you'll believe when we say how many times these books have saved us during that long wait on the train platform. Jim Fusilli (who you may know from The Wall Street Journal or National Public Radio… or maybe not, if you're reading TTLab…) does an amazing job of debunking some of the many, many myths surrounding the Beach Boys' classic Pet Sounds album, while raising many more pertinent questions and delving deeper into the mind of Brian Wilson than most would dare to go. If you consider yourself an appreciator of pop music, you owe it to yourself to find out how one of the best albums of all time was made. Get to it! 121 pages.

reviewed by Chris Lemon-Red