Doctor Who has a habit of taking a throwaway line and making it into a big deal.
In 60th anniversary special “Wild Blue Yonder”, Russell T. Davies wrote what seemed like a passing joke about Isaac Newton mishearing the word ″gravity″ as “mavity” before committing to the bit and changing the word in the timeline from that point onwards, making the gag not so inconsequential after all.
Mavity isn’t alone in the show’s history. Throwaway lines have been seized upon and expanded over the years, some by the show’s fandom, but also by its writers. What started as world-building, texture or a dramatic beat has become the foundation for a whole new level of storytelling.
Lines like these…
“The heart of the machine is under the column”
The Edge of Destruction (1964), written by David Whitaker
In this First Doctor story, set almost entirely inside the Tardis, a...
In 60th anniversary special “Wild Blue Yonder”, Russell T. Davies wrote what seemed like a passing joke about Isaac Newton mishearing the word ″gravity″ as “mavity” before committing to the bit and changing the word in the timeline from that point onwards, making the gag not so inconsequential after all.
Mavity isn’t alone in the show’s history. Throwaway lines have been seized upon and expanded over the years, some by the show’s fandom, but also by its writers. What started as world-building, texture or a dramatic beat has become the foundation for a whole new level of storytelling.
Lines like these…
“The heart of the machine is under the column”
The Edge of Destruction (1964), written by David Whitaker
In this First Doctor story, set almost entirely inside the Tardis, a...
- 4/26/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
George Harrison was rarely a provocateur, however, he called his final album Brainwashed. Accusing anyone of being brainwashed is pretty bold! One of George’s British Invasion peers explained the origin of that memorable title. Notably, it had a connection to George’s spiritual views.
Donovan said George Harrison’s album ‘Brainwashed’ was a reaction to materialism
Two kindred spirits in the 1960s counterculture were George Harrison and Donovan. Both artists were folk-rockers who explored spirituality through their songs. George’s songs were often expressions of his Hindu faith, whereas Donovan sang about common New Age topics like Atlantis and witchcraft. Both of them were also environmentalists.
During a 2018 interview with Goldmine, the “Mellow Yellow” singer discussed his feelings about the planet and George’s — and what they both learned from the books they read. “That the older generation was destroying the ecosystem with no consideration whatsoever for the inner world of plants,...
Donovan said George Harrison’s album ‘Brainwashed’ was a reaction to materialism
Two kindred spirits in the 1960s counterculture were George Harrison and Donovan. Both artists were folk-rockers who explored spirituality through their songs. George’s songs were often expressions of his Hindu faith, whereas Donovan sang about common New Age topics like Atlantis and witchcraft. Both of them were also environmentalists.
During a 2018 interview with Goldmine, the “Mellow Yellow” singer discussed his feelings about the planet and George’s — and what they both learned from the books they read. “That the older generation was destroying the ecosystem with no consideration whatsoever for the inner world of plants,...
- 4/6/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Rita Ora has unveiled her Queen of Hearts costume for her role in 'Descendants: The Rise of Red'.The 33-year-old star showed off her red gown for the part she will play in the musical fantasy movie, which will be released on the streaming service Disney+ in July.Rita portrays the antagonist of Lewis Carroll's famous novel 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and her alter ego is the mother of the film's lead character Red – who is played by YouTube star Kylie Cantrall.An Instagram post shared jointly by the 'Anywhere' singer and Disney was captioned: "All hail the Queen of Hearts. Descendants: #TheRiseofRed, a Disney Original Movie, is available July 12 on @disneyplus."The 'Descendants' series began back in 2015 and centres on the children of villains from Disney classics as they rebel against the evil antics of their parents.It is the latest acting...
- 4/5/2024
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
When mother-daughter showrunners Heather Conkie and Alexandra Clarke began working on “The Way Home” with creator Marly Reed, they didn’t intentionally set their sites on the world of “Alice in Wonderland.” Instead, it came completely natural.
“As we started looking at this show and the concept, it became so much clearer to us how oddly echoing it all was to the book, and we sort of thought well, if it’s there, let’s use it. It’s a story about a girl that literally falls down the rabbit hole into a whole other world and is trying to make sense of what she’s seeing and of her adventures there,” Alexandra tells Variety. With seamless comparisons, they began bringing physical similarities and themes from the 1865 novel into Season 1.
“Once we had gone down that rabbit hole ourselves, we were in a discount book store and the first books...
“As we started looking at this show and the concept, it became so much clearer to us how oddly echoing it all was to the book, and we sort of thought well, if it’s there, let’s use it. It’s a story about a girl that literally falls down the rabbit hole into a whole other world and is trying to make sense of what she’s seeing and of her adventures there,” Alexandra tells Variety. With seamless comparisons, they began bringing physical similarities and themes from the 1865 novel into Season 1.
“Once we had gone down that rabbit hole ourselves, we were in a discount book store and the first books...
- 3/30/2024
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
John Lennon will always be associated with LSD. Some of that association was warranted. However, John decried the notion that LSD inspired one of his songs.
John Lennon preferred LSD to other drugs
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In it, John discussed his opinion of LSD at length. “Acid is only real life in CinemaScope,” he said. “Whatever experience you had is what you would have had anyway. I’m not promoting, all you committees out there, and I don’t use it because it’s chemical, but all the garbage about what it did to people is garbage.”
John seemed to be more comfortable with LSD than other drugs. “A little mushroom or peyote is not beyond my scope, you know, maybe twice a year or something,” he said. “But acid is a chemical.
John Lennon preferred LSD to other drugs
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In it, John discussed his opinion of LSD at length. “Acid is only real life in CinemaScope,” he said. “Whatever experience you had is what you would have had anyway. I’m not promoting, all you committees out there, and I don’t use it because it’s chemical, but all the garbage about what it did to people is garbage.”
John seemed to be more comfortable with LSD than other drugs. “A little mushroom or peyote is not beyond my scope, you know, maybe twice a year or something,” he said. “But acid is a chemical.
- 2/20/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” isn’t new to the “turn something innocent into a horror movie” fad. Brave gamers might remember diving into the twisted mind of American McGee’s Alice, or indie film diehards could have caught 2010’s Alice in Murderland. Writer and director Richard John Taylor explores forbidden but charted territory with his fresh psychological thriller Alice in Terrorland, which can’t help but earn comparisons to other horror forward Wonderland adaptations. Luckily for Taylor’s cerebrally nasty and visually slick reimagining, the average lookalike doesn’t set a high bar to clear — hardly spectacular, but damn sure better than something like Alice in Murderland.
Lizzy Willis stars as little orphan Alice (named after Carroll’s book), the only survivor of a house fire that claimed her parents’ lives. Alice relocates to her grandmother’s sprawling yet dilapidated estate, where Ruth (Rula Lenska) assumes caretaking duties.
Lizzy Willis stars as little orphan Alice (named after Carroll’s book), the only survivor of a house fire that claimed her parents’ lives. Alice relocates to her grandmother’s sprawling yet dilapidated estate, where Ruth (Rula Lenska) assumes caretaking duties.
- 2/15/2024
- by Matt Donato
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Beatles‘ “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” is one of the most mysterious-sounding songs in rock history. Paul McCartney explained one of its secrets to Taylor Swift. Notably, Paul’s approach to writing the track wasn’t that different from the way Swift pens some of her music. John Lennon refuted a misconception about the tune.
