Hey, Bulldog!
Macca: Boola Boola Now he can die happy -- Paul McCartney has received an honorary degree from Yale. President Levin's speech included Beatles-derived lines like: "There is no one compares with you...Here, there, and everywhere, you have pushed the boundaries of the familiar to create new classics..."
Flashback—1969!
http://youtu.be/6yIrMKLFFZg Did John go too far with the Two Virgins cover? Sissy Spacek thought so. Under the nom de disque Rainbo, she recorded this finger-pointing ditty.
24 Hours in Liverpool
Whence they sprang. (all those years ago) The New York Times has a nice article on traveling to Liverpool. Anybody out there made the pilgrimage? Worth it?
Decoder ring
Beatles appear in this Godard movie? "You get a free ring with every newspaper." B[r]eat[h]les[s]
The magic number
...is 2:42! From The Morning News:I’d hit upon the perfect song length. I fist-bumped somebody.What else is at 2:42? “Don’t Do Me Like That” by Tom Petty. “Divine Hammer” by the Breeders. “Helplessly Hoping” by Crosby, Stills & Nash. “Get Up” by R.E.M. “California Dreamin’” by the Mamas & the Papas. “This Charming Man” by the Smiths.You need more proof? Jerk. Let’s [...]
X-ing the Road
ED PARK • From author Jeff Gordinier's interesting video promo for his book X Save the World: "Why is Paul McCartney barefoot on the cover of Abbey Road?" "I don't give a f---! Just stop talking about it." http://youtu.be/MPdEgwOsvDk
The moviegoer
The stunning conclusion to the mysterious black-and-white photos of a Hard Day's Night convert...As reported here, Spinster Aunt recently published a sequence of snaps (I, II, III, IV, V), possibly from 1967, possibly from Czechoslovakia. But wait! Click here for the deeply moving story behind them.
I read the news today
Mysterious image... For more of the puzzle, visit Spinster Aunt.