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  • George Starostin on music today

    Longtime readers of Hey Dullblog will recall that I’ve posted about Starostin’s music reviews before. He’s prolific, insightful, and unafraid to swim against the tide — though he’s never a contrarian for controversy’s sake. His reviews of the Beatles catalog are well worth reading. His original site is here, and the site he is currently […]

    Posted: November 12th, 2019 ˑ Nancy Carr
    5 CommentsFilled under: Uncategorized
  • Robert Freeman, Photographer of the Beatles

    On this busy Sunday (busy for me at least), let us pause for a moment to remember Robert Freeman, the man responsible for many of the most iconic images of the Beatlemania years. Freeman took the photos for With the Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night, Beatles for Sale, HELP, and Rubber Soul, plus a proposed […]

    Posted: November 10th, 2019 ˑ Michael Gerber
    7 CommentsFilled under: Photos
  • Best Beatles Mashups

    I must admit that I love a good Beatles mashup, and after Stephen Kroninger shared the following one today, I thought: “What are the best Beatles mashups? This sounds like a job for the Dullblog Commentariat!”Put your faves in the comments; if I like ’em, I’ll move ’em to this post. Whole Lotta Helter Skelter […]

    Posted: November 6th, 2019 ˑ Michael Gerber
    19 CommentsFilled under: Collaborations
  • Geoffrey Giuliano Goes Off

    Commenter Gibson pointed me to this cri de coeur from Beatle author Geoffrey Giuliano on the perils of “thinking about the Beatles a little too much.” It tickled me immensely, and some of you will have strong feelings, I’m sure. I look forward to hearing them in the comments. Now if you’ll excuse me, I […]

    Posted: October 23rd, 2019 ˑ Michael Gerber
    22 CommentsFilled under: Uncategorized
  • Soviet Hippies

    In our recent conversation regarding Revolver and Pepper the historical setting of The Beatles in general and those albums in particular have come up a lot. How much should historical context matter when judging an artistic work? Should it matter at all? Does something as squishy as historical importance trump more concrete metrics like sales […]

    Posted: October 23rd, 2019 ˑ Michael Gerber
    9 CommentsFilled under: Politics
  • In Defence of Revolver

    There’s cool as we know it, then there’s the 1966 Beatles. About a month ago Michael Gerber posted an essay that argued with disconcerting eloquence and insight that Sgt. Pepper is objectively better than my all-time favourite record, Revolver. I feel compelled to respond with a few words about the album I’m sworn to defend. […]

    Posted: October 21st, 2019 ˑ Justin McCann
    11 CommentsFilled under: Revolver
  • Lennon and…John?

    I don’t know about you, but this always felt like a real friendship to me. Commenter @Hologram Sam dropped this into a comment thread but I thought it was worth making into a post. In Elton John’s new autobiography, Me, he tells of a meeting he had with Yoko Ono in the early 80s (had […]

    Posted: October 17th, 2019 ˑ Michael Gerber
    40 CommentsFilled under: John Lennon
  • George Harrison’s Last Interview

    Ran across this yesterday for the millionth time and wanted to share; George was an interesting dude. A month later, he was diagnosed with throat cancer—making this George Harrison’s last interview. George’s core struggle is right here. He spoke the wisdom, saw and felt that it was true, but (for example) smoked so much he […]

    Posted: October 11th, 2019 ˑ Michael Gerber
    28 CommentsFilled under: George Harrison
  • Where would John Lennon have moved?

    This morning I had a stray thought: what would John Lennon have done if he’d survived? Where would he have gone? Now don’t get too excited: I was all set to write a big long thinky post about this, but today has been nothing but furious fingers typing typing typing, so I will keep it […]

    Posted: October 10th, 2019 ˑ Michael Gerber
    29 CommentsFilled under: John Lennon
  • Happy Birthday John Lennon, wherever you are!

    Lennon with a “UFO Detector,” 1965. Photo by Brian Duffy. October 9th is, as every Beatle fan knows, John Lennon’s birthday. I am sure he is celebrating along with us, probably on some distant planet. (“Dear People of Earth, all I want for my birthday is an impeachment. You know who.”) An old family friend […]

    Posted: October 9th, 2019 ˑ Michael Gerber
    9 CommentsFilled under: John Lennon
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