2007-06-13T17:55:00.000-07:00

Top Ten Reasons Barack Obama does not seek the vice president slot of the ticket.

10. Thinks the Admiral's House is nice, but wants to try out that pad on Pennsylvania Avenue.

2006-06-01T09:42:00.000-07:00

hen "The Beatles Anthology" first aired on November 19, 1995, I eagerly anticipated hearing a new Beatles song. They played "Free As a Bird" at the end of the first installment and I recognized the song as one Lennon had recorded a bleak demo for years earlier. I had never heard the song, but had read the lyrics. I wasn't disappointed. The accompanying video was a thrill to watch and like many others, I watched the VCR for days trying to find all the references to other Beatles songs. Here is that video, followed by what I believe is a fairly complete list to the references.

partial mix of the original song. Other versions of the film only play the audio from the final
:01 - Bird flying. The flapping of the wings sounds like the intro to the original version of
  "Across the Universe".  The entire concept of flying in the whole video could be taken
  to represent "Flying."
1:06 - Strawberry Field ("Strawberry Fields Forever")
1:18 - Eggman appears ("I Am the Walrus")
1:27 - Children run by holding hands ("Lady Madonna" is most likely, but "I Wanna Hold Your
       Hand" is another possibility.)
1:33 - Pretty nurse selling poppies from tray ("Penny Lane")
1:42 - Barber shop, with pictures of every head he's had the pleasure to know, including the
   Fab Four ("Penny Lane")
1:45 - Woman appears in plastic-appearing coat ("Polythene Pam,") and her companion in the white
   coat is "Sexy Sadie."
1:47 - Sign on wall reads "Help" ("Help!")
1:49 - Boy holds up hand to whisper to girl ("Do You Want to Know a Secret?")
1:53 - Couple kissing in car ("Why Don't We Do It  In The Road?")
2:02 - Birthday cake ("Birthday")
2:02 - Cake has a 6 and a 4 on it ("When I'm Sixty-Four")
2:13 - George walks into office (In reality, Apple headquarters) with sign that reads "Dr. Robert"
   ("Dr. Robert")
2:22 - John in crowd scene at car wreck, craning neck while others turn away ("A Day in the Life")
2:27 - Fire engine ("Penny Lane")
2:29 - Policemen in a row ("I Am the Walrus")
2:32 - Fireman ("Penny Lane")
2:38 - Helter Skelter slide (It looks like a lighthouse, but you can see the slide circling the
   building. "Helter Skelter," of course.)
2:38 - Kite ("Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite")
2:42 - Children run by in pig masks ("Piggies")
2:43 - Someone enters house through window from ladder ("She Came in Through the Bathroom Window")
2:51 - Writer working at desk ("Paperback Writer")
3:08 - Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II sits on floor ("Her Majesty")
3:08 - Copy of Daily Mail on table ("Paperback Writer")
3:08 - Box of Savoy Truffles sits on table (kind of hard to make out, but that's what it says:
   "Savoy Truffle")
3:10 - Picture of Chairman Mao in window ("Revolution")
3:13 - Workers repairing hole in roof ("Fixing a Hole")
3:13 - Blue Meanie pops his head through hole (the film "Yellow Submarine")
3:18 - Newspaper taxi appears ("Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds")
3:22 - Woman leaves home ("She's Leaving Home")
3:22 - Picture of Mao being carried across street ("Revolution")
3:22 - John and Yoko waltz by representing "The Ballad of John and Yoko."
3:23 - Blue Meanie pops head up from out of sewer (the film "Yellow Submarine")
3:25 - Magical Mystery Tour bus passes in far background (Hard to see, but it's there)
3:31 - Big game hunter leads procession, including elderly lady and elephant, out of party ("The
       Continuing Adventures of Bungalow Bill," who always went hunting with his elephant and gun
   and always took his mum.)
3:49 - H.G. Wells and Lawrence of Arabia from "Sgt Pepper" cover chat (I know other guests are
   supposed to be rest of people on the cover, but they aren't as clearly identifiable as
   these two)
3:50 - Sun through panes in roof (It's the only intentional shot of the sun in the whole video.
   It could be meant to represent "Here Comes the Sun," "Sun King," "Good Day Sunshine" or
   "I'll Follow the Sun.")
3:53 - Statue in cemetery turns head (Statue could be of the Madonna("Lady Madonna") or could be
   Mother Mary ("Let It Be")
3:58 - Eleanor Rigby headstone ("Eleanor Rigby")
4:00 - Priest walks from grave ("Eleanor Rigby")
4:01 - Sheepdog runs through cemetery ("Martha My Dear")
4:04 - Long and winding road in background ("The Long and Winding Road")
4:05 - Paul romps on hill ("The Fool on the Hill")
4:06 - Car heads up long and winding road ("Drive My Car")
4:12 - Crosswalk from the cover of "Abbey Road"
4:14 - Meter maid with bag across her shoulder steps onto curb ("Lovely Rita."  She's definitely
   wearing a uniform and carrying a little white book.)
4:30 - Beatles walk into theater (taken from "A Hard Days Night")

2006-02-01T10:53:00.000-08:00

So, what did Bush have to say about wiretaps just last year?

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2005-08-28T01:26:00.000-07:00

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