Archive for March, 2008

Friday, March 28th, 2008

May Pang signing books in New Jersey this weekend

May Pang is scheduled to appear at two venues in New Jersey this Friday and Sunday, to sign her new book, Instamatic Karma. This is the same weekend as Beatlefest at the Meadowlands in New Jersey.

On Friday, March 28, May will be signing at 8:00 PM at The Raconteur Books, 431 Main Street Metuchen, New […]

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Friday, March 28th, 2008

The Beatles Are Still a Cultural Force on the Block and at LiveAuctionTalk.com

Rosemary McKittrick keeps her finger on the pulse of the auction market. Photo courtesy of Christie’s.–”You’re all geniuses, and you’re all beautiful. You don’t need anyone to tell you who you are. You are what you are. Get out there and get peace, think peace, and live peace and breathe peace, and you’ll get it […]

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Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Paul McCartney and Heather Mills divorce;The computer game

Last week saw the long running, — far too long running, in my opinion — divorce battle between Paul McCartney and Heather Mills come to an end with the Beatle’s ex-wife being awarded $48.6 million. This week sees us being able to play a computer game mocking the events.

A computer game based on the Paul […]

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Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Galleria art show features Beatles

Work by band members is on display along with memorabilia
 
By Maria Sciullo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Ringo Starr’s “Is It Time.”

Even if some of the young ones on American Idol don’t seem to get the Beatles’ mystique, a whole world out there still appreciates the Fab Four.

The artistry went beyond music, evidenced by a four-day show opening at […]

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Thursday, March 27th, 2008

3rd Annual Maritime Beatle Event - June 7th, 2008

Saturday, June 7th, 2008
Olympic Gardens (St. Antonio’s Hall)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
Last chance for Early Bird tickets!
Adult…$35.00 each (HST included)

Under 19 years…$20.00 each (HST included; entry until 9:00 pm)
If you love the classic songs of The Beatles and would like to attend The
Maritime’s biggest celebration of The Beatles, then you won’t want to miss
the 3rd Annual Maritime […]

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Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Help! Plea for Beatles memories

How do the songs of The Beatles shape your identity?
Psychologists at the University of Leeds are using The Beatles to increase their understanding of human memory.They want people to recollect moments in their lives linked to the Fab Four with the aim of discovering how musical memories affect a person’s identity.
The scientists said the thoughts […]

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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Beatles sue over Star Club recordings again

Writer: Nikki King, photo by Harry Benson
News, Published online on 24 Mar 2008 Remaining members of the Beatles are suing Fuego Entertainment over the Star Club recordings that were acquired through the company’s British promoter Jeffrey Collins, as previously reported.

Several years ago, Collins was put under three years of probation for violation of New Jersey’s […]

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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Neil Aspinall, 66, Beatles’ manager

By ALLAN KOZINN
New York Times News Service
NEW YORK — Neil Aspinall, who left an accounting job to become the Beatles’ road manager when the group was still a local dance band and who went on to manage its production and management company, Apple, died Sunday night in Manhattan. He was 66 and lived in Twickenham, […]

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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

John Lennon’s Final Interview Coming to DVD

John Lennon’s Final Interview Coming to DVD was a top story on Friday. Here it is again: (PR) The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: John, Paul, Tom, Ringo is finally available on DVD April 1st. This 2-DVD set first aired in 1973 and includes the last televised John Lennon interview and additional interviews with Ringo […]

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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

A Fond Look at Lennon’s ‘Lost Weekend’

If there’s one thing that May Pang has been fighting for the last 28 years, it’s the idea that John Lennon was depressed, isolated and out of control during the 18 months she lived with him, from the summer of 1973 to early 1975, when he reconciled with his second wife, Yoko Ono.

Lennon himself fostered […]

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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Beatles fixer and friend takes secrets to the grave

Hunter Davies
The Guardian
http://www.thebeatles.com/core/home/
Neil Aspinall, who died this Easter aged 66, was one of only two people of any importance in the Beatles saga who never told their story. Which is strange, when you think we’ve had a thousand Beatles books these last 40 years, from people who never met them, to lawyers who did in passing, chauffeurs […]

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