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Mae tripper

By Ed Park|2015-01-18T11:47:43-08:00January 4, 2009|Covers|

"Despite being an extremely talented playwright and acerbic comic actress, Mae West's final attempt at showbiz triumph was not to be. This album ["Mae West Way Out West"] featured West covering The Beatles, The Guess Who and Percy Sledge among others. Some of it is surprisingly listenable although it is naturally a novelty album and little else..." —Classic Television Showbiz Track Listings:Treat Him RightWhen a Man Loves a WomanYou Turn Me OnShakin All OverIf You Gotta GoLover, Please Don't FightDay TripperNervousTwist and ShoutBoom BoomMae Daytag. What are you waiting for? Mae West Way Out West is what the internet was made for! [...]

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It’s been a long time—

By Ed Park|2015-01-18T11:43:10-08:00November 23, 2008|1966|

Better late than never, right? A Vatican newspaper has forgiven the late English singer John Lennon for saying four decades ago that The Beatles were more popular than Jesus.In an article praising The Beatles, L'Osservatore Romano said Lennon had just been showing off.Lennon told a British newspaper in 1966 - at the height of Beatlemania - that he did not know which would die out first, Christianity or rock and roll.At the time, the comparison sparked controversy in the US.The semi-official Vatican newspaper marked the 40th anniversary of The Beatles' "White Album" with an article praising Lennon and the Fab [...]

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Wilder guitar gently weeps

By Ed Park|2015-01-18T11:42:26-08:00November 17, 2008|Beatle-inspired|

Arch Oboler. Shadowplay:He’s also noteworthy for having a Beatles song written about him — Oboler Di, Oboler Da. But then, many Beatles songs commemorate great filmmakers: Straub/Huillet Fields Forever, I Am the Walsh, I Wanna Be Your Mann, Penny Lang, Polythene Pabst, Savoy Truffaut, Some Other Guy-Blaché, The Fuller on the (George Roy) Hill, The Long and Winding Roeg, and of course the concept album Sandrich Perry’s Losey Herz Kluge Brahm.

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Panel discussion

By Ed Park|2015-01-18T11:41:19-08:00November 7, 2008|books|

Alan Stilltoe I wish [author Alan] Sillitoe, with his contrariness towards things in popular favour, had mounted an attack on the Beatles: then I could have written, "What was the difference between [Alan's brother] Brian and Alan? One was beating panels, the other was panning Beatles." —Telegraph(Via Jenny)

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A Hard Oy’s Night

By Ed Park|2014-07-02T18:50:50-07:00October 9, 2008|1964, AHDN|

http://youtu.be/6vAMgbGEDTY (Via.)

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Number five, number five

By Ed Park|2015-01-18T11:37:24-08:00August 5, 2008|Sgt. Pepper|

The double helix is essentially the Sgt. Peppers of scientific models, a ladder that's been melted and twirled by a pasta fork.... —"The Five Greatest Things Ever Accomplished While High," Cracked

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Besame mucho

By Ed Park|2015-01-18T11:34:55-08:00August 4, 2008|comedy|

Decent Beatles joke, I thought. "There should be a Mexican Beatles cover band. But one of them should be American. They would be named ...wait for it..... John, Paul, George, and Gringo." From here.

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Nothing’s gonna change my world…

By Ed Park|2014-07-02T18:10:10-07:00July 29, 2008|Covers|

Ofra Harnoy? Ofra Harnoy. ...except possibly this gaggle of Canadian string players delicately filleting offerings by our favorite band.(Via Five Bucks on By-Tor.)

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He is right!

By Ed Park|2014-07-02T17:26:12-07:00July 17, 2008|fans|

“I want to thank the Beatles for letting us use their room. Best band that ever was, best band that ever will be!” Mr. Joel shouted near the end, before belting one more Beatles song: “She Loves You.” —NYT, on Billy Joel's 7/16 show at Shea Stadium Here's the video… http://youtu.be/2hGhKg4gJtQ

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"She’s Leaving Home"

By Ed Park|2015-09-18T23:54:48-07:00July 10, 2008|1967, Covers|

http://youtu.be/m9fibYnDcy4 Frank Converse & the Cake doing "She's Leaving Home."(Via BoingBoing)

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