On this date in 1964: The Beatles recorded “Eight Days a Week” in 13 takes at EMI Studios in London. It was the first time Lennon and McCartney went into the studio with an incomplete song and then finished it during the recording process.
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John Lennon Gets His Green Card
On This Date, July 27th, in 1976: After being ordered to leave the country more than three years earlier, John Lennon finally received his Green Card and was granted permanent U.S. residency.
New Heroes UK Band Bio By Gail Online Now!
Recently, I was hired by a cool rock band out in LA called Heroes UK to write a bio for their new EP release, Hello Hello. Heroes UK has a fascinating back story and it was a pleasure to work with such cool guys who also make some ass kicking music that doesn’t sound like it came from a can.
The Long and Winding Road Will Never Disappear
On This Date, June 13th in 1970: The Beatles reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the twelfth and last time with “The Long and Winding Road,” which spent two weeks on top. The album from which it was culled, Let It Be, also spent four weeks at the top of the album chart. On a personal note, Let it Be was the first album I ever bought with my own money when I was a kid, and I still have that copy.
Shepard Fairey Celebrates the Spirit of Revolution at May Day Art Show Opening!
All Photos By Geoffrey Dicker
It was as much of a scene outside on Wooster Street as it was inside Deitch Projects Gallery when political-meets-pop street artist Shepard Fairey hosted the May 1st opening for his latest provocative art extravaganza, May Day. In conjunction with Fairey’s recent, hotly topical mural on East Houston Street in NYC, Fairey’s new body of work celebrates the spirit of Revolution with recognizable images of iconic political personae as well legends of the rock and art world – from John Lennon and Yoko Ono and Jean-Michel Basquiat to Joan Jett and John Cage. Continue reading Shepard Fairey Celebrates the Spirit of Revolution at May Day Art Show Opening!