A Hard Oy’s Night
http://youtu.be/6vAMgbGEDTY (Via.)
I love LA!
Paul McCartney, not jogging, but probably peeing (warm water?) Sorry the blog's been quiet for a while, folks--I've been working on some Beatle-related writing that is, uh...challenging...land wars in Asia spring to mind. Let's just say it's helping me address my perfectionist tendencies. But I think I've discovered "the way in" and hope to have something presentable by late October. [...]
Not a second time
Macca in Israel, 2008(If I've learned nothing else in my short life, I have at least learned never to mention Israel in polite company. But I'm throwing that lesson out today, because this story is Beatle-related, and how divisive could that be?) McCartney's playing Tel Aviv in September! So says Ethan Bronner in the New York Times, recalling that the [...]
Number five, number five
The double helix is essentially the Sgt. Peppers of scientific models, a ladder that's been melted and twirled by a pasta fork.... —"The Five Greatest Things Ever Accomplished While High," Cracked
Besame mucho
Decent Beatles joke, I thought. "There should be a Mexican Beatles cover band. But one of them should be American. They would be named ...wait for it..... John, Paul, George, and Gringo." From here.
Nothing’s gonna change my world…
Ofra Harnoy? Ofra Harnoy. ...except possibly this gaggle of Canadian string players delicately filleting offerings by our favorite band.(Via Five Bucks on By-Tor.)
He is right!
“I want to thank the Beatles for letting us use their room. Best band that ever was, best band that ever will be!” Mr. Joel shouted near the end, before belting one more Beatles song: “She Loves You.” —NYT, on Billy Joel's 7/16 show at Shea Stadium Here's the video… http://youtu.be/2hGhKg4gJtQ
"She’s Leaving Home"
http://youtu.be/m9fibYnDcy4 Frank Converse & the Cake doing "She's Leaving Home."(Via BoingBoing)
Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Starr & Young
DEVIN McKINNEY • Another addition to the growing video library here at your favorite YouTube annex: Neil Young performing a Beatles classic to wind up a recent Dublin date. http://youtu.be/Od5MaiiUjtY Though Neil has never done much to associate himself with the Fabs, this song choice makes sense in at least one regard: I have always felt that the Young-Nitzsche "Expecting to Fly" [...]