The Beatles Cavern

ladyvanity@juno.com — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:55:43 GMT

Hello everyone, Andsoshewrites here! And as you may or may not know, I started a Beatles slash RPG, called thebeatleworld

And wow. I never realized the writers I'd get. Honestly, everyone is such an amazing writer, and I am so lucky to have the chance to write with them and to have them as a part of my RPG.

But I know there's been some complaint about everything that's been being posted lately in Beatle comms, and I just thought that I'd tell everyone about thebeatleworld. So far we have a Paul (me), John, George, Ringo, Brian, Cynthia, Pattie, Bob Dylan, and even a Derek Taylor.

And I personally think the storyline is great. Everything works out quite well. Here are a list of some of the relationships that have been played in the RP:

John/Paul
John/Brian
Paul/George
Brian/George
Cynthia/Bob Dylan

And of coarse, John/Cynthia and George/Pattie.

We post quite often, and all the NC-17 threads are friends-locked, but you can join just to watch :D/

But, if you want to play, you can. We're currently looking for a Jane Asher and a Maureen Cox. But if you want to be someone else, you may. Just send me an email at andsoshewrites@yahoo.com and read the profile of thebeatleworld

Now, here are the current players:

nemperor as mrepstein
alicia_h as cyn_lennon64
maccas4evrlver as johnwlennon
blut_kruez as george_harri_22 and bob_dylan_1954
hirelk as richiestarr
749_penny_lane as derek_taylor
warning7280 as pattieboyd64
andsoshewrites as jamespmacca

And honestly, each and every one of them to a fantastic job! (Maybe not me, so much as them)

I'll put some snippets of the RP under a cut, so you all can see if you like it :]

When John cheated on Paul with Brian:

I stopped before turning the doorknob. I half turned to Paul, looking in his direction but not at him.

"I let him suck me off, ya know. I had every intention of fucking him... and I would have, too, but..." I sighed angrily.

Why was I hellbent on just... fucking EVERYTHING up?

"Still love me now?" I rushed with a scoff, my voice hard and rough, but my eyes burning with unshed tears.

All I could hear was the blood pounding in my ears. Was my heart even beating to push it there? Well, it had to be, but I couldn't feel it...

I was hurting Paul. And I hated doing that... but a cold realization settled over me... I feared I would always be hurting Paul. And that's probably why I was always pushing him away. I was afraid of his love because I knew I would always be fucking it up.

If it wasn't Brian, something else would be loaded into my arsenal. I knew that... and as much as I wished I could change it, I couldn't see any way that I could. And I was tired of hurting Paul. He didn't deserve it. So, in a weird way that didn't make sense even in my head... I could have been trying to protect him. From me.

Paul's response?

"Yes," I snapped, "I already knew you did shit with Brian. Fuck it, John, you could throw me from the top of this hotel and I'd still love you."

But things still weren't okay

"I'll always be hurting you, Paul," I breathed, staring down at the floor.

Did he understand that? I imagined there was no way that he could... My knuckles were turning white from my intense grip on the doorknob. My stomach was doing acrobatics. I felt like being sick.

"I don't... want to hurt you... I just... know I will. You don't deserve that. I can't put you through that."

I turned the doorknob. My world was crashing down. I needed him. More than anything in the world. I needed him to be happy. And I knew I could never bring that to anyone...

Would Paul stand for that?

What...what was he trying to say?

I reached out to him, pulling him closer to me. My face found his chest, my arms his waist.

"Shut up."

We all know John wouldn't sway that easily...

My hands balled into fists as Paul wrapped his arms around me. I didn't move to return his gesture, although I wanted to.

"You deserve so much more, Paul. I can never be what you need. I just can't!" I slammed my fist into the door behind me, frustrated.

"I need you... You have no idea how much I need you."

"That's great, Paul, but do you know what I need? I need you to stop. Just... stop. I can't take it. I'm not enough for you... I can see that, why can't you? Just......"

I took a deep breath.

"Leave me alone."

My eyes closed. Those words had cut through my throat like razor blades. It hurt to have said them. But... I felt it needed to be done...

I'm not so sure Paul would react so kindly to that. Lets see.

