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The best dancer

By Michael Gerber|2014-07-06T23:37:38-07:00September 10, 2009|alternate history, comedy|

And again ED PARK • This sort of I've-been-living-under-a-rock thing shouldn't work...but I think Klosterman pulls it off! It is not easy to categorize the Beatles’ music; more than any other group, their sound can be described as “Beatlesque.” It’s akin to a combination of Badfinger, Oasis, Corner Shop, and every other rock band that’s ever existed. The clandestine power derived from the autonomy of the group’s composition—each Beatle has his own distinct persona, even though their given names are almost impossible to remember. There was John Lennon (the mean one), Paul McCartney (the hummus eater), George Harrison (the best [...]

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Everybody’s trying to be my baby

By Mollie W. O'Reilly|2014-07-06T23:36:10-07:00September 9, 2009|alternate history, comedy|

Oh, I get it. He's kidding MOLLIE WILSON REILLY • Everyone and their brother is writing about the Beatles today -- and last night VH1 was showing Help!, for heaven's sake! It's weird, and oddly it's making me a little bit cranky. (Like, Hey, I liked them first.) This happened back in 1995, though, a couple of years after my own personal conversion to Beatlemania, when Anthology landed and suddenly everyone was a big-time fan. So I guess it will blow over. In the meantime, if you find yourself growing fatigued with reading box-set reviews by Johnny-Come-Latelys, I recommend Chuck [...]

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Happy Passover, Tatellehs and Mommellahs

By Devin McKinney|2014-07-23T16:52:47-07:00April 12, 2009|1966, Beatle-inspired, comedy|

Kosher butcher cover? DEVIN McKINNEY • Yes, it's time once again to gather at the seder table, eat the ritual spices, set aside an empty chair for Elijah, watch as the kids search for hidden matzohs, and spin some Beatles tunes. (Anything but "Piggies.") My thoughts have gone all Semitic since being reminded today of this. (Thanks to Mickey Trester for the link—and the mitzvah.)

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Sleeveface: Change your head

By Devin McKinney|2015-01-18T16:19:45-08:00March 24, 2009|Beatle-inspired, comedy|

DEVIN McKINNEY • Probably more enterprising net-cruisers than I already know the British website Sleeveface, which since early 2006 has been making a small, pleasant fuss on the Internet, and latterly in the British press. According to Wiki, the concept originated, according to the BBC, in Cardiff, Wales, according to a guy who lives in Cardiff. Anyway, click on over: Beatles entries are surprisingly few (in fact, they are zero—not many large, isolated head shots on their LP jackets), but there are some solo Ringos, a slew of John & Yokos, many McCartney IIs, and a ton of [...]

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Run it up your mast

By Ed Park|2014-12-30T10:15:18-08:00January 28, 2009|1975, comedy, Eric Idle, George Harrison, Monty Python|

http://youtu.be/NGbRHxM4X2g George Harrison on Eric Idle's Rutland Weekend Television playing his Pirate Song.(Via VSL)

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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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My night of Rutlesmania

By Michael Gerber|2015-01-02T11:04:33-08:00March 19, 2008|Beatle-inspired, Beatles in LA, comedy, Eric Idle, Monty Python, Rutles|

The Faux Fabs. People fortunate enough to witness a defining moment in human history always say the same thing: you can sense it happening. It’s as if there’s a subtle vibration, a whiff of something special in the air. If that’s true, no place in the world stank harder than Hollywood this past Monday night, as a majority of the world's celebrities packed themselves into the venerable Egyptian Theater to pay homage to one of the most important musical groups of our, or anyone’s, lifetime. Of course you already know who I’m talking about: Ron, Dirk, Stig, and Barry, the [...]

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