Tag Archives: john lennon

Music is my Woobie.

I don’t remember having a “woobie” as a kid.
[I frequenty lugged around a favorite stuffed animal, a Pound Puppy half my size that looked kinda like this, named Fred. But I didn't NEED Fred to, like, function. We gave each other space. He was a good pal, though, and is still kenneled somewhere in the recesses [...]

NaBloPoMo. From concentrate.

If you haven’t noticed, I’m still going strong for National Blog Posting Month, for May. (you may remember that in February, I made it a whopping four days.) Not that all the content has been great, by any means. I mean, clearly I’ve phoned some stuff in here and there, but hey, I’M NOT A [...]

A Toot and a Snore in ‘74

After getting an A+ in my History of the Beatles class (who has two thumbs and misses college? THIS KID.), I thought I knew all there was to know about the fab four.
I just discovered that there is a rare bootleg that is the last known recording of John Lennon and Paul McCartney together.

A-la Wikipedia:
A [...]

Bon? Non.

I am kind of obsessed with allmusic.com, so much that I actually might pursue them for employment.  I also use it to justify my musical snarkiness, like “Yes, U2 was inexcusably lazy on that Instant Karma charity album for Darfur!”  (Think you’re too good for Lennon, Bono? I will so kick your ass. Nobody disses my [...]

you came along to turn on everyone

Remember that one time, when they made a major motion picture about my PAST LIFE?!?!?!

I have conflicting feelings about this film.
Hits:
+ Moulin Rouge was uber-successful, as was Rent, even though that movie was barely watchable and didn’t do an ounce of justice to the broadway show.
+ Um, hello. Bono plays “Dr. Roberts” and Eddie Izzard plays “Mr. [...]

From the guys who brought you “Imagine” and “Blowing in the Wind”…

Someone in the LJ Bob Dylan community posted a link to this clip of Bob Dylan and John Lennon just chilling in the back of a car in the sixties…
I love how substance abuse can turn the conversation of two legends into something you’d hear on the couch of a college house party.
The best part? When [...]