5Top: Terrible songs from great albums  Jan 16, 2009
The Long And Winding Road by the Beatles (from Let It Be) ... The Beatles are generally regarded as rock n rolls greatest band, and Phil Spector was arguably its greatest producer ... As the world would learn a quarter century later with the release of the Beatles Anthology outtakes collections, The Long And Winding Road is actually quite nice in its stripped-down form; maybe not one of the bands best but certainly not the horrifically overproduced monstrosity... (MSNBC -- Music)

Run-DMC, Metallica lead Rock Halls 09 class  Jan 16, 2009
Im a rap dude, Im an MC from Hollis (a neighborhood in New Yorks borough of Queens), just rockin the mic, and to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with the Beatles, and (Bob) Dylan, and the rock n roll gods. Its ridiculous. (MSNBC -- Music)

RICHARD ROEPER  Jan 16, 2009
Like the Beatles in the 1960s or Michael Jordan in the 1990s, Paris, Lindsay and Britney -- or as I like to call them, PaLitNey -- are on a roll. They "pwn," as the kids like to type. (The Drudge Report)

Sub to probe shifting Antarctic glacier  Jan 16, 2009
He said the submarine is yellow because it makes it easy to spot when it surfaces, and its color has "absolutely nothing" to do with the Beatles song "Yellow Submarine.". Copyright 2009 Reuters. (MSNBC -- Environment)

Metallica to join US hall of fame  Jan 16, 2009
"I'm a rap dude. I'm an MC just rocking the mic and to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Beatles and [Bob] Dylan and the rock 'n' roll gods? It's ridiculous. Ridiculous in a good way," he said. Guitarist Beck played with The Yardbirds as well as forming The Jeff Beck Group in the 1960s. (BBC News -- Entertainment)

RADIO OBITUARY  Jan 16, 2009
So, too, were shows hosted by Henry Rollins and , but specialty shows -- unless they are devoted to the Beatles or entire sides of popular albums -- are a tough sell here. Or so a radio programmer told me recently when we were discussing Indie's recent elimination of its shows dedicated to either an individual's taste or a specific style of music. (Variety)

The Set List  Jan 16, 2009
So, too, were shows hosted by Henry Rollins and , but specialty shows -- unless they are devoted to the Beatles or entire sides of popular albums -- are a tough sell here ... " (Ws he listening to the Beatles?) "We found time to book sessions, get the band while it was hot off the road, write and record a new record, while giving our audience what I hope was some of the best E Street shows we've ever done. (Variety)

The world of Inkheart  Jan 16, 2009
He got international attention with Backbeat, a fact-based drama on Stuart Sutcliffe, the little known original member of The Beatles and went on to do films like Hackers (1995) and K-Pax (2001). Softleys filmmaking is defined by his distinct visual style period dramas or thrillers. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

SIRIUS XM Radio To Broadcast Howard Stern-Paul McCartney Special This Weekend  Jan 16, 2009
Stern and McCartney go in-depth on the legend's life, The Beatles and his new Fireman album "Electric Arguments" ... Stern described the importance of the music of The Beatles in his life, saying "[The Beatles] are more of a religion to me than any organized religion. Their music does more for my spirit and elevates me to a higher plane than any religious ceremony ever did." ... Howard and McCartney went in-depth on the music legend's life, family, The Beatles, his new Fireman album Electric... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

Sound off: Jake Hill artist of year; many others top local best of list  Jan 7, 2009
Milch cites her influences as Billie Holiday, Celine Dion, The Beatles, Nelly Furtado, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Best New Act. (Kingston Mariner, MA)

MBE that John Lennon returned in protest is found  Jan 7, 2009
Lennon said that he had not wanted the MBE in the first place but Brian Epstein, the Beatles manager, had persuaded him to accept it. A palace spokesman said yesterday: John Lennon s MBE is being taken good care of and is in storage at the Central Chancery. (Times Online)

More arts this week  Jan 7, 2009
The a cappella group still sings the jingle and a long list of original songs and covers by The Hollies, Roy Orbison, The Temptations and The Beatles in concert. They'll be bringing the doo-wop live at 8 p.m. Friday at The Egg. (Albany Times Union)

Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids'  Jan 7, 2009
Twitter fans set up a spoof website imagining the Tweets of historical figures including Jesus, Gandhi and The Beatles' John Lennon. Playing the video game "Tetris" could reduce the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')

