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Beatles game a good idea?University of Connecticut Daily Campus Thu, 06 Nov 2008 7:13 AM PSTLast week, MTV, Harmonix Music Systems and Apple Corps. LTD. announced that a partnership has been formed to create a video game based on the music of the legendary British rockers, The Beatles. The game, which is scheduled for a late 2009 release, will have input from the two remaining Beatles - Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr - as well as Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison.

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Talk Of The Town: The more you listen to George Harrison's solo work the more you hear the line back to the SixtiesIndependent Fri, 07 Nov 2008 4:26 PM PSTHaving seen the Beatles' Love show in Vegas this summer – and it is unremittingly fabulous – the release of a DVD documentary about its creation was always going to find a permanent home in the Jones household. And, perhaps surprisingly, the DVD – Altogether Now – is as enjoyable and as uplifting as the show itself. There is also a 20-minute extra feature that charts the reworking and splicing ...
Mathematician Cracks Mystery Beatles ChordScience Daily Thu, 30 Oct 2008 7:16 PM PDTIt's the most famous chord in rock 'n' roll, an instantly recognizable twang rolling through the open strings on George Harrison's 12-string guitar: the opening chord to the Beatles song "A Hard Day's Night." Now, a researcher has used a mathematical calculation known as Fourier transform to solve the Beatles' riddle. The process allowed him to decompose the sound into its original frequencies ...

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Rare Beatles film of '64 Kansas gig sells for $6,600Reuters via Yahoo! News Tue, 04 Nov 2008 3:46 PM PSTRare film footage of an unscheduled concert by the Beatles in Kansas City during their first U.S. tour 44 years ago fetched 4,100 pounds ($6,600) when it went under the hammer on Tuesday.

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Sir Paul Mccartney - Mccartney To Voice Shrek 4 CharacterContactMusic Sat, 08 Nov 2008 6:19 AM PSTSIR PAUL MCCARTNEY is reportedly set to test out his vocal skills on film - by voicing a new character in SHREK 4. The former Beatles star will lend his voice to a ...

When we were BeatlemaniacsThe Record Mon, 03 Nov 2008 6:11 PM PSTWhen Paul McCartney wrote “When I’m 64” half a century ago, he was a 16-year-old lad who couldn’t possibly have imagined how incredibly famous he’d become.
FotostreckeHannover Allgemeine Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:24 AM PSTBRITAIN BEATLES Paul McCartney, left, and John Lennon of The Beatles in a previously unreleased photograph during the recording of the track "Hey Bulldog" at the Abbey Road studios in London on Feb. 11, 1968. "Hey Bulldog", a Lennon and McCartney composition was recorded from scratch in just 10 takes and was to later form part of the Yellow Submarine soundtrack album.

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Yoko Ono hopes Beatles video game will inspire new generation of fansNew Kerala Fri, 07 Nov 2008 7:47 AM PSTWashington, Nov 7 : John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has welcomed news that the Beatles' music is to be featured on an MTV video game with the hope of inspiring a whole new generation of Fab Four fans.
John Lennon: The LifeThe Christian Science Monitor Fri, 07 Nov 2008 3:57 AM PST“You see, part of me is a monk and part of me is a performing flea,” explains John in Philip Norman’s splendid biography John Lennon: The Life. But the duality doesn’t end with that of quiet intellect/rowdy rock’ n’ roller.

Digital Media Academy Jumps On Board as a Sponsor of the John Lennon Educational Tour BusPRWeb Wed, 05 Nov 2008 9:15 AM PSTPhil Gibson, founder of Digital Media Academy, and Brian Rothschild, Executive Director of the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, announced a strategic partnership for 2009. The Lennon Bus, a non-profit state-of-the-art mobile audio and multimedia studio, will host Digital Media Academy's instructors at industry events, schools and other venues, where previews of the classes taught in their ...
Digital Media Academy Jumps On Board as a Sponsor of the John Lennon Educational Tour BusPRWeb via Yahoo! News Wed, 05 Nov 2008 8:00 AM PSTPhil Gibson, founder of Digital Media Academy, and Brian Rothschild, Executive Director of the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, announced a strategic partnership for 2009.
Beatles videogame: Yoko Ono speaksEntertainment Weekly Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:14 PM PSTBy Shirley Halperin While insiders mull the Beatles' digital future, John Lennon's widow tells EW exclusively that she's ''very excited'' about the band's forthcoming videogame

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A piano gave uniqueness to the Beatles' Hard Day's Night's opening chordNew Kerala Sun, 02 Nov 2008 5:55 AM PSTWashington, November 2 : A Dalhousie University mathematician has a mystery as to why the opening chord to The Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" is completely different than anything found in the literature about the song to date.

