It doesn’t seem possible that 72 years ago, one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century was born. It was on a night the Nazi’s bombed Merseyside, and his Aunt risked the danger to run across town to be with her sister at the Green Street Hospital. (Her steely fearlessness would influence John in … Continue reading My 12 Favorite John Lennon Songs
Oh Taschen. Yummy, delectable, I-want-to-devour-you-whole Tahhhh-Shen. So beautiful. So sumptuous. SO expensive. And yet, somehow, worth every blessed cent. Your anthologies agonize me with want. I covet your sweetly binded spines and secretly despise those who have your volumes proudly displayed on their hand-crafted cabinetry. I’m a hater, what can I say? I own one … Continue reading A Life in Photographs: Linda McCartney
Last week, on a rainy Friday evening, The American Cinematheque showcased a screening of The Beatles first concert in America: the Washington D.C. Coliseum, 1964 to a sold out audience. The energy of that performance, which has only intensified with age, left every last one of us riveted. Which is the reason for this blog … Continue reading Why the Beatles’ 1964 Washington D.C. Concert Kicks Ass
Last week, on a rainy Friday evening, The American Cinematheque showcased a screening of The Beatles first concert in America: the Washington D.C. Coliseum, 1964 to a sold out audience. The energy of that performance, which has only intensified with age, left every last one of us riveted. Which is the reason for this blog … Continue reading Why the Beatles' 1964 Washington D.C. Concert Kicks Ass
It simply doesn’t seem possible, but it’s true: today marks the thirtieth anniversary of John Lennon’s tragic death. It’s a particularly difficult subject for me to discuss because, in so many ways, his music occupies a very special, very deep, and very personal place in my life. John, always ebulliently self-effacing, would smirk and slag … Continue reading John Lennon: 30 Years Ago
John Lennon, one of the most important, influential artists of the 20th Century, would have been 70 years old this October 9th. His work influenced just about every aspect of my life and he continues to inspire well into the 21st century. So it goes without saying that I’m thrilled about American Cinematheque’s … Continue reading A Tribute to John Lennon
Today being a hell of a big deal to Beatles fans like myself (the release of Rock Band, digital remasters et all), I interrupt the Pictorial’s regularly scheduled programming for a bit of shameless rhapsodizing. The thing you have to understand is that I was thirteen years old when I fell in love with the … Continue reading 09.09.09: A Love Letter
There may be two surviving Beatles left, but there is only one founding member still dwelling amongst us mortals. Think what ye may of Sir Paul McCartney, and say what ye may of his post-Wings portfolio, but the fact is that Macca is what few human beings have dared achieved: Billionaire. Rock singer. Guitarist. Classical … Continue reading The Beatles’ Carnival of Light
There may be two surviving Beatles left, but there is only one founding member still dwelling amongst us mortals. Think what ye may of Sir Paul McCartney, and say what ye may of his post-Wings portfolio, but the fact is that Macca is what few human beings have dared achieved: Billionaire. Rock singer. Guitarist. Classical … Continue reading The Beatles' Carnival of Light
The Kitty Packard Pictorial 