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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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Shenk’s “Powers Of Two”: 3 Takes
When Joshua Wolf Shenk’s book Powers Of Two: Finding The Essence Of Innovation In Creative Pairs was published in 2014, Michael Gerber, Devin McKinney and I each wrote a post about it. Since Shenk’s book has come up in recent comments, I thought I’d bring those posts back to the forefront. You can read take […]
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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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The Artist as a Dissipated Man: Fred Seaman’s “The Last Days of John Lennon”
John at Thanksgiving, 1979 Belatedly for someone as into the Beatles as I, I’ve been reading Fred Seaman’s The Last Days of John Lennon. It’s a very quick read, but not a particularly pleasant one. Seaman, John’s personal assistant for the last two or so years, depicts a rock star in his late thirties who […]
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Three Cheers for the Girls School Bus
These dark days, I’ll take opportunities to laugh wherever I can get them. On a recent trip to Indianapolis I saw this bus, and immediately imagined it as on its way to the imaginary, wink-wink-pornographic girls school Wings celebrated in song back in 1977. It was released as the B side of “Mull of Kintyre” […]
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Ethical Reflections on John/Paul
I’m writing this because the discussion on the “Were John and Paul Lovers?” post has been niggling at me for a while now. Though it was published more than six years ago, it’s one of Hey Dullblog’s most viewed and most contentious posts. And because Michael Gerber and I read every comment as it goes […]
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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 […]