John

Review of John Lennon: The LifeThe Record Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:12 PM PDTMost of us prefer to remember John Lennon as the dippy utopian of "Imagine." Less remembered is the Lennon of "Run for Your Life": "Well I’d rather see you dead little girl/Than to be with another man."
'IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE SHARING ALL THE WORLD'The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star Sat, 01 Nov 2008 9:53 PM PDTThe definitive biography of John Lennon has arrived

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Get involved...Sunday Mail Sun, 02 Nov 2008 2:30 AM PSTPAUL McCartney stared out over the stunning landscape of the Mull of Kintyre and took a decision that would change the course of pop history - he was going to break up The Beatles.
Music Review: Wings - Band On The RunBlogcritics.org Sun, 02 Nov 2008 5:39 AM PST35 years on. Perhaps Paul McCartney's finest post Beatles album. Thirty five years ago the final touches were being made to the latest Wings album. By 1973, and since becoming an ex-Beatle, Paul McCartney had already released four albums. First there was McCartney in 1970. This was followed by Ram the following year. 1971 also saw Wings make their debut with Wild Life. Red Rose Speedway ...
The Anti-Hit ListToronto Star Sat, 01 Nov 2008 1:42 AM PDTUnlike the first two albums by the odd couple of Paul McCartney and Youth (a.k.a. Martin Glover, formerly with influential U.K. band Killing Joke, and co-producer of the Verve's Urban Hymns ), their first release in a decade veers away from electronica into harder guitar music with vocals.

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John Lennon - Lennon Jr Still Haunted By His Fathers VoiceContactMusic Wed, 29 Oct 2008 1:19 PM PDTJOHN LENNON's son SEAN still hurts when he hears BEATLES songs, 28 years after his father was murdered. Sean was just five years old in December 1980 when the singer was ...
John Lennon and Heath Ledger in top-earning dead celebs listIndependent Wed, 29 Oct 2008 8:01 AM PDTJohn Lennon is the only Briton in a list of the highest-earning dead celebrities, US business magazine Forbes revealed today.
John Lennon is the only Briton in a list of the highest-earning dead celebrities, US business magazine Forbes revealed ...The Herald Wed, 29 Oct 2008 9:56 AM PDTThe number of homes repossessed has soared by 71%, new figures revealed yesterday. Hundreds of sex offenders may have been released from Scottish jails in the last five years without undergoing treatment programmes designed to reduce the risk of re-offending.
National Entertainment News RSS FeedHampshire Chronicle Thu, 30 Oct 2008 3:56 AM PDTJohn Lennon is the only Briton in a list of the highest-earning dead celebrities, US business magazine Forbes has revealed.

Paul

Whitehaven NewsThe Whitehaven News Wed, 29 Oct 2008 9:47 AM PDTAN auction to raise funds for Cleator Moor singer Annie Mawson’s Sunbeams Trust charity could feature a rare signature of Eleanor Rigby, donated by Sir Paul McCartney.

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The Beatles, the video gameGuardian Unlimited Fri, 31 Oct 2008 3:58 AM PDTThe Beatles are coming to the world of video games. Unfortunately, players won't have the chance to travel back in time to save John Lennon, but the creators of Rock Band are planning an "experiential journey" through the Fab Four's career and music, to be released in late 2009. "This game will take you on a journey from the Beatles' first album Please Please Me until the last album at ...


Beatles music to be in new video gameAP via Yahoo! News Fri, 31 Oct 2008 4:24 AM PDTThe Beatles are coming to a game console near you.
Digital Mystery Tour: The Beatles First Video GameNew York Times Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:08 PM PDTThe game developer Harmonix and the publisher MTV Games entered into a partnership with the Beatles? Apple Corps Ltd. to produce an interactive game.
Special Beatles version of Rock Band plannedCNET Fri, 31 Oct 2008 4:06 AM PDTThe overlap between Beatles fans and Rock Band fans is bigger than you might think.
Beatles work out deal with 'Rock Band' creators on music gameUSA Today Thu, 30 Oct 2008 1:59 PM PDTMTV Games and Harmonix, the makers of Rock Band, have an exclusive deal with the Beatles' company Apple Corps., to create a music video game based solely on the music and carrier of the Fab Four.
Beatles getting new life in custom videogameAFP via Yahoo! News Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:21 AM PDTSurviving members of The Beatles announced on Thursday that their songs will take on new lives in a videogame that lets people pretend to be the world-changing 1960s British rockers.
The Beatles Go Digital With Rock Band-Style GamePC World Fri, 31 Oct 2008 2:18 AM PDTBeatles team up with MTV and the makers of Rock Band to make an interactive video game. This marks a first for the Beatles who have previously refused to license its music for digital use.
MTV strikes deal to use Beatles songs in video gameReuters via Yahoo! News Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:17 AM PDTMTV Networks announced on Thursday a deal to use songs by The Beatles in a custom video game similar to its popular "Rock Band" video, marking the groundbreaking band's first major plunge into digital music.
Beatles for "Rock Band"Dotmusic via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Fri, 31 Oct 2008 4:09 AM PDTThe Beatles are to feature in a video game for the first time, it has been announced.
Beatles to rock new video game due for '09 holidaysDenver Post Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:33 PM PDTThe Beatles are coming to a game console near you. For the first time, the legendary group's music will be featured in the lucrative video-game market in a deal with MTV Games and Harmonix, creators of the "Rock Band" series. The game is scheduled to make its debut in time for next year's holiday season.
MTV strike deal to use Beatles songs on "Rock Band"Reuters via Yahoo! News Thu, 30 Oct 2008 7:47 AM PDTMTV Networks announced on Thursday a deal to use songs by 60s band The Beatles in a custom video game similar to its popular "Rock Band" video, marking the band's first key plunge into digital music.

