I like the idea of Electric Mayhem as The Beatles. Maybe James Hance will expand on this.
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We All Live In An Electric Submarine
I like the idea of Electric Mayhem as The Beatles. Maybe James Hance will expand on this.
Muppet Rawk!
I'm loving the art from Muppett Rawk III. The challenge: "Involve any Muppets from the world of Jim Henson and recreate a favorite album cover of any band of any genre." Here are three of my favourites, taken by the awesome Augie Pagan.
Above: Revolver by Karin Madan
Boys Don't Cry by Aaron Jasinski. Beaker as Robert Smith? Oh god, I want to hear a whole album sung that way!
Muppets Milk by Gene Blakefield. So that means Rowlf the Dog is Flea? Ha!
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Let It Pee (Wee Herman)
The Secret Word of the Day is tequila! Dave MacDowell's piece for the "I Know You Are But What Am I?" Pee-Wee Herman Tribute Art Show going on at Gallery 1988.
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The Incredulity Of Paul McCartney
The Long And Winding Moria Road
I'd Like Some Writing Royalties, Like You
The Incredulity Of Paul McCartney
Well, John Lennon certainly struck a messianic pose and if anyone was to play the role of Doubting Thomas, it would be Paul. (Fixing A Hole by Dave MacDowell)
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I Get High With A Little Help From Vermeer
Would you believe in a love at first sight?
Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time.
What do you see when you turn out the light?
I can't tell you, but I know it's mine.
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm I get high with a little help from my friends,
Oh, I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends
Ringo with a Beatles Earring by Dave MacDowell.
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The Long And Winding Moria Road
John Lennon as Gandalf? For sure - The Beatles are bigger than Sauron, don't you know? (Moria Road by zero-lives)
Update: Just realized this was an entry for a cool Super Punch art contest. That will learn me to only look at your Flickr site. And update via iPad.
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The Style of Music: Iconic Male Musicians
My style is mostly non-existent - on the poster above I might be able to pull off a Ramones look, but nowhere near as cool. That said, I do appreciate the look and I'm a sucker for all-in-on collections.
L-R: Jim Morrison, Johnny Cash, Kurt Cobain, Kiss, Chet Baker, Michael Jackson, Run DMC, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Prince, Kanye West, Marvin Gaye, The Ramones, Andre3000, Pharell Williams, Brandon Flowers, Pete Doherty, The Beatles, Miles Davis.
Ensemble: The Style of Music from EveryGuyed. Click through for larger versions and descriptions of each outfit.
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Cantina Road
If the Mos Eisley spaceport is the most "wretched hive of scum and villainy," is it like Berlin was to the Beatles? So by the time the Cantina Band made their Abbey Road, where were they playing? Coruscant? Or am I over-thinking this t-shirt? Yeah probably. (Cantina Road by Jason Tracewell)
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Music And Blasters And Old Jedi Masters
King's Quest's Silver Hammer
Talent Night at the Cantina
King's Quest's Silver Hammer
look sign_I don't know how many hours I spent playing King's Quest or, to a lesser extent, Leisure Suit Larry. On a PCjr no less. I'm old. (Sierra Road by P.J. Rush via The Daily What)
"The sign reads ABBEY ROAD."
take sign_
"You're too far away."
look road_
"You see nothing special."
take road_
"You cannot get the boulder. At least not now!"
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A Day in the Life of Abbey Road
Duck Hunter S. Thompson
Retro Lost
I'd Like Some Writing Royalties, Like You
See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.
Taking down Ringo Starr isn't really much of a challenge — or timely for that matter — but the folks at College Humor sure make a fine Beatles menagerie.
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Mashups Are Playing At My House
A Day in the Life of Abbey Road
Brush With Ungratefulness
Beatles Rock Band Passes The Audition
Turns out this looks pretty cool and is a nice retrospective on their career. I like that it gets all psychedelic in the middle.
