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    I'll buy it for you, Dougie. That's mere pocket change for me! Uh ... Not quite! It's like getting to…

  2. DOuG pRATt on Is This Guy For Real?June 13, 2026

    Being doubtful is more important than ever in the age of AI.

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    You know it's suspect when a "person" who has supposedly published stuff that gotten this much attention doesn't even have…

  4. DOuG pRATt on Is This Guy For Real?June 5, 2026

    Thank you for the thoughtful comment, Anonymous of Phoenix.

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    I was trying to find out if he was a real person, as well, Doug. But for a guy who's…

Links

  • 88 Rewound at MIT
  • Allan Sniffen's Rewound Radio
  • Andrew Sandoval's Beatland Books
  • Big Planet Noise with Bob and Gina
  • Boss Radio 66 with DJ Tom Hanks
  • Brian Sibley on Life and Art
  • Colleen Doran's Comics & Stories
  • Daily Cartoonist
  • Dan Piraro's Bizarro
  • David Bruce's Forgotten 45s
  • Douglas Pratt on Substack
  • Genny Schorr's School of Rock
  • Headphone and Hearing Test
  • Jimmy Johnson's Arlo & Janis
  • Kip Brown's Discotech Underground
  • Kogar the Swinging Ape
  • Lost & Found at MIT
  • Luxuria Music
  • Lyrion Music Server
  • Mark Parisi's Off the Mark
  • Monte Schulz's 'Undercity'
  • Nat Gertler's AAUGH Blog
  • News from Mark Evanier
  • Paul Howley's Life in Comics

Categories

Archives

Category: Music

Now and Then Yet Again

One… more… time! It’s worth noting that the Beatles were always interested in new recording techniques. I view that as justification for using AI software to extract John’s vocal from his cassette demo tape.

Posted on November 4, 2023November 4, 2023Categories Beatles1 Comment on Now and Then Yet Again

Now and Then Again

“I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, ‘The Beatles did’.” – Kurt Vonnegut, 1997

Posted on November 3, 2023Categories BeatlesLeave a comment on Now and Then Again

Then and Now

The title of the song is apropos of the song’s place in Beatles history.

Posted on November 2, 2023Categories Beatles5 Comments on Then and Now

Never Beatless

AI and the absolutely, positively, final Beatles single.

Posted on November 1, 2023Categories Beatles2 Comments on Never Beatless

What You and the World Need

Jackie DeShannon, “What the World Needs Now is Love” (Bacharach-David), April 1965.

The Beatles, “All You Need is Love” (Lennon-McCartney), July 1967.

Posted on October 8, 2023February 14, 2024Categories Beatles, MusicLeave a comment on What You and the World Need

The Little Drummer Man

The PBS News Hour profiles RINGO.

Posted on October 5, 2023Categories BeatlesLeave a comment on The Little Drummer Man

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