Consumos web. 09/25/2024

• Oasis Definitely Maybe artwork 'will live forever'

  "Another one to look at is the Arnolfini Portrait by [15th-Century artist] Jan Van Eyck. It's in the [later] style of Flemish Renaissance art where the images are littered with visual metaphors." Where the enigmatic oil painting featured slippers, a dog and oranges, the Oasis cover, shot by photographer Michael Spencer Jones, included footballers Rodney Marsh and George Best, musician Burt Bacharach, a pink flamingo and a packet of Benson and Hedges cigarettes.

  tags: iconografía música lp oasis historia de el arte

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Consumos web. 09/12/2024

• Dhani Harrison preps for band's debut release

  "I did everything I could to not be a musician," Harrison told Billboard.com. "I went to university (Brown), I worked as a designer, I competed in Olympic sport (rowing) ... and I ended up being a musician. It's in the DNA, I guess."

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• The Story Behind “Girl” by The Beatles and How They Pushed the Boundaries with Some Lyrical Naughtiness

  Paul McCartney told author Barry Miles, “My main memory is that John wanted to hear the breathing, wanted it to be very intimate, so George Martin put a special compressor on the voice, then John dubbed it. … It was always amusing to see if we could get a naughty word on the record: ‘fish and finger pie,’ ‘pr–k teaser,’ ‘tit tit tit tit.’

  tags: Beatles beatlesongs beatlegear beatlehistory

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Consumos web. 08/05/2024

• Uta de Naumburgo, la dama medieval detrás de la madrastra de Blancanieves

  Lo cierto es que el nazismo había adoptado a Uta como prototipo de la mujer alemana, mientras que, en el caso masculino, el Jinete de Bamberg, una escultura a tamaño natural de un hombre rasurado y de porte regio, era el mayor exponente del varón de raza aria.

  tags: nazismo iconografía

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Consumos web. 07/02/2024

• Google estudió el comportamiento de la generación Z: lo que ha descubierto es alarmante

  No quieren ver cosas que les obliguen a pensar demasiado o que les alteren emocionalmente. Si tienen un objetivo, según Jigsaw, es aprender lo que necesitan saber para mantener la calma y la conversación en los grupos sociales que eligen.

  tags: decadencia cultural

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Consumos web. 06/04/2024

• Drive My Car: The Beatles’ Road Incidents – The Daily Beatle

  Apart from their obvious love of music, each of The Beatles had an eye for nice cars. While they were together, the Fab Four owned more than forty different automobiles.

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  • Apart from their obvious love of music, each of The Beatles had an eye for nice cars. While they were together, the Fab Four owned more than forty different automobiles.

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Consumos web. 05/31/2024

• Ringo pub for sale – The Daily Beatle

  However, the plan was not to reopen the pub, but to turn it into a Beatles souvenir shop, making the whole building Beatles themed.

  tags: Beatles beatleplaces beatlealbums RingoStarr

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Consumos web. 05/29/2024

• The passing of Dennis Littler – The Daily Beatle

  When Paul, John and George started rehearsing their own group at Aunty Ginny’s they actually looked up to us…They even pleaded to join us. We turned them down flat-too young and too inexperienced. They were all still at school.

  tags: Beatles beatlehistory beatlepeople

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Consumos web. 05/26/2024

• Ted “Kingsize” Taylor – The Daily Beatle

  Nicknamed because of his size, the 6.5 ft (2.0 m) Kingsize was born Edward William Taylor, on the 12th of November 1939, in Crosby, Liverpool. The Dominoes were originally formed in North Liverpool, in 1957, from a skiffle group called the Sinners.

  tags: Beatles beatlehistory beatlepeople

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Consumos web. 05/25/2024

• Ken Mansfield – The Daily Beatle

  In 1967 when the Beatles decided to form their own corporation, they turned to Mansfield to run their record division and named him the U.S. Manager of Apple Records, beginning in 1968.

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Consumos web. 05/23/2024

• Geoff Wonfor – The Daily Beatle

  Geoff Wonfor spent five years working on the eight part documentary series, first televised in 1995, and containing the new Beatles tunes, John Lennon’s “Free As a Bird” and “Real Love”. Wonfor also directed the music video for the latter song, together with Kevin Godley.

  tags: Beatles beatlevideos beatlepeople beatlehistory

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