I went to my first Beatlefest in about 10 years today. I spent twelve hours with Tom "Best Guy Ever" Charney. I sang Beatles tunes with Tom and many complete strangers. I got to shake Neil Innes' hand get his autograph ( Read more... )

CHICAGO BEATLEFEST 2008

Because of Faire, I haven't been able to go to this for years. I went once before; I want to say it was, like, 10 years ago. At any rate, I'm going again this year with fellow Beatles fanatic Mister Tom Charney and I couldn't be more excited. We're probably going to go at least two out of the three days.

Anyone else in?

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neilmonk wondered what I thought of the Sgt. Pepper tribute on the finale of American Idol. As I have never watched an episode of the show, he was nice enough to link me to a YouTube clip (before they removed it). I've also downloaded an mp3 of the performance. As a huge Beatles/Pepper fan, here's my breakdown of what I thought.

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