AC/DC plugged in to metal culture  Jan 7, 2009
AC/DC is second only to the Beatles in U.S. catalog sales over the past two years and, since 2003, the band has sold a combined 23 million albums and DVDs. The Ice-ing on the cake is that earlier this year, five years after its induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, AC/DC not only topped the charts with "Black Ice," it had the second biggest one-week sales of the year, at 786,000 million units in the States. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

The Cumberland Trio  Jan 6, 2009
On February 9, 1964, the Ed Sullivan Show featured a band of four funny-haired lads from Liverpool with a pun for a name, the Beatles. By the Summer of 1964--the same time that RIC was folding--Beatlemania had swept the country and Rock and Roll usurped the Folk Revival as the dominant genre in modern music. (Suite101.com)

Western Montana life in ’08 - Small towns filled with interesting stories all year-round  Jan 6, 2009
Studio 501 isn t flashy or pretentious, it s not some acoustically magical cave, and the Beatles never recorded here, but the unassuming studio hidden in the pine trees behind this town of 1,951 is drawing a lot of attention. The atmosphere here is very relaxed, said Steve Praetzel, the studio manager. (Missoulian, MT)

Five albums you should have bought in 2008  Jan 6, 2009
But the eclectic song selection is also a big factor here everything from 60s doo-lang girl group to country twang to a cover of the Beatles I Should Have Known Better, with Swing Low Sweet Chariot thrown into the mix for good measure. Ward s instrumentation is sublime, and as for Deschanel s voice she may not be a belter, but she somehow makes you feel like you re listening from a few yards away in a smoky cabaret where nobody knows your name, and you like it that way. (Ipswich Chronicle, MA)

Jay-Z And Radiohead Collide On Jaydiohead Mash-Up Album  Jan 6, 2009
Minty Fresh Beats pairs songs from Jay's Black Album and American Gangster with a host of Radiohead tracks (VHI.com -- Music News)

Curious about cougars  Jan 5, 2009
(I mean, why would you want to marry someone who wasn't alive when the Beatles broke up. . (Boston Globe)

Vintage vinyl  Jan 5, 2009
It used to be EMI's main manufacturing site, churning out million-sellers by the Beatles and Queen, among others. At its zenith, it employed 14,000 people, but EMI sold off the factory in 2000 when it decided to get out of the vinyl business. (BBC News -- UK)

MCs To Watch In 2009: B.o.B.  Jan 5, 2009
" And for a while he played along, even though he grew up listening to the O'Jays, Michael Jackson and Tina Turner; says he's influenced by artists ranging from Bjrk to the Beatles; and is also a huge Coldplay fan. Those artists didn't exactly fit into what was popular in Atlanta. "Throughout my whole life [I've never listened] to one genre of music," said B.o.B., "so I felt like I shouldn't just stick to one genre. " He said his song "Cloud 9" garnered critical acclaim in the open-mic scene... (VHI.com -- Music News)

Still essential after 40 years  Jan 4, 2009
Albums by the Beatles, Stones, Jimi, Janis, Aretha, Marvin, Otis, Sly, Miles, and Zappa were among the 1968 releases getting major play and press last year ... THE BEATLES "The Beatles" (The White Album) ... Even the Vatican, having forgiven John Lennon for claiming the Beatles were more popular than Christ, cited the 30-song double album on its 40th anniversary as a groundbreaking "magical musical anthology" with "pearls that even today remain unparalleled. A listening experience like [this] is... (Boston Globe)

Victoria wants one of her sons to become lawyer  Jan 4, 2009
"Brooklyn just loves The Beatles. I can't get him to listen to any of my records, though!" she added. Tags. (Oneindia)

Music spun in reverse in Oregon Cabaret Theater's 'History' (10)  Jan 4, 2009
Thursday, September 18, 2008 6:18 PM PDT Early rock and roll singers, from Elvis Presley and Pat Boone to the Beatles and Rolling Stones, took songs originally done by black performers and created cover hits. In some cases the often provocative lyrics and rhythms were sanitized, or whitinized of sexual references. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)

Affable, emotional TV host turned viewers on to late-night talk  Jan 4, 2009
Article:JACK PAAR / 1918-2004 / Affable, emotional TV host turn:/c/a/2004/01/28/MNGQ04JDB91. DTL Article:JACK PAAR / 1918-2004 / Affable, emotional TV host turn:/c/a/2004/01/28/MNGQ04JDB91. (Yahoo News -- Jack Parr)