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Author leaves no stone unturned in John Lennon bioRocky Mountain News Thu, 30 Oct 2008 6:16 PM PDTThere's no question that Philip Norman is well-qualified to write a book about John Lennon. But while there are some new insights into Lennon's life, much of the book is a trudge through familiar territory.

New Lennon biography details the life, but not the legacyContra Costa Times Thu, 30 Oct 2008 3:29 PM PDTIf only John Lennon had gone out to eat after what would become his last studio session. It was 10:30 p.m. Dec. 8, 1980, and Lennon had rejected Yoko Ono's suggestion that they should stop for a bite at the Stage Deli.

Lennon among top-earning dead starsGazette Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:27 AM PDTJohn Lennon is the only Briton in a list of the highest-earning dead celebrities, US business magazine Forbes has revealed.

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The Beatles unseen American footage up for auctionUndercover Tue, 28 Oct 2008 4:28 PM PDTIt was filmed by a 15 year-old fan at an unscheduled gig in Kansas City, and afterwards lay forgotten in a drawer at his parents' home for decades. He explained: 'We cleared out my parent's estate two months ago.

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Math prof tackles Beatles' mystery soundsUPI Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:42 AM PDTHALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A Canadian mathematics professor says he's used his science to solve mysteries about how the Beatles created two unique musical sounds.

Beatles iPodantiMUSIC Wed, 29 Oct 2008 1:29 AM PDTA special edition The Beatles iPod will be going on sale through U.S. department stores Bloomingdales

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The Beatles' last song at last concertAbilene Reporter-News Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:00 PM PDTQ. Can you tell me the last song The Beatles sang in a concert?

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John Lennon Is `Sadist,' Doting Dad With Oedipal Urges in BioBloomberg Mon, 27 Oct 2008 5:51 PM PDTOct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- If only John Lennon had gone out to eat after what would become his last studio session. It was 10:30 p.m. on Dec. 8, 1980, and Lennon had rejected Yoko Ono 's suggestion that they should stop for a bite at the Stage Deli. He wanted to head home to see their 5-year-old son at the Dakota, the high-gabled landmark apartment building overlooking Manhattan's Central Park.
The Never Ending Story of John Lennon's LegacyTheCelebrityCafe.com Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:36 AM PDTA new book about the ex Beatle life is out
Waiting on the World to ChangeThe Shorthorn Mon, 27 Oct 2008 8:55 PM PDTJohn Lennon imagined a peaceful world. Bob Dylan was only a pawn in a game. Pete Seeger wondered where all the flowers had gone. And Marvin Gaye needed to know what’s going on.
Beatle's hit 'Penny Lane's' pretty nurse's identity revealedNew Kerala Tue, 28 Oct 2008 3:34 AM PDTLondon, Oct 28 : John Lennon's school pal Stan Williams has revealed the identity of the 'Pretty Nurse' featured in The Beatle's hit Penny Lane as Beth Davidson.

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Paul McCartney deported after setting condoms on fireThe Arizona Republic Tue, 28 Oct 2008 8:57 AM PDTThe Beatles’ former drummer Pete Best has revealed he and Paul returned to the UK after being accused of arson when they used the rubber contraceptives as emergency lighting.
Sir Paul burnt condomsNews 24 South Africa Tue, 28 Oct 2008 5:21 AM PDTSir Paul McCartney was deported from Germany for setting fire to condoms, says former Beatles drummer, Pete Best.
Site navigationReading Evening Post Tue, 28 Oct 2008 1:03 AM PDTA wax bust of Paul McCartney – recovered by Reading tramp Anthony Silva near the town’s train station – has sold for £5,500. Joby Carter, part of the Carter’s Steam Fair family, left the head on a train bound for Reading earlier this month.
'We were deported for burning condoms'Independent Online Tue, 28 Oct 2008 2:25 AM PDTThe Beatles' former drummer Pete Best has revealed he and Paul McCartney returned to the UK from Germany after being accused of arson.