I stiffened, the words hitting me, crushing me. I let go of him and stepped back.

"Fuck you, Lennon," I spat, anger overtaking me. "I think I can choose what is or is not enough for me." I looked away tears threating to fall.

Lets finish this off with John.

"Apparently not, if you're hell-bent on choosing me... Unlike you, I can see beyond next week, and it's obvious that I'll only... you know exactly what's going to happen, there's no way you can't! I don't want to hurt you, can't you see that? All I'll ever be able to do is hurt people and I don't want you to be one of them!"

I wanted nothing more than to wrap him up in my arms, kiss his tears away, assure him I was just... out of my mind for a moment, we could be together forever... But, I knew that wasn't true... I meant every word that I said. I didn't want to hurt Paul... and I knew that that was all I'd ever be capable of doing.

"Fuck, Paul. I love you, I hope you still see that, even though I can't-"

I stared at him for a brief moment before I sighed and walked out the door.

So Paul's heartbroken, and turns to the only person who knew about his taboo relationship with John.

I shook my head and fell back into the bed. I glanced from the ceiling to the back of Paul's head and then back to the ceiling. "Well, it's just shit either way. John's got problems, Paul." I paused and anger welled uo in my stomach and I felt mys kin heat with it. "I don't know why you let yourself get involved with him in the first place when there are plenty of other out there who would treat you..." I choked on my words and glared at the ceiling. I couldn't say what I wanted, so I tried to backtrack. "I mean...he'll realize he's been stupid and come back. It's what he always does isn't it? You'll see."

"You don't understand, George.

"No, I do. It's John. you can't help but love John, no matter how much of an idiot or a bastard he is. Who doesn't love John? And you're his best friend." The word felt a little sour in my mouth. There had been a time when I had been Paul's best friend, but a lot had changed since then. "If I'm not understanding than there's more to it, but from what you've said John's just thrown another tantrum and it'll blow over and he'll come back to you." I turned my head to Paul and looked at him seriously. "If he doesn't, all of this, us, it's all over."

Now, lets add a bit of alcohol into this...

"We can't." I moaned breathlessly, arching so my hips were pressed into his.

My body was not cooperating with my mind.
.
Well, at least Paul was trying to protest.

No, we can't. Paul's right. Then why is he pressing up into me like this? My body was so confused and edged Paul's legs open with my knee.

Our groins met fully as I let my weight sink halfway back down onto Paul. I was getting hard and my pants were feeling all too tight.

"I'm sorry, I know. I'll stop." I gasped. But my hips rolled again and my hand slid farther up Paul's shirt.

John knew something was going on he didn't know about. Brian and George had a secret conversation, which stopped abruptly when John walked in the room. Because John didn't want to be kept out of the dark, he decided to question George mercilessly, showing up at his flat.

I fought the urge to roll my eyes and walked into my kitchen. I needed some water my throat was totally dry, and I could barely think with John yelling at me.

Well, there really was only one thing I could tell him. The only way to be at least partially honest with John, and at the same time, hopefully keep him from blowing up.

I took a swallow of my water and then looked at John sqaurely in the face. "John, I wasn't leaving you, not the way you think at least. I just... I wanted to talk to Brian because, I'm.." I faltered again, was this really the smartest thing?

I couldn't see anyother way out, and Paul was offering no help just lying the way he was on the couch. But then, he really couldn't do anything either. Fuck.

"I like guys John. I like fucking guys, okay? You happy now?" I said.

I was so utterly grateful that at least I was saying this to the newly sexually reformed John Lennon, and not the totally straight homophobic quip he had been.

Okay, so that was a distraction, and good enough to stop the questioning. Oh wait, did I mention that Paul was right there, sitting on the couch?

I laughed out loud in surprise.

"What? You're... no.... no way! How did you figure that out? Who did you--" My eyes wandered to Paul on the couch nonchalantly. But then stayed there as my face fell.

And then it clicked.

And my world went dark.

I grabbed George's shirt collar with one hand and swung full force with the other.

Okay, so I've highlighted George, John, and Paul enough. How about some Eppy?

