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Not Every Beatles Anniversary Is A Cause For Celebration

Fraser McAlpine — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:10:41 +0000

Today, 50 years ago, the Beatles released “Please Please Me” as a single. It did very well for them in the UK, rocketing to the very top of the charts, or the very next spot down, depending on which magazine’s chart ...

Happy New Year: Five Unanswered Questions For 2013

Fraser McAlpine — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 13:01:17 +0000

Consider this a new year’s resolution. Rather than wasting everyone’s time with a list of self-improving abstract demands, like “read more books” or “get some exercise,” we have a very specific idea ...

WATCH: Sir Paul Plays A Tiny Guitar With “Nearvana”

Fraser McAlpine — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:49:02 +0000

The curious thing about yesterday’s Hurricane Sandy benefit performance by Sir Paul McCartney is not that it happened, not that he brought out Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear, the three former members of Nirvana ...

Sir Paul McCartney Finally Attains Nirvana

Fraser McAlpine — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:29:02 +0000

It’s been a long time since the Beatles headed for India, seeking a rest from their tumultuous lives and a chance to develop the spiritual tools to help them make sense of their preposterously influential position in the world. ...

WATCH: Paul McCartney’s All-Star ‘Live Kisses’ DVD Trailer

Fraser McAlpine — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:25:11 +0000

I dunno about you, but I’m a little partial to Sir Paul McCartney’s album of old American standards, the one with the rude name – “Kisses On The Bottom” – and the astonishing new song “My ...

Sir Paul McCartney Honored, By Napoleon

Fraser McAlpine — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:59:21 +0000

Well, sort of. It seems everyone’s favorite living Beatle (guitar division) is set to receive a prestigious Légion d’Honneur medal in Paris, this Saturday (September 8).

The Brit List: Five Alternative Sources Of Paul McCartney

Fraser McAlpine — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:39:48 +0000

Let’s face facts, Sir Paul McCartney – national treasure that he is, global unificator, former Beatle, former Wing, and generally energetic and breezy presence at the rock ‘n’ roll tea party – is not going to last ...

Five Irreverent Responses To The London Games

Fraser McAlpine — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:52:28 +0000

When the magician and show-off David Blaine came to London to do one of his endurance feats – the one in a box suspended from a crane, for ages – the natural response of the good people who live there was to take the mickey: eggs ...

It’s Paul McCartney’s 70th Birthday: 10 Lyrical Quotes To Live By

Fraser McAlpine — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:24:31 +0000

Note: This isn’t in any sense a complete list, or a selection of his greatest songs, as we’d need far more than ten choices. You could live your life by almost any Paul McCartney melody, even “Silly Love Songs.

Macca-rachi!

Fraser McAlpine — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:07:17 +0000

Yesterday (no pun intended), Sir Paul McCartney played a free concert, to over 250,000 people in Mexico City, at the end of his current tour. It lasted nearly three hours (which is preposterously good value for no money), and as you ...