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  The Beatles Finally 'Let It Be... Naked' on the Internet

  April 3, 2013 – Let It Be... Naked, the stripped down (heh) 2003 re-release of the Beatles' 1970 swan song, just bared it all (heh, heh) for iTunes today (April 3).As the NME points out, the decade-old collection debuted on Apple's iTunes Store with several bonus features, including music videos for the Naked versions of "Get Back" and "Don't Let Me Down," plus notes from radio producer and Beatles historian Kevin Howlett. …
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  John Lennon and George Harrison's 'Magical Mystery' Guitar Up for Auction

  March 21, 2013 – Sure, money can't buy you love, but it can buy you a guitar once played by both John Lennon and George Harrison. Reuters reports that a Vox electric guitar used by the two late Beatles will hit the auction in block in May.Julien's Auctions will offer the custom-built instrument to the highest bidder as part of a "Music Icons" series on May 18 in New York City. According to the Beverly Hills-based auction house,  …
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  Lovely Freda, Beatles' Secretary, Okayed to Use Songs for Documentary

  February 21, 2013 – Locking down rights to a legendary artist's songs for a film is no easy feat — just ask the makers of that André 3000-starring Jimi Hendrix biopic. But director Ryan White just pulled off a major coup: he's gotten permission to use four Beatles songs in his upcoming documentary about the Fab Four's longtime secretary, Freda Kelly.According to the Hollywood Reporter, the film, titled Good Ol’ Freda, will feature "Love Me D …
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  Local Natives' Taylor Rice Rides for Sufjan, Attempts to End the NYC vs. LA Debate

  January 24, 2013 – Full of lush vocal harmonies and ringing guitars, Local Natives' 2010 debut album, Gorilla Manor, had an unmistakably Californian aura. For the follow-up, though, the Los Angeles foursome decamped to Brooklyn to work with the National's Aaron Dessner who co-produced the intricate follow-up, Hummingbird (Frenchkiss), at his home studio. …
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  Marc Maron on Breakup Songs and His New Addiction

  January 10, 2013 – "I'm buying vinyl like it's crack right now," says veteran stand-up comedian and podcast pro Marc Maron, speaking on the phone from his Los Angeles home. "So this is definitely a good time to have this conversation." It's also just about the only time available. …
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  Paul McCartney Affirms Yoko Ono Didn't Break Up the Beatles

  October 29, 2012 – Yoko Ono has gotten a bad rap over the decades from fans who blamed the avant-garde artist, John Lennon's widow, for breaking up the Beatles. For the band that once sang "All You Need Is Love," little love has been lost, either, between Ono and Lennon's longtime songwriting partner, Paul McCartney. …
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  The Beatles' Painted Penises Vandalized at Museum of Liverpool

  October 11, 2012 – "We used to draw in the attic, so we'd draw these werewolves, and tits, and dicks," painter Jonathan Gent has said of his brother's artistic influence on him when they were children. His work "The Beatles in America," which shows a continued interest in painting dicks, is part of the Liverpool Love charity exhibition, which opened on September 25 at the British invaders' hometown Museum of Liverpool. …
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  Watch the Beatles Eat Fish in Unreleased 'Magical Mystery Tour' Clip

  October 2, 2012 – Unreleased video of the Beatles circa 1967 doesn't come around every day, even if it's just footage of them ordering fish and chips while accordion music oompahs in the background. As the BBC reports, arts website The Space is hosting just such a clip, uncovered as the British network was making a new documentary about the Fab Four's 1967 film Magical Mystery Tour. …
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  WATCH: John Lennon Biopic Trailer

  May 14, 2010 – A new trailer has hit the web for Nowhere Boy, the upcoming John Lennon biopic that chronicles his Liverpool upbringing and early Beatle days. Watch it below. …
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  Bow Wow's Twitter Sex, Girls' Gay Porn

  May 13, 2010 – A new Beatles biopic, which re-imagines the Fab Four as zombies, is in the works. Its title: "A Hard Day's Night Of The Living Dead." [Deadline] NSFW: San Francisco's Girls are contributing music to a gay porn movie. "We're changing our band name to 'Boys,' too," said frontman Chris Owens. [Pitchfork] Egyptian-American singer Kareem Salama is on tour performing country music in the Middle East. …
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