Bramlett a frontman for Delaney & Bonnie  Jan 4, 2009
"And all the Beatles were right there in the front row," Bramlett recalled in an undated interview posted on YouTube. Delaney Bramlett was born in 1939 in Pontotoc, Miss. (OregonLive, OR -- News)

Barney Bubbles: Creating album sleeves that spoke volumes  Jan 4, 2009
The Beatles worked with Blake and Richard Hamilton, and the Rolling Stones with Andy Warhol and Robert Frank. By the end of the decade, graphic designers like Wes Wilson, Alton Kelly and "Mouse" Miller were stalwarts of San Francisco's psychedelic music scene. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

Unpicking an Urban legend  Jan 3, 2009
Brooks was so huge that he is still listed as the third most successful artist of all time after the Beatles and Elvis. There is a too-close relationship between country music and radio in the US. At one point, 2500 radio stations across America were pumping out non-stop bland country pop. These stations, playing a style best defined as "nothing to offend, lots of sweet ballads, nothing too twangy or rootsy or traditional" came to define country music success. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

Digital Over Physical  Jan 3, 2009
The top-selling vinyl albums were Radiohead's "In Rainbows" (26,000 units), the Beatles' "Abbey Road" (16,500) and Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" (13,600). Nielsen also reported that music sales exceeded 65 million in the final week of 2008, representing the biggest sales week in the history of Nielsen SoundScan. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

Former English teacher takes the road less traveled ... to Nashville  Jan 3, 2009
He loves the Beatles. You can hear that in some of his songs. (Columbus Telegram, NE)

Sales of albums slide in the US  Jan 3, 2009
Country star Garth Brooks topped the chart ahead of the Beatles and Mariah Carey, while the best-selling album of the period is Come On Over by Shania Twain. It has sold 15. (BBC News -- Americas)

Album sales plunge, digital downloads up  Jan 3, 2009
The top selling vinyl albums were Radiohead's "In Rainbows" (26,000 units), the Beatles' "Abbey Road" (16,500) and Guns 'N Roses' "Chinese Democracy" (13,600). Nielsen also reported that music sales exceeded 65 million in the final week of 2008, representing the biggest sales week in the history of Nielsen SoundScan. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Second Cup Cafe: Sonya Kitchell  Jan 3, 2009
"That ecstatic, elated feeling you get when something is so good that it makes you want to listen to it over and over again. I hope to create music that has as much of an effect on others as artists like Joni Mitchell, The Beatles, Janis Joplin, and Leonard Cohen had on me. I know that's setting the bar very, very high but that's my goal.". MMVIII, CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. (CBS News -- Early Show)

Off the beaten track  Jan 3, 2009
"I had never thought about music in that way," Rundgren, in Paris for a concert, told AFP, adding that he was influenced by the experimentalism of the Beatles ... Artistically, the Philadelphia native is from the same family as the Beatles post-1966, Brian Wilson and, more recently, Radiohead, all perfectionist musicians who think of the recording studio as an instrument for creating experimental sounds. (iAfrica.com)

MEATY DISHES: Tripping on Trippa  Jan 3, 2009
The Beatles' Day Tripper was playing somewhere in the background. I pointed to the three euros pane di trippa when the vendor looked up at me the day's specialty that everyone was ordering. (India Times, India)

Music sales boom, but albums fizzle for '08  Jan 2, 2009
Garth Brooks lost ground to The Beatles but is still by far the best-selling artist of the SoundScan era (post-1991, when Nielsen began tracking album sales electronically), leading the Fab Four by a tally of 68. 1 million to 57. (USA Today)

Then & Now: 10 Best Teen Idols of All Time  Jan 2, 2009
By age 21 he was the highest-paid solo live performer, and his fan club was bigger than the Beatles. Currently, he's touring to support his latest CD release, "Dance Party Remix" (a collaboration with Craig J of Kelly Clarkson and Mariah Carey fame), featuring dance mixes of all your favorite Keith Partridge classics. (Fox News)

Beatles to zombies, videogamers set for varied '09  Jan 2, 2009
The Beatles are getting into the game business with MTV Games and "Rock Band" developer Harmonix in a collaboration that will create an as-yet-untitled interactive music experience. PlayStation 3 gamers will be able to star in a virtual film noir thriller when Sony and developer Quantic Dream release "Heavy Rain" in late 2009. (Yahoo News -- Technology)

Good bands, bad lyrics  Jan 1, 2009
But then the Beatles came along and ruined the party for everyone. Today's pop stars can still make a handsome living dumbing us down one "baby, baby" at a time, but we expect our rockers to be poets. (Boston Globe)

