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Now watching Get Back on Disney+. This is essentially a 9 hr fly on the wall documentary pieced together by Peter Jackson from audio and video recordings made over the course of 3 weeks in 1969 while the Beatles were writing and rehearsing for a planned live TV "come back" performance. If you are a Beatles fan, or are curious about a glimpse into what was essentially the final days of an iconic band, this is a must see. I am 1/3 of the way through, and am totally fascinated. A couple of observations: - Paul & John absolutely drive this bus, with George and Ringo (in particular) as passengers. George even gets off the bus at one point, quitting the band about a week into the project. - Yoko...ugh - Very cool watching them work through the early stages of what will become all-time classic songs. The scene where Paul is working out Let It Be on the piano, and the fact that it's portrayed primarily as background audio while the main scene is John and the director discussing stage options for the live performance, is amazing. I was like "People! He is writing Let It Be RIGHT NOW and no one cares!" Great stuff

Like a million little doorways All the choices we made All the stages we passed through All the roles we played So many different directions Our separate paths might have turned With every door that we opened Every bridge that we burned

I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill On Blueberry Hill, when I found you

Hello, I love you, won't you tell me your name? Hello, I love you, let me jump in your game

+1 on this right here. On 1st & Goal from the 6, if he bounces outside he walks into endzone. Instead he cuts back in and right into the arms of the D...and since none of our RBs can break a tackle, it's now 2nd & Goal from the 6 (followed by a sack, followed by an incomplete. followed by a missed FG)

All is for the best Believe in what we're told Blind men in the market Buying what we're sold

There are places I'll remember All my life though some have changed Some forever, not for better Some have gone and some remain All these places have their moments With lovers and friends I still can recall Some are dead and some are living In my life I've loved them all

Play of light A photograph The way I used to be Some half forgotten stranger Doesn't mean that much to me Trick of light Moving picture Moments caught in flight Make the shadows darker Or the colors shine too bright

I had no desire to watch the new "in season" version of Hard Knocks on HBO, but happened to catch part of the episode that featured the Bills game. As much as I hated that game, I gotta say that I love Frank Reich. There was a scene where he was eating dinner the night before the game with Bruce Smith and Steve Tasker, and what he said about the talk he was going to give his team that night was maybe the greatest bit of Hard Knocks I've ever seen. Frank gets it, knows what matters and what doesn't, and comes across as a genuine guy. Hard Knocks in general...meh. Frank Reich on Hard Knocks? A+

We're on the train to Bangkok Aboard the Thailand Express We'll hit the stops along the way We only stop for the best

Red rain is coming down Red rain Red rain is pouring down Pouring down all over me

And the earth becomes my throne I adapt to the unknown Under wandering stars I've grown By myself, but not alone I ask no one

Head-first humanity pause at a light then flow through the streets of the city

And I ran, I ran so far away I just ran, I ran all night and day I couldn't get away

Silver lining for me is that all of the "championship caliber team" talk can finally stop and we can just sit back and see how this team responds to their "average-ness". While I haven't quite slipped back into my No Expectations mode, I can see it from here.

I'm ready for love Oh baby I'm ready for love Ready for love Oh baby I'm ready for love Yeah

Young enough not to care too much About the way things used to be I'm young enough to remember the future The past has no claim on me I'm old enough not to care too much About what you think of me But I'm young enough to remember the future The way things ought to be

I had an "in" with the people who ran GFCC security, so I was able to see most concerts between 1980-82 by "working security" until heading off to college. Also worked all the Red Wings games. Fun times.

Very interesting for 2 reasons. 1. I was also at that concert, great seats 10 rows back on the floor. 2. My first live concert was the first concert ever at the Glens Falls Civic Center - The Beach Boys, May 1979. First of many many many concerts at that small venue

Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel Was just a freight train coming your way

The night is black Without a moon The air is thick and still The vigilantes gather on The lonely torchlit hill

The fawn-eyed girl with sun-browned legs Dances on the edge of his dream And her voice rings in his ears Like the music of the spheres

Longest 4th quarter ever.

I hate that f’ing AWS commercial.

Lovers forever, face-to-face My city, your mountains Stay with me, stay I need you to love me I need you today Give to me your leather Take from me my lace