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I christen thee, “the soul Hitler.”
It’s been impossible to watch the NBA Playoffs without being subjected to something deeply annoying. Yes, ESPN’s coverage, but also Michael Jordan’s new moustache. Whoa! Nothing says “surrounded by yes-men in an egotistical, self-destructive celeb-flameout” like bizarre personal grooming. Yes, MJ’s ‘stache is more subtle than Elvis’ flab-packed spangled jumpsuits or Mike Tyson’s facial tattoo, [...]
Continue reading...Why the Beatles Broke Up: A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Thursday, April 22, 2010
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...James Brown doing “Sunny”
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
In my trawling for the previous post, I came across a YouTube video that was just too good not to share. For those of you who missed the memo (or only knew of him as a marcelled, wife-beating, PCP-crazed latenight joke), James Brown was a musical genius.
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...Like The Beatles in 1961
Saturday, August 23, 2008
F.O.S. (friend of site) and boon companion Jerry Neufeld-Kaiser plays tuba in a Seattle-area “Balkan-inspired brass-and-drum band” called Orkestar Zirkonium. The Orkestar’s homebrewed CD has just been reviewed by All About Jazz; here’s what Elliot Simon had to say: Balkan brass bands are large aggregations with lots of brass, a tuba/drum/percussion backbeat (one of 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...Plagiarism scandal rocks Stutts
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
No one expects the Stutts Daily Spectacle to have its facts straight, least of all its readers. After all, they know better than anyone how much work it takes to maintain a 4.0. But even a blind squirrel finds an occasional nut, so in March the Spec reported that a Stutts student, Malati Sulabha ’08, [...]
Continue reading...Politix!
Wednesday, January 22, 2003
The New York Observer has an interesting interview with the Italian journalist Orianna Fallacci. Her new anti-Islam book is getting her death threats. Also, Jon Schwarz forwards this great document from the past: Gore “Queer” Vidal vs. William F. “pro-crypto-Nazi” Buckley in a televised 1968 grudge match. Here’s Nat Hentoff on Bayard Rustin, the civil [...]
Continue reading...A new National Lampoon magazine?
Wednesday, January 8, 2003
In something scientifically designed to drive me insane, the New York Observer has an article about Rugged Land publishing’s recent attempts to resurrect National Lampoon as a print magazine. (Previous to this, they were planning to do everything BUT a magazine.) I’m dubious that Harvard Lampoon (which forced the 1998 shuttering of J2′s dreadful version, [...]
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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