So here's the story. During the AHDN premiere, John was trying to feel up Brian in the theater, only to find George's hand doing the same. This resulted in a fight, George beating the shit out of John. There's more to the story, but I don't want to give it all away. Anyway, Brian decided he had to cover up John's bruises with some of Pattie's make-up, so they're both alone in the bathroom. John confessed that it was ("You're boyfriend") George who did this to him, saying that George was just probably jealous.

"And now you're ready to face the world," I pronounced, stepping back to admire my handiwork. "As good as new."

But was I ready to face the world? Was I even ready to face my own feelings? I could see myself reflected in the mirror, over his shoulder. Despite my carefully combed hair and artfully knotted tie, I felt disheveled and conspicuous. Everything laid bare in a hotel mirror. I raised my chin and stared back at myself haughtily, as if daring my reflection to say the things that John was forbearing to say. My face was still unnaturally flushed, my colour high. It showed my complete lack of self-control, that I could allow myself to get so excited--so aroused--by something as simple as this.

It had meant nothing--my encounters with John, the seduction of George, the touches in the cinema, the fight. None of it meant anything. How could it, when I couldn't even express the way that I felt? When I couldn't even bring myself to ask a simple question?

"It's my job to help you," I said simply. "You know that."

My response was so earth-shatteringly banal that I felt a fresh wave of self-loathing run through me as I heard myself saying the words. And something about that feeling catalyzed me into action. If I didn't say something, then I didn't deserve another chance.

As John turned to go, I put a hand on his shoulder, stopping him.

"John, tell me this. If the answer is no, I'll never ask again. I promise you that. Does George have anything to be jealous of?"

Well John?

It could have been a lifetime. It could have been a thousand eternities. It could have been two seconds... until my voice finally started working. I was just staring at him.

He was still willing to--

After everything I'd--

I was such an arsehole. There was no way around it.

"Eppy-" I tried, my hand on his arm. "I didn't fight back for you. There's not a scratch on George... because... he made me realize something. I treat you horribly. I'm so hateful and mean and I take everything for granted. I treat you like shite, Eppy... but I don't know any other way to be. I guess I'm scared of what I feel for you..."

I had to stop and catch my breath. Then I tried again.

"I want to say, 'No,' I have to say, 'No,' I need to say, 'No,' so.... no, Eppy. He doesn't have anything to be jealous of."

I knew he could see it in my face that I was lying. I knew he could. So I turned away, not wanting him to see it in my eyes. I couldn't keep leading Eppy on, I couldn't keep playing games with him. I loved Paul. Sometimes I really wondered why, but I did, and there was nothing that could change that.

I loved Brian, too, though...

The answer should have been as clear as black and white. But it was muddied by so much grey, I couldn't even see the original picture anymore...

That's a no. Well Brian, how do you take such a rejection?

For all his protestations of being a horrible person, John was taking the mature and sensible approach to this whole messy situation. He was saying what I, as the manager, should have been strong enough to say. Whatever our feelings were--and I still wasn't sure about John's, except that they led him to spontaneously grope me in crowded cinemas--acting on them was not the right thing to do. Talking about them was not the right thing to do. And continuing to hope was not the right thing to do.

And all of those were exactly what I had been doing.

It was no surprise to me that John treated me with scorn and contempt much of the time. In fact there was something comforting about it. It was exactly how I deserved to be treated. Now John, for some reason, had decided to take the high road. And I... I would follow along faithfully, as I always did.

"Thank you for making that clear," I said softly, feeling tears gathering in my eyes. "I'm sorry for embarrassing you with the question."

I looked downwards, putting my hand on a brass faucet and idly admiring its shine. Just for something to do, something to look at that wasn't John.

"You can go now," I added after a moment's silence. "The other boys will be looking for you. I'll... I'll catch you up."

As he turned to go, I added one last thing, unable to stop myself.

"If you ever need... anything... you know that you can always come to me."

He knew what I meant.

Well, that's all I'm going to show for now, but trust me, there much more :D. And if you're interested in reading more, please, go ahead and join the community! I made a timeline of events, at beatledirectory, though we are having some of the threads not showing up. If you have any problems with the threads, just send me and email and I will email you the thread. Hopefully we can get this worked out soon :D.

