October 13:
♫ Well, the computer’s feeling
better...but I’m not. So that’s put paid to the website plans for another week.
Never mind though, in the lieu of other AAA news this week here are some (very)
mildly interesting site statistics for you:
…………………… (see next page)
Riveting, I know, but at least it gives the
site some colour!!
♫ Beatle News: It’s a
depressing view of the decade when the only Beatle news you get these days seem
to be either death threats or court cases. Well, thankfully, it’s the latter
this week. Yoko Ono, well known for her protection of the Lennon estate and
suing those using her husband’s music without permission, has agreed to settle
against a TV production team who used a Lennon song without her permission in a
documentary about a school (I think it was ‘working class hero’ but I never
actually saw the doc so I’m not certain). Paul McCartney, meanwhile, is suing
the Liverpool branch of McDonalds for using
his likeness in a ‘capital of cultures icon’ frieze displayed in their windows.
Even though the icon is not advertising McDonalds and meat per se, Macca—who
has been a vegetarian for 38 years—is worried that people will associate his
likeness with promoting meat (perhaps if the fast-food chain started something
along the lines of a ‘Linda and Paul Mac Bean Burger’ range they might wriggle
out of it?)
♫ Anniversaries
this week: In a particularly busy week,
Paul Simon turns 67 on October 13th, Justin Hayward (guitarist with the Moody
Blues, 1967-present) turns 62 on October 14th and Bob Weir (rhythm guitarist
with the Grateful Dead 1965-95) turns 61 on October 16th. Events this week: The
Beatles make their first TV appearance on ‘People And Places’ in 1962 (which is where that classic clip of
them singing ‘Some Other Guy’ at the Cavern comes from; October 17th), while
almost a year later they appear on Saturday Night at the London Palladium,
causing most of the main streets in London to be cut off for hours thanks to
hordes of screaming fans unable to get in (October 13th); Janis Joplin’s ashes
are scattered at sea off the Californian coast on October 16th 1970 after her
death on October 4th and Grace Slick appears on-stage with Jefferson Airplane
for the very first time in 1966. She’ll go on to outstay every other member of
the band, finally leaving ’Starship’ (as
the band eventually become) 21 years later (October 14th).
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