For 2+ years, Beatles fans have been trying to identify one of the discarded cutouts for the Sgt Pepper cover scene. They believe they've found a match with photographer Diane Arbus (!), which looks correct to me, but they still have not sourced the original photo. www.reddit.com/r/SgtPepperM...
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THIS WEEK ON THE RSD PODCAST,
SQUEEZE co-founder GLENN TILBROOK raises a glass to the late OG Squeeze drummer Gilson Lavis, and explains why it took over 50 years to record the songs on their great new album, Trixies.
The Record Store Day Podcast Wherever you get podcasts or:
bit.ly/RSDPODCAST
(Nice reference to The Jam)
Underrated 🍏
Surely it must be time for a listening party for Wings’ debut. What do you say @beatlespod.bsky.social @beatlesbookspod.bsky.social @stevenc63.bsky.social @pavementoyster.bsky.social @jeremyblackmore.bsky.social @jillianreilly.bsky.social @bookyvikki.bsky.social @mychameleondays.bsky.social
JACK LEMMON wrote incredibly entertaining letters, like this one to his good friend BURT REYNOLDS in 1982.
www.threads.com/@michaelwarb....
ATHENS GA: here I am with some cones and the legendary Barrie Buck to remind y’all I’ll be playing a full electric show at her legendary 40-Watt Club this Friday April 24th. The fabulous @emmaswiftsings.bsky.social opens the show & joins me for harmonies - rock on, Multiverse! 🐸👁️🦀
mRNA vaccines continue to show major promise.
In a small Phase 1 trial led by Dr. Balachandran, some patients with pancreatic cancer (one of the deadliest cancers) reached 6-year survival.
This is why sustained investment in science & research matters.
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#ChurchOfRockAndRoll #109 Jonathan Richman
A comment on my Rolling Thunder 1976 series kickoff post yesterday. Note the highlighted part.
So honored and excited! 😉
I’m happy to announce that my new book Stranded in the Future is out on July 7 and is now available for pre-order here: www.hachette.co.uk/titles/robyn...
It’s about how I became a songwriter by channeling my obsessions; with 16 illustrations of various characters, some more real than others.
Forget everything and your memories will improve
Seeing Bob Dylan in concert now for me is like going to Stonehenge: it’s not what it was, nobody can quite figure out what it’s for, but we’d miss it awfully if it wasn’t there.
The Journal of Perpetual Motion: St Paul, Chicago, Toronto and beyond...
I had no idea that my teenage dream of becoming a touring musician with a guitar around my neck would become an enduring reality!
My latest tour update is on Substack: robynhitchcock.substack.com/p/the-journa...
New Discogs app logo no longer features grooves on the record. Should we go full blown Cracker Barrel on this or what?
My father survived a year with pancreatic cancer but it was a year of terrible suffering. This is very encouraging news.
www.nbcnews.com/health/cance...
I was honored to film an episode with Kathleen Ann Hudson for the next episode of Infinity Goes Up on Trial. It drops on May 1. Don’t miss it! She’s an absolute rock star!
youtu.be/B0k-bSqzgSk?....
Also new to me. Video outtakes.
youtu.be/7aOFLmkJmAY?...
“THIS PARASITE EATS A FISH'S TONGUE UNTIL IT FALLS OFF — THEN ATTACHES ITSELF AND BECOMES THE FISH'S NEW TONGUE. THE FISH LIVES A NORMAL LIFE, USING THE LIVING ALIEN TO SWALLOW FOOD. THE ONLY KNOWN PARASITE THAT REPLACES A HOST'S ORGAN.”
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