What Paul McCartney told Taylor Swift about The Beatles’ ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’
In a 2020 Rolling Stone, Swift and Paul interviewed each other. Swift revealed she decided to use her favorite words in her songs, even if they weren’t radio-friendly. Some of these words included “marzipan,” “divorcée,” “elegies,” and “epiphany.” She said she had lists and lists of her favorite words. She also discussed looking through books to find words she could use in her tunes.
Paul said he added the word “kaleidoscope” to The Beatles’ “Lucy in the Sky...
What Paul McCartney told Taylor Swift about The Beatles’ ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’
In a 2020 Rolling Stone, Swift and Paul interviewed each other. Swift revealed she decided to use her favorite words in her songs, even if they weren’t radio-friendly. Some of these words included “marzipan,” “divorcée,” “elegies,” and “epiphany.” She said she had lists and lists of her favorite words. She also discussed looking through books to find words she could use in her tunes.
Paul said he added the word “kaleidoscope” to The Beatles’ “Lucy in the Sky...
- 2/15/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The BBC is celebrating the art of the literary adaptation by screening a variety of classics on BBC Four. More details here.
The BBC is quite rightly celebrated for its rich history of book to screen adaptations, such as the iconic 1995 version of Jane Austen’a Pride And Prejudice to Cbbc’s hugely successful adaptation of Dame Jacqueline Wilson’s Tracy Beaker series.
It has now put together a season of 14 adaptations from the BBC archive, some of which have rarely been seen since their original broadcast.
The dramas are:
The Great Gatsby
Toby Stephens, Mira Sorvino and Paul Rudd lead the cast in this 2000 BBC adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel on the American dream in the jazz age.
Small Island
Naomie Harris, Ruth Wilson, David Oyelowo, Benedict Cumberbatch and Ashley Walters star in this 2009 TV version of Andrea Levy’s novel focusing on the lives and...
The BBC is quite rightly celebrated for its rich history of book to screen adaptations, such as the iconic 1995 version of Jane Austen’a Pride And Prejudice to Cbbc’s hugely successful adaptation of Dame Jacqueline Wilson’s Tracy Beaker series.
It has now put together a season of 14 adaptations from the BBC archive, some of which have rarely been seen since their original broadcast.
The dramas are:
The Great Gatsby
Toby Stephens, Mira Sorvino and Paul Rudd lead the cast in this 2000 BBC adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel on the American dream in the jazz age.
Small Island
Naomie Harris, Ruth Wilson, David Oyelowo, Benedict Cumberbatch and Ashley Walters star in this 2009 TV version of Andrea Levy’s novel focusing on the lives and...
- 2/6/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Le chinoise.Most serious writing about Jean-Luc Godard tends to be both high-flown and forbidding, rather like the films it’s discussing. Translations from French to English or vice versa can make things even dicier. But according to the literary scholar Fredric Jameson, who contributes an enthusiastic preface and afterword, Reading with Jean-Luc Godard—a compendium of 109 three-page essays by 50 writers from a dozen countries, announced as the first in a series—launches “a new form” and “a new genre.”The brevity of each entry tends to confirm Jameson’s claim. The book can be described as an audience-friendly volume designed to occupy the same space between academia and journalism staked out by Notebook while proposing routes into Godard’s work provided by his eclectic reading—a batch of writers ranged alphabetically and intellectually from Louis Aragon, Robert Ardrey, Hannah Arendt, and Honoré de Balzac to François Truffaut, Paul Valéry,...
- 1/30/2024
- MUBI
The entertainment news cycle these days is so crazy that even “slow news weeks” bring with them a deluge of news. And that’s especially true here in the horror world, with new movies and TV shows being announced every single day. How the hell are we supposed to keep up?!
Well, we like to think we do a good job of keeping up here on Bloody Disgusting on a daily basis, but we also understand that it’s impossible to read Everything we publish on here.
As a result, you may miss some pretty awesome trailers for upcoming horror projects from time to time. So let’s take a look at the five best from January 22 – January 26, 2024.
The Lost Boys: The Musical – Coming Soon
One of the most attention grabbing trailers of the week wasn’t for a movie or TV series but rather a musical. Joel Schumacher’s...
Well, we like to think we do a good job of keeping up here on Bloody Disgusting on a daily basis, but we also understand that it’s impossible to read Everything we publish on here.
As a result, you may miss some pretty awesome trailers for upcoming horror projects from time to time. So let’s take a look at the five best from January 22 – January 26, 2024.
The Lost Boys: The Musical – Coming Soon
One of the most attention grabbing trailers of the week wasn’t for a movie or TV series but rather a musical. Joel Schumacher’s...
- 1/26/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Acclaimed animator’s unexpected return explores profound pain, relationships and elements of his own past in the company of typically surreal characters
The great Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki recently cancelled the retirement he had announced back in 2013 and wrote and directed this new feature film. In movie terms, it’s the equivalent of Prospero supergluing his staff back together and carrying on regardless. Does the magic still work?
Well, I found The Boy and the Heron a mysterious and charming fantasy that circles back to Miyazaki’s classic themes of childhood pain and grief and how these were forged in the fires of the second world war. It also brings home an authorial point that deserves wider discussion: Miyazaki has been influenced by classic English children’s literature. At various times, this reminds me of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Cs Lewis’s The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
The great Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki recently cancelled the retirement he had announced back in 2013 and wrote and directed this new feature film. In movie terms, it’s the equivalent of Prospero supergluing his staff back together and carrying on regardless. Does the magic still work?
Well, I found The Boy and the Heron a mysterious and charming fantasy that circles back to Miyazaki’s classic themes of childhood pain and grief and how these were forged in the fires of the second world war. It also brings home an authorial point that deserves wider discussion: Miyazaki has been influenced by classic English children’s literature. At various times, this reminds me of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Cs Lewis’s The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
- 12/20/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Prepare to step through the looking glass into a mesmerizing world of wonder and whimsy with the theatrical adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Lookingglass.” Airing on PBS at 9:00 Pm on Friday, December 15, 2023, “Lookingglass Alice” promises an enchanting experience that fuses the classic tale with the captivating artistry of circus arts and acrobatics.
In this visually stunning production, viewers can expect a fresh and imaginative take on Alice’s journey through the fantastical realms beyond the looking glass. The integration of circus arts adds an extra layer of magic, bringing the characters and story to life in ways that will captivate both young and old.
For an evening of theatrical magic, join Alice on her extraordinary adventure as “Lookingglass Alice” unfolds on PBS at 9:00 Pm on Friday, December 15, 2023. It’s a unique blend of classic storytelling and mesmerizing performance art that promises to be a treat for the senses.
In this visually stunning production, viewers can expect a fresh and imaginative take on Alice’s journey through the fantastical realms beyond the looking glass. The integration of circus arts adds an extra layer of magic, bringing the characters and story to life in ways that will captivate both young and old.
For an evening of theatrical magic, join Alice on her extraordinary adventure as “Lookingglass Alice” unfolds on PBS at 9:00 Pm on Friday, December 15, 2023. It’s a unique blend of classic storytelling and mesmerizing performance art that promises to be a treat for the senses.
- 12/8/2023
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Stars: Lizzie Willis, Rula Lenska, Steve Wraith, Jon-Paul Gates, Nigel Troup, Rikki Kimpton, Lila Sarner, Nikol Atanasova | Written and Directed by Richard John Taylor
Considering he has already released three films in 2023, writer/director Richard John Taylor continues his busy streak with this take on Alice In Wonderland. His latest work, Alice in Terrorland, opens on a house engulfed in fire while a terrified girl cowers in the corner. As the tragedy leaves Alice (Lizzie Willis) orphaned, she is sent to live with her estranged grandmother, Beth (Rula Lenska).
