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is Blogmom of Hey Dullblog. His novels and parodies have sold 1.25 million copies in 25 languages. He lives in Santa Monica, CA, and runs The American Bystander all-star print humor magazine.
Latest posts by Michael Gerber (see all)
- Reader Question #1: George Harrison and Beatlemania - September 13, 2021
- Beatle Memories from Marijke Kroger of The Fool - August 23, 2021
- The Bollywood Beatles—I Want To Hold Your Hand - August 19, 2021
Friend of Dullblog Stephen Kroninger sent along this mesmerizing Bollywood version of “I Want to Hold Your Hand”:
The Beatles came along at the precise moment for Western popular culture to have maximum impact all around the globe. Not only were the economically dominant cultures of the U.S., U.K., and Europe producing a monoculture, the process of de-colonization was still in its infancy. So first, the UK went mad for The Beatles in a way that wouldn’t be possible ten or even five years later. Then that madness was shared with its ex-colonies (the US foremost among them), where it got amplified, then reinterpreted. In India, this is what was produced; in the States, The Byrds and electrified Dylan.
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