Heard Blackbird by the Beatles on the radio yesterday, and was looking for a cover to post. It occurred to me the original is unsurpassed. Of course. Poignant and pensive. Hopeful and affirming. We all need that. Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment …
Watching the movie musical The Music Man introduces viewers to the apparently authentic Iowan expression ‘Great Honk!’ It reminds me of the phrase ‘Hokey Sailors’, which I associate with the central Darling Downs in Queensland. Famously The Music Man‘s creator Meredith Wilson was supposed to have earned more money from the Beatle’s cover of the …
Go to this webpage that features a live camera feed focussed on the Abbey Road pedestrian crossing made famous by the Beatles. Watch as almost minute by minute foursomes stop and reenact the iconic pose as they cross. Cute idea. Mount Gambier has no pedestrian crossings. If they tried that here lots of people would …
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