Guess what's happening on 9/9/09.

"People are still looking at Picasso. People are still looking at artists who broke through the constraints of their time period to come up with something that was unique and original," said Robert Greenfield, a former associate editor at Rolling Stone magazine who has written about the band. "In the form that they ( Read more... )

John Lennon's son Julian has reconnected with his childhood friend and the inspiration for the Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds."

The real 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' is gravely ill

They are linked together by something that happened more than 40 years ago when Julian brought home a drawing from school and told his father, "That's ( Read more... )

This is a bit delayed but I just found the time to look through the photos from Tuesday's unveiling of George Harrison's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.  I like this one:


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The original Beatles catalog has been digitally remastered for the first time.  CDs go on sale September 9.  No word yet on when/if it will be available online anytime soon.

Why do I not have a Beatles icon?  This must be rectified immediately.  *scurries off to find one*

An interesting article about the set of Boeing-Boeing:

At 'Boeing-Boeing', It's Seven Doors, No Waiting

The story also talks a bit about the cast. There's only a brief mention of Brad (well obviously, since he's not in the show anymore), but it's still worth the read.

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And for the Beatles fans out there, here's a possible clue about the ( Read more... )

Thanks to my mother I've been a huge Beatles fan practically since birth (Mom was one of millions of teenage girls who wanted to marry Paul McCartney), so needless to say I thought this was pretty cool:
A long-lost Beatles interview from 1964 was broadcast on BBC Radio today.  Paul McCartney and John Lennon discuss composing songs together and how ( Read more... )