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| Thursday, February 23rd, 2006 | |||
| 9:39 am | GONE, YET STILL HERE  Looking for me? Why, I might well arsk.Eppylover The Christine has been permanently ensconced in LiveJournal for some time, since time is a factor. Go to eppylover's journal for latest news and garbage (mostly garbage), and go to eppylover's userinfo for updated personal and LJ info, and Brian Epsteiny linkomania. Am currently yet slowly working on my own Brian Epstein Community, but for now I'm still posting on (actually monopolizing) another peoples MBE Cellarful of Noise community at Mr Brian Epstein One of my fave communities ~ BeatlePics Posts of mine that I've been told are worth ...something... Why Are You A Brian Fan? Writty comprisition regardless the husbandry of Eppylover the Christine | ||
| Monday, March 7th, 2005 | |||
| 8:27 pm | Signatures = 23,760
In those days, mothers were routinely put under general anesthesia for childbirth. Nobody else on either side of the family had ever had red hair that anyone could remember. Subsequently, when the nurse handed the baby to her mother for the first time after awakening, Mother handed her back to the nurse with the statement, "This can't be my baby," and made the nurse take her away. Later, the nurse returned and in a troubled voice said, "I'm sorry, but we checked it out thoroughly, and this baby is yours." ...And thus the tone was set for the rest of the child's life. | ||
When Eppylover's mother was growing up, their family milkman had a redheaded son named Andy. Andy always had a giant crush on Mother. When Mother got married, Andy became the family milkman. Although everyone knew better (Eppylover had too many of her father's looks and traits), many relatives and friends "did the math," and hilarity ensued. A few years later the family was obliged to trim their budget, and milk delivery was discontinued. Many years passed, and when Eppylover was in her teens, dairy delivery services were going the way of the horse-and-buggy, and word came that Andy's business was going down the tubes. Mother took pity, and for a short time the family had milk delivery again. The following year another red-headed child was born, a boy who looked like a rerun of Eppylover. Rerun the hilarity. He grew up to be very tall and thin, while Eppylover is very short and chubby. However, they both have the same coloring, and look very funny standing together.
I do not know whatever became of Andy the milkman.
Nazi Germany's official position regarding jazz music, circa 1938 [adamkempa]
This is not a fake.
The Who / Beach Boys Mash-Ups [adamkempa]
Not anywhere near as cool as the Revolved music mashes ... But here's a link just in case you wanna hear it anyway.
And the OMFG award goes to:
The Boners of Batman!
With all the talk about the Batpole and the Batcave, I'm not surprised to see Batman discussing boners with the Boy Wonder. But The Joker?
Remember when the word "boner" meant a stupid mistake? Authentic original frames of old Batman comics give the old term a brand new lease on life! (It took me a long time to read these few panels because I had to keep wiping my eyes. And my stomach hurts now. Damn!)
Click on over to: Longmire for a bunch of them.
FAG
Speaking of Valentine's Day ...
For those of us who do not care for this holiday ... or even those who do ...
I think you're gonna like this ... I think ...
♥
"valentines day"
a short film
All I know is, I laughed so hard at some parts my glasses fogged up (Especially when he compares Valentine's Day to Xmas). I love watching this guy's expressions!
♥the Epstein family forever...
♥ February 14, 1843 ♥
 | The general concept of Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite was developed from a poster that John saw. All of the characters (Pablo Fanque, the Hendersons) are derived from this poster, which now hangs in Sean Lennon's bedroom. John found the poster in an antique shop in Knole Park while filming the Strawberry Fields video. John took an immediate fancy to the poster and bought it. |
from Steph & Mom
When Brian was "on" he had an amazing sense of humour, and when Brian would come into the room with the four Beatles it was Brian who was the star. He would light up the room.
He was very good-looking, very well dressed and had this infectious smile. He was filled with witticisms and he could be very funny, and when he started to get funny he became outrageously funny. He was such an iconoclast and nothing was sacred to him.
Then again, when it went the other way, it really went the other way. He was a full roller-coaster ride on any visit.
(Quote from Nat Weiss, The Brian Epstein Story by Debbie Geller, page 111)
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eppylover note: I like to use Nat's quote because I get sick and tired of the constant "sad pitiful pervert" image perpetuated everywhere, hammered into our heads by all the media. Brian Epstein was just as happy a dude as anyone else, a lot of the time. He had his bad times, too; probably worse than a lot of other people, but unfortunately it came with the territory of being a misunderstood genius.