Arriving at their spacious family home, Alice is awestruck by the old building that is named Wonderland after Lewis Carroll’s iconic book. Beth shares a warning to stay out of the woods, although this does not stop her granddaughter from being terrorized by mysterious figures or disappearing down a horrific rabbit hole.
What kept Beth apart from her family for so long?...
Considering he has already released three films in 2023, writer/director Richard John Taylor continues his busy streak with this take on Alice In Wonderland. His latest work, Alice in Terrorland, opens on a house engulfed in fire while a terrified girl cowers in the corner. As the tragedy leaves Alice (Lizzie Willis) orphaned, she is sent to live with her estranged grandmother, Beth (Rula Lenska).
Arriving at their spacious family home, Alice is awestruck by the old building that is named Wonderland after Lewis Carroll’s iconic book. Beth shares a warning to stay out of the woods, although this does not stop her granddaughter from being terrorized by mysterious figures or disappearing down a horrific rabbit hole.
What kept Beth apart from her family for so long?...
- 12/7/2023
- by James Rodrigues
- Nerdly
The Beatles‘ “Hey Jude” is arguably the Fab Four’s signature song and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” is undeniably Queen’s signature song. While the two hits sound so different from each other, they have a major similarity. The tunes also have something in common with David Bowie’s “Life on Mars?”
The Beatles’ ‘Hey Jude’ and Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ feature the same piano
According to Rolling Stone, Paul McCartney played the Bechstein piano at London’s Trident Studios on “Hey Jude.” That piano has had quite a history! It was also used on Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Bowie’s “Life on Mars?,” and Elton John’s “Levon.”
The two bands used that piano in wildly different ways. In “Hey Jude,” it sounds warm and inviting, like the tune as a whole. In contrast, the piano riffs in “Bohemian Rhapsody” sound nervous, desperate, and sad. They fit with the song’s theme of murder.
The Beatles’ ‘Hey Jude’ and Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ feature the same piano
According to Rolling Stone, Paul McCartney played the Bechstein piano at London’s Trident Studios on “Hey Jude.” That piano has had quite a history! It was also used on Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Bowie’s “Life on Mars?,” and Elton John’s “Levon.”
The two bands used that piano in wildly different ways. In “Hey Jude,” it sounds warm and inviting, like the tune as a whole. In contrast, the piano riffs in “Bohemian Rhapsody” sound nervous, desperate, and sad. They fit with the song’s theme of murder.
- 12/7/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles were one of the most literate bands ever. Paul McCartney said The Beatles’ “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” reminded him of two books. John Lennon discussed a literary passage that inspired the song.
Why Paul McCartney and John Lennon loved The Beatles’ ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’
In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul recalled the writing of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” “John had the title and he had the first verse,” he said. “It started off very Alice in Wonderland: ‘Picture yourself in a boat, on the river.’ It’s very Alice. Both of us had read the Alice books and always referred to them, we were always talking about ‘Jabberwocky’ and we knew those more than any other books really.” “Jabberwocky” is a poem from the second Alice book, Through the Looking-Glass.
“And when psychedelics came in, the...
Why Paul McCartney and John Lennon loved The Beatles’ ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’
In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul recalled the writing of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” “John had the title and he had the first verse,” he said. “It started off very Alice in Wonderland: ‘Picture yourself in a boat, on the river.’ It’s very Alice. Both of us had read the Alice books and always referred to them, we were always talking about ‘Jabberwocky’ and we knew those more than any other books really.” “Jabberwocky” is a poem from the second Alice book, Through the Looking-Glass.
“And when psychedelics came in, the...
- 11/20/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
If you’re a tabletop RPG fan and a fan of Neil Gaiman‘s novel Neverwhere, Pizza Games has a little something for you with their current Kickstarter project, On the Odder Side. Utilizing the “Mark of the Odd” system and drawing inspiration from Into the Odd by Chris McDowall, On the Odder Side beckons players to venture into a realm filled with bizarre horrors and Victorian aesthetics.
On the Odder Side takes place in the city of Carcosa (though it has many names), where adventurers either lose their way or daringly cross an invisible boundary, leading them to the “shadow side” of the City. This familiar yet unsettling place grows stranger the longer they remain. The laws governing this realm are as mysterious and intricate as ancient faerie tales. Regardless of how you happen into this uncanny dimension, you must navigate its oddities to survive or find your way back home.
On the Odder Side takes place in the city of Carcosa (though it has many names), where adventurers either lose their way or daringly cross an invisible boundary, leading them to the “shadow side” of the City. This familiar yet unsettling place grows stranger the longer they remain. The laws governing this realm are as mysterious and intricate as ancient faerie tales. Regardless of how you happen into this uncanny dimension, you must navigate its oddities to survive or find your way back home.
- 11/13/2023
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
Guillermo del Toro’s boundless imagination, from the gothic horrors of “Crimson Peak” to the creature-feature-inspired “The Shape of Water,” has been cultivated by a lifelong love of cinema. The Mexican filmmaker proudly wears his influences on his sleeves, while championing the past and future of moviegoing and movie-making. Just take his latest projects.
There’s the stunning, stop-motion “Pinocchio” reimagining, which is leagues better than Disney’s straight-to-streaming competitor — far too slick for its own good (no matter how much Tom Hanks tried). And, also at Netflix, there’s the “Cabinet of Curiosities“: an eight-part horror anthology that unfortunately does not include any directing from del Toro, but does feature his writing, producing, and a Rod Serling-like “Twilight Zone” style intro for each episode.
Before that, the 2021 show business noir “Nightmare Alley” saw del Toro loosely remake a 1947 classic, but he also imbued plenty of his own...
There’s the stunning, stop-motion “Pinocchio” reimagining, which is leagues better than Disney’s straight-to-streaming competitor — far too slick for its own good (no matter how much Tom Hanks tried). And, also at Netflix, there’s the “Cabinet of Curiosities“: an eight-part horror anthology that unfortunately does not include any directing from del Toro, but does feature his writing, producing, and a Rod Serling-like “Twilight Zone” style intro for each episode.
Before that, the 2021 show business noir “Nightmare Alley” saw del Toro loosely remake a 1947 classic, but he also imbued plenty of his own...
- 10/12/2023
- by Wilson Chapman, Christian Zilko and Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
Ringo Starr‘s contributions to The Beatles get understated, but there’s one way they might be overstated. Ringo is credited with coming up with the title of The Beatles’ “A Hard Day’s Night.” John Lennon gave Ringo a lot of credit, while still acknowledging he used the name first. Specifically, John used it in a nonsense story that hasn’t aged particularly well.
John Lennon said he wrote The Beatles’ ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ around its title
In a 1980 interview from the book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, John discussed the origins of the name A Hard Day’s Night. “[Director] Dick Lester suggested the title Hard Day’s Night from something Ringo’d said,” he said. “I had used it in In His Own Write, but it was an off-the-cuff remark by Ringo. You know, one of those malapropisms. A Ringoism,...
John Lennon said he wrote The Beatles’ ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ around its title
In a 1980 interview from the book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, John discussed the origins of the name A Hard Day’s Night. “[Director] Dick Lester suggested the title Hard Day’s Night from something Ringo’d said,” he said. “I had used it in In His Own Write, but it was an off-the-cuff remark by Ringo. You know, one of those malapropisms. A Ringoism,...
- 9/24/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Before John Lennon realized his songs could include meaningful lyrics, he used poetry as an outlet for his more personal, introspective writing. He sent poems to his friend, Stuart Sutcliffe, and used them as an outlet for his emotions. When a friend accidentally threw out a book of his poetry, he was, naturally, devastated. She explained that he immediately broke down into tears.
