A few parting remarks.

T.S. Eliot, SMiLE...and a bunch of other stuff (downloadable PDF).

A few (admittedly speculative) thoughts about the "missing" SMiLE lyrics.

So who gave those speeches, anyhow?

Three variations on a (mostly) Hawaiian theme.

A bit of speculative fiction (Twilight Zone music): what if Rolling Stone had reviewed a released SMiLE, back in 1967?

Reviewing the reviewers: what did the critics have to say about SMiLE, circa 2004?

Brian Wilson, Charles Ives and the lily boys.

There is no real Was, there is only Is (apologies to Faulkner).

Welcome to the Tour de SMiLE: pedaling through a bit of bicycle history, among other things.

Some thoughts on the word-music of SMiLE (part two).

Some thoughts on the word-music of SMiLE (part one).

It's about time (nope, not the Sunflower song).

Musical/lyrical references in Movement III (part two).

Musical/lyrical references in Movement III (part one).

Musical/lyrical references in Movement II.

More Musical/lyrical references, sticking with Movement I.

Musical/lyrical references in SMiLE, focusing on Movement I.

The background of these essays: what they are, and what they were originally meant for.

You guessed it: part two of my SMiLE story.