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Sgt. Pepper in the Age of Social Distancing
From friend of Bystander Stephen Kroninger…I’m just glad Sgt. Pepper wasn’t alive to see this… Related posts: Counterpoint on Magical Mystery Tour Critic Amanda Marcotte: Sgt. Pepper’s made rock “music for men” Underrating Sgt. Pepper’s Smile vs. Sgt. Pepper Hitler on Sgt. Pepper Sgt Pepper and Psychedelic Utopianism Starostin re-reviews Sgt. Pepper Keith Richards on […]
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Help Dullblog out: Try the Brave Browser
“You’re right, she DOES look like Alma Cogan…” A lot of people have asked how you might help the blog, so I’m always looking for painless (read: free) ways you can show your HD-love. I just found one. The Brave browser works just like Chrome, but is faster, more private, and more secure. I’ve been […]
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Get Back Release Date: September 4, 2020
Thanks to our ever-vigilant @Hologram Sam, we now know that Peter Jackson’s frenzied attempt at making the 1969 Get Back sessions less of an unholy drag will premiere on September 4, 2020. Mike will not be there. Mike may never be there, unless all of you say it’s wonderful. Mike’s teenaged years were scarred by […]
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Should I do t-shirts?
Hey you guys, should I make some Hey Dullblog t-shirts? They’d be about $25 each (shipping included), cheaper if we got a bunch. I did it on black because my wife said people like black t-shirts better, but I can do white instead if everybody squawks. Hairy arms optional Work it, sister Related posts: A […]
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“Broke” John Lennon
File under “M” for money In the midst of commenting on Michael B.’s excellent post, I was reminded of something that I’ve said to friends innumerable times but might never have ever written here for you all. I have a lot of Beatle Thoughts like that, sorry. The only solution is for everyone to live […]
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Dullblog’s Greatest Hits
I call this one, “Prellies and Eyemakeup.” In August 2016, a whole lifetime ago, Devin, Nancy and I looked at the vast pile of writing on this site and asked each other, “Which posts still hold up? Which ones do we like best?” So we read back and back and back, and put together a […]
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Does Ringo Starr have a tattoo?
I was rather aimlessly watching this video on YouTube last night — I feel a Klaus Voormann obsession coming on, so get ready for a lot of Klaus stuff on the site — when I saw something that I had to share. Does Ringo Starr have a tattoo? Look at about 9:05 of the video. […]
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Dominic Sandbrook on the Early Seventies
Not-so-Great Britain. Today I happened across something I think Dullblog readers might like: “The Weird World of Seventies Britain,” a lecture by the Oxford historian Dominic Sandbrook. (You’ll also dig it if, like me, you’re a fan of “The Crown.”) The details Sandbrook relates—cue Paul’s “Power Cut”—are interesting and enjoyable. Spurred by our conversations about […]
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Best Post-Anthology Tracks?
I was just prowling around on the internet — as one does on a Saturday night — and discovered a Lennon demo from December 1968 called “A Case of the Blues.” It’s a neat little scrap of a song. See what you think. Maybe all of you know it already? What are your favorite demos, […]
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What are we doing here, anyway?
They don’t even golf like you or I. I was responding to a comment regarding the podcast Another Kind of Mind, and the application of “emotional intelligence” to The Beatles, and as I wrote the water grew deep enough for me to want this to be its own post. I have long thought—since 1995 or […]