And, if you like what you read, go to beatleworldfans and tell us! We love reading what you have to say!. Well, we hope you enjoy :D

[This is xposted everywhere. And I mean everywhere. Sorry for the spamming]

The Family Way

ladyvanity@juno.com — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:25:01 GMT

Hi there, dear beatlefans!

Though I'm really big fan of Paul and John, I could never find the original soundtrack to the movie "Family Way", released in 1966. As every beatlefan knows, this soundtrack can be honestly called "McCartney's first solo project"....But I could never hear it!..(((

Could you please share it with me,if you have one?...Perhaps, upload somewhere etc...It seems to be very rare.

WOW

ladyvanity@juno.com — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:53:14 GMT

A local radio station just went all Beatles - all the time - and you can access it over the web. They just changed their format to this yesterday. Here's the link

http://www.myqfm.com/

I'm in heaven, wonder how long it will last.

ladyvanity@juno.com — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:37:59 GMT

Hello all! As you may or may not know, I've created a Beatles slash RPG called thebeatleworld And, though we already have a Pattie, we're looking for people to play Beatle wive/girlfriend!

We're currently looking for:
Cynthia Lennon
Jane Asher
Maureen Cox

But if you want to be anyone else that's related to the Beatles [like, George Martin for instance] that'd be great too!

Here's our list of current players:
John Lennon - johnwlennon
Paul McCartney - jamesmacca
George Harrison - george_harri_22
Ringo Starr - richiestarr
Brian Epstein - mrepstein
Pattie Boyd - pattieboyd64

Well, if you're interested, you can email me at andsoshewrites@yahoo.com or send me an IM at JamesPMacca

For more info, go here.

Crossposted to Starkify/Eppify a few places...

ladyvanity@juno.com — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:37:03 GMT

Just playin' with colour effects on a Richie screencap
(Original posted yesterday on starkeywhores).

[Click on pics for full size images]

We've started posting various Eppy picspams HERE

Abbey Road on the River 2009

ladyvanity@juno.com — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:56:56 GMT

http://www.abbeyroadontheriver.com

Abbey Road On The River, Louisville returns
May 21-25, 2009
On Sale Summer Pre-Sale with hotel reservation begins Aug.15
New Band Announcements starting Aug 4, 2008

Abbey Road on the River

ladyvanity@juno.com — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:15:54 GMT

Hello Beatle Peeps!

Abbey Road on the River has once again come and gone, and it was AMAZING!

Rather then totally spam this comm, I'll just provide links to the public blog entries I made about the event. They are filled with loads of pics and vid, and overall Beatle goodness.

Thursday's Entry
http://sgt-pepper-girl.livejournal.com/1795.html

Friday’s Entry:
http://sgt-pepper-girl.livejournal.com/2128.html

Saturday’s Entry:
http://sgt-pepper-girl.livejournal.com/2513.html

Costume Contest:
http://sgt-pepper-girl.livejournal.com/2724.html

Sunday’s Entry:
http://sgt-pepper-girl.livejournal.com/3071.html

Monday’s Entry:
http://sgt-pepper-girl.livejournal.com/3082.html

In closing I'll leave you with some pics of my friend and I in our Sgt pepper costumes that we made for the costume contest. :) YAY!

Silly Story

ladyvanity@juno.com — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:43:39 GMT

Title: Yer Blues
Author: Goodbye2pisces
Starring: George, John, Paul
Rating: E (for extreme silliness)
Disclaimer: Nothing is real...
Synopsis: Just the usual Hong Kong Foolery
Notes:I don't know if I've mentioned that I decided to (FINALLY) finish up my degree this year so I've been in homework hell for for what seems like forever now.
Anyway, I've had three tests one on top of the other in the last few weeks. Did really well on the first two, the third--not so much, so as I was feeling a bit of the academic failure I decided to break out Anthology to cheer myself up and this bit of silliness came tumbling out. It's just a drabble really, Completely improbable and implausible and plenty of other words that begin with imp, but hopefully good for a laugh or two anyway :)

George shivered in delight as the steaming water droplets poured over him. A hot shower was heaven after that torrent they’d been trapped in. And whose daft idea was that flat-bed truck anyway? He’d felt like a great giant frozen blueberry perched on top of that thing.

