Notes in News Touring, McCartney, Kanye West again? damn!

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Notes in news Music touring, McCartney, Kanye West again, Damn!

No touring for the biggins
According to concert industry sources, Diamond, McCartney, The Eagles, Green Day and Metallica have put visits on hold in Australia because of the bad economy. Who in their right mind would tour now? The economy is so bad ,perhaps small venues, would be better suited for artist's who wanna play for em crowds? Does this mean no tour this upcoming year for Paul McCartney?
Times of India

Kayne West still soaking it meeting Macca
ahh he wanted to play Paul a lil rifff~
He grabbed the former Beatle and played him one of his new songs, Heartless - a tale of a man who "lost his soul to a woman so heartless".

"I thought the melody was very classic and he might connect with it and the words," West says, with Heather Mills' ears burning somewhere
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Oh,that's fresh, talkin smack about McCartney' s ex wife now, not nice~

I tell you this guy is one big bunch of flip flop, flip this way, flop another. One day he says he no one can ever be ...as big, as the Beatles. Next he will be bigger, than the Beatles or wants to? Now he is bigger than Elvis? bullchips! brotha, phulease. rolling my eyes
Entertainment news
Telegraph

50 Cent better than Kanye West...YES!
Kanye needs a slap down reality check. And for the record 50 is better than your arrogant Ass along with Ludacris, TI, & T-pain.
" I halfta say it agian, And for the record 50 is better than your arrogant ass, along with Ludacris,TI & T-Pain
Yep, I said it! I think it' s time to post Creep video in Kanye's honor its been months and months but this Egomaniac, has it coming

TRL no longer
ahh isn't it a pity MTV's TRL is no longer ...BIG deal!!!!! Why can't MTV get back to their roots? remember video's or is that too old school?
MTV news



Creep-Radiohead dedicated to Kanye West

LOVE Radiohead! Turn it up kids. Another Harleyblues's Creep dedication to celebrity Creeps, I find, when inspired. It has been a long time since I posted 'Creep' vid for a Celebrity jerk. Enjoy!
I'm tailights
hb

Fireman Electric Arguments vids check thse out!

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Fireman Electric Arguments vids check these out!

Still haven't heard the Fireman and their latest Electric Arguments? Well check these vids out, this flows rather nicely from Lovers in a Dream, Sing the Changes & the Fireman recording. The first vid, The BEST video, Maccaspan has ever done in video on Macca, my opinion of course. Maccamaker on Sing the changes and finally The Fireman in Sussex recording. Enjoy the vids!




Maccaspan-Lovers in a Dream

Another great vid made by Maccamaker, job well done! Sing the changes below, from
Electric Arguments. Very fireman like don't you agree?




Maccamaker-Sing the Changes



The Fireman Rushes in to the recording studio in Sussex, England
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hehehehe Paul you're so clever please release a clever vid from the album.
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I'd loved to see a mixed version and vid of Universal Here Everlasting now, a fav from the album. Paul, where is the mystery of a mixed track video or two for that matter? it would rawk hard, not that you would want a cult following. I believe Rushes is one of the" best ever" written by the Fireman.
hb

The Vatican forgives John Lennon

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The Vatican forgives John Lennon


I'm sorry, but big deal. John got his forgiveness from God.
I don't like this Pope in the Vatican, his eyes remind me of the devil.

Mumbai India
I just want to add, this morning, I was up till 4am watching this tragedy unfold in Mumbai, India, unbelievable, freakin terrorists.

Now CNN in announcing the hostage situation is over at the Taj Hotel.
Lets pray the other landmarks holding hostages under siege in Mumbai, end soon. I feel for the people and the hostages. Peace be with them soon. What a scary and frighting situation.
hb

The Fireman Rushes in the Fireman is out Electric Arguments!

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The Fireman Rushes in the Fireman is out Electric Arguments!

Wooohoo the album is finally out! from Paul McCartney and Youth. I have been bloggin about this for weeks, alright months. Have you bought the album yet? OHHH I can't wait.

The Fireman have a way cool package deal going on- thru the Fireman webby
Electric Arguments in packaged box sets. You know, which one I'm gonna get?
The Full package deal. Digital + Deluxe Limited Edition. Not too bad on the price $79.99 for what your getting, so why not, spoil yourself with some music? I never buy anything just music and attend Macca concerts, I swear bye it.