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Mashups Are Playing At My House
A Day in the Life of Abbey Road
Brush With Ungratefulness
Mashups Are Playing At My House
A mashup by FAROFF featuring The Beatles' Get Back, LCD Soundsystem's Daft Punk Is Playing At My House and The Kinks' You Really Got Me. A fine mix of the songs and the videos.
(Link via Media-Digest)
A Day in the Life of Abbey Road
The video for Blame Ringo's first single Garble Arch from their new album, Lucky Number 9, featuring a cast of tourists all attempting to recreate the iconic Beatles album Abbey Road, and trying not to get flattened in the process.
It's a surprisingly busy spot and clearing a fan magnet. I didn't have to watch the webcam long before I say a group taking photos, though most people cross obliviously. You can see many of the results on Flickr.
The Australian band, described as "wussy indie folk-rock," has received a creative boost from a legal dustup with Ringo Starr himself.
"Originally billed as "Goodnight Vienna," the band had to change its name in late 2007 after being threatened with legal action by Richard Starkey Jr. (aka Ringo Starr). Apparently "Goodnight Vienna" was the name of Ringo's fourth studio album and although he 'thoroughly enjoyed the music' he was 'obliged to dissuade any profiteering which resulted from the use of his intellectual property.'And expose they do: "...he is a malevolent force, instrumental in many ugly world events, including, (but not limited to) the secret conspiracy to break up the Beatles."
"What a bastard.
"After a spiteful name change (and a lot muckracking) the new and improved Blame Ringo are set to have their revenge by seeking to expose the man who claims to inventing the peace sign.
Photos: A retouched picture show Lee Harvey Oswald's head on the photo of Ringo holding two Marxist newspapers — The Militant and The Worker — in one hand, a rifle in the other.Ich bin ein Ringo - On February 6, 1932 Hitler met with Putzi Hanfstaengl at a German airfield. This photograph was take on that day. Closer inspection of the photo reveals a shadowy figure and a familiar grin. Could it be?
(Link via Boing Boing)
Brush With Ungratefulness
Back in 1991, Ringo Starr said he would answer every one of his fan letters, "and I don't care if it takes me another 20 years." Seventeen years later, he's had enough.Sure, his pledge was made by a cartoon version of himself on The Simpsons episode Brush with Greatness, but the sloughing off of his fans was no joke. Earlier this week the fourth Beatle posted a short rant on his website (which now appears gone), telling anyone who was still enamored with the drummer to stuff it.
"This is a serious message. I want to tell you please, after the 20th of October do not send fan mail to any address you have. Nothing will be signed. If that has a date on the envelope it’s gonna be tossed. I'm warning you with peace and love, I have too much to do. So no more fan mail. Thank you, thank you. And no objects to be signed. Nothing. Anyway, peace and love, peace and love."Apparently peace and love is the equivalent of telling somebody "with all due respect" before you dump all over their idea.
Of course Ringo is under no obligation to sign anything for anyone, but I can't help but wonder what influence his Simpson appearance had on his level of fan mail.
Dear Marge,Have people been sending him new mail ever since? And the show is in permanent reruns, so countless people have see it anew every month. And how many budding painters will give up their dreams, just because Ringo has gotten all crotchety?
Thanks for the fab painting of Yours Truly. I hung it on me wall. You're quite an artist.
In answer to your question, yes, we do have hamburgers and fries in England. But we call french fries `chips'.
Love, Ringo.
PS: Forgive the lateness of my reply.
Bits 'n' Bites
• It's the future of personalized news, the Facebook News Network. It makes me laugh and sad at the same time. I'm such an addict...
• Ever wondered who all the people standing behind The Beatles on the cover of Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band? The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has an interactive version of the famous album, with bio links to everyone pictured.
• Seems Heroes creator Tim Kring realizes that his once hot show is now ho-hum and he's promising to do something about it. A sampling:
"We took too long to get to the big-picture story."
"In retrospect, I don't think romance is a natural fit for us."
"The message is that we've heard the complaints — and we're doing something about it."
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