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In 'Friendly Fire,' a fractured family seeks a sense of hope  Jan 1, 2009
Saul Austerlitz is the author of "Money for Nothing: A History of the Music Video From the Beatles to the White Stripes.". Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)

News Stories  Jan 1, 2009
The Beatles Full Coverage on Yahoo. News. (Yahoo News -- The Beatles)

Sir Paul hits 3,000 in Russia  Jan 1, 2009
Sir Paul is thought to have played with The Beatles 2,523 times ... The crowd sang along with most of the songs, the Beatles hit Back in the USSR proving particularly popular. (Yahoo News -- The Beatles)

BBC Deny Pulling Paul McCartney's Michael Jackson Impression ...  Jan 1, 2009
" Sir Paul appeared on Jackson's 1982 single 'The Girls Is Mine', but the pair fell out when Jackson bought the rights to part of the Beatles' music library. , Sir Paul dubbed Jackson awfully good during the press conference. You can read Gigwise s transcript from McCartney s interview . Michael Jackson and Sir Paul McCartney Previous 1 of 12 Previous 1 (3)Can all you MJ fanatics from the last article just relax now, please?~ by Brett 12 hours 9 minutes ago Ah, i think this ex beatle is being... (Gigwise)

Victoria Beckham's lawyer dream  Jan 1, 2009
She said: "Brooklyn just loves The Beatles. I can't get him to listen to any of my records, though!". Type Size. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)

Teens need more than just love from their parents  Jan 1, 2009
All you need is love, the Beatles told us back in the 60s. But when it comes to building a good relationship with your teenager, research conducted over the past 25 years tells us that love alone is not enough. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)

The Sixt00004000ies: Non-Stop Social Change  Jan 1, 2009
JFK; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; RFK; the assassinations of all three; Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali; Vietnam; massive anti-war protests; the Cold War; a man on the moon; the Civil Rights Act; riots; women's rights; the pill; Woodstock; The Beatles; bell-bottoms; the Twist, and so much more, combined to blur lines and challenge assumptions. The Early Show remembered the era Tuesday as part of its series, "Five Days, Five Decades.". (CBS News -- Early Show)

A year of the departed  Jan 1, 2009
Guru to the Beatles, he originated the Transcendental Meditation movement in the 1950s and later bought two islands off the coast of Nova Scotia where he planned, but never erected, an international peace palace. Willie P. Bennett, 56. (Globe and Mail -- Business)

Book Review: 'Stories Done'  Jan 1, 2009
In this book (parts of which appeared as articles in Rolling Stone magazine) Gilmore writes about stars from that decade like the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison, Pink Floyd and Ken Kesey ... In another chapter, Gilmore argues that the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," released in June of that year, embodied both a generation's sense of possibilities - its dreams of freedom, community and creative experimentation - and, in its last song, the incomparable "Day in the Life," an... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

Madonna gets animated at the Grammys - but it's U2's night  Jan 1, 2009
Despite rousing performances of the Beatles track Helter Skelter and an intriguing rendition of Yesterday with rockers Linkin Park and rapper Jay-Z, Sir Paul McCartney was among the multiple nominees who went home with nothing. "This is the first time I've ever played the Grammys. I finally passed the audition," he said. (Yahoo News -- Grammy Awards)

It's a High-5 Night for U2  Jan 1, 2009
Mariah Carey songs An article in Thursday's Calendar about Mariah Carey's night at the Grammys said she was the first artist after the Beatles to have the No. 1 and 2 songs on the American pop chart in the same week. Many other acts have accomplished that feat since the Beatles ... " McCartney performed his newer music, but he also returned to the Beatles songbook with an incandescent version of "Helter Skelter" and, later, a version of "Yesterday" that was meshed with a performance by L.A. rock... (Yahoo News -- Grammy Awards)

U2 eclipse Mariah Carey at Grammys  Jan 1, 2009
Paul McCartney, who was nominated for album of the year, stormed the Staples Centre with a stirring rendition of the Beatles' Helter Skelter. However, the reclusive Sly Stone provided the highlight of the night with his performance of I Want to Take You Higher. (Yahoo News -- Grammy Awards)

Not forgotten  Dec 31, 2008
Indian guru credited with introducing the Beatles and other stars to ancient Hindu meditation methods. Died: 5 February, in the Netherlands, at an estimated age of 91. (BBC News)