Digital + Deluxe Limited Edition
Tin box containing:

• Full Vinyl package (as above) a vinyl record..wayy cool!
• 13 track CD album ...
• 7 track CD containing bonus mixes and alternate versions ( Im LOVIN this already I'd love to hear em mix it up.A few of these cuts needed to be longer on the album I;m vary excited about this.)
• DVD containing hi-definition audio recordings 24bit 96Khz
• DVD containing multi-track session files for a selection of the album tracks allowing you to remix
• Exclusive Art Print ..(yeah, mine better not be folded, ha!)
• Extensive Booklet
• Immediate download of files

A cracking little record"

Nov25
Available for immediate purchase and to order on the store is the new release by
THE FIREMAN "Electric Arguments"

• Digital Album Only
• CD + Digital Album
• Vinyl (with CD) + Digital Album
• Deluxe Edition (CD, Vinyl and bonus materials) + Digital

Instant gratification (immediate download) even when physical goods are purchased
The best audio formats available: 320kbps MP3, FLAC, and Apple Lossless
The Deluxe Edition: the ultimate package containing the cd, vinyl, bonus cd and dvd and other exclusive items

Ok Paul. what in the world is this, what are these DVD recordings about?
and the immediate download of files?...wondering Fireman, please tell US. I swear. I think i might wear out this new album. hey, they have various package sets for fans-(varying on your budget) something for all on the Fireman webby so check it out!! This album rawks!! check out the:
Fireman webby click the link. tell me what you think of the album.

I'm not totally lame-troubles downloading-haha!
Nov25

I had troubles downloading the album, finally, it happened it wouldn't let me play automatically...
on my computer.
it didn't land on my desktop as a zip file as stated in purchase..

I have to play the album via media palyer-iTunes etc (sounds a bit rough via windows media player-not crisp sounding but it could be my player or my volume? lmao!)

I didn't receive the digital art work, I did see the piccies when first purchasing, via the Fireman webby but they're coming ...

I bought the DELUXE version ( but of course!)
I'm hoping the remixed versions include some of my favs... PLEASE!
Universal Here Everlasting Now-Lovers in a Dream-Dance till were High-Don't stop Running

A few of these tracks are just a bit short for me, meaning, I didn't want them to end!
my thoughts? See the changes in the music-See the changes in the album. I cannot wait for another McCartney/Youth collaboration. Shout it out!

"The Album is Superb! Right on, Paul & Youth!! I love the freakin album Paul, woohooooo!!!"

The critics can "Kick rocks" if they don't dig this album, muhahahahaha
more later!
hb

iTunes advert from Google on Electric Arguments plus "Notes in News"

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iTunes advert from Google on Electric Arguments plus "Notes in News"

Well, I just happend to log onto my blog and what do I notice when I land here? A Google advert for Paul McCartney and Youth, Fireman, Electric Arguments album, show below.

( The advertising is the first thing you see right under the colorful banner on my blog, oh yeah and the translator tabs too.
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I'm not sure, once you land here, that this specific advert will be here, So I wanted to show you what is looked like in case it's gone.. I am pretty impressed very cool lookin huh? I didn't know Google and or iTunes had McCartney advertising? I'm also not sure where this advert link might take you, perhaps iTunes? Bloggers are not allowed to click on there own advertising on their blogs, an AdSense rule.

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Geoff Baker Keith Richards article the Mail

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I know Geoff admires Keith Richards-smile

In other news I happened to come upon a great lil article written by Geoff Baker and friend

(I don't know the other guy) from the Mail.co.uk about Keith Richards, who is about to...GET THIS- release an OL classic easy listening....album? huh...Say what?!

a snippet here from Geoff's article:

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the man who famously declared ‘rehab is for quitters’ –(lmao) looks set to do the one thing no one ever expected: release an easy-listening album.

Remarkably, it could include a polished jazz version of the Judy Garland classic Somewhere Over The Rainbow from The Wizard Of Oz and a tear-jerking homage to country star Tammy Wynette in the song Apartment No 9.
More than 20 never-released covers by the Rolling Stones guitarist have been leaked on the Internet and are proving a huge hit with the few fans in the know.

