Ringo was in town today at the Berklee School of Music, receiving an honorary doctorate. Here’s his message to this year’s Berklee grads.
Calling Dr. Starkey
Category: Beatles
Prue Bury Blues
HAH! You’re in a Blues song, Prue! He got it right about Pretty Prue and Plain Pattie.
Prueday
Happy Birthday to Prue!
Pretend It’s Last Friday
On April 1 it was revealed that after Paul met John, cosmic forces were unleashed, so powerful they warped space and time, and were detected by ESP in Vermont.
Magazine Writer
Posting the New Yorker piece about Stu Sutcliffe reminded me of something I meant to put here last October. It didn’t happen because that was when I went on hiatus, due to WordPress technical difficulties.
This piece by Paul McCartney should be readable without a subscription, assuming you haven’t already run out of free articles this month.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/10/25/paul-mccartney-writing-eleanor-rigby-beatles
The copy of “Eleanor Rigby” above is from the one-of-a-kind Yellow Submarine Songtrack project. It’s explained here. Note the color-coordinated nod to Ukraine.
The Fifth Beatle
Before they were four, they were five — John, Paul, George, Pete and Stu. This week’s New Yorker has a remembrance of Stu Sutcliffe.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/essay/the-beatle-who-got-away