John Lennon wasn’t happy when a friend threw out a book of his poetry
When Lennon learned his girlfriend, Cynthia, was pregnant, he began spending long nights at bars, drinking away his fear and resentment of fatherhood. He also poured his feelings into notebooks full of poetry. His friend Bill Harry, the creator of Liverpool music publication Mersey Beat, saw firsthand how much Lennon’s poetry meant to him.
Harry and his girlfriend, Virginia, packed up their small office to move to a larger space. As they prepared to move,...
John Lennon wasn’t happy when a friend threw out a book of his poetry
When Lennon learned his girlfriend, Cynthia, was pregnant, he began spending long nights at bars, drinking away his fear and resentment of fatherhood. He also poured his feelings into notebooks full of poetry. His friend Bill Harry, the creator of Liverpool music publication Mersey Beat, saw firsthand how much Lennon’s poetry meant to him.
Harry and his girlfriend, Virginia, packed up their small office to move to a larger space. As they prepared to move,...
- 7/31/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
EntertainmentAs the supporting player to Barbie’s star, Ken unwittingly becomes the locus of little girls’ expectations of and frustrations with masculinity.The ConversationAs first boyfriends go, you could do worse than Ken Carson. Introduced in 1961 by Mattel, the Ken doll was the epitome of the all-American boy next door. Clean cut, athletic and with a sharp haircut, he was the perfect counterpart to his more famous girlfriend, Barbie. Ken’s first item of clothing was a pair of red swimming trunks, indicating his sportiness and reflecting the modern American lifestyle of leisure and penchant for outdoor recreation. Created by Barbie’s inventor Ruth Handler, Ken was a boyfriend designed by women for girls. Just as Barbie was named after Handler’s daughter, so Ken was named after her son. And so the safe, boyfriend-friend dynamic of Barbie and Ken’s relationship was established. Notably designed with no genitalia, he...
- 7/27/2023
- by AjayR
- The News Minute
The Beatles‘ “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” is often assumed to be about LSD. Paul McCartney said certain lines of the song reflect The Beatles’ drug use. On the other hand, John Lennon said the writing of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” had nothing to do with LSD.
Paul McCartney’s feelings on the trips behind The Beatles’ ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’
In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul discussed his experiences with LSD. “I had mixed feelings about it, certainly, but we took it and in songs like ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,’ when we were talking about ‘cellophane flowers’ and ‘kaleidoscope eyes’ and ‘grow so incredibly high!’ we were talking about drug experiences, no doubt about it,” he said.
Paul said he sometimes cried when he was on LSD because he felt like he’d seen God. “And sometimes you were just plain knackered,...
Paul McCartney’s feelings on the trips behind The Beatles’ ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’
In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul discussed his experiences with LSD. “I had mixed feelings about it, certainly, but we took it and in songs like ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,’ when we were talking about ‘cellophane flowers’ and ‘kaleidoscope eyes’ and ‘grow so incredibly high!’ we were talking about drug experiences, no doubt about it,” he said.
Paul said he sometimes cried when he was on LSD because he felt like he’d seen God. “And sometimes you were just plain knackered,...
- 7/27/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Upcoming American coming-of-age comedy television film ‘The Slumber Party’ will follow three young girls Megan, Paige, and Veronica waking up with no memory of last night, a missing eyebrow, a bathtub full of ducks, a popular boy’s hoodie, and a missing birthday girl.
Darby Camp, Emmy Liu-Wang, and Alex Cooper Cohen have been cast in the roles of Megan, Paige, and Veronica in the movie. The Slumber Party is set to be released on July 27, 2023.
Following is a list of other films that you might give a try if you are intrigued by the plot of ‘The Slumber Party’.
Also Read: Top 10 Films Like Nimona 2023.
Top 10 Movies Like The Slumber Party. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)- Digital Spy
Tim Burton directed this musical fantasy movie that is adapted from Roald Dahl’s same named British novel of 1964.
The plot follows a young impoverished boy named Charlie who get the opportunity,...
Darby Camp, Emmy Liu-Wang, and Alex Cooper Cohen have been cast in the roles of Megan, Paige, and Veronica in the movie. The Slumber Party is set to be released on July 27, 2023.
Following is a list of other films that you might give a try if you are intrigued by the plot of ‘The Slumber Party’.
Also Read: Top 10 Films Like Nimona 2023.
Top 10 Movies Like The Slumber Party. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)- Digital Spy
Tim Burton directed this musical fantasy movie that is adapted from Roald Dahl’s same named British novel of 1964.
The plot follows a young impoverished boy named Charlie who get the opportunity,...
- 7/18/2023
- by Suvechchha Saha
- https://dailyresearchplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/new-sam
Also new this weekend: Dreamworks animation ’Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken’ and ’La Syndicaliste (The Sitting Duck)’, starring Isabelle Huppert.
Disney is leading the pack this weekend with Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny out at 743 venues, the widest UK-Ireland release of 2023 so far.
It opens ahead of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, which debuted at 732 sites in May. The Cannes premiere, the fifth instalment in the franchise, sees James Mangold take the reins from Steven Spielberg. Harrison Ford returns as the titular adventurer, this time in 1969. Jones is living a quieter life, until his estranged goddaughter – played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge...
Disney is leading the pack this weekend with Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny out at 743 venues, the widest UK-Ireland release of 2023 so far.
It opens ahead of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, which debuted at 732 sites in May. The Cannes premiere, the fifth instalment in the franchise, sees James Mangold take the reins from Steven Spielberg. Harrison Ford returns as the titular adventurer, this time in 1969. Jones is living a quieter life, until his estranged goddaughter – played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge...
- 6/30/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Also new this weekend: Dreamworks animation ’Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken’ and ’La Syndicaliste (The Sitting Duck)’, starring Isabelle Huppert.
Disney is leading the pack this weekend with Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny out at 743 venues, the widest UK-Ireland release of 2023 so far.
It opens ahead of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, which debuted at 732 sites in May. The Cannes premiere, the fifth instalment in the franchise, sees James Mangold take the reins from Steven Spielberg. Harrison Ford returns as the titular adventurer, this time in 1969. Jones is living a quieter life, until his estranged goddaughter – played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge...
Disney is leading the pack this weekend with Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny out at 743 venues, the widest UK-Ireland release of 2023 so far.
It opens ahead of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, which debuted at 732 sites in May. The Cannes premiere, the fifth instalment in the franchise, sees James Mangold take the reins from Steven Spielberg. Harrison Ford returns as the titular adventurer, this time in 1969. Jones is living a quieter life, until his estranged goddaughter – played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge...
- 6/30/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
John Lennon said The Beatles’ “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” was inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. However, the track appears to have been inspired by its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass. The passage in question is surreal.
The Beatles’ ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ was inspired by a passage about a sheep
In a 1980 interview from the book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, John was asked if the tune was inspired by drugs. After all, many fans believed the song was about LSD. He denied the song had anything to do with LSD.
Instead, John said he drew from a passage from Alice in Wonderland where Alice met a sheep. He appeared to refer to a scene from Through the Looking-Glass, as Alice doesn’t meet a sheep in the original book.
“‘Can you row?’ the Sheep asked,...
The Beatles’ ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ was inspired by a passage about a sheep
In a 1980 interview from the book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, John was asked if the tune was inspired by drugs. After all, many fans believed the song was about LSD. He denied the song had anything to do with LSD.
