paul mccartney
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Paul McCartney and the Love Mojis
Ah, well, what do you do after you’ve conquered the music industry on vinyl, CDs, and digital downloads; mastered the rock-and-roll film; released an oratorio; recorded a James Bond theme; composed the most covered song of all time; and completely dominated the making-mashed-potatoes-video genre? What does one do after climbing Everest AND landing on the moon… Continue reading
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Paul McCartney Is Number One (Cue Backlash)
Poor Paul. If you’ve been around the blog for a while, you know my affection for the guy. It’s so easy to like John and George and Ringo. Paul? Everyone wants to take a stance on him, and by that I mean to take a stance against him and his music. Too sappy! Too sweet!… Continue reading
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Embrace Your Inner Beatle! “I’m So Tired”
Back to coins for this week’s randomizing method. Seven quick flips to allow the gods of genius and creativity to have their say, and… Oh gods. Excellent choice. But are you feeling okay? Feeling droopy? Has the work of inspiring creativity gotten you down? Or are you just admiring one of John’s favorite songs? In any… Continue reading
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The Tao of the Beatles: “Lady Madonna”
Hail Muse! O ye gods of genius and creativity! Give us a random Beatles song from our randomly chosen random generator… this time we drop an Artemisia stem onto our random Beatles-song selector…and… Oh boy! Our first real Paul song. Oh, I know, we had “The End,” but this is the first full-blown, get out… Continue reading
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The Beatles and You: Finding Inspiration in Abbey Road’s “The End”
Ugh, my big plans for the blog this year have run into some real-life snags. More posts soon, I promise! On the other hand, I’ve been enjoying this trip through the Beatles catalog and exploring the genius and creativity behind it. So here we go with another spin of our Jacke Wilson Randomizer… the wheel… Continue reading
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Embrace Your Inner Beatle! (“I Am The Walrus”)
Whoa. The dice tumble, the dial spins…and the gods have chosen! Oh, ye gods. What a sense of humor you have. A work of genius? Yes. It’s a big one this time. A landmark in weird, mindblowing creativity. In context, maybe the strangest song ever written, and yes, I’m including Revolution 9 in that calculus.… Continue reading
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Embrace Your Inner Beatle! Nowhere Man by John Lennon
THE SELECTION Aha! This week we use the perfect randomizer: four spins of a Life board game dial. Szzzzzzzzz-tika-tika-tika…. and the gods of creativity have chosen! NOWHERE MAN (LENNON-MCCARTNEY, RUBBER SOUL) Oh, wow. Once again, the gods seem to have looked out for themselves. Here’s another divinely inspired song, or at least divinely delivered. More… Continue reading
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Embrace Your Inner Beatle! Long, Long, Long by George Harrison
EXPLORING THE TAO TE BEATLES As with your consultations of the I Ching, trust the gods to select the song to serve as the basis for your creative contemplation. Close eyes. Breathe deep. Open eyes. Work out elaborate system to guarantee randomness that is harder than hell to actually get right. Fill Post-Its with numbers. Throw out. Try… Continue reading
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Christmas with the Beatles!
Some great feedback on the latest episode of The Jacke Wilson Show is coming in. Many thanks to all my listeners! I’m so glad you’re enjoying it, and I hope to have another episode up soon. Until then, check out the Podcast page for the backlog. Now for some true audio (and visual) pleasure. Christmas with… Continue reading