Speaking of which…

“It’s not coming off,” he called gloomily. A few moments later John’s head appeared around the shower curtain at the far end of the tub.

“Scrub harder,” he supplied helpfully.

George frowned. “Oh right, why didn’t I think of that” he said, rolling his eyes.

John squinted at him. “You look like a giant ball-point pen,” he said.

“Piss off,” George grumbled chucking a washcloth at his head, but John was already gone leaving it to bounce harmlessly off the white wall tiles with a soft plop.

“And don’t use up all the hot water” John continued, “or I’m climbing in there with you.”

“There are other showers you know,” George said.

“Paul’s using the other one.”

“Well?”

“He leaves a bigger ring than you do,” John said dryly.

“What’s this about Rings?” a new voice asked.

George peered through the opening in the shower curtain and saw Paul fresh from the other bath standing next to John, a white hotel towel wrapped around his waist. He also noted that despite the recent scrubbing Paul’s left arm and half his torso were still stained royal blue.

“What a pity he’s not here” John said, “we’d all go so well with his eyes.” John was stained blue over the opposite half of his body.

They’d been standing on either side of George who thanks to the angle of the three umbrellas, had received most of the runoff from the rain. As a result, both of his arms and his entire torso were covered in deep blue streaks.

With a resigned sigh, George finally gave up scrubbing and emerged from the shower securing an identical towel to Paul’s around his waist.

Paul and John stood eyeing him in silence for a moment, standing over a soggy mass of ruined clothing and cheap blue capes bleeding cheap blue dye onto the floor at their feet.

“Hari-Krishna,” John said finally with a slight bow of the head.

George scowled at him. “Half your face is blue you know,” he muttered sourly.

“Only the bitter half,” John quipped.

“It is bad though John” Paul said standing next to George with his blue side to him, “I mean look at us. We’re supposed to be at the theatre in a couple of hours.”

John sidled up to George’s other side, a sort of incredulous smile tugging at his lips.

Standing all in a row the way they were it looked as if they’d been flattened by a giant blue steamroller.

Just then, Neil ducked his head into the bathroom no doubt to check on their progress.

“Right then lads, how are we making out?” he cheerfully asked, but stopped dead in his tracks as soon as he caught sight of them.

“You three look like a zebra-crossing,” he said flatly.

John cackled, instantly setting Paul and George off until they were literally falling over each other with laughter, but Neil was still trying to perform damage control. He still had Brian to contend with after all.

“Right no need to panic,” he was saying, mostly to himself “you’ll be wearing jackets after all.”

”Oh aye, but what about-?” Paul giggled, waggling electric blue fingers in the air.

“That’s what makeup’s for son” Neil said, “which just leaves the problem of John’s face.”

”Oi!” John cried in mock indignation. “You’re not exactly Paul Newman yourself you know.”

Neil ignored the comment, though it did set off an entire new round of laughter between the other three.

“Just steer clear of Brian until I can fix this” he said anxiously, “one look at you lot and he’ll spurt.”

“All right, all right” George twittered. “No need to get all blue in the face over it.”

“Hasn’t done much for John,” Paul agreed.

“That remark was a bit off color,” John said.

“Just like us,” said George.

“Blue collar humor,” John said in mock distaste.

“Now don’t go off into a blue funk,” George said.

“We are a rhythm and blues band after all,” said Paul.

“The Bluetles live from Hong Kong!” George cried draping his arms across John and Paul’s shoulders, the three of them breaking into spontaneous harmony.

“Oh Dear what can I do, baby’s in black and I’m colored blue,” before collapsing into hysterics once again.

“Stop, stop!” Neil cried unable to take anymore. “I’ve had enough of yer blues” he grumbled in disgust and stalked from the room, leaving a long trail of laughter behind him.