( where is that link Geoff? I'd love to hear a snippet) I left a comment but of course the 'Mail" didn't post it, sheeesh. Wanna read more about K. Richards Geoff's article? see here

Beatles Ukulele Gig

Lastly before I even logged onto my blog I read the oldest thing-well not that odd via AM/FM.com Some type of gig is happening Beatles tunes all day into the late evening. Yes that's right, check this.

189 Beatles tunes,(dang I wonder what that would be like?) From Noon till Midnight at Spike Hill In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Roger Greenawalt & guests will perform 189 Beatles tunes on Ukulele. Paul & George would be impressed! see video here below it's actually very good lol



this made me laff and smile-well done. For more, go to AM/FM.com

stop the press's Beatles White Album No.0000005 sold!

Well some lucky winner with very FAT POCKETS scored that Beatles White Album for auction on Ebay.uk. .The auction ended today with 85 bids for the measley some of £19,201.00 isn't that like $39,000 bucks! I wonder who the winner is? Dang that is alotta loot! man it's gotta be nice to have that kinda money.

have a rawkin blessed day people! comments welcome.
hb~

McCartney confronts the ghosts from his past

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McCartney confronts the ghosts from his past
Mark Edmonds

This story was originally posted by the Times Online.co.uk- who torn it down for some reason. A very good read. Posted here,. is the entire article as Macca reflects on the past, from John Lennon, The Beatles, Geoff Baker and others.

He overcame losing the love of his life and survived a disastrous second marriage. So what continues to torture him? In his most revealing interview yet, Sir Paul McCartney confronts the ghosts of his past.

The interview
Sir Paul McCartney is sitting outside his dressing room, a tent actually, which he shares with his new American girlfriend, Nancy Shevell. It has been erected backstage with its own intimate tea lights, and one hour from now, on this September night, he will perform live before 50,000 fans in Tel Aviv. He’s relaxed, biding his time, an already busy day behind him spent meeting Palestinian and Israeli peace activists. He downplays his contribution to harmony in the Middle East.
It was just some geezer showing up, who happens to be a musician. I am trying to do my own little bit and find out more.” Some geezer?
“Yes, I am allowed to say that. In my mind I am just an ordinary guy.”

McCartney and world leaders
The most famous “ordinary guy” in the world enjoys a £400m fortune, travels in a private jet, owns a dozen or so homes around the globe and has an entourage to attend to his every whim. For this night’s work the “ordinary guy” will earn $4m. He has been voted, questionably, the greatest composer ever, ahead of Mozart or Beethoven, and Messrs Putin, Blair, Bush and Clinton have courted him. The meeting with Barack Obama hasn’t happened yet, but McCartney says he will find room in his diary when the moment arises.

For decades McCartney has been written about, talked about, parodied and analysed, most recently during his divorce from Heather Mills, a split that revealed more about his private life than he has ever allowed. There’s nothing ordinary about this “geezer” and hasn’t been since 1962, and yet it is a theme he will return to time and time again, enough to beg the question, why? What’s bugging him that he needs us all to reappraise him?

Macca in Israel
In a scruffy, dusty street in Bethlehem, a small music school has been set up by the conductor Daniel Barenboim. The school is intended to bridge the cavernous divide between the Palestinians and the Israelis. Here there are no autograph hunters, no paparazzi. It is just McCartney, Nancy, a handful of staff and a bodyguard. Inside, McCartney plays the boogie-woogie intro to Lady Madonna on a Steinway. The children he has come to visit are politely baffled. For once, McCartney really is an ordinary geezer. Nobody has heard of him in this dirt-poor district.
During an unscheduled stop at the Church of the Nativity, he and Nancy light candles for peace. He pauses for autographs and a group of students interrupt the reverence with a rendering of Yellow Submarine in Spanish. He apologises to those who have come to pray. Someone shouts: “You’re fantastic, Paul!” “No, you’re more important than me,” he replies, warmly. His manner with ordinary people is intuitive and yet polished. At the church he teases a group of women: “Make sure you behave yourselves, ladies”. They purr gratefully. I can safely predict them dining out on what a nice guy he is for the rest of their lives.