It's just that I'm sure he would never have wanted to be remembered the way he's now remembered.
February 9
1961 -- This was the first time the group played The Cavern under the name of The Beatles. The club would become forever associated with the group. This was a humble beginning to the saga - an unadvertised lunchtime session. George arrived in blue jeans, which were banned from the club, but fortunately he was able to convince the bouncer, Paddy Delaney, that he was part of the act. The club was small - each of the three vaulted arches was only five chairs wide -and airless, but it was free of violence despite the tightly packed audiences.
...John had first played The Cavern in August 1957 when The Quarry Men were a skiffle band, and skiffle was seen as an adjunct of jazz, but under the new management of Ray McFall, the venue had now adopted a broader booking policy.
1964 -- February 9, 1964 will be remembered as the day the Beatles made their first appearance on American television on the Ed Sullivan Show.
In front of a studio audience of just 728, this legendary performance set broadcasting history by being beamed to 23,240,000 homes, reaching an estimated 73 million people ... and it grabbed a record breaking 72.7% of the market share in the ratings!
The unlikely team of Brian Epstein and Ed Sullivan catapulted the boys' popularity into outer space with a mania that would last throughout the decade and continue forever after that.
Brian then had his boys pre-record another appearance on Sullivan's show to air on February 16, when they'd be back home in England.
( (a couple of pictures ~ and the story) )
Click Here for a page of memories from people who
saw that show the first time it was broadcast!
 | PLEASE CLICK AND SIGN FOR BRIAN www.brianepstein.com ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ So far, the combined on-line and hardcopy petitions contain a total of 23,644 signatures |
christine~_________________________
(Always on the lookout for Epstein photos)
MACCA!
 Mama sez: I Hate Football And All Sports... But Loved The Halftime Show! |  Quote from  teafieldPlease, Paul. Don't do like that. I've seen enough. |
 | There is a section in the Hall of Fame specifically for "Non-Performers" - and Brian is NOT in it. He has been ignored every year since he was eligible. Make no mistake - it was the Beatles that had the talent. But without Brian's skills and tireless endeavors - for all their stunning talent - the Beatles would never have made it outside of Liverpool. Not in the Britain of the early 60's. And that's the absolute conviction of George Martin, Derek Taylor, Klaus Voorman, Alistair Taylor, Sid Bernstein, Robert Freeman, Walter Shenson, Billy J. Kramer, Ray Coleman and everyone else in a position to really know. Please join George Martin and over 20,000 other admirers - by signing the petition to respectfully urge the Hall Of Fame to correct this oversight. And please encourage every Beatles fan you know to do the same. Please Click Here to Sign For Brian . Thank you |
www.brianepstein.com
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So far, the combined on-line and hardcopy petitions
contain a total of 23,623 signatures
We need at least 100,000!
Here's an essay written on this subject: RRHOF - Why won't more people care-
Current Mood: Seeking Justice
Current Music: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
CLICKIZZLE DIS LOGOIZZLE
(yeah I MEANT to sound like a stupid white bitchizzle)
TODAY IN BRIAN EPSTEIN HISTORY
February 4
1965 -- Shepperton Film Studios. Brian tele-recording for `Hullabaloo'. -- Maclen (Music) Limited, publishing company for Lennon and McCartney, is incorporated, with Brian one of its opening directors.
1966 -- Garrick Theatre, London. George and Pattie, with Brian, see the play `Little Malcolm And His Struggle Against The Eunuchs'.
1967 -- Manager Gordon Mills considers Epstein's offer for a Tom Jones season at the Saville Theatre. -- Brian is set for a holiday in Mexico next month. -- A Rolls-Royce Phantom V is the last Brian's pride and joy. -- In a new ruling at the Saville Theatre, comperes must not mention Epstein's name.
Current Mood: Amuse-izzled
Current Music: Steph's friend playing Zelda 4 Swords
Current Mood: Sack Religious
Current Music: Eddie Izzard
Have been perusing my 33-1/3 rpm (vinyl) LP collection, because I received a record player for Xmas! It also has a built-in CD player, cassette player, and AM/FM radio.
