Abbey Road Cheerleaders

Do you know of a more interesting photograph of the 2012 St. Louis Rams?
If so, please keep it to yourself.

(AP Photo/Dave Shopland/NFL UK)

May or May WHAT?

George wore these boots when he met John&Paul

I'll let the auctioneer use that wording. It will keep the bidders busy but the sentence is an example of the PTA SYNDROME.

I wish to hell that I could hyperlink the capitalized phrase but this PTA stands for Profundity Trumping Accuracy–as opposed to the Parents Teachers Association–and it is my very own acronym.

It would be very profound to think of these boots as having contained the feet of a fourteen-year old George Harrison while his hands were shaking those belonging to his brand new mates, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Profound but not necessarily accurate.

In 1958, George was a British boy of many boots and other leather accessories.

PTA Syndrome is a marketing mechanism. No salesman, politician, stand-up comic, or cable news personality could survive without it.

On a daily basis, no human being with ears or mouth is capable of avoiding the PTA Syndrome.

"May or may not" is a nightmare phrase for persuasive speech. But it sure as hell can claim a greater allegiance to that thing called ACCURACY.

The most profound thing I say about the qualifying phrase is that–on these pages–it appears more often than "PTA Syndrome." However, that is subject to change.



Blogger's Notes
May I take this opportunity to inform you that I was born in the month of May?
But it may be redundant to inform you that PTA Syndrome is the copyrighted property of the Lewis Carroll School of Logic.
The Footograph is the copyrighted property of Bonham's

Sepia & Leather

John Lennon met Paul McCartney
on June 15, 1956

They met George Harrison in 1958.

You would need all the fingers in Liverpool to count all the books written about that city's four most famous citizens.

However, there is one and only one authorized biography:


THE BEATLES
by
Hunter Davies


It includes this John Lennon quote:


Every time we learned a new chord from George, we'd write a song around it.

When he met John & Paul, George may or may not have been wearing these leather boots. But he definitely wore them on stage in Liverpool and elsewhere.

Sometime soon, someone with very deep pockets will be buying old shoes. After they are re-sold, George Harrison's boots may or may not be re-soled.



Blogger's Note
The sepia portrait is based on an original painting by Peter Max

YES & NO

YOKO ONO
Ceiling Painting

ED KIENHOLZ
The Ozymandias Parade











Mr. Kienholz's parade was co-sculpted by Nancy Reddin Kienholz.

Ms. Ono's ceiling was illuminated by John Lennon.

Dream Manifesto

...We hold these dreams to be self-evident...






Obviously, the author of the DREAM MANIFESTO is a fan of Alice In Wonderland and, therefore, a kindred spirit.

The author, who is British,is also a fan of the Declaration of Independence.

Thomas Jefferson, who was Virginian, was also a fan of this document which was published before the Declaration of Independence ever saw the light of history.



Blogger's Note
Describing a British person as being a fan of ALICE IN WONDERLAND is almost equal to describing an American as having vowels in his–or her–name.

Orange All Over

As the June light
Turns to Moon light
I'll be on my way

Don't let the orange ink fool you. It links to the history behind the song as opposed to the actual recording.

But what fooled me in my car, moments ago, explains why the back cover of THE BEATLES Live at the BBC is twice the size as the front cover.

There are sixty-nine tracks listed, including thirteen "tracks" of studio dialog with the four lads from Liverpool.


All of them were recorded between January '63 and May '65. All of them were broadcast on BBC-Radio. Virtually all of the songs are "covers." I assumed I'll Be On My Way was one of them. I may or may not have said aloud in my car

If Lennon & McCartney wrote this song, I would have heard it one thousand times by now.

In fact, this song was written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon.
You may listen to it now

Second fact: This "Moon light" song will never be confused with the Beatles' Mr. Moonlight, which I have listened to only two hundred and sixty four times.

First wish: All sixty-nine tracks of this album were written in in orange ink. More precisely, that color should be hyperlink orange.

Second wish: It behooves me to state that this wish involves someone whose appearance on these pages is a one-and-only-one-time thing.
The "Juniors"–Etta Seamster and Daniel DiMaria–have a seven-year-old daughter. Judith is a 21st Century victim of Beatles-mania.
Therefore, it is my Holiday wish that someone takes a hint as to what music will be a perfect stocking-stuffer for a seven-year-old girl. That someone might or might not be yours truly.