Star Wars and The Beatles. It’s weird to lump these two together. To an outsider, they have very little in common, apart from being major forces in shaping popular culture forever. But you probably wouldn’t think of the two in the same moment unless you were taking part in some kind of quiz show.

But for me, they are two of the BIGGEST obsessions I ( Read more... )

posting this so 1) I can read it later and 2) because I know a lot of you are Beatles fans like me and might enjoy it

Took You By Surprise: John and Paul's Lost Reunion

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In case you didn't know/forgot, I am a librarian by day. This month, I'm in charge of our preschool storytimes. Today, I decided to end storytime with some parachute play while listening to The Beatles sing 'Twist and Shout'. At the end, I had the parents lift up the 'chute so the kids could go under and that also meant I could grab the 'chute and ( Read more... )

LEGO YELLOW SUBMARINE!!!!!!!!


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Article in the Atlantic that is relevant to many of our interests.

It's about the collaboration of Paul McCartney and John Lennon. I just saved it to my pocket app to read later but the first few paragraphs had already pulled me in.

OMG BEATLES' FANS! Check this out, so cool!!! Pop Chart Lab Beatles Song Chart, Volume 1

It's one of the must beautiful infographics I have ever seen! GLORIOUS!

ALSO, if you're not aware, the MST3K/Rifftrax guys are taking over National Geographic channel today and riffing documentaries? I'm hoping some of the clips will pop up online as I don't ( Read more... )

Had my highly anticipated (well, by me) Beatles program on Saturday. Considering that we had our big snow storm on Thursday and Friday things were still a mess, I'm happy with the group I had on Saturday. I had about 18 people total, mostly parents and young kids. One little girl, about 9 years old I think, was a HUGE fan, had her t-shirt on any ( Read more... )