(I just remembered I never posted it)
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Forgot how many great sounds I'd been missing all these years!
My two full shelves of 60's vintage records RULE.
The only other thing I got for Xmas was the Family Guy Freakin' Sweet Collection, and Vol. 1 Seasons 1 & 2 of Family Guy. But that's plenty -- Xmas is for kids, anyway.
Current Mood: satisfied
Before March, we may just start another Blurty under another, more appropriate name. Steph is considering starting one of her own, in which case I might call mine "THE EPPY CENTER" (insert chuckle here)
 | christine (![[info]](http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} eppylover) wrote in ![[info]](http://stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} mrbrianepstein,@ 2005-01-27 21:51:00 |
Click the pic for Full Story!!!
Current Mood: starkified & tres amusified
OMG! This is really hilarious, hahaha, I love a good satire! Huh? Are you telling me this is not a parody or spoof? Hey, not even Fundamentalists can be this absurd! Oh, they can ... ???
Well, it's still funny and I am laughing rather than getting upset in any way! After all, even if you ARE a rightwing ultraconservative Xtian asshole zealot, how can someone who had lived through these times (I'm waving here) even think of taking any of this word-vomit seriously? Especially when most of the facts, figures, dates, etc. are wrong, wrong, wrong! Just one Brian-related example:
" ... The same demons that made Captain Smith say 'Not even God can sink my ship' spoke from antichrist John Lennon (from Liverpool, base port to the Titanic) saying: 'Christianity is on the go. It will vanish and shrink. We are more popular than Jesus and Pope'.... That was the day that GOD'S CURSE fell upon the Beatles and upon the world of Rock.
One week after that statement, ONLY ONE WEEK LATER, Brian Epstein, forger of the Beatle farce, died from an overdose.* From then on, the Beatles began to get involved in false religions and beliefs and started to preach them to the world.
Came the disintegration of the Beatles' minds with LSD which has caused, among others, schizophrenic lyrics such as "I am the Walrus" and incoherent schizophrenic musical expositions such as "Revolution number 9".
John Lennon's divorce followed, as well as his entering the world of black magic, as deeply as to buy the apartment where the "Rosemary's baby" had been filmed, previous property of Roman Polansky, and in that same apartment John Lennon had a room upholstered with black silk where he used to do his black magic operations. ... "
*The blow-up of John's "anti-Christ" statement in the U.S. was AUGUST 1966. If you're too lazy to confirm this over the hundreds of websites or books available, please note that I personally remember that happening, as it was just a few days before we attended the Beatles' concert in Detroit!
Brian's death was AUGUST 27, 1967. The radio shot me with that bullet the day after our high school band returned from Michigan State University band camp.
So, HELLO. How does 1 year = 1 week, repeated in all caps for emphasis?
Good heavens. Anybody even vaguely familiar with the Beatles can find several places where history was twisted to suit the writer's fancy. Even if you, dear reader, ARE a religiously intolerant, superstitious homophobic with tunnel-vision and a unibrow, even YOU can see that this entire article is loaded with such obvious lies, that it must be taken with an entire shaker of salt ... no, wait, how about the entire Morton Company?
Believe me, the whole article is so far out ... it *is* funny! Click here:
>The Beatles caused the disintegration of mankind
Indymedia Estrecho - AndalucÃa,Ceuta y Melilla,Spain
Oh Gee Whiz and Golly Gosh. I just HAD to share this goodie. It made my day!
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Arrogant Worms "Jesus' Brother Bob"
Lithuanian emigrants have spread their influence far and wide around the world. Among those who are either from Lithuania themselves, from the Baltic States, or whose parents are either from Lithuania were/are:
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Conductor Nemi Jarvee,
Actor Charles Bronson,
The Three Stooges, Moe Howard, Shemp Howard and Curly Howard,
American composer Aaron Copland,
Pope John Paul II's mother, ...
... and the Grandfather of Beatle's manager Brian Epstein, Isaac Epstein, who was founder of the furniture store chain Epstein's ... which eventually spawned NEMS.
Here's a website containing many other facts about Lithuania ... including a little recipe at the bottom. Enjoy.
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Click:
Brian Epstein
Of course, it may be a fake, but ...
Current Mood: SQUEEEE!!!