
Thinking about those beans… @joab_jackson
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Of the so many things to love about The Belmonts’ (sans Dion) 1972 album “Cigars, Acappella, Candy” is how it totally outs George Harrison for ripping off “He’s so Fine” by interpolating it with “My Sweet Lord” so you can’t unhear it. Four years before the lawsuit too.
"It is a dismaying aspect of the Irish bike tramp's lot that even the most epic of journeys tend to run out of road after three or four hours." -- Kevin Barry, "Chuck Murphy's Last Run" @NYerFiction, 2026-10-19
“…even a selected display of one’s early work will be a naked history of one’s struggle to receive an education in economics and love.”—#JohnCheever “The Stories of John Cheever,” #Preface @strandbookstore $10 #OutOfPrint #NewEnglandFiction #LiteraryFiction #ShortStories #Quotes – at Brooklyn, NY
(17) “The Sorrows of Gin”
“Amy went out onto the terrace and looked at the sky, but it was not very cloudy, it wouldn’t rain, and his advice, like all advice he gave her, was superfluous.”
#JohnCheever #Quote
My mind is boggled by the fact that this song wasn't a massive hit in 1969 #Wool "Any Way That You Want Me" youtube.com/watch?v=4RUVgPAp…
You know your in an alternate world when Buffy Sainte Marie’s version of “The Circle Game” plays on the radio rather than Judy Collins’, which was the hit version youtu.be/80_Qj14-fd0?feature…
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” was revenge for Sharon Tate. It was alternative world where Charlie Manson's freaks didn't kill her and she lived out the life destined for her.
I’m partial to Amy, it’s her song, but damn Mick tears it up … youtu.be/5AQUzew_jaw?is=EIAE…
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“…with what we were told would be not only Mike Love’s last concert but the Beach Boys as well.”
THE BEACH BOYS HAVE OFFICIALLY ENDED: SEPTEMBER 15TH 1961 - OCTOBER 11TH 2026
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Thinking about the time Chris Thile sat on the sidewalk with a 10 year old named Sierra Hull and jammed for 2 hours after a gig wyd 🐐🐐
“Hadn’t she ended up ahead?
Wouldn’t her anger finally lose its urgency, every conversation no longer a fresh report from the scene of woundedness.” — Emma Cline, “The Blight” @NewYorker 2026-07-16
Alternate universe: John quits the Beatles who hire Jeff Lynne as a replacement. They go back out on the road by 1972 youtu.be/uAMRSaSkJfI?si=CfGN…








