Sir Stewart

If I'm able to find out who the 'very special surprise guest' will be at the Middle East, I might head over the river.

No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith Try A Little Tenderness - Otis Redding

Translation? One of my favorite Paul songs is 'This One' from Flowers In The Dirt. I only mention this because I'm posting in this thread and I didn't want my post to be one word that had nothing to do with John or Paul.

Wild Flower - The Cult Hypnotize - The Notorious B.I.G.

Bird Flu - M.I.A. Closer - Nine Inch Nails Crazy In Love - Beyonce Sabotage - Beastie Boys

How the fuck does one cricket's legs make such a racket. I wondered this most recently while camping next to a cornfield in Indiana.

Live and let flies.

(I Got You) At the End of the Century

Oh that was no joke, friendo.

PANAMA!

So many of these movies (at least the ones I've seen) I admire because of the reactions they pull out of me. It's like comedies in some way - I admire a film when it makes me laugh, and I admire a film when makes my skin crawl (Eric - Anatomy of Hell made me think of this).

I thought of this one when Henry was mentioned earlier - but then thought about it and realized I was more amused than disturbed by this one - what's wrong with me?

"We were just a band that made it very, very big, that's all."

Or, George Martin did.

Visitor Q

As a Massachusetts resident who voted for Teddy a number of times, I think it's a valid question, if a little insensitive timing-wise.

Yeah, but the melodies he comes up with are amazing.

I thought the idea was that the stereo mixes added most of those - and the stereo mixes came long after the original releases, right?

I realize you noted it was apropos of nothing, but where did this come from? In My Life is pretty well known as John's...

RIP Lonesome Bulldog

Watching it with a crowd, I was reminded of this nugget from Roger Ebert's review of Adam Sandler's Mr. Deeds: "The foot has no feeling, Deeds says, inviting Emilio to pound it with a fireplace poker. When Deeds doesn't flinch, Turturro actually punctures the foot with the point of the poker, at which point I listened attentively for sounds of laughter in the theater, and heard none."

You know the James Lipton/Actors Studio question 'what would you want to hear St. Peter say as you approach the pearly gates?' I'm thinking "Hey we're talking about The Beatles over here, wanna join us?"

By the way, on the big screen in a darkened theater that Leno promo is even less funny, and almost disturbing.