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John Lennon Saying Something Unusual…

Saturday, October 9th, 2010

…given his support for communism: Overpopulation is a Myth (Yesterday would have been his 70th birthday. Via Lew Rockwell.)

The Broadcast That Changed America

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

From Lew Rockwell: 1964 – Beatles on Ed Sullivan Show (I always thought they said “I Get High” not “I Can’t Hide”…)

Beatle Tribute Band “Fab Faux” Performs Abbey Road B-Side Live On Howard Stern (Sirius)

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

From Sirius/Howard Stern via Vimeo: This Fab Faux recording of most of side two of ‘Abbey Road’ is a live, in-the-studio performance for a two-camera video shoot. It was originally recorded for The Howard Stern Show and only the audio has been broadcast – until now. Howard and company were kind enough to let us [...]

The Scorpions & Gorky Park Playing Little Richard/Beatles Song

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

“Long Tall Sally”, Live at The Moscow Music Peace Festival, August 1989: Scorpions & Gorky Park – Long Tall Sally

Beet Impersonators (Doug’s “The Beets” With Real People)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

If you’re as old as me, you remember the 1990s Nickelodeon cartoon Doug. The children in the show listened to a music group “The Beets”, a hybrid of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Ramones, and The Clash. Here are some real people dressing up like The Beets and singing to their songs “I Need [...]

Bill Clinton Sings “Imagine”

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Yes it’s true, former President Clinton sings John Lennon’s “Imagine” with an Israeli singer and a choir of 40 Israeli children and 40 Arab children in 2003: Embedded video on xcopfly.com

The Man Who Changed The World

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

He taught our parents to question authority, he helped create the music we love, and before he died he predicted that computers would empower us and let us create our own reality. (Unfortunately it empowered the bad guys too.) And now his ashes orbit the earth. Here’s an awesome techno video made just before his [...]