Give me your music, your art, your huddled masses of words and rhythms yearning to breathe free.
By Donald J. Trump —“Dear Leader” and Emperor for Life I stumbled upon this shit-hole blog one day while Googling hips — you know, HIPS — a big hunk of a dame’s body that’s just waiting to be grabbed. And I find this STUPID website called The Hip Quotient (what the hell is a quotient, … Read more
“We did it because we loved him.” That was the caption under a photo of four smiling Beatles that graced the back cover of a special edition “Paul is Dead” magazine that I bought in 1970. Beatlemania had come and gone, but I wasn’t ready to let go – especially of Paul, who was my … Read more
Geez, you write a song to honor The Lord, and you end up getting sued. That’s some crazy karma! In what is without doubt the most high-profile copyright infringement suit in music, a U.S. District Court once ordered George Harrison to pay $1.6 million to music publisher Bright Tunes for “subconsciously” plagiarizing The Chiffons’ “He’s … Read more
The 1964 Presidential race is remembered for the landslide victory of Democrat Lyndon Johnson over Republican Barry Goldwater. But do you remember the “candidate” whose grassroots campaign was thrust forward by a horde of enthusiastic teenagers? Hint: it was a Beatle. Surprise! It’s probably not the one you might have guessed. When the Fab Four … Read more
April 24, 1976, marked the last night that Paul McCartney would spend with John Lennon. Paul and his wife Linda just happened to drop in on John and Yoko, unannounced, and the two former Beatles spent a few hours together in the Lennons’ apartment in the monolithic Dakota Building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Don’t … Read more