The Beatles and Fantasy Football?
Texas Tech is a college team. That's how un-NFL the Beatles are. In what may be the strangest post ever on Hey Dullblog…please permit me a brainstorm. For the past several years, I have played fantasy football. In this meta-sport, each individual selects a group of (American) football players. The weekly stat totals of your group are turned into points, [...]
Paul on Here Today
It's awesome how UK magazines always give CDs and stuff away. Guest post from KAREN HOOPER • I usually read Sir Paul’s interviews with a yawn because it’s the same old answers to the same old questions. However, every now and again he says something that grabs my attention—like the other day, when I read his recent interview with Uncut [...]
Miley Cyrus’ Boobs Made Paul McCartney Uncomfortable
That title says it all, really. If you want to cut to the chase, start watching this clip from Jimmy Kimmel Live at about the 2:15 mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePCxz76qzr8 And in this photo of Cyrus, Jett, and McCartney at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Paul does a little . . . nonplussed. Say what you will about Miley, [...]
CARS Checklist
Trustworthy? Anybody read it? Still in my to-read pile Those of you not subscribed to comment updates (and why not?) might have missed the discussion smoldering over on the "Paul Better Than John" post. Thanks to all who are chiming in, it's what makes this site great. The rest of you, please comment! We're still not as lively as we [...]
John Lennon, Where Are You?
Inside: Laurence Shames' "John Lennon, Where Are You?" I am in the process of throwing out the contents of several filing cabinets, almost a decade's worth of paper. It's quite a daunting task. This morning I unearthed something cowering among the dust and silverfish that I thought might be of interest: "John Lennon, Where Are You?" by Laurence Shames. Published [...]
Off to the Fest for Beatles Fans! And a nugget…
OK, OK, we're uniting...sheesh So the redoubtable Nancy and I are planning to meet up at Beatlefest Chicago tomorrow. Nancy's daughter is also coming. I am not at all sure she realizes what she's in for, so pray for her. You should go, if you can. The Chicago Fest is a great one (never been to NYC, plan on changing [...]
BEATLES-STREEP-SHEA SHOCKER: IT’S NOT HER!!!!
DEVIN McKINNEY · Few things have been more spew-worthy on TV this last couple of weeks than the ads for Ricki and the Flash, with Meryl Streep as—ehh, who gives a shit. Read the Internet for the plot blurb. But the spectacle of this preeningest, phoniest of actors trying to look rocky and raunchy, let alone trying to sing that way, so offends [...]
Paul Better Than John? Hell Has Frozen Over!
"REMINDER -- All edit ppl MUST attend 2pm mtg on songwriters list fuckup" Longtime reader Paul Guay alerted me to the following tidbit: In Rolling Stone's latest listifiction, The 100 Greatest Songwriters -- ogle it here -- Paul McCartney is listed at #2, one spot ahead of John Lennon. As Paul wrote, "Hell has indeed frozen over." As a once-and-future [...]
Keith Richards on Sgt. Pepper
EMi studios in 1966; the Beatles, working on "Revolver," get a visit from Mick and Keith. NANCY CARR * That headline about Keith Richards calling Sgt. Pepper's "rubbish" in an Esquire interview -- I've finally seen it enough times to post about it. I'm mostly inclined to give Richards' opinion of the album the big shrug. Some people are going to [...]