Instead, John said he drew from a passage from Alice in Wonderland where Alice met a sheep. He appeared to refer to a scene from Through the Looking-Glass, as Alice doesn’t meet a sheep in the original book.
“‘Can you row?’ the Sheep asked,...
- 6/26/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney and George Harrison became lifelong friends while attending the same school in Liverpool. Both struggled to pay attention in school, as their primary interest was music. However, Paul McCartney said he had one professor who introduced him to an author that made him fall in love with literature.
Paul McCartney had a great literature teacher who showed him Chaucer Paul McCartney | J.Tregidgo/WireImage
Going to school in the 1950s was a much different environment than it is now. Corporal punishment was still legal in schools in the U.K., so teachers had some harsh methods of discipline for their students. In an interview on This Cultural Life podcast, McCartney said school was tough back then because teachers were allowed to “whack” you.
“[I was] a bit of a skiver really, but [only] until you had to knuckle down,” he said. “Teachers were pretty brutal in those days, you know. They were allowed to whack you,...
Paul McCartney had a great literature teacher who showed him Chaucer Paul McCartney | J.Tregidgo/WireImage
Going to school in the 1950s was a much different environment than it is now. Corporal punishment was still legal in schools in the U.K., so teachers had some harsh methods of discipline for their students. In an interview on This Cultural Life podcast, McCartney said school was tough back then because teachers were allowed to “whack” you.
“[I was] a bit of a skiver really, but [only] until you had to knuckle down,” he said. “Teachers were pretty brutal in those days, you know. They were allowed to whack you,...
- 6/7/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Many fans were confused by The Beatles‘ “I Am the Walrus”. It contained surreal, nonsensical lyrics with instrumentals that sounded otherworldly. John Lennon based many of the lyrics on stories by Lewis Carroll, such as Alice in Wonderland. However, many were trying to discern who the “Eggman” was whom Lennon referred to in the chorus. According to a friend of The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein, he is the infamous Eggman who Lennon sang about.
Eric Burdon is the “Eggman” John Lennon refers to in The Beatles’ ‘I Am the Walrus’ John Lennon | Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
“I Am the Walrus” was written by John Lennon and debuted in 1967 on the Magical Mystery Tour soundtrack. It was recorded two weeks after the sudden death of The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein. Eric Burdon was a friend of Epstein’s who constantly hung around the fab four, embarking on various misadventures with them.
Eric Burdon is the “Eggman” John Lennon refers to in The Beatles’ ‘I Am the Walrus’ John Lennon | Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
“I Am the Walrus” was written by John Lennon and debuted in 1967 on the Magical Mystery Tour soundtrack. It was recorded two weeks after the sudden death of The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein. Eric Burdon was a friend of Epstein’s who constantly hung around the fab four, embarking on various misadventures with them.
- 6/4/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Not bad for a story of a bored but determined girl who followed a nervous rabbit, moaning that he was getting late, into a bizarre underground world, and then, climbed through a mirror into a parallel world, set out like a chess board.
And in her peregrinations through these strange illogical worlds, she meets the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the King and Queen of Hearts, the Gryphon, the Jabberwock, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Humpty Dumpty, the White Knight, and a host of many more.
‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (1865), or ‘Alice in Wonderland’, as it is more popularly known, and its sequel ‘Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There’ (1871-2) (‘Through the Looking-Glass’ more commonly) stand high both by themselves, and the adaptations that they have inspired across various media.
The appeal of these two books, by Oxford academic and cleric Charles Luttwidge Dodgson (1832-98), who took the pen name Lewis Carroll,...
And in her peregrinations through these strange illogical worlds, she meets the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the King and Queen of Hearts, the Gryphon, the Jabberwock, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Humpty Dumpty, the White Knight, and a host of many more.
‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (1865), or ‘Alice in Wonderland’, as it is more popularly known, and its sequel ‘Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There’ (1871-2) (‘Through the Looking-Glass’ more commonly) stand high both by themselves, and the adaptations that they have inspired across various media.
The appeal of these two books, by Oxford academic and cleric Charles Luttwidge Dodgson (1832-98), who took the pen name Lewis Carroll,...
- 6/4/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Harvey Guillén’s Guillermo has had enough. After more than a decade of luring unsuspecting virgins to their doom, disposing of dead bodies, and waiting for his master, Nandor (Kayvan Novak), to turn him into a vampire, the familiar-turned-vampire hunter is taking matters into his own hands. Instead of waiting for Nandor to honor his promise to turn him into a blood-sucking child of the night, Guillermo plans to leave the manor in search of another vampire to do the deed. This fork in the road is where we find Guillermo at the end of the fourth season of What We Do in the Shadows. When Season 5 begins on July 13, could a new vamp be in town?
“We pick up right where we left off,” Guillén told Entertainment Weekly as part of his 2023 Pride cover interview. “Guillermo is done waiting for his turn. Guillermo is taking matters into his own hands.
“We pick up right where we left off,” Guillén told Entertainment Weekly as part of his 2023 Pride cover interview. “Guillermo is done waiting for his turn. Guillermo is taking matters into his own hands.
- 6/2/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
One of John Lennon’s favorite Beatles songs was “I Am the Walrus.” It’s also one of the band’s most confounding tunes. Based on the Lewis Carroll poem “The Walrus and the Carpenter” from Through the Looking-Glass, Lennon wrote intentionally confusing lyrics. He explained that when he went back over the source poem, he realized he’d misinterpreted it. He’d written the song about the wrong character.
John Lennon | Max Scheler – K & K/Redferns John Lennon didn’t realize ‘I Am the Walrus’ was about the villain
Lennon appreciated that “I Am the Walrus” was a song that listeners could find new meaning in every time they heard it. He wrote it based on “The Walrus and the Carpenter,” a poem he admitted to not understanding until after writing the song.
“It’s from ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter’; Alice in Wonderland,” he said in The Beatles Anthology.
John Lennon | Max Scheler – K & K/Redferns John Lennon didn’t realize ‘I Am the Walrus’ was about the villain
Lennon appreciated that “I Am the Walrus” was a song that listeners could find new meaning in every time they heard it. He wrote it based on “The Walrus and the Carpenter,” a poem he admitted to not understanding until after writing the song.
“It’s from ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter’; Alice in Wonderland,” he said in The Beatles Anthology.
- 6/2/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
"Batman: The Animated Series" remains one of the most fondly remembered incarnations of the Dark Knight, with new fans still discovering it (and old fans revisiting it) on HBO Max. Writer Paul Dini and artist Bruce Timm spearheaded the creation of a cartoon that elevated the art form, with character designs, scripts, and voice acting that was head and shoulders above anything going on a the time. The show released 85 episodes on Fox between 1992 and 1995 and was revived and retooled in 1997 as "The New Batman Adventures" for 24 more episodes on the CW.
The animated series struck a more realistic tone (especially in the pre-"New Adventures" days), which means a lot of characters were powered down from their comic versions. For example, the episode "Zatanna" introduces the DC character by that name. While the Zatanna of the comics is a powerful spell-caster, this animated version is just a stage illusionist.
The animated series struck a more realistic tone (especially in the pre-"New Adventures" days), which means a lot of characters were powered down from their comic versions. For example, the episode "Zatanna" introduces the DC character by that name. While the Zatanna of the comics is a powerful spell-caster, this animated version is just a stage illusionist.
- 5/20/2023
- by Elle Collins
- Slash Film
A song from The Beatles‘ Magical Mystery Tour was originally two different songs, one by John Lennon and the other by Paul McCartney. Subsequently, a sound engineer who worked on the song was enthralled with it. The tune complements some other Fab Four songs very well.
