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Music Monday – “It’s our party we can do what we want/It’s our party we can say what we want.”

So everybody’s talking about the raunchy Miley Cyrus performance last night at the MTV Video Music Awards (including perhaps the weirdest MetaFilter thread ever where a discussion of

“The Book Thief” Movie Trailer

A great book that is “loaded with librarian appeal” is becoming a movie…

Paul McCartney’s Bass Playing

Paul McCartney is well-known as a multi-instrumentalist – proficient on drums, skilled on guitar and keyboard and virtuoso on bass. After yesterday’s post about how I used to

Alan W. Pollack’s “Notes On” Beatles Series

Way back in the early days of my use of the Internet (around 1996-97), I spent *a lot* of time on Usenet (basically, a precursor of today’s message

The Beatles’ Last Photo Shoot

Okay, this has officially turned into a Beatles blog. Honestly, I was trying to find something different to write about. But this was the first story on the

Music Monday – Paul McCartney – “Live in New York City” Full DVD on YouTube

Who knows how long it will be there but right now, there’s a full version of the most recent Paul McCartney concert DVD up on YouTube (I’ve been

Who Is The Paul McCartney Band?

So the recent concert got me curious about the current members of his band – who are they (other than obviously top-flight, crackerjack musicians?) Here are some video

Friday Fun Link – A Very Special Tattoo

As I mentioned yesterday in my random thoughts about the McCartney concert post, one of the things I learned in advance of the show is that McCartney often

Random Thoughts on the @PaulMcCartney #outthere Concert in #yqr

It’s weird being a blogger sometimes because it affects how you think about things (there are theories that social media sites like Facebook have the same effect where

The @PaulMcCartney #outthere #yqr Concert Is Here!!!

I honestly don’t know what else I can write about the big Paul McCartney concert tonight in Regina. Yes, it’s only one former Beatle but for me, this

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