November 17, 2010
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The Daily News
1 Here they are: THE BEATLES!!!
2 Hey, it's not me, dude.
3 Yesterday at 7 a.m., Apple announced that the entire discography of the Beatles was now available on iTunes.
4 Did I do that right? iTunes.
5 Of course I did. I'm a professional.
6 What does this mean, and why is it news?
7 Oh, puhLEEEEZ.
8 First off, if you had the info early, what it means is if you bought Apple stock, then you should have dropped thousands into Apple.
9 That being said, even if you screwed that one up, you could now purchase all thirteen albums for $149.99. I immediately wanted to give DN Beatles' purist with some of the following info:
10 Double albums will, naturally, cost you more. Their past masters Volumes 1 & 2, or any of the classic others, including the "Red Album" of greatest hits, the "Blue Album" of greatest hits, as well as the classic "White Album" will cost you $19.99 each. Great purchase, if you are new, or if you just dig the boys.
11 Their single albums are priced at a reasonable $12.99, but well worth it.
12 Their drummer, the venerable Ringo Starr had this to say: "I am particularly glad to no longer be asked when the Beatles are coming to iTunes. At last, if you want it, you can get it now! Peace and Love!" I have to guess he was attempting to do a twist on the Badfinger song, "Come and Get It!" but perhaps had a senior moment.
13 Indeed. Happens to the youngest of us.
14 AnywayZ, it's been far too long, and a far too much of a wait.
15 There is much more, things like early lawsuits involving EMI and Apple over the rights to the name "Apple", but level heads have prevailed.
16 Bottom line: iTunes is finally legit.
17 AND you can now enjoy the amazing history of the world's greatest rock band on your tiny iPods.
18 Dig it, dig it, dig it!
19 Moving on, Part the First: Enough of that.
20 I have NO idea why, but enough of that. If you are a rock 'n' roll purist, then you know the magnitude of what all of that means.
21 Money, I'm quite sure, but it's so much more than that.
22 But I digress.
23 The rest of the world's news seems contrived, as always.
24 Some stupid superstar just married another stupid superstar.
25 Another superstar has had an affair with another superstar.
26 Some superstar had an affair with a wrestler.
27 People with WAY less talent than the Beatles or Buster Posey are popping off about how great they are.
28
29 Not this guy.
30 Anyway, this just HAD to be reported.
31 Moving on, Part the Second: I'm still goofing on the weather of late. I went out for a bowl of Pho yesterday only to feel punishing heat burning down on my cabesa.
32 I hear that the weather will take a turn for the "worse" this weekend.
33 Whatevs.
34 The sooner, the better. I went outside last night and almost froze to death.
35 AnywayZ...we have yet another half day today, and tomorrow I'm getting paid to attend some District meeting about teaching what they call "Support" classes.
36 No brag, but I HAVE a "support" class, and they have been producing famously.
37 All I did was kick their asses early in the year, and then show them that I believed in their basic genuineness.
38 And to me, they are strugglers who now believe that they could do this.
39 I LOVE that class, and I mean that.
40 Yet on tomorrow, I will attend a seminar that is sure to teach me how to reach them. Dude. Just take out an audio recording of the JFK assassination and have them count the bullet shots. They'll stop working in all their other classes.
41 I'm done talking. Hope you get it.
42 Great day, and I wish nothing but great days to all of you out there.
43 Live life.
44 Love life.
45 Love the Beatles. They did live up to their hype.
46 Love, love, love today.
47 Peace.
~H~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh9YJO5k4GY&feature=fvw
The Beatles first huge hit, featuring Tony Sheridan on vocals. A bit of German opens it up. They honed their skills in German dives in the early days. Hope you enjoy this!
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