~END~

Beatles Sgt Pepper costumes

ladyvanity@juno.com — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:06:45 GMT

I (finally) did a web page for my analysis of the Beatles Sgt Pepper costumes - I know people have asked for info on the costumes occasionally, so I thought I'd post it here! Feel free to take a look! :-)

http://costumersguide.com/cr_pepper.shtml

ladyvanity@juno.com — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:17:22 GMT

So - in a prime time special - on a Monday night in April at 7pm - the Wonder pets will be saving the Beetles as they are sturck on the ocean floor in a yellow submarine - I'm not making this up, but I will be watching, and I'll have my granddaughter sitting next to me for appearances - heehee

ringo starr & YOKO ONO on A&E channel this sunday april 6th!

ladyvanity@juno.com — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:27:55 GMT

I just found out RINGO STARR will be on this Sunday's April 6th episode of Private Sessions 9AM EST ON A&E channel!!!!
He will be on for a full hour, interview & performances of “Liverpool 8”, “Photograph”, “Boys”, and “With a Little Help from My Friends”!

Plus, surprise guest appearances from Yoko Ono, Bad Company drummer Simon Kirke and Max Weinberg too!

I CANNOT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!

WHO ELSE IS GONNA WATCH IT???

PEACE&LOVE

Abbey Road on the River, Memorial Day Weekend

ladyvanity@juno.com — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:17:25 GMT

http://www.abbeyroadontheriver.com/

I just wanted to pimp out a great music festival held every Memorial Day weekend in Louisville, KY. I went last year and loved it! I'll be there again this year. Anyone else going?

Cross posted like EVERYWHERE!

Who: You, The Best Beatles® Fans in the World
What: The Best Beatles® Tribute Festival in the World
Where: The Belvedere Festival Park (5th and Main)
Official Head Quarter Hotel: Galt House Hotel & Suites (located on the festival grounds)
When: May 22-26, 2008 (*Memorial Day Weekend)
Hours: Thurs: 4 pm-11 pm *Fri-Sat-Sun: Noon-Midnight Mon: 11 am-9 pm
How: go to www.abbeyroadontheriver.com for Best Tickets or call 216-378-1980. Questions? E-mail us!

EVENT AND PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
•Thursday: Preview concerts, films, and welcome events between 4pm and 11pm. Some or all of these activities may not be on the festival grounds.
•Fri-Sat-Sun: 50+ bands, 5 or more outdoor stages, 3-4 indoor stages, films, & speakers from noon - midnight featuring:
•LOVE: A double encore to last year's ground-breaking concert!
•A 30-member all-star cast performing The White Album as you have never heard or seen it before!
•8 or more complete album shows
•7 Midnight Concerts, 2 per night (Fri-Sat-Sun), 1 Thurs
•Penny Lane On Main™
•Mon: Back to the Summer of Love: Episode Two

Do you have a Beatle® Loving Child, Grandchild, Niece, Nephew, Neighbor, or Friend 21 years old or under?

If you do, bring them with you to AROTR
and their ticket is absolutely FREE!

NEW AND IMPORTANT IN 2008
•All Beatle fans age 21 and underadmitted absolutely free when attending with a full paying Beatle Fan.

This family friendly bonus applies to all ticket levels from outdoor Festival Admission to full access indoor/outdoor Ultimate Tickets To Ride purchased in advance of the festival.

•Free AROTR bottled water and refills are provided to everyone who purchases tickets in advance of the festival.

1000 Fab Posts

ladyvanity@juno.com — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:55:52 GMT

It may not mean much to anyone else, but I was a little stunned to realize that I just posted my 1000th Beatles related entry over at Blog, Blog Me Do.

