Mike: I saw the ‘Lennon’ play before I came over here and Our Kid comes out of it a wet and rather weedy character, which is absolute bullshit, you know.
Int: Not long after John died, I heard that at a showing of ‘Let It Be’, the audience booed Paul…
Mike: Tragic. That really is tragic because you’ll never know how what sort of love they had for each other. You didn'tneed to put it into words. So it’s sad. And I found the ‘Lennon’ thing, the ‘Lennon’ play in Liverpool, it’s equally sad in the fact that it wasn’t like that for one. They had a healthy regard for each other. John, in his own inimitable style, was like a brother in many respects…trying to tell Our Kid things and communicate with all his things, but you know, Johnny chose, ‘cause that’s the way he was, to put it in public. He chose to wash his dirty linen in public. But you’ll notice Our Kid never answered back, never replied because just as John has his right to do it his way, Our Kid also has his right to do it his way. But it doesn’t mean just 'cause you don’t get in a ring that you’re not–it doesn’t mean that you’re a coward.
Poor Lestrade. He puts up with a lot 😂
“Over the years, whenever Paul has been asked to talk about John, he usually ends up saying that John was a lovely guy. Well I’ve seen John be funny, I’ve seen him be witty, I’ve seen him be sarcastic, but I’ve never really seen him be lovely.
-Peter Jackson, on John Lennon in Get Back
“I become whoever I’m with. And so, if I’m with a mad man, I become mad.
- John Lennon, 1975
Anathema, "I'm looking for a beast"
Adam, "Hello"
Anathema, "A kid with a beast"
Adam, "Hello"
Anathema, "An evil kid with a fearsome, hideous beast"
Adam, "Hello"
(That's where my mind is right now, anyhow 🤣)
It just struck me how incredibly hard it must've been for Paul, George, and Ringo in the studio when they heard John's voice coming out of that tape deck singing "I know it's true"--
--I mean, it's hard enough on me and I'm just a second generation-era Beatles fan.
My new favorite music video of all time. Glad I'm not the crying type 'cause I'd be bawling.
Ugh my heart right now: 💔💔💔
I took a train round trip from Chicago IL to WV to see my bff in 2015 and enjoyed every second of it. And I was quite pregnant, too. Trains are fantastic!
“Nobody’s going to want to sit on high-speed rail for fifteen hours to get from New York City to LA.”
Me. I will sit on high-speed rail for fifteen hours. I’ll sit on it for days. I’ll write and read and nap and eat and then do it all over again. I’ll stare out the windows and see America from ground level and not have to drive. I’ll see the Rockies and the deserts and cornfields and the Mississippi River and your house and yours and yours too. I’ll make up stories in my head about the small towns I see as we go along. I’ll see the states I’ve yet to see because driving or flying there is a fucking slog and expensive to boot. I’ll enjoy the ride as much as the destination. And then I’ll do it all over again to come the fuck home.