The Golden album
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Indiana, Indiana, Indiana
DEVIN McKINNEY • This is some of what the Beatles did on their trip to the heartland (see Ed's audio post of the Indiana State Fair show below). John's laugh looks a bit, er, forced. Derek Taylor is already framing the priceless prose in which he'll one day memoirize this moment. Miss Indiana State Fair looks taller than all of them ("Milk. [...]
Folk feelings
I was fascinated by this letter from (in lieu of interview with) the singer Cass McCombs, which led me to this song, "County Line," well worth a listen, not least for some surprising/familiar/great Lennonish inflections.From the letter:The greatest art of any era comes from anonymous sources. The Folk who sacrifice themselves by passing on what has been taught to them so that [...]
Happy birthday, George!
Today (or yesterday, depending on when you asked him) would've been George Harrison's 68th birthday. Don't think about that too hard, because you'll suddenly remember all the really shitty people who made it to 68 and are still going strong. Henry Kissinger. Charles Manson. Oh well. I guess God doesn't want to be around those guys any more than we do. Thanks [...]
Indiana, Indiana
The Beatles, live at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis, Sept. 3, 1964, at Heavy Sugar Radio.
"Love"
What do you think? I could listen to Priscilla Ahn sing the phone book. (I like her cover of VU's "Afterhours," found about 5:30 into this vlog post.)(And remember her cover of "Julia"?)
The Beatles First American Concert
The moptops in action amid a hail of jelly babies, February 1964. Last night, I was lucky enough to see the closed-circuit film of The Beatles' first American concert, given February 11, 1964, in Washington, DC. The film was broadcast in March, 1964, to movie theaters all across the country--then languished in somebody's basement until the mid-90s, when it was [...]
Caption contest
The Fab Four as you've never seen them before!