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Is that the book "Beatles: In the Studio" or something like that out on the shelves now? I have seen that and am slavering over it. My B-Day is tomorrow and maybe the wife has picked up the clue's. The Brandenburg deal I do know, mostly because I love that Penny Lane trumpet solo as much as any session man's contribution to the Beatle albums (Billy Preston's Get Back electric piano brilliance is probably the only other thing that comes close for me). Dave Mason (a different one, all you boring oldie oldsters) played the solo after Paul saw him perform the Bach piece in question. Mason did a bunch more session stuff with the Beatles, including "All You Need is Love", "Magical Mystery Tour", and probably others I'm forgetting. You seriously need to pop in that Rutles CD-R and listen to the song "Doubleback Alley." It has a great homage piccolo trumpet solo nearly as good as the Penny Lane one. As for "Because," it was backwards Beethoven (Moonlight Sonata) and not Bach that inspired the piano arpeggios there. OK, I think I've run out of Pepper trivia. On to the White Album (there is another great looking book out now dedicated just to those sessions). Who provided the inspiration for "Martha My Dear"? And, did you know it before you picked up that cheaterly li'l book? (You know, I bet Mason did the trumpet part on Martha too, come to think of it.)

That is really quite cool. I'll have to make room for that one in the mental hard drive. I'll have to get back to you on that one tomorrow... or... maybe... Yesterday. (ad hoc string quartet for the recording session) I dunno, had a bit of fun? I'm going to leave the Ringo question out there in case Mr. Johnson drops by. The With A Little Help From My Friends line was 'not what the judges were looking for' (as Wilburaga of the Archana would say). It's more along the lines of song inspiration ala' the cereal commercial and Good Morning Good Morning.

Yes that is correct - very good (*grumble*) John Scott played the flute solo on "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away." Not a Pepper-related trivia question, mind you. Not sure what the significance beyond the playing the something on the something is. OK then... How did Ringo's tonsils - or lack thereof - contribute to Sgt. Pepper? And where's Hammerhead when you need him?

And until then he's a train wreck waiting to happen if you leave him in for more than an inning.

Try bartering with SoxTalk gear?

They did indeed get harder. John Scott worked with EMI and George Martin in the 60s, and went on to collaborate with Apple artist Cilla Black and do a lot of film scoring. As far as a direct Beatle link, I'll hazard that he played the harp on "She's Leaving Home" and/or Clarinet on "When I'm 64" only because I know he played harp and clarinet, worked with Martin at the time, and we have been rather beating up on the Pepper trivia. I must admit I am embarrased that I don't know with certainty who played those parts. And I have the nerve to call myself a Beatles fan... OK, here's one for you, in the Pepper vein... Who was the first artist the Beatles saw do a live cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (the song)? Hint: it was done the week the album came out and completely floored the lads.

Is this a trick question, Jas? How about the link on the home page that says "yellow shirts now available"

That would be one of the fine offerings at http://www.ihateclowns.com

fear of clowns = coulrophobia. So now you know.

Unless I'm missing something, those would be... The release date for SPLHCB (and being four days AFTER the day I was born, I contend that it was I and not the Beatles that actually ushered in the Summer of Love) The colors of the Pepper suits the lads wore on the cover.

I knew Michigan Boy would get that one in a heartbeat. OK Smarty Jones... Do you know who does the voice of Tony the Tiger ("They're Grr-rr-eat!")? What else has he done? Kalamazoo is a great town. I spent a lot of my summers as a kid up near Dowagiac (Zeke's is an awesome beer bar there), and we'd make it over to Kalamazoo once in a while.

You're serving up meatballs. Leo Gorcey and Ghandi were included in the shoot, but were painted out of the final version of the cover. John also wanted to include Hitler and the Nazz himself, and the Nazz would have made the cut had John not made the infamous 'bigger than Jesus' statement shortly before the album's release. Here's a Pepper meatball for you: From where did John get the inspiration for "Good Morning Good Morning"?

There is no telling what Tex is hiding. But, it can safely be assumed that chickens are somehow involved.

Have a great B-Day, Soxy!

Yes, but don't tell Dick Seargent.

There is only one Darrin Stevens...?

Plus, like Steve Martin, I'm still pissed at Farrah even after all these years... "She never called me even once... and to think of all teh time I spent holding up her poster with ONE HAND..."

Not as much as it's gonna suck to have to wait until 2006 (!?!) for the last season. That can't possibly be a smart move by HBO if that really is the plan.

That would be pretty huge as far as the future direction of the team. I hope you are right.

Everybody's got something to hide - except for me and my monkey.

As BE GOOD noted, there is a technical glitch that logs people on as anon. by default as well. One of the computers I post on retains my login info but regularly logs me on as anon., despite that option's checkbox not being clicked. I tried to figure out the issue but gave up after a bit because it doesn't seem all that important.

Yeah, it turns out it was a stunningly bad idea. But except for the less than 9% of the US population who are still trying desparately to believe the "few bad apples/fraternity pranks" storyline, it has become clear that documenting the abuse was part of the orders, really f***ing dumb though the orders were.

The ban is NOT on image recording devices in the prisons, it is on all US army installations in Iraq. The first sentence of the clip: "MOBILE phones fitted with digital cameras have been banned in US army installations in Iraq."

The great thing about being a filmmaker is that you can decide what story you want to tell. I think the topics you mention are monumentally important avenues of inquiry that someone should try to follow up on. It won't be Michael Moore, because he has his own axes to grind. Moore will be first and foremost in telling you he is not interested in being unbiased. At the same time, the paucity of libel suits against him tells you that he's not making up his facts, he's just using them very selectively in support of his own viewpoints. He would be a very bad scientist, but he's a very good documentary storyteller and that's what he has chosen to be.