The Beatles | John Pratt / Stringer John Lennon said a song from The Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ was based on a riff
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In it, he was asked about “Baby, You’re a Rich Man.” “That’s a combination of two separate pieces, Paul’s and mine, put together and forced into one song,” he said.
John gave fans insight into how the song came together. “One half was all mine,” he recalled. “‘How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people, now that you know who you are,...
The Beatles | John Pratt / Stringer John Lennon said a song from The Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ was based on a riff
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In it, he was asked about “Baby, You’re a Rich Man.” “That’s a combination of two separate pieces, Paul’s and mine, put together and forced into one song,” he said.
John gave fans insight into how the song came together. “One half was all mine,” he recalled. “‘How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people, now that you know who you are,...
- 5/15/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Tl;Dr:
A song from The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour was originally two different songs, one by John Lennon and the other by Paul McCartney. Subsequently, a sound engineer who worked on the song was enthralled with it. The tune complements some other Fab Four songs very well.
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In it, he was asked about “Baby, You’re a Rich Man.” “That’s a combination of two separate pieces, Paul’s and mine, put together and forced into one song,” he said.
John gave fans insight into how the song came together. “One half was all mine,” he recalled. “‘How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people, now that you know who you are, da da da da.’ Then Paul comes in with [sings] ‘Baby, you’re a rich man,...
A song from The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour was originally two different songs, one by John Lennon and the other by Paul McCartney. Subsequently, a sound engineer who worked on the song was enthralled with it. The tune complements some other Fab Four songs very well.
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In it, he was asked about “Baby, You’re a Rich Man.” “That’s a combination of two separate pieces, Paul’s and mine, put together and forced into one song,” he said.
John gave fans insight into how the song came together. “One half was all mine,” he recalled. “‘How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people, now that you know who you are, da da da da.’ Then Paul comes in with [sings] ‘Baby, you’re a rich man,...
- 5/15/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Tl;Dr:
The Beatles’ “Taxman” articulates concerns different from the topics of most protest songs of the time. The song feels out of touch with the concerns that many people have today. On the other hand, the general sentiment of “Taxman” is relatable to listeners of various classes. The Beatles | Mirrorpix / Contributor
The Beatles‘ “Taxman” is one of the most famous songs from Revolver. On one level, it’s horribly behind the times. On the other hand, its message is immortal.
The Beatles’ ‘Taxman’ feels out of touch with 1960s music and out of touch with today
The 1960s saw a wave of famous protest songs. Folk singers like Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger protested the ills of the world, like racism, conformity, and the Vietnam War. Even Elvis Presley, during his poppy Las Vegas years, got in on the trend with “In the Ghetto,” a protest song about the...
The Beatles’ “Taxman” articulates concerns different from the topics of most protest songs of the time. The song feels out of touch with the concerns that many people have today. On the other hand, the general sentiment of “Taxman” is relatable to listeners of various classes. The Beatles | Mirrorpix / Contributor
The Beatles‘ “Taxman” is one of the most famous songs from Revolver. On one level, it’s horribly behind the times. On the other hand, its message is immortal.
The Beatles’ ‘Taxman’ feels out of touch with 1960s music and out of touch with today
The 1960s saw a wave of famous protest songs. Folk singers like Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger protested the ills of the world, like racism, conformity, and the Vietnam War. Even Elvis Presley, during his poppy Las Vegas years, got in on the trend with “In the Ghetto,” a protest song about the...
- 5/14/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
All four Beatles stood front and center on the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band cover. They’re impossible to miss. And since it’s one of the most iconic album covers ever, millions of people have glanced at John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr over the years. But there were actually five Beatles on the Sgt. Pepper cover.
Original bassist Stuart Sutcliffe joins John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison on the cover of The Beatles album ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ | Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images 5 Beatles appeared on the ‘Sgt. Pepper’ cover with Stuart Sutcliffe among the photos
The four living and breathing Beatles stood smack dab in the middle of the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band cover. Wax figures of the Fab Four were nearby. But the left side of the sleeve showcased the fifth Beatle — original bassist Stuart Sutcliffe.
Original bassist Stuart Sutcliffe joins John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison on the cover of The Beatles album ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ | Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images 5 Beatles appeared on the ‘Sgt. Pepper’ cover with Stuart Sutcliffe among the photos
The four living and breathing Beatles stood smack dab in the middle of the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band cover. Wax figures of the Fab Four were nearby. But the left side of the sleeve showcased the fifth Beatle — original bassist Stuart Sutcliffe.
- 5/2/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Dragons are a part of nearly every major culture. While some of us seem to think that this means they were once real creatures that terrorized our ancestors, it’s more likely that there’s something inherently and universally fascinating about reptilian monsters hovering above humankind on the food chain.
That’s why it makes sense that there are so many unique dragons in media, both friendly and demonic. However, some of these fire-breathing creatures are more monstrous than others, and that’s why we’ve decided to compile a list of six of the scariest dragons in film, as we horror hounds tend to prefer fantasy stories with a hint of darkness.
To be included on this list, dragons need to stand out in either their villainous behavior or nightmarish design, but they don’t necessarily have to appear in a traditionally scary movie. And for the purposes of this article,...
That’s why it makes sense that there are so many unique dragons in media, both friendly and demonic. However, some of these fire-breathing creatures are more monstrous than others, and that’s why we’ve decided to compile a list of six of the scariest dragons in film, as we horror hounds tend to prefer fantasy stories with a hint of darkness.
To be included on this list, dragons need to stand out in either their villainous behavior or nightmarish design, but they don’t necessarily have to appear in a traditionally scary movie. And for the purposes of this article,...
- 5/2/2023
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Beatles‘ Magical Mystery Tour LP contains some of the Fab Four’s most famous songs. In addition, it features an obscure George Harrison composition that’s incredible. Here’s a look at the five best songs from The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour.
The Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ | Michael Ochs Archives / Stringer 5. ‘Blue Jay Way’
The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour contains many famous songs and “Blue Jay Way” is not one of them. It’s one of George’s more obscure compositions. That makes sense, because it certainly doesn’t have a traditional pop hook. Despite this, the song’s chillingly slow tempo hypnotizes the listener.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the real Blue Jay Way is just a street in Los Angeles. Despite this, George makes it sound mysterious and surreal. The fact that he wrote “Blue Jay Way” as well as effective love songs like “Something” and “What...
The Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ | Michael Ochs Archives / Stringer 5. ‘Blue Jay Way’
The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour contains many famous songs and “Blue Jay Way” is not one of them. It’s one of George’s more obscure compositions. That makes sense, because it certainly doesn’t have a traditional pop hook. Despite this, the song’s chillingly slow tempo hypnotizes the listener.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the real Blue Jay Way is just a street in Los Angeles. Despite this, George makes it sound mysterious and surreal. The fact that he wrote “Blue Jay Way” as well as effective love songs like “Something” and “What...
- 4/15/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
If there's one thing the Naboo Queen-Senator Padmé Amidala has taught us in the "Star Wars" galaxy, you're not a true politician unless you're worthy of the fashion runway. Her iconic prequel trilogy wardrobe blazed a fashion trail for her fellow galactic politicians — and cosplayers at Star Wars Celebration.
"The Mandalorian" season 3 continues Padmé's fashionista legacy by introducing a regentess played by singer Lizzo (who herself graces the concert stage as a dancing and flute-playing fashion icon). In season 3, episode 6 "Guns for Hire," Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal), his adorable foundling Grogu, and Lady Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff) venture to Plazir-15 where they are greeted by its lavish regents, the Duchess and Captain Bombardier (Jack Black). The Mandalorians — save for the enchanted Grogu — find themselves weirded out by the upper-crust atmosphere and out of place in their beskar armor.
