by Rodney Eric Griffith | Armour of Rod | |
Today would have been John Lennon’s 64th birthday, but apart from “Love Me Do” (which I heard by chance) I haven’t listened to any Beatles music (which astute readers of Armour of Rod can partially ascertain by viewing the “recently played” link in the menu). I did listen to SMiLE, which made me start to regret not seeing Brian Wilson when he was in town a few days ago.
Rodney | 6:59:00 PM [permalink]Kevin Booth has announced his upcoming Bill Hicks biography Agent of Evolution, due in Spring 2005.
If the works of Bob Dylan do not qualify as literature, what does?
Rodney | 7:02:00 PM [permalink]I could not let this go unmentioned: William Shatner’s Has Been previewed in detail (or just buy the thing, for heaven’s sake).
Rodney | 9:44:00 PM [permalink]“Against stupidity, the very gods themselves contend in vain.”
—Friedrich von Schiller, The Maid Of Orleans
My only known celebrity namesake passed away yesterday. The major news stories haven’t mentioned the Bill Hicks connection.
Rodney | 6:44:00 AM [permalink]The BBC say his parole request was turned down for a third time.
Rodney | 7:13:00 PM [permalink]On 5 October 1962, “Love Me Do”/“P.S. I Love You” was released as Parlophone R4949. (Subsequently, both songs appeared on the Beatles’ debut LP Please Please Me in a rare duplication.)
Rodney | 6:54:00 AM [permalink]Yoko Ono’s sobering letter submitted in opposition to the parole of Mark David Chapman has appeared at The Smoking Gun.
Rodney | 6:58:00 PM [permalink]
