A little later this year, Corgi is releasing a line of Beatles die-cast vehicles — buses and taxis. There are vehicles based on Abbey Road, Sgt Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, and my personal favorite, Revolver. I love the attention to detail. The placard on the front of the bus lists four songs from the albumContinue reading “On Cool Die-Casts”
Category Archives: Beatles
On “Across the Universe Day”
On Tuesday the DVD of Across the Universe hits stores. I needed to see that film the way I need oxygen, and for the most part I enjoyed the film. The soundtrack, at the very least, is one of the rare Beatles covers albums worth owning. It turns out that Tuesday, February 5th, is almostContinue reading “On “Across the Universe Day””
On a Beatles Meme
Laying in bed this morning, staring at the ceiling, I realized something. Something very profound. And then I lost it. No, just kidding! 😉 What I realized is that while I’ve seen a fair number of music-based memes passed around the LJ-blogosphere, I’ve not seen a Beatles-specific music meme. The Beatles are so… big thatContinue reading “On a Beatles Meme”
On a Mysterious Song
A few days ago I received Anthology Plus, a Beatles bootleg album, in the mail. For once, eBay came through. 😉 In terms of discovering something new about the Beatles, I’m not sure that I did. There’s a fair bit of live tracks from their early career, and it is intriguing to hear “One AfterContinue reading “On a Mysterious Song”
On Some Beatle-y Newness
I love eBay. When eBay works out for me, that is. When eBay doesn’t work out for me, then I hate eBay. It’s just how it goes. This is one of those times that eBay worked out for me. I now have a new Beatles bootleg in my collection. 🙂 This one’s called Anthology Plus,Continue reading “On Some Beatle-y Newness”
On Movie Sequel Musings
Yesterday some reader out there punched four words into Google, and to this website she — or possibly he — came. What information might that nameless reader have wanted to know about? “Across the Universe sequel.” I mostly enjoyed Across the Universe. I picked up the two-disc soundtrack, and I’m looking forward to the DVDContinue reading “On Movie Sequel Musings”
On Beatles Pedantry
I have seven different versions of the song “Let It Be” on my hard drive. And for some reason I’ve been comparing the George Harrison guitar solo in all seven versions. Harrison, at various times, recorded new guitar solos for the song, as the whole project was worked on by various producers between January 1969Continue reading “On Beatles Pedantry”
On Christmas Morning Philosophy
So this is Christmas And what have you done Another year over A new one just begun And so this is Christmas I hope you have fun The near and the dear ones The old and the young A merry merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let’s hope it’s a good one Without anyContinue reading “On Christmas Morning Philosophy”
On a Beatle-esque “Stairway to Heaven”
After writing about my indifference to Led Zeppelin two weeks ago, I have to admit that this cover of “Stairway to Heaven” is one of the niftiest things I’ve heard in a long while. It’s by an Australian Beatles tribute band, the Beatnix. What I especially like about the video is the way the footageContinue reading “On a Beatle-esque “Stairway to Heaven””
On Wrong Christmas Music
John Lennon’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over).” Done as a Gregorian chant. That’s just… wrong.