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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 [...]
Continue reading...George Brett’s Night at the Bellagio
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
So baseball season is in full swing (har) here at Casa del Mike. Got the Gameday Audio package—only $19.95 for hometown radio broadcasts over the iMac, and Mike Shannon’s ridiculous St. Louis accent is worth twice that. Got a good team this year, got a definite underemployment situation, things are lining up perfectly. Baseball fans [...]
Continue reading...Five Dollar Fridays: Sky Mall Kitties
Friday, April 9, 2010
Pal Jon Schwarz over at A Tiny Revolution (not “A Trini Revolution,” the Orwell-influenced Trini Lopez fan site) has come up with a wonderful idea that uses the internet to support artists, writers and other people without jobs underpaid-but-essential members of society. It’s called “Five Dollar Fridays,” and it works like this: every Friday, Jon [...]
Continue reading...The Great War, Sir Mike, and Me
Monday, March 8, 2010
In the fall of 1990, I had no interest in World War I; then as now, I studied history for the story of it, and there didn’t seem to be any narrative in that conflict. No personalities, no resolution, just four years of static, blood-drenched dress rehearsal for the much more satisfying sequel played out [...]
Continue reading...All You Need Is Citroën
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Beatles and Lennon fans worldwide are in a tizzy over the ad below, which repurposes a John Lennon interview from 1968 to hawk Citroëns. Is that dubbed? Or just really garbled? Anyway, son Sean has tweeted that the ad was designed to keep his dad in the public consciousness. “Look, TV ad was not for [...]
Continue reading...Hanukah in Santa Monica
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
I’m not Jewish, though for about sixteen reasons I might as well be. Even so, I do appreciate a good Tom Lehrer song, especially when it applies to my life.
Continue reading...Funny Beatles humor from Mark Bazer
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Mike’s 80s Dance Party
Friday, December 21, 2007
So I’ve finished the umpteenth draft of this Lennon/Beatles novel, which will be going out to editors after the first of the year. Positive mental imaging is, as always, welcome. For reasons much too complicated to go into here, I found myself browsing YouTube for songs I first heard at Chicago’s late, lamented Medusa’s, an [...]
Continue reading...This just in: video games are art
Monday, December 10, 2007
Jon turned me on to a new game called “Portal,” raving about how sharp and entertaining the main character (a malevolent passive-aggressive supercomputer) was. Here’s a YouTube video of the ending to give you a taste of how excellently it’s both written and performed. But that’s nothing compared to the song that plays over the [...]
Continue reading...“You Can’t Do That”
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Apparently this song–one of my all-time favorite Beatles tunes–was deleted from “A Hard Day’s Night.” You can understand why–it’s Lennon at his most creepily aggressive (bested only by “Run For Your Life” off Rubber Soul?)–but I still love it.
Continue reading...At last! It's here!
For 30 years, Ravin fans wondered: What if Tom Larkin had survived? Now, the story can be told.
Mixing alternative history, hardboiled noir, parody and satire, Life After Death for Beginners is a must-read for every Beatles fan. "A cross between The Rutles and Three Days of the Condor. I loved it."—Jonathan Schwarz
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