The
Detroit Free Press, reprinting an article the
Atlanta Journal Constitution, had this attention-getting banner today, on page 6E: “Beatles aren’t so radical 40 years later”.
Gee. Y’think? Could it really be possible that after forty years of hindsight we might have gotten
used to them, grown familiar with them? Maybe later this week they’ll have an article about how after one hundred years cars are commonplace or how after 150,000 years we’re acclimatized to breathing air.
Yeah, I admit, likening The Beatles to a necessity like oxygen is a
bit of a stretch. But The Beatles have survived the test of time and are still memorable and popular and almost as ubiquitous. And in today’s music world, with its dearth of melody, their songs are still vibrant and full of life and blissfully singable. It’s a sad state of affairs though when the anniversary of their
Ed Sullivan Show appearance (tomorrow) will be toasted by the likes of Pharrell Williams and Vince Gill at the Grammys (tonight). If you want a
real tribute to The Beatles, I wholeheartedly recommend the
Concert for George DVD.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And speaking of televised musical moments that galvanized the country, I
believe Janet Jackson when she says it was an accident. I believe she showed more than she intended to show. Having said that, I also concede that all the crotch grabbing, sexual language, and flag desecration had no place in the halftime show. And I also believe the crotch humor, horse flatulence, erectile dysfunction talk, and kids feigning to swear had no place during the game’s network-approved commercials. What can I say — I’m a prude. Exposure to sophomoric TV made me this way.
Once again I am late to the party. A couple weeks ago Stephen Colbert, from The Daily Show, participated in a wry online chat with the Washington Post.
As its webmaster says, Beans Around the World “started out as a simple joke” but “has developed into an international quest for world peace, love, tourism, and the promotion of high-protein vegetable food groups.” Perhaps the humble black bean might do what our politicians cannot and unite the world in our common love of legumes.
To enfore New York’s cell phone ban, an assemblyman wants to set up a hotline to turn lawbreakers in. As described in Tech Live‘s report:
Peter Jackson received the Directors Guild Award last night! The One Ring.net has a set of images from the ceremony here. This and Barrie Osborne’s Producers Guild Award last month should bode well for Return of the King‘s Oscar chances. … It’d better!
Like I said yesterday, my favorite segment of The Screen Savers was when Michaela Pereira would show up and tease her Tech Live show which followed. Here’s video of Michaela’s last appearance, with her Tech TV veteran peer Leo Laporte…
I weighed in at 221½ today. That\’s 2½ pounds less than last time, with a total of 17 pounds lost. I am particularly pleased with that result since I let myself go on Super Bowl Sunday, gorging on chips and chicken wings and Michelob Ultra. Lor’ bless me, I even had a heaping plate of spaghetti!
Just got this in my Inbox. Advertising a “low-carb diet patch”, the brain trust at Pengo Deals titled their e-mail “How Movie Stars Loose Wait!” Bravo, you magnificent dumbasses, bravo.
