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Tag Archives: The Beatles
Dynamic Duo #32
Paul McCartney and John Lennon, writing “I Saw Her Standing There” together, Nov. 1962, at the McCartney home in Liverpool. Taken by Paul’s brother Mike.
Stuff I’ve been reading
— This L.A. Times essay about Covid brain fog – and so much more – by Mary McNamara is a WILD ride, but it said a lot of the things I’ve been feeling about … everything, everywhere, all at once. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Personal
Tagged Australia, Christopher Hitchens, England, Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov, Russia, stuff I've been reading, The Beatles
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Dynamic Duo #31
Stu Sutcliffe and Astrid Kirchherr
George Harrison on Eddie Cochran
George Harrison, on seeing Eddie Cochran live in Liverpool, March 1960, a month before Cochran was killed: Eddie blew me away. He had his unwound 3rd string, looked good and sang good and he was really getting to be a … Continue reading
Excerpts from Sonata for Jukebox, by Geoffrey O’Brien
Here’s a strange coincidence. Earlier this year, I read – more like drank up, imbibed, devoured – Geoffrey O’Brien’s “autobiography of his ears” Sonata for Jukebox. In Sonata for Jukebox, an intriguing and hypnotic book, filled with prose that flows … Continue reading
November 2021 Viewing Diary
The Wire, half of Season 3 This is the busiest time of year in re: film-critic-land, so had to stop my re-watch of The Wire to make room for new releases. I’ll get back to it! All Is Forgiven (2007; … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Amy Heckerling, Balkans, Dean Stockwell, documentary, drama, Ethan Hawke, Eugene O'Neill, France, Ingmar Bergman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Japan, Katharine Hepburn, literary adaptation, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Mexico, Mia Hansen-Løve, Mia Wasikowska, New Zealand, Paul Thomas Anderson, Quantum Leap, Rebecca Hall, Sidney Lumet, Spain, Sweden, The Beatles, Will Ferrell, women directors
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Review: The Beatles: Get Back (2021)
This may be an acquired taste, and it may require an already-existing fascination with the Beatles, as well as an understanding of what this three-part docu series signifies – and that’s okay. This is for the people who need it, … Continue reading
Music Monday: The American Beatle, by Brendan O’Malley
My talented brother Brendan O’Malley is an amazing writer and actor. He’s wonderful in the recent You & Me, directed by Alexander Baack. (I interviewed Baack about the film here.) His most recent gig was story editor/writer on the hit … Continue reading