Streisand: Perfection Is Imperfection  Dec 31, 2008
Besides being a movie star, Streisand became a world class recording artist outselling the Beatles. Despite the recognition, Streisand admits that her voice is far from perfect. (CBS News)

As German neighborhood changes, raunchy shadow lingers  Dec 31, 2008
Soldiers and sailors spread the names St. Pauli and Reeperbahn far and wide, while music fans remember it as the place where the Beatles worked on their sound at establishments like the Star Club, now defunct, on the famous street Grosse Freiheit, whose name means great freedom. The chaotic old neighborhood looks downright orderly from the bar on the 20th floor of the Empire Riverside Hotel, featured as a spot for celebrity sightings in the premiere issue of the latest iteration of the St. Pauli... (International Herald Tribune)

Gossip: Hard knocks for local theater  Dec 31, 2008
What we're shooting for is the entire length of Sagamore Creek, from Route 1 to New Castle," Sredzienski says. This time he'll swim THEN hold a concert with the Serfs at a New Castle location, as yet to be determined.The swim will run 2 to 3 hours, "depends on if it ices up near Route One and where the venue is," says Sredzienski. The Isles of Shoals certainly had its challenges, but Sagamore Creek could prove rougher. The estuary's temperature will run 10 to 15 degrees colder than the ocean he... (Seacoast New Hampshire)

Thanks, but no thanks  Dec 31, 2008
Some things in the world of entertainment are flat-out cruel: Drummer Pete Best being asked, pre-fame, to leave the Beatles; and Rourke passing on the once-in-a-lifetime role of Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop. Rourke missed out a free ride of epic proportions. (Vancouver Sun)

Who would believe it?  Dec 30, 2008
Remember this is a band that, one night in Blackpool in 1964, were third on the bill after the Kinks and the Beatles. (Mind you, they also had their first US tour as the support act to Herman's Hermits. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

Yoko Ono to speak at Stanford in January  Dec 30, 2008
Lennon, a member of the Beatles, was shot and killed in New York City in 1980. He had called Ono "the world's most famous unknown artist. Everyone knows her name but nobody knows what she does.". (Palo Alto Online, CA)

Entertainer Spotlight on Brad Mercer (6)  Dec 30, 2008
I kept bugging mom and dad to get me a guitar and, when they did, I started learning all the Johnny Cash and Roger Miller songs until the Beatles came on the scene. When that happened my whole life changed. (Desert Entertainer, CA)

Cover story: Band reflects on 13 years of First Night Portsmouth  Dec 30, 2008
P/SUNNY Tuesday December 30, 2008. for the top stories of 2008. (Seacoast New Hampshire)

'American Idol': The Best Of 2008, By Jim Cantiello  Dec 30, 2008
American Idol': The Best Of 2008, By Jim Cantiello. On the eve of the new season, we take a look back at our favorite 'American Idol' videos of 2008. (VHI.com -- Music News)

The nano's Big Strides  Dec 30, 2008
by the Beatles, I tried Genius again. Results included Aerosmith's. (BusinessWeek)

Rooney savors family time at Christmas  Dec 27, 2008
When the Beatles' "White Album" came out, my brother got me that album for Christmas. And when I unwrapped the album, it didn't have the shrink-wrap on it. (MLB.com -- St. Louis Cardinals)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button  Dec 27, 2008
com: Curiously aging backwards. Curiously aging backwards. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

Bartman will perform in concert on Jan. 3  Dec 27, 2008
Bartman takes music inspiration from such performers as the Beatles, John Vanderslice, Bob Dylan, Wilco, Jon Brion, Django Reinhardt and Neutral Milk Hotel. He released his first solo album, The Kathy Clark E.P in 2007. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)

Bon Jovi tour is No. 1  Dec 26, 2008
Musician fights to keep 'Rigby' royalties Patrick Halling is fighting to keep the few pence he earns every time the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" airs on the radio. The song was released in 1966 and under European Union law will enter the public domain in 2016, meaning Halling's violin-led string background on the song will lose its copyright protection and royalties will end. (Boston Globe)

Affable, emotional TV host turned viewers on to late-night talk  Dec 26, 2008
Article:JACK PAAR / 1918-2004 / Affable, emotional TV host turn:/c/a/2004/01/28/MNGQ04JDB91. DTL Article:JACK PAAR / 1918-2004 / Affable, emotional TV host turn:/c/a/2004/01/28/MNGQ04JDB91. (Yahoo News -- Jack Parr)