If you were shocked by the "Star Wars" casting of Lizzo...
"The Mandalorian" season 3 continues Padmé's fashionista legacy by introducing a regentess played by singer Lizzo (who herself graces the concert stage as a dancing and flute-playing fashion icon). In season 3, episode 6 "Guns for Hire," Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal), his adorable foundling Grogu, and Lady Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff) venture to Plazir-15 where they are greeted by its lavish regents, the Duchess and Captain Bombardier (Jack Black). The Mandalorians — save for the enchanted Grogu — find themselves weirded out by the upper-crust atmosphere and out of place in their beskar armor.
If you were shocked by the "Star Wars" casting of Lizzo...
- 4/6/2023
- by Caroline Cao
- Slash Film
Tl;Dr:
George Harrison’s “Any Road” draws from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Jefferson Airplane did the same for “White Rabbit.” Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers did the same for “Don’t Come Around Here No More.” George Harrison | Keystone / Stringer
George Harrison‘s “Any Road” is based on a paraphrase of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Specifically, the song was inspired by a conversation between Alice and the Cheshire Cat. Subsequently, the tune became a hit in the United Kingdom but not the United States.
George Harrison took inspiration from a witty part of Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’
According to the 2021 book War Time: Temporality and the Decline of Western Military Power, the line “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there” from “Any Road” is a paraphrase of Carroll. The line appears to be based on...
George Harrison’s “Any Road” draws from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Jefferson Airplane did the same for “White Rabbit.” Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers did the same for “Don’t Come Around Here No More.” George Harrison | Keystone / Stringer
George Harrison‘s “Any Road” is based on a paraphrase of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Specifically, the song was inspired by a conversation between Alice and the Cheshire Cat. Subsequently, the tune became a hit in the United Kingdom but not the United States.
George Harrison took inspiration from a witty part of Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’
According to the 2021 book War Time: Temporality and the Decline of Western Military Power, the line “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there” from “Any Road” is a paraphrase of Carroll. The line appears to be based on...
- 4/6/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Video game power-ups are a familiar enough concept to a mass media-consuming public that Aaron Horvath's and Michael Jelenic's new film "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" doesn't bother to explain it for a second. If you consume a power-up, you're granted temporary superpowers. In terms of real-world physics, power-ups make about as much sense as, say, trapping a monster inside of a spit bubble, slamming them against the wall, and watching them magically transform into fruit (the premise of Taito's 1986 video game "Bubble Bobble"). But video games have been dictating their own surreal inner logic for decades, and audiences will readily accept any scenario.
In "The Super Mario Bros. Movie," the only primer that audiences are given regarding power-ups is when Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy) explains to Mario (Chris Pratt) that floating metal boxes, festooned with question marks, contain power-ups that can be freed by punching them.
In "The Super Mario Bros. Movie," the only primer that audiences are given regarding power-ups is when Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy) explains to Mario (Chris Pratt) that floating metal boxes, festooned with question marks, contain power-ups that can be freed by punching them.
- 4/5/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Director Douglas Schulze has cast Doug Bradley, who achieved genre icon status by playing the Cenobite known as Pinhead in eight Hellraiser movies, as a “mysterious archbishop” in his upcoming creature feature Thorns. Schulze told Fangoria, “There’s a short list of iconic actors I’ve always wanted to work with, and Doug Bradley is near the top of that list. He brings a sense of authenticity to every role he plays—such a commanding screen presence. I felt he was the perfect choice to play a holy man obsessed with biblical prophecy. Between takes, we’d discuss one of the film’s driving themes: predestination vs. free will. We also chatted about author Lewis Carroll and the impetus for Alice in Wonderland, and his time working with Clive Barker, whose work I’m a huge fan of.“
In fact, Schulze said Clive Barker and John Carpenter were two major...
In fact, Schulze said Clive Barker and John Carpenter were two major...
- 4/4/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Several of The Beatles‘ songs have women’s names in their titles. One of these songs was inspired by John Lennon’s mother, in addition to Yoko Ono. In addition, one of these songs was rumored to be about drugs.
The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band’ | Bloomberg / Contributor 5. ‘Martha My Dear’
The White Album includes plenty of forward-looking moments, as the album embraced heavy-metal music, avant-garde music, and Marxist class analysis. On the other hand, it also includes many nostalgic, old-fashioned moments, “Martha My Dear,” one of Paul McCartney’s many loving tributes to vaudeville, might be one of The Beatles’ most famous musical anachronisms.
4. ‘Julia’
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, John discussed The Beatles’ “Julia.” “Julia was my mother,” he said. “But it was sort of a combination of Yoko and my mother blended into one.
The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band’ | Bloomberg / Contributor 5. ‘Martha My Dear’
The White Album includes plenty of forward-looking moments, as the album embraced heavy-metal music, avant-garde music, and Marxist class analysis. On the other hand, it also includes many nostalgic, old-fashioned moments, “Martha My Dear,” one of Paul McCartney’s many loving tributes to vaudeville, might be one of The Beatles’ most famous musical anachronisms.
4. ‘Julia’
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, John discussed The Beatles’ “Julia.” “Julia was my mother,” he said. “But it was sort of a combination of Yoko and my mother blended into one.
- 4/3/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Many things have influenced Paul McCartney‘s songs over the years. Sometimes a single tune had multiple inspirations, including The Beatles‘ “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer.” Here are all the references in the Abbey Road song.
The Beatles’ Paul McCartney | McCarthy/Getty Images Alfred Jarry inspired Paul McCartney to write an obscure lyric in The Beatles’ ‘Maxwell’s Silver Hammer’
In his book The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul explained that while he was driving down the highway one day, he heard a broadcast of Ubu Cocu on BBC Radio 3.
Ubu Cocu is one of three plays, including the better-known Ubu Roi, by the French dramatist Alfred Jarry. It’s subtitled “a pataphysical extravaganza.” Paul said “pataphysical” is a word Jarry made up to “poke fun at toffee-nosed academics.”
Paul liked the word and decided to add it to The Beatles’ “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer.” He was thrilled when he could rhyme “quizzical” with “pataphysical.
The Beatles’ Paul McCartney | McCarthy/Getty Images Alfred Jarry inspired Paul McCartney to write an obscure lyric in The Beatles’ ‘Maxwell’s Silver Hammer’
In his book The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul explained that while he was driving down the highway one day, he heard a broadcast of Ubu Cocu on BBC Radio 3.
Ubu Cocu is one of three plays, including the better-known Ubu Roi, by the French dramatist Alfred Jarry. It’s subtitled “a pataphysical extravaganza.” Paul said “pataphysical” is a word Jarry made up to “poke fun at toffee-nosed academics.”
Paul liked the word and decided to add it to The Beatles’ “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer.” He was thrilled when he could rhyme “quizzical” with “pataphysical.
- 3/31/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
On paper, nothing about Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon should work. Developed by Platinum Games and directors Abebe Tinari and Hideki Kamiya, it serves as a companion piece to the main Bayonetta trilogy ,but like other Nintendo-published co-productions — namely Cadence of Hyrule and Metroid Dread — it moves to a different tempo than what fans might expect from the famously ludicrous franchise.
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- 3/23/2023
- by Joshua Khan
- Rollingstone.com
In the early days of The Beatles, the band was looking to release hit singles that would put them on the map. “Please Please Me” was their second hit, proving that the fab four were not a one-hit-wonder. The song was a risky move for The Beatles as they turned down another song which ended up being a hit for a different act.
