My mom, Leona Gibson, passed away on December 14, 2025. Some thoughts on someone who was part of my life for all of it.
Tag Archives: The Beatles
Ging Gang Goolie
While I’d known about Eric Idle’s pseudo-Rutles song, “Ging Gang Goolie,” for years, I’d never heard it until last night. It’s an old Boy Scouts nonsense song, performed by “Dick & Stig” — ie., Eric Idle and Ricky Fataar, as Idle played Dirk McQuickly and Fataar played Stig O’Hara in Idle’s The Rutles: All YouContinue reading “Ging Gang Goolie”
Wooly Beatles
What if “Wooly Bully” had been covered by the early Beatles? I’m down with this. 🦣🦣
A Beatles Bearbrick
Much as I love the Beatles, I do not need to spend $185 on Medicom’s Beatles Anthology Be@rbrick… Yeah, I like Klaus Voormann’s artwork for the Anthologies. But, I really do not need that. Nice. Don’t need.
A Beatle-esque “Happy Xmas”
No, the Beatles did not perform “Happy Xmas (War Is Over).” But this video by a French Beatles tribute band, the Rabeats, gives one an idea of what the song would have been like as a Beatles song. I like the idea of “Happy Xmas (War Is Over),” but two things about the song bug me. First,Continue reading “A Beatle-esque “Happy Xmas””
Scenes of Recent Life
Some photos and commentary from the last two weeks. Last Friday, November 29th, marked the 50th-anniversary of the release of George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass. It’s also the day that Jem Roberts’ book, Fab Fools, was in my mailbox. This isn’t a book about the Beatles as musicians. It doesn’t concern itself with whenContinue reading “Scenes of Recent Life”
The Beatles Christmas Records
This afternoon at work I listened to the Beatles’ Christmas records. These have never been officially released, so I had to resort to bootleg mp3s. (They’re also on Youtube.) These Christmas records were produced for the official Beatles fan club, and they were issued between 1963 and 1969. Each record ran about six minutes long,Continue reading “The Beatles Christmas Records”