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Friday, January 9, 2009

Have a great weekend

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I got to see Hard Days Night on the big screen at Cinema 21 a few years ago.
It was a fun and funny movie with some pretty cool cinematography for its day. And the music is, well, of course, the Beatles. Interestingly, the scenes during Ringo's "escape" starkly show how badly bombed out London still was in 1963. But then I thought about it and realized it had been only 20 years since the bombing by Germany.

Posted by hilsy | January 9, 2009 3:07 PM

This video was apparently left on the cutting room floor of that film.

Posted by Jack Bog | January 9, 2009 3:54 PM

I was wondering about that. I didn't remember this song being in the movie, but thought it was just faulty memory on my part.

Posted by hilsy | January 9, 2009 4:57 PM

In the states, at least, it was the B side to "Can't Buy Me Love."

Listening again to the whole movie album, it's interesting that the songs are mostly John's.

Posted by Jack Bog | January 9, 2009 5:03 PM

You know what's interesting right now? The Jonas Brothers phenomenon. It's the first time that a band has reminded me of Beatlemania in a long, long time.
Of course, we'll say the kids can't touch John, George and Paul for great harmonies but we're supposed to think that. Believe me, these kids have a lot of talent. They are not a manufactured boy band. The one kid's been singing on Broadway since he was like 9. So they're pros. But it's the reaction from the young girls that's so reminiscent of the Beatles era. It's time for young fans to scream for joy all over again in rock and roll and you know that can't be bad. I remember thinking of the Beatles as my friends and the Jonas Brothers seem to be great, funny individuals too.

I'm just so glad the kids today have these guys to rock out to. They are exactly what was needed.

Posted by Bill McDonald | January 9, 2009 9:10 PM

Hey dude,
I don't mean to be rude
But the Beatles are Veritas
And the Jonas Brothers Verisimilitude

Posted by ejs | January 10, 2009 7:49 AM

The Jonas Brothers are the truth to these kids and they have something the Beatles will never have again: Now. That's just a cold sad fact.
Just as Michael Jordan will never again have what LeBron James has at this moment.

I couldn't imagine being a bigger Beatles fan than I am, but I've listened to the Jonas Brothers music and I hear something. Okay, it's pop rock but it's catchy. I don't think it's corny or wimpy. It doesn't make me cringe. I think the younger generation is damn lucky to have them. These young girls wouldn't trade them for the Beatles, I'm sure of that. They are in love with these guys and I predict their concert film next month will be huge.
Frankly, after you remember that relationship between a young crowd and teen stars, and then you see classic rockers still on stage, they just look out of it. That's why Coldplay tells the crowd they're the Jonas Brothers uncles. Being a huge hit is great but there's nothing like being young and a huge hit.

The Jonas Brothers remind me of a time when the Beatles were just a band, not a cultural influence, or members of a rock and roll museum. Just a young band of lions learning how to roar. You know...before there were words like "verisimilitude".

Posted by Bill McDonald | January 10, 2009 10:07 AM

Our kids are into the Jonases. They're great.

Posted by Jack Bog | January 10, 2009 3:03 PM

I was flipping around one day and saw them on the Ellen show. She held up a teen magazine that said the Jonas Brothers consider appearing on her shows as one of the fun things of their careers so far. Ellen noted this and said, "Do you think one day you might write a song about me?" And the youngest Jonas Brother said, "But Ellen, all of our songs are about you." Sweet, deadpanned, bag humor. Kind of reminded me of something John or George could have said.

Posted by Bill McDonald | January 10, 2009 3:23 PM

In Vino Veritas

Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2009
Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007
Cameron, Chardonnay
B.R. Cohn, Cabernet, Silver Label 2006
Graffigna, Cabernet 2005
Palo Alto, Reserve Red 2008
Menguante, Garnacha 2008
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Felsina Berardenga, Vin Santo 1997
Anne Amie, Pinot Gris 2009
McKinley Springs, Bombing Ramge Red 2007
Vieux Papes Red
Dionysius Chardonnay 2009
Haden Fig, Pinot Noir 2009
Vega Montan, Mencia 2008
Chateau la Vernede, Coteaux du Languedoc 2007
Mount Defiance, Hellfire (White) 2008
Root: 1, Cabernet 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Pinot Grigio 2009
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 White, 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 Rose, 2007
Abacela, Grenache Rose 2009
Avia Cabernet 2004
Lemelson Pinot Noir, Thea's Selection 2007
Chateau de la Roulerie, Rose d'Anjou 2009
Casal Garcia, Vinho Verde Rose
La Ferme Julien, Rose 2008
Cana's Feast, Bricco Red, 2006
Hogue, Genesis Merlot, 2008
Owen Roe, Sharecropper's Cabernet, 2008
Kim Crawford, Unoaked Chardonnay 2008
J. Scott, Pinot Noir 2008
Edmunds St. John, White, Heart of Gold 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2006
Stevenot, Cabernet, Sierra Foothills, "Stanford" 2000
Portuga, Vinho Rose 2009
Taylor Fladgate, First Estate Reserve Porto
Franciscan, Cabernet, Napa 2006
Chaparral de Vega Sindoa, Garnacha 2008
Quinta da Aveleda, Vinho Verde 2008
St. Francis, Chardonnay Sonoma 2008
E. Guigal, Cotes du Rhone Blanc, 2007
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Noir 2008
St. Innocent, Pinot Noir 2006
Jigsaw, Pinot Noir 2007
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Merlot, Indian Wells 2007
Charles Shaw, Chardonnay 2008
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Rosé 2009
Cameron, Willamette Valley Chardonnay
Il Valore, Sangiovese, Giovane, Puglia 2008
Duck Pond, Chardonnay, Wahluke Slope 2007
Kim Crawford, Marlborough Pinot Noir 2008
Domaine du Pesquier, Cotes du Rhone 2005
Cantina Zaccagnini, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2006
Domaine Matrot, Chardonnay, Bourgogne 2007
David Hill, Oregon Sparkling Wine, Brut
Chandler Reach, Monte Regalo 2006
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2008
Kirkland, Columbia Valley Merlot 2008
D'Aragon, Old Vine Garnacha 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2005
Pavin & Riley, Merlot 2006
David Hill, Estate Pinot Noir, Barrel Select 2006
Castle Rock, Paso Robles Cabernet 2006
Magnificent, Cabernet, Steak House 2008
Conundrum 2008
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1998
Saint Cosme, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
La Granja, Tempranillo 360, 2008
Santa Rita, Mendalla Real Cabernet 2006
Columbia Crest, Grand Estates Merlot 2006
Andezon, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
Collegiata, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Troon, Druid's Fluid 2008
La Granja, Tempranillo 2008
Monte Antico, Toscana 2006
Vieux Papes, Blanc de Blancs

The Occasional Book

Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt

Road Work

Miles run year to date: 26
At this date last year: 15
Total run in 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269