Gratuitous Beatles Blogging

The Beatles: Rock Band Mega Post

by Cara September 6, 2009

Alright, Beatles fans. You might all be too busy practicing your Rock Band skills or attempting to nail Beatles harmonies to even read this. (My own mom, who has been mocking me for my excitement, called me yesterday from the middle of a car trip to ask me if a couple songs were in the [...]

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The Beatles: Rock Band: Top 10 Desired DLC Tracks

by Cara August 29, 2009

With less than 11 full days to go until 09.09.09 (OMG!), you shouldn’t be surprised that I’m inundating you with The Beatles: Rock Band coverage. Especially having played the Best Buy demo on Tuesday (unfortunately only on guitar — stupid Best Buy only having one instrument), I’m more excited now than I’ve ever been. Because [...]

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The Beatles: Rock Band Track List Reactions

by Cara August 15, 2009

In the past several weeks, and with a mere 24 days left until the release date, we’ve received a whole ton of information about The Beatles: Rock Band. We’ve seen a preview of story mode, and learned some more about the drums and vocal trainers. We’ve seen some extra graphics, which just keep getting better. [...]

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Birthday

by Cara July 31, 2009

VH1 TV Shows | Music Videos | Celebrity Photos | News & Gossip For The Beatles: Rock Band fans. How my husband got this video, let alone on my birthday, I do not know. But he did, and it is. ETA: There are three more The Beatles: Rock Band videos up at VH1. Check them [...]

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Top 10 Ringo Starr Drum Tracks

by Cara July 7, 2009

Today is Ringo’s 69th birthday.  Happy Birthday, Ringo! Ah, lovable Ringo.  The most overlooked Beatle.  John, Paul and George have all received their own top 5 posts by now, so it is long past due for Ringo to get his. Ringo doesn’t get his due in a lot of ways.  He was stacked against the [...]

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Top 10 Desired Beatles Rock Band Songs

by Cara June 6, 2009

I imagine that since these came on out Monday, anyone who cares a whole lot about the two Beatles Rock Band trailers have likely seen them by now. But I just can’t forgive myself for not having them stored somewhere in my archives. (As the videos will likely be inevitably removed from YouTube, you can [...]

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Ruminations on a Song

by Cara April 29, 2009

In 1972, John Lennon, with a new and growing interest in women’s liberation, thanks primarily to his relationship with Yoko Ono, wrote and recorded a song called “Woman is the Nigger of the World.”  The phrase, it bears noting, was coined by Yoko Ono in 1969, and John later decided to write a strangely and [...]

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Beatles Rock Band Updates

by Cara April 25, 2009

No, dear readers, the above image is not a fan-made mock up.  It is the real packaging for the Beatles Rock Band game (at least, if you’re buying the bundle pack).  For those who haven’t seen it, such packaging has indeed been released.  I thought I’d share the good news, along with other Rock Band [...]

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Just in case you were wondering . . .

by Cara April 14, 2009

What oh what does Cara, Feminist Beatles Fan Extraordinaire (wait, no one actually calls me that?), think about the murder trial and now conviction of Phil Spector, one-time producer to the Beatles, John Lennon and George Harrison? She thinks he did it, and is both absolutely shocked and extremely fucking happy that his gun-waving, misogynistic [...]

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BEATLES REMASTERS BEING RELEASED

by Cara April 7, 2009

Oh yeah.  You know that if the announcement of Beatles Rock Band required a multiple exclamation point title, the remasters finally, finally, finally being released sure as fucking hell deserves an all caps one. Press release, here. Video, if you can get it to load. (Might play better on Yoko’s site.) The clips they provide [...]

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