How to win friends and influence....  Dec 26, 2008
To paraphrase the Beatles. All we are saying, is give piece a chance. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)

2008 Passages: Lives lost this year  Dec 26, 2008
Clockwise from top left: Steve Fossett, Tim Russert, Miriam Makeba, Paul Newman, Heath Ledger, Isaac Hayes, Estelle Getty and Gene Upshaw all died in 2008. File photos clockwise from top left by: AP, Getty Images for 'Meet the Press,' AP, AP, AP/Focus Features, AP, AP, US Presswire. (USA Today)

A love story for his ages  Dec 25, 2008
When the Beatles' performance of "Twist and Shout" on "Ed Sullivan" plays during a montage of Benjamin and Daisy's homemaking and lovemaking, you wonder whether they can truly hear it. There would probably be no reason to notice the movie's sense of disconnection were Hurricane Katrina not nipping at its heels. (Boston Globe)

Sexploration: Lingering grief may curb his ardor  Dec 25, 2008
Hair was on Broadway, Pattie Boyd was in India with the Beatles, and Jane Fonda was wearing that sexy space-chick outfit in Barbarella. Dating rules. (MSNBC -- Health)

It's not too late for smart last-minute gifts  Dec 23, 2008
The Beatles "White Album" puzzle. Anyone familiar with this iconic recording knows that its cover reflects the title: It's white. (Fresno Bee)

Lead-Singing Drummers  Dec 23, 2008
Ringo Starr of The Beatles Also a goofy, but lovable cut-up, Ringo and his fellow-Fab Four friends changed music history. Ringo also changed drumming. (Suite101.com)

Skattered members of Sunshine Policy book reunion gig over the holidays  Dec 23, 2008
The band has a few favorite covers they perform, including Johnny Cash s A Boy Named Sue and the Beatles Hey Jude, but much of the material is originals written by Rusterholz. I have been writing music since I was pretty young, Rusterholz said. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

* Imagine peace  Dec 23, 2008
I knew about the Beatles, but the only name I knew was Ringo, because it means apple in Japanese. When John came, he didnt look like a rocker or an artist. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)

Novels of a new South  Dec 23, 2008
Excerpt: My mother gave me the Beatles albums when I was seven. They were her prized possessions. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)

Tiny clues to collision in space  Dec 23, 2008
The Beatles' 1968 song, Across the Universe, was beamed into space by Nasa in February 2008. Prof Parnell said these findings would help scientists to investigate further if there was any connection between the meteorites falling and changes to underwater species which took place around the same period of time. (BBC News -- Science)

Julius Fast, 89, writer of both fact and fiction, is dead  Dec 23, 2008
Julius Fast, who won the first Edgar Award given by the Mystery Writers of America and went on to publish popular books on body language, the Beatles and human relationships, died on Tuesday in Kingston, New York ... A stint at a podiatric publication provided the raw material for "You and Your Feet" (1970), but his wide-ranging interests account for the variety in titles like "The Beatles: The Real Story" (1968), "The New Sexual Fulfillment" (1972) and "Weather Language" (1979). (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

The best of the rest  Dec 22, 2008
Influences float by in waves: Everyone from the Breeders to the Beatles to the B-52s seem to have had an effect on the white-jumpsuit-loving quintet. It all translates into wild guitar sonics, gorgeous harmonies, rhythmic left turns, and general quirkiness. (Boston Globe)

Chasing the spirit of the Kinks at pubs and childhood homes  Dec 21, 2008
LONDON - The Beatles have Liverpool. The Beach Boys can lay claim to Southern California. (Boston Globe)

A Cleveland original opens N.Y. branch  Dec 21, 2008
More high-tech tricks are found in a 10-minute movie featuring performances from artists such as Muddy Waters, the Beatles, and Led Zeppelin. A clip of that day's visitors is edited into the background, so it looks like you're in the club audience of that show. (Boston Globe)

The songs remain the same  Dec 21, 2008
"And it's also one of the few repertoires that everyone knows. One is Christmas carols; the other is the Beatles.". Pubs and politics Sometimes the religious context is completely subverted in favor of a communal vibe. (Boston Globe)

News Stories  Dec 21, 2008
The Beatles Full Coverage on Yahoo. News. (Yahoo News -- The Beatles)

Sir Paul hits 3,000 in Russia  Dec 21, 2008
Sir Paul is thought to have played with The Beatles 2,523 times ... The crowd sang along with most of the songs, the Beatles hit Back in the USSR proving particularly popular. (Yahoo News -- The Beatles)