McCartney now
At 66, McCartney is still the man your mum would want to meet. But when he is not parading before his public, he is on guard, and he politely ignores questions he deems uncomfortable. We have to remember that he is an old hand at this — he has been famous for nearly 50 years. He is still recording, but not, he says, making much money out of the new releases. Increasingly he has been building up his music-publishing interests. He still paints, and his classical works have sold well, although critics have been sniffy. More than anything, he loves performing. “I never want to get jaded. It’s still exciting for me to see people lining the route and waving out of the car. And yes, it is ego.”
But he keeps pushing the message of the ordinary guy from an ordinary house in Liverpool who’s still modestly perplexed by it all. That ordinary house, paradoxically, is now owned by the National Trust. McCartney has not been back since. “It gets dangerous when you start believing your own legacy. That’s why I’ve not gone back.”

Legacy is a tricky issue for him. He doesn’t want to be seen to be bothered by it, yet clearly it bugs him. Wherever he makes an appearance, he is followed by his own video crew; every minute of every public moment is recorded. Two stills photographers are part of the team, and he retouches and vets every image they release to the media. He even did this in the hubbub of Tel Aviv. Why? To preserve his legend for prosperity? The question draws a defensive response.

“I just don’t like to see terrible photos of myself…it’s straightforward vanity. You tell me someone who wants to see terrible photos of themselves

I hesitate to say I know a lot of women who’d agree, but not many men who are that bothered.

On The Beatles & Lennon
The Beatles were together for just eight years, until the split in 1970. McCartney has spent the greatest part of his life and career as a solo performer, with painfully less success than he enjoyed with Lennon. He concedes that he will probably never again write songs with the luminescence of Here, There and Everywhere or Eleanor Rigby.

It becomes clear during our sporadic conversations over five months that McCartney feels real, tangible, lingering pain about the Beatles, and particularly the fact that he has carried the blame for their break-up. It might be guilt, it might be hindsight and it might just be a desire to clear his name. It might be the reason he is so intent on presenting himself as the “nice ordinary geezer” who teases old ladies — as if to rehabilitate himself. It’s possible that the McCartney who
was cast as the villain in the break-up wants redemption, and with only two Beatles left, he’s
keen that posterity records his side of the story.

Those who really know McCartney say there are those who are overawed by him, those who are intimidated by him, and those who just want a piece of him. When he visited Washington a few years ago, George Bush and Colin Powell were squabbling over a book McCartney had autographed for Powell. Staff were dispatched to obtain a second copy for the president.

When Tony Blair heard that McCartney was to attend a Children of Courage lunch in 1999, he kept the cabinet waiting while he posed for a picture with the former Beatle. When McCartney played Red Square, Putin invited him to hang out with him. McCartney allowed one tea and a tour of the Kremlin; he was busy.
His musical legacy is guaranteed, but that of “the man who broke up the Beatles” because he couldn’t be the boss, haunts him, as does his relationship with John Lennon — the blame for the break-up still has traction 38 years later. Whatever the catastrophic nature of his marriage to Heather Mills, a line has been drawn, but with Lennon it is still untidy, unfinished business, and it’s the one personal issue McCartney doesn’t duck. Indeed, he seems driven to seek an acquittal — a pardon won’t do.

The roots of the Beatles’ break-up go back to 1967, with the death of Brian Epstein. The group’s finances soon became chaotic and McCartney pushed for the Eastmans, his in-laws, to take over their management. Lennon opposed McCartney’s desire to control the band’s destiny and legacy, and proposed a new manager, Allen Klein, with whom he, George and Ringo had already signed.
Stalemate ensued. McCartney wouldn’t budge, nor would Lennon. By then all four were ready to go their separate ways. McCartney sued to legally wind up the band, ensuring it couldn’t reform without him and leaving none of their legacy under Klein’s control. The split was messy and brutal. McCartney probably said “I told you so” when Lennon subsequently fell out with Klein, but by then his intimate relationship with Lennon was beyond repair.

