Posts Tagged with "McCartney"

Will The Beatles be forgotten?…only if YOU forget them

Friday, June 4, 2010

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Will The Beatles be forgotten?…only if YOU forget them

Jim Emerson in The Chicago Sun-Times has written a column about how disorienting it was to realize that the 17-year-olds at a recent high school graduation did not recognize a reference to the Beatles tune “Drive My Car.” As a result, Emerson wonders whether The Beatles’ days are numbered as a relevant item of our [...]

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Why the Beatles Broke Up: A Momentary Lapse of Reason

Thursday, April 22, 2010

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Why the Beatles Broke Up: A Momentary Lapse of Reason

Shirley Tilloch over at Beatles Til I Die has written a very interesting post originally inspired by one over here at MG/Dullblog. This post of mine began as a lengthy comment to her post…until I got to the point where it was too long and went off in too many directions. So apologies in advance [...]

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Funny Beatles humor from Mark Bazer

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

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Humor columnist, interlocutor, and bon vivant Mark Bazer sent me the following. Since I’m a sucker for Beatles humor, I’m reposting it below. Meet The Piggies By Mark Bazer If you haven’t heard lately from that friend of yours who is a huge Beatles fan, he’s likely squirreled himself away to listen over and over [...]

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Paul! Yale! Right on!

Thursday, May 29, 2008

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Ed over at Dullblog has posted the happy news that Yale has given Paul McCartney an honorary degree. I wonder if they’ll hit him up for money? “Your Class Dues, Mr. McCartney, cover the costs of your Alumni Magazine…”

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Coming Up (Twin Freaks remix)–1980

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

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While surfing the ‘net trying to find the video where John Lennon calls Paul Simon “an evil dwarf” (accuracy is everything, folks), I found this EXCELLENT version of Paul McCartney’s’ “Coming Up.” At the beginning, Lennon is heard praising it–something he didn’t usually do. Listen, would some of you out there devote your lives to [...]

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Breaking the unwritten law…

Friday, June 8, 2007

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…of all Newsbreaks all the time, but occasionally something must be said. I plan to break this rule a couple more times in the next few weeks, as the relentless tides of my obsessions have thrown up an gnarled, weed-strewn essay or two. Friend and fellow Record alum Mollie Wilson is in the midst of [...]

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Newsbreaks for Thursday

Friday, May 25, 2007

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Audio version is here. Paul McCartney has unveiled the video for his latest song on YouTube. The song is called “Look What Happens When I Shove All These Mentos into a Pepsi Bottle.” Speaking at Cannes, director Martin Scorsese announced his next project: a film set in 17th Century Japan. “Two words,” Scorsese said. “DeNiro-san.” [...]

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Newsbreaks for Thursday

Thursday, March 22, 2007

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Audio version is here. Text:Simon and Schuster announced today that it is publishing a new book by Bill Clinton. The book–transcripts of conversations between Clinton and historian Taylor Branch–will be called “Wrestling History.” It will also feature a foreword by Hulk Hogan. Starbucks announced yesterday that Paul McCartney had signed a one-album deal with their [...]

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Newsbreaks for Wednesday

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

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Audio version is here. Text:Heather Mills, the estranged ex of Paul McCartney, says she’s looking forward to appearing on ABC’s, “Dancing With the Stars.” Mills, who lost a leg in a 1993 motorcycle accident, said, “I was always game, but we had to convince the show to let me wear a caster.” For a few [...]

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