I was at a Chinese restaurant today reading the Chinese Zodiac placemat to pass the time while waiting for my extra spicy Szechuan chicken to arrive at my table when I decided to check the Zodiac signs for The Beatles (yes as you can tell by the ridiculous amount of posts I’ve been making about [...]

I bought a Martin DX1 Acoustic Guitar after reading a lot about what a great deal they are (a Martin guitar without the Martin price) and reading a lot of really positive customer reviews (in fact out of the dozens of reviews I found for the guitar I don’t think I read a single negative [...]

The Beatles Stereo Box Set is currently sold out on Amazon (although it is available at a store called Collectors Choice Music) but you can essentially make your own stereo box set by buying all of the individual parts (save for the box itself and the DVD of the mini documentaries which are included on [...]

With an artist of Bob Dylan’s stature (and who has released as many albums as he has, 33 studio albums thus far) it can sometimes be difficult for new listeners to know where to start. Often times people start with greatest hits albums and I suppose that can be a decent way to dip your [...]

According to this message on the official Oasis website Noel Gallagher has quit Oasis following an “altercation” with his brother Liam Gallagher (the band’s lead singer) prior to a concert (which was then canceled) in Paris last night. He wrote the following: “”It’s with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit [...]

Today would have been Michael Jackson’s 51st birthday as he was born on August 29, 1958 but as everyone knows, Jackson died just over two months ago on June 25, 2009. Since his death Jackson has been selling albums at an extremely fast pace. He was at #1 on the UK album charts for 8 [...]

Picking up where I left off (2003) with my series on three great albums released in each year working my way backwards from 2007. As I’ve said in my previous posts in this series, I’m not claiming these are the three best albums (I’m not sure I really believe in the term “best” to describe [...]

With The Beatles Mono Box Set now sold out on Amazon & Collectors Choice Music and with no news on when (if?) more copies will be available, I’m thinking there could end up being a market on eBay with people selling these box sets (probably at outrageous prices.) EDIT: It’s now 9/1/09 and Collectors Choice [...]

As anyone who is at all familiar with The Beatles knows; all four Beatles smoked marijuana and used LSD and as you can imagine they have been quoted many times on how they feel about these drugs over the years. In this post I attempt to collect as many of those quotes as I can. [...]

A couple of weeks ago The Beatles Mono Box Set sold out on Amazon (they still don’t have any in stock) and as of today the Beatles Remastered Stereo Box Set is also sold out there too. Like with my recommendation with the Beatles Mono Box Set, I suggest that you go to Collector’s Choice [...]