In 1971, Lennon released a song called How Do You Sleep? It was aimed at McCartney — a bilious, vituperative attack, mocking him, accusing him of possessing a petit bourgeois, suburban mentality and being under his wife Linda’s thumb — “You live with straights who tell you you was king… Jump when your mama tell you anything…”

The fact that George and Ringo also played on the track made it more painful. To his credit, McCartney tried to build bridges, contacting Lennon whenever he was in New York, but sources say he was systematically and rudely rebuffed. In 1972 they did meet briefly — and frostily. Lennon’s biographer Philip Norman refers to a guarded truce that soon evaporated, though McCartney still wanted to reach out. He would call Lennon regularly, often to be greeted with “What the f***, do you want, man?”

For some reason Lennon was particularly annoyed by McCartney’s tendency to talk about his young children. John said that the man he once dismissively described as the best PR in the business had become “all pizza and fairy tales”. It’s hard to escape the conclusion that Lennon could be a boorish snob. They played together just once after the break-up, at Lennon’s house in Santa Monica. McCartney and Linda arrived and they joined an all-star jam session.

The one-time friends met for the last time over an awkward dinner in New York about two years before Lennon’s death: one person who was there said they had nothing left to say to each other.
McCartney seems painfully conscious of the shadow John still casts over his life three decades later. He would live to regret the insanely glib remark he made on TV when asked about John’s death: “Drag, isn’t it?” A clip of it has ended up on YouTube; McCartney appears callous, but those close to him defend him vigorously. McCartney was in shock at the loss of his closest-ever friend, they say, and for once his composure deserted him. Two years later when the BBC filmed McCartney recording a special edition of Desert Island Discs, he wept as he talked about Lennon.
Throughout our conversations McCartney is keen to return to the subject of Lennon. There is the overwhelming sense that their prodigious, at times toxic, relationship is never far from his mind. I ask if he would ever consider performing Lennon’s How Do You Sleep? He doesn’t take the bait. “Maybe I wouldn’t do that one. I doubt it,” he answers with a wry smile. But it sparks an attempt to set the record straight, to varnish the epitaph and insist that the Lennon/McCartney friendship survived and endured. “The answer to John was well — I was sleeping very well at the time.

“Before John died I got back a good relationship with him. That was very special. The arguments we had didn’t matter. We were able to just take the piss about all those songs; they weren’t that harsh. In fact, I have been thanked by Yoko and everyone else for saving the Beatles from Allen Klein. Everything comes round in the end.” I ask him why it still matters so much. “I was placed in the most awkward position I’ve ever been placed in. I had to fight three mates to save their legacy, their money, as well as mine, and I did so knowing it would put me in a very dodgy position.”
He goes on, eager to impress his defence upon unforgiving or undecided Beatles fans. He only sued his mates to stop Klein destroying them. “Anyone who didn’t thoroughly review the whole thing would be forgiven for thinking ‘What a tosser’. So yes, that matters to me, it is still a haunting episode… It was pretty scary having to say to Johnny, Georgie, Ringo, I’m suing you!”

When he started touring with Wings in the 1970s, McCartney refused to sing any Beatles songs. Now the set he has brought to Israel, one of a series of special gigs this year, consists mainly of the songs he wrote and recorded with Lennon. “I love John’s songs. In the Beatles, if you said it was one of your songs, it basically meant it was your idea. So Eleanor Rigby was my song, but John helped me finish it. A Day in the Life was his, but I helped him finish it. He came up with ‘I read the news today’ and I came up with ‘he blew his mind out in a car’. At the end of the song in Tel Aviv, McCartney segues into Lennon’s Give Peace a Chance, which in recent years he has quietly appropriated.

In Tel-Aviv
McCartney’s decision to play in Tel Aviv has prompted huge controversy, pushing him onto the front pages for the first time since the divorce settlement that cost him £24.3m. Omar Bakri Mohammed, a radical sheikh based in Syria, makes death threats.

“I don’t get worried — if I did I’d get worried about walking across the street and getting run over in London.” The Israeli ambassador to the UK has already publicly apologised to McCartney and Ringo for banning the Beatles in the 1960s — their music was deemed too decadent — and the government is milking this visit. McCartney, meanwhile, has decreed that he wants to meet some Palestinians.

