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Two things

By Ed Park|2015-09-19T00:05:38-07:00May 24, 2012|Uncategorized|

1. There's a whole blog devoted to Pattie Boyd: Swingin' Pattie. [Update Dec 2014: Sorry, there USED to be. It's defunct.] 2. From an interview with Fred Armisen by Damian Rogers (on the Believer tumblr): FA: I had to take all these tests with questions like, Do you see animals other people don’t seem to see? Do you feel a tight band wrapped around your head? It was very embarrassing for me, you know what I mean? No kid wants to go into some room with a psychologist while everyone else is having their day at school. It made me feel very alone. [...]

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"All This And World War II"

By Ed Park|2015-09-19T00:06:05-07:00May 8, 2012|Uncategorized|

"If you thought the movie version of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” was bad, here’s something that will really curl the toes of your Beatle boots."All This And World War ll mashes up archival WW2 film footage with gung-ho Hollywood war epics and then tosses in a weird mix of rock stars covering Beatle tunes for its soundtrack. It’s a hit or miss affair that manages to achieve a soul-deflating awfulness while occasionally allowing little wormike glimmerings of brilliance to ooze through the sprocket holes. Had it not been produced by 20th Century Fox, it might be mistaken for a long [...]

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All that time

By Ed Park|2015-09-19T00:06:38-07:00May 7, 2012|1970, Reviews, Rolling Stone|

Greil Marcus "When I became record reviews editor, I made it clear to him after a few months — nobody had done the job before me — that the record review section was an independent republic within the country of Rolling Stone. That meant that nobody else could tell me what to review or what a writer could say. They could argue with me, but ultimately it was my decision. And that worked well. There was one incident where Paul McCartney makes his first solo record and people thought it was wonderful: this rough, homemade one-man-band album. It was accompanied by [...]

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Lines for George

By Ed Park|2017-11-26T11:23:12-08:00April 29, 2012|George Harrison, Obituaries|

George Harrison, looking tough in this self-portrait. I had some thoughts re the recent George-is-overrated brouhaha...but I'm lazy, so instead I dug up this obituary I wrote for The Paper That Shall Not Be Named, over a decade ago (gulp!). The Man Who Wasn't There Ed Park published: December 04, 2001 I. About 23 times a year, by his count, the narrator of Nicholson Baker's novel The Mezzanine wonders, "McCartney more talented than Lennon?" The comparative gifts of George Harrison, who died last week at 58, could hardly provoke similar debate, yet it was his relative proficiency that made him desirable to the [...]

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"’Rain’ blows me away"

By Ed Park|2015-01-02T11:51:34-08:00April 9, 2012|1966, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr|

ED PARK • Devin's post about the drumming on "Dear Prudence" spurred me to look up Ringo's comments about his work on "Rain" (reprinted in William J. Dowlding's Beatlesongs): “My favorite piece of me is what I did on ‘Rain.’ I think I just played amazing. I was into the snare and high-hat. I think it was the first time I used this trick of starting a break by hitting the hi-hat first instead of going directly to a drum off the hi-hat . . . . I think it’s the best out of all the records I ever made. ‘Rain’ blows me [...]

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Emergency forum called — good idea or terrible idea?

By Ed Park|2015-09-19T00:10:41-07:00April 3, 2012|Uncategorized|

"Here come the sons: Will Beatles' kids form own band?" "James McCartney has reached out to Sean Lennon, Dhani Harrison and Zak Starkey to create the next generation of The Beatles, the BBC reports...."

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Advisory report

By Ed Park|2015-09-19T00:11:50-07:00March 28, 2012|Paul McCartney|

I'm loving the recent posts and vigorous commentary—I wanted to direct readers to some fresh comments attached to Nancy's groundbreaking "McCartney as the Dickens of Rock" post, below....or just click here.

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Dance break!

By Ed Park|2015-09-19T00:11:05-07:00March 9, 2012|Paul McCartney|

(Via They May Be Parted)

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The Nagra Reels

By Ed Park|2015-09-19T00:11:23-07:00March 6, 2012|1969, Let It Be|

Friend Levi points me to his friend's blog, "They May Be Parted." I like how particular it is—it's devoted to the Get Back sessions.

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The lost solo

By Ed Park|2015-09-19T00:12:35-07:00February 8, 2012|Abbey Road, George|

http://www.youtube.com/embed/B1RxdeqxF-U

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