The Beatles needed another hit song after ‘Love Me Do’ The Beatles | Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images
“Love Me Do” was The Beatles’ debut single in the U.K. While it was a hit, it only reached No. 17 in the U.K. in 1962. It later became a No. 1 hit in the U.S., but not until 1964. In an interview with Melody Maker, The Beatles’ long-time producer George Martin said he knew the band needed another hit single, but they didn’t have anything else to work with.
The Beatles needed another hit song after ‘Love Me Do’ The Beatles | Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images
“Love Me Do” was The Beatles’ debut single in the U.K. While it was a hit, it only reached No. 17 in the U.K. in 1962. It later became a No. 1 hit in the U.S., but not until 1964. In an interview with Melody Maker, The Beatles’ long-time producer George Martin said he knew the band needed another hit single, but they didn’t have anything else to work with.
- 3/17/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney and John Lennon were both inspired by surreal and colorful imagery and often incorporated these images into The Beatles‘ songs. The two were fans of Lewis Carroll, who is responsible for some of the most imaginative stories, such as Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Their interest in Carroll can be heard in their songwriting, as Carroll’s writing inspired several Beatles songs.
Here are 5 Beatles songs inspired by Lewis Carroll books ‘Yellow Submarine’ Paul McCartney and John Lennon | Cummings Archives/Redferns
“Yellow Submarine” was written by McCartney and Lennon, and featured contributions from Scottish musician Donovan. The Revolver track was The Beatles’ attempt at creating a children’s song, and Donovan said Alice in Wonderland was an inspiration for this.
“Children’s songs were easy for me because I had absorbed so much poetry,” he explained in a 2008 Goldmine interview. “My father had read me Robert Louis Stevenson,...
Here are 5 Beatles songs inspired by Lewis Carroll books ‘Yellow Submarine’ Paul McCartney and John Lennon | Cummings Archives/Redferns
“Yellow Submarine” was written by McCartney and Lennon, and featured contributions from Scottish musician Donovan. The Revolver track was The Beatles’ attempt at creating a children’s song, and Donovan said Alice in Wonderland was an inspiration for this.
“Children’s songs were easy for me because I had absorbed so much poetry,” he explained in a 2008 Goldmine interview. “My father had read me Robert Louis Stevenson,...
- 3/13/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
“I Am the Walrus” is one of The Beatles’ most bizarre and surreal tracks. The song was written by John Lennon, who, according to Paul McCartney, also provided many of the weirder moments that improved the track.
John Lennon wrote “I Am the Walrus” on two acid trips John Lennon | Harry Benson/Express/Getty Images
“I Am the Walrus” debuted in 1967 as a part of The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour movie and album. The song features some of the band’s more surreal and nonsensical lyrics. The track was inspired by the work of Lewis Carroll, specifically The Walrus and the Carpenter story from Through the Looking Glass. In the 1980 Playboy interview, John Lennon said the inspiration for “I Am the walrus” came to him during two acid trips.
“The first line was written on one acid trip one weekend. The second line was written on the next acid trip the next weekend,...
John Lennon wrote “I Am the Walrus” on two acid trips John Lennon | Harry Benson/Express/Getty Images
“I Am the Walrus” debuted in 1967 as a part of The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour movie and album. The song features some of the band’s more surreal and nonsensical lyrics. The track was inspired by the work of Lewis Carroll, specifically The Walrus and the Carpenter story from Through the Looking Glass. In the 1980 Playboy interview, John Lennon said the inspiration for “I Am the walrus” came to him during two acid trips.
“The first line was written on one acid trip one weekend. The second line was written on the next acid trip the next weekend,...
- 3/6/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
There are many songs that Paul McCartney based on things he read in literature. His parents instilled a love of knowledge and learning in him when he was a kid, and his English teacher at school fostered that love. Paul developed an admiration for writers like Lewis Carroll and Shakespeare. However, many authors and writers’ work ended up in Paul’s songs.
Paul McCartney and his family | Ron Galella/Getty Images 5. ‘The End’
In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul spoke many times about his literary heroes, which included Dylan Thomas, Oscar Wilde, Allen Ginsberg, French symbolist writer Alfred Jarry, Eugene O’Neill, and Henrik Ibsen. However, a couple of his songs wouldn’t have shaped up the same way without the influence of Shakespeare.
Paul wrote that he’s “fascinated by the couplet as a form in poetry,” particularly how Shakespeare used the couplet to close out a scene or an entire play.
Paul McCartney and his family | Ron Galella/Getty Images 5. ‘The End’
In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul spoke many times about his literary heroes, which included Dylan Thomas, Oscar Wilde, Allen Ginsberg, French symbolist writer Alfred Jarry, Eugene O’Neill, and Henrik Ibsen. However, a couple of his songs wouldn’t have shaped up the same way without the influence of Shakespeare.
Paul wrote that he’s “fascinated by the couplet as a form in poetry,” particularly how Shakespeare used the couplet to close out a scene or an entire play.
- 3/5/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney revealed there’s a secret chord in The Beatles‘ “I’ll Get You.” He and John Lennon wrote the song while still living in Liverpool. The songwriting partners didn’t know many chords back then, but they had recently learned a new one when they wrote the tune.
The Beatles | Mark and Colleen Hayward/Getty Images Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote the song when they were still living in Liverpool
The Beatles’ “I’ll Get You” was the B-side of their 1963 hit single, “She Loves You.” However, Paul and John wrote it years before while still living in Liverpool.
In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that he and his songwriter partner wrote the tune at John’s house on Menlove Avenue. John’s Aunt Mimi raised him starting from when he was a toddler. She was a strict, strong-willed woman who didn’t want her nephew to waste his life on music.
The Beatles | Mark and Colleen Hayward/Getty Images Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote the song when they were still living in Liverpool
The Beatles’ “I’ll Get You” was the B-side of their 1963 hit single, “She Loves You.” However, Paul and John wrote it years before while still living in Liverpool.
In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that he and his songwriter partner wrote the tune at John’s house on Menlove Avenue. John’s Aunt Mimi raised him starting from when he was a toddler. She was a strict, strong-willed woman who didn’t want her nephew to waste his life on music.
- 3/2/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 and an Irish song tradition inspired Paul McCartney on The Beatles‘ “I Saw Her Standing There.” Paul used many of his literary and musical favorites in his songs.
The Beatles, who released ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ in 1963 | Mark and Colleen Hayward/Getty Images Paul McCartney said ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ had rough beginnings
In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that he loves The Beatles’ “I Saw Her Standing” and considers it one of the best songs he’s ever written. However, it had challenging beginnings. Paul played the song for John Lennon as they smoked tea in Paul’s father’s pipe.
There was an issue with one of the lyrics. Paul wrote, “I said, ‘She was just seventeen. She’d never been a beauty queen.’ And John said, ‘I’m not sure about that.’ So our main task was to get rid of the beauty queen.
The Beatles, who released ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ in 1963 | Mark and Colleen Hayward/Getty Images Paul McCartney said ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ had rough beginnings
In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that he loves The Beatles’ “I Saw Her Standing” and considers it one of the best songs he’s ever written. However, it had challenging beginnings. Paul played the song for John Lennon as they smoked tea in Paul’s father’s pipe.
There was an issue with one of the lyrics. Paul wrote, “I said, ‘She was just seventeen. She’d never been a beauty queen.’ And John said, ‘I’m not sure about that.’ So our main task was to get rid of the beauty queen.
- 2/26/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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