We wait for hours in the hotel lobby for McCartney to emerge from his suite. He has had a long lie-in. His famous love of punctuality doesn’t always apply to himself. If you arrange to call at his office, a member of his staff will send a nervous text five minutes before asking: “Where are you?” As he finally enters, he cannot resist a tinkle on the piano. He strides purposefully; he has learnt to walk faster than most over the years, which may be why he wears trainers with suits.
For a 66-year-old, he looks relaxed and fit, with not a grey hair on his head. He and Nancy get into a bomb-proof Land Rover, the rest of us in a Mercedes minibus. We drive into the West Bank.

The trip gives us a snapshot of vintage McCartney: it shows how he operates and how he has survived for so long. He is not a great political thinker, but in politics, as in so many things, his approach is instinctive and pragmatic. He is disarmingly honest. “I’m not very politically aware of the situation, I suppose like the average British person. We do know there’s a conflict, but we didn’t know all the ins and outs. You don’t have to visit a refugee camp to know there are a lot of Palestinians who have become dispossessed.”

On tour, as at home, with staff, officials, crew and the public, he is polite and warm. When faced with the dull prospect of a “meet and greet” with local bigwigs before the concert, he still manages to pretend he is enjoying himself. The mayor of Tel Aviv is here, anxious to be seen — and photographed — shaking McCartney’s hand. “It’s okay. I understand why it has to be done. I know it’s not going to go on for long. It’s not entirely boring.”

There is a part of McCartney that relishes being famous, even now. He enjoys ringing people up out of the blue. “Most people think it’s Frank from the office having a laugh. But then I say, ‘No, it’s Paul, you know, She Loves You?’” (hb: Paul you can call me! hehehe)I’m not convinced he could cope with being the ordinary guy he claims to be. “This morning,” he says, “I was walking into a cafe. A girl shouts, ‘Hi Paul, you are fantastic. I really love you.’ I take it with a pinch of salt, but I am honoured. I am pleased she didn’t say, ‘You’re a total arsehole and I hate you.’ I am pleased I have got a compliment, and I can still walk around Soho as I’ve always done.”

Macca on Macca
People who know him say there is the real McCartney and there is Beatle Paul. “I’ve learnt to compartmentalise,” he says. “There’s me and there’s famous Him. I don’t want to sound schizophrenic, but probably I’m two people. I’m the guy who does shows in Israel, but I’m also the guy who goes home to the kids. There I am just Dad.

Apart from the “ordinary guy”, McCartney is also the “family guy”. He is close to all his children. “They’ve not been cloistered — Linda and I were very conscious of that. They’re likable people.” But they are different from others, financially at least. “If you’re as well off as I am, inevitably they will benefit. They’ve never understood hunger, like I did. I’m still hungry because I had that hunger, I’ve never lost it. It’s good to have.”

One of his gripes with Heather was not the money but his wish that their daughter Beatrice did not grow up in “a gilded cage” with 24-hour security, which his other children never had. There’s that ordinary guy again. I wonder why he needs it so much.

Paul in public David Blaine inccident & Geoff Baker
Throughout his public life McCartney has appeared calm and in control. Even when his ex-wife was portraying him as a cannabis-smoking, wife-beating Scrooge, he kept his cool. But there are times when he loses it and the ordinary guy can be ruthless.

In 2003 he let rip in public, getting annoyed with a photographer. At the time he was out at Tower Bridge in London watching the illusionist David Blaine, and referred to him as a “c***”. For McCartney, it was unprecedented: a moment of uncontrolled rudeness exposed to the world. His relationship with Heather was unravelling at the time. “We’d been out with a bunch of mates eating and drinking and going at it out late. We had our publicity guy there. He went out to tell the press ‘there he is’. I was more angry with him than anyone else. But I lost it that night. Yes.”
McCartney fired Geoff Baker, his press officer, that night, but reinstated him the following day. A year later he sacked him properly after 15 years’ service. McCartney himself put out an uncharacteristically mean press release: “Over the past few months, his behaviour has not reached the professional standards I had come to expect.”

Baker now says working as McCartney’s press officer in the Heather phase of his life had driven him to drugs and drink. “The pressure was massive… there’s the world there, Paul and Heather here, and I was in between. Nobody can blame my addictive failings on Paul or Heather or anything like that. But the pressure was unreal.”

The Blaine episode was trivial in itself, but revealing, in that it was McCartney’