That's a lot of Fab Four fun, news and trivia in just over two years. According to the sites stats, in that time the blog has had 40,000 visitors from 103 countries. There's a lot of other Beatle nuts about.

ladyvanity@juno.com — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:50:35 GMT

So, what characters in Eppy's life would YOU like to see played in the movie?

ladyvanity@juno.com — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:40:24 GMT

In this board of the forum,
regarding characters who will be in The Fifth Beatle movie
(other than Brian and The Beatles themselves)
I had submitted three categories of possible characters off the top of my head
(since even I do not know who will be portrayed) ~~

*Early Days*

Harry and Queenie
Clive Epstein
Joe Flannery
Sam Leach
Vera Brown
Bob Wooler
Allan Williams
Sonia Seligson
... (stagename: Stevens)
Rita Harris
Alistair Taylor
Cilla Black
Gerry Marsden

*Beatlemania Days*

Cyn, Mo, Pattie, Jane
Neil Aspinall
Mal Evans
Alf Bicknell
Derek Taylor
Ed Sullivan
Tony Bramwell
Tony Barrow
Brian Sommerville
Murray the K
Larry Kane
Dizz Gillespie
Nat Weiss

*Brian's Last Year*

Alma Cogan
Lionel Bart
Clive's wife Barbara
... and baby Joanna
Dr Norman Cowan
Joanne (Newfield) Petersen
Peter Brown
Geoffrey Ellis
the "rent boys"
... who showed up too late
Bryan Barrett
Dr John Gallway
Jimi Hendrix

Jonathan (with the movie) posted a little teaser for your response!
Unless dealing with this would make you think too much.... ;P
Here it is:

Hi everybody,

Good to see some new members signing up for the boards.

I'd be happy to drop some clues on some other characters that are in the script, but I'd love to see everybody else's thoughts first.

Who would you like to see in Brian's story? Who do you think deserves to be there?

~Jonathan

The Eppylover is burning with curiosity now!

ladyvanity@juno.com — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:40:11 GMT

OK, so I finally got around to watching "Across the Universe" but the jury is still out for me. First I have to say the girl that played Sexy Sadie was great - kind of put me in mind of Janis Joplin (obviously that is a plus for me) of course the music was great and most of it was very well done. I'm not a purist by any stretch of the imagination - I just don't like most remakes. I thought it was worth watching and I loved that lots of it reminded me of my youth (yes, I'm that old). Some of it was just too weird, even for me but overall I have to say I thought it was well worth the time.

Ecce Cor Meum

ladyvanity@juno.com — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:10:50 GMT

Hi everyone!

Did anyone get Paul's newly-released dvd "Ecce Cor Meum"?. The dvd shows his classical piece ECM on the premiere in London at the Royal Albert Hall on November 3rd, 2006. Was anyone there that night? I was! It was just great, and an awesome place to see a classical piece by Paul.

Hello, hello!

ladyvanity@juno.com — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:22:47 GMT

There are lots of times when I'm unable to note a Beatle's birthday other than to myself, so, I completely understand.

At any rate, I thought I'd introduce myself. I'm new to the community (and indeed LJ itself) but I hope to be a welcome part of it.

ladyvanity@juno.com — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:05:26 GMT

I have to jump in and offer HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our darling George, even though I'm quite late. I hadn't had internet access, which was disappointing.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

George's B-day?

ladyvanity@juno.com — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:08:06 GMT

Not sure if anyone's said anything yet...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGE?

I have a This Day in Beatle History on my igoogle, and read this.

1943 - This day was commonly thought to be George Harrison's birthday. In 1992, Harrison was reported to have said, "I only learned recently after all these years that the date and time of my own birth have always been off by one calendar day and about a half hour on the clock."

Someone please elabrorate. So? Is it the 26th? or 24?

Beatles History 02-11

ladyvanity@juno.com — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:32:14 GMT

Thought everyone would like to see this, it's a busy day in Beatle's History....

1963 - The Beatles recorded their first album "Please Please Please Me," including "Twist & Shout" and "I Saw Her Standing There."

1964 - The Beatles played their first U.S. concert at the Collisseum in Washington, DC.

1965 - Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox were married. They divorced in 1975.

1970 - The film "The Magic Christian," featuring Ringo Starr debuted in New York City.

1970 - John Lennon paid 1,344 pounds in fines for protesting the South African rugby team playing in Scotland.

1970 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono played "Instant Karma" on the BBC TV show "Top of the Pops."

2002 - Friends of former Beatle George Harrison filed an amendment death certificate. The original death certificate listed a fake address in Beverly Hills. Harrison had actually died several miles away in Hollywood Hills.