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Virgin Megastores launch new Beatles BoutiquesVirgin Megastores are creating Beatles Boutiques in all of the chain's U.S. stores. Starting today,...10/27/2008 7:33:31 PM

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RINGO STARR ALL STARR TOUR 2008 PHOTO CONTEST
Have you been coveting your picture of Ringo and his All-Star Starr band captured from the recent All-Star tour? Ringo wants YOU, his loyal fans, to submit photos taken from his 2008 All-Star tour. Ringo will hand pick his favorite photo to be featured on his official website, Ringostarr.com. The lucky winner will also go home with a Ringo Starr Autographed Drumhead! Winner to be notified via email in early December. CONTEST STATS: Please email your photo to ringophotocontest@gmail.comin JPEG format. We will only accept ONE photo entry per person. Photo entries can be taken from a digital camera, from your phone camera or any other source but STILL photos only please!Contest ends OCTOBER 30th, 2008. By submitting your photo you agree that Ringo may utilize your photo in any manner whatsoever without further obligation to you except to provide you appropriate credit as the photographer."In order for your entry to be valid, you must include the following information within the text of your email: 1. Your name, address, phone number, and email address 2. The date and location of the show in which you captured the photo GOOD LUCK!

Free Fireman Download from NME

Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight is available as an exclusive free download from NME.com right now. Click HERE to get your copy." 'Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight' is a phrase that an old friend of mine from back in the 60's, a guy called Jimmy Scott, used to say down the clubs. He was actually the guy who originally said ob-la-dee ob-la-da, one of the Beatles songs and I made a song out of that. You'd say to him, 'Too much, man' and he'd say, 'No, nothing too much just out of sight.' So I grabbed that and suddenly you could see where it was heading and I followed that trail."Paul McCartneywww.thefiremanmusic.com

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Phil Spector’s crazy pre-trial rant about McCartney.
Posted on October 27, 2008 by Matt
I don’t think I’m the first one to say that Phil Spector has lost his mind. I mean he’s never truly been stable. He does have a history of pulling firearms on people, John Lennnon being one of them. He is a musical genius, but he’s totally lost his marbles.
When you are on trial for murder I guess a lot of thougths go through your head. One begins to examine their personal legacy and the mark(s) that they’ve made on the world. I guess Phil is just exorcising his own demons, and looking at his legacy both as a person, and a creative artist. He certainly knows how to hold a grudge though. Paul McCartney and Phil Spector are two very strong personalities, giants in the music world. You would have thought that they would let the dispute and ill-feelings over the production of the song “The Long and Winding Road” be little more than thoughts from a long time ago.
I guess Phil just cannot let the past go. Maybe that’s all he has left.
Here’s what we’ve read.
Hands trembling and eyes watering like a broken main, bonkers record producer Phil Spector lashes out left, right and centre in a bizarre interview.
He is a man with much to say – and a hell of a lot on his mind.
Spector – a legend in the music industry for creating the so-called “wall of sound” – is awaiting retrial in America for the killing of nightclub hostess Lana Clarkson.
Last year a jury failed to reach a decision and a new one has just been selected in LA.
Spector is on a million dollar-bail and could be banged up for life – but that doesn’t seem to be troubling him too much today.
Instead, he seems more concerned with settling old musical scores. Sir Paul McCartney, for one, is unlikely to be high up on his Christmas card list.
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The Beatles Songs: "I'm A Loser"About.com Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:41 PM PDTJohn's homage to Dylan and his first proof that he could be personal (sort of) is a jangly little folk-rockabilly number that belies the tortured soul John was fast...

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McCartney waxwork sold for £5,500BBC News Mon, 27 Oct 2008 9:23 AM PDTA waxwork head of Sir Paul McCartney which was found in a bin at Reading railway station fetches £5,500 at auction.

Site navigationReading Evening Post Mon, 27 Oct 2008 1:18 AM PDTTicket to ride? Anthony Silva with Sir Paul McCartney's waxwork head advertisement Can I smell a PR stunt?

I'm a loser

The Beatles Songs: "I'm A Loser" John's homage to Dylan and his first proof that he could be personal (sort of) is a jangly little folk-rockabilly number that belies the tortured soul John was fast becoming. Beatles For Sale, indeed. Find out all about "I'm A Loser" in my latest Beatles fact sheet.

27 Octobeatles 2008

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