LISTEN to ACROSS THE UNIVERSE

ladyvanity@juno.com — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:46:06 GMT

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
At midnight GMT (7pm EST) on the night of Monday 4th February, The Beatles' song Across the Universe will be the first ever to be beamed directly into space, NASA said.

Join us by listening to the song at the same time, wherever you are:

Feb 4th 03.00pm Anchorage
Feb 4th 04.00pm Los Angeles
Feb 4th 05.00pm Guatemala
Feb 4th 06.00pm Chicago
Feb 4th 07.00pm New York
Feb 4th 07.00pm Montreal
Feb 4th 08.00pm Rio de Janeiro
Feb 4th 11.00pm Reykjavik
Feb 5th 12.00am Liverpool & London
Feb 5th 01.00am Europe
Feb 5th 02.00am Baghdad
Feb 5th 03.00am Moscow
Feb 5th 04.00am Karachi
Feb 5th 05.00am Dhaka
Feb 5th 06.00am Bangkok
Feb 5th 07.00am Shanghai
Feb 5th 08.00am Tokyo
Feb 5th 09.00am Sydney
Feb 5th 10.00am Vladivostok
Feb 5th 11.00am Suva
Feb 5th 12.00am Auckland
Feb 5th 01.00am Kiritimati

The transmission of the song over NASA's Deep Space Network will mark the 40th anniversary of the day the band recorded the song. The song will be aimed at the North Star, Polaris, 431 light years away from Earth, and it will travel across the universe at a speed of 186,000 miles per second, NASA said.

In a message to the space agency, Sir Paul McCartney said: "Amazing! Well done, NASA! Send my love to the aliens. All the best, Paul". Yoko Ono added: "I see this as the beginning of the new age in which we will communicate with billions of planets across the universe."

Fans have been invited to participate in the event by playing the song around the world at midnight GMT on Monday night - the same time it will be transmitted by NASA.

The event will also mark 50 years of NASA, 45 years of the Deep Space Network and 50 years since the founding of Explorer 1, the first US satellite. A NASA spokesman said many of the senior scientists and engineers involved in the project were among The Beatles' biggest fans. Dr Barry Geldzahler, the network's programme executive at Nasa Headquarters in Washington, said: "I've been a Beatles fan for 45 years - as long as the Deep Space Network has been around. What a joy, especially considering that Across the Universe is my personal favourite Beatles song."

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/across_universe.html

John Lennon on 'Across The Universe' (1980):
The words stand, luckily, by themselves. They were purely inspirational and were given to me as boom! I don't own it, you know; it came through like that. I don't know where it came from, what meter it's in, and I've sat down and looked at it and said, "Can I write another one with this meter?" It's so interesting: (sings) "Words are flying out like endless rain into a paper cup, they slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe."
Such an extraordinary meter... and I can never repeat it!
It's not a matter of craftsmanship; it wrote itself. It drove me out of bed. I didn't want to write it, I was just slightly irritable and I went downstairs and I couldn't get to sleep until I put it on paper, and then I went to sleep. It's like being possessed; like a psychic or a medium.

Words are flying out like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow waves of joy are drifting thorough my open mind
Possessing and caressing me

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world

Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes
That call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box
They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world

Sounds of laughter shades of life are ringing through my open ears
Exciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Jai guru deva

http://www.IMAGINEPEACE.com

ladyvanity@juno.com — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:23:16 GMT

I hope 2008 has been good to everyone so far! I have nothing fascinating to say, just wanted to apologize for not maintaining the community in the form of finding Beatles related things to post. I haven't had much time since Christmas, but I'll find something soon. :)

ladyvanity@juno.com — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:17:20 GMT

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gW8gwg6pWoY&feature=related

John Lennon E! Documentary Photo

ladyvanity@juno.com — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:41:52 GMT

Hello all
I was wondering if anyone might know of the picture I am talking about and may possibly be able to link me to it
They used it in the John Lennon E! Documentary and I remember it was when May Pan was talking to Yoko and saying "Congratulations you got your man back"
It is of John and Yoko like sort of intertwined on a white couch and I believe Yoko is wearing jeans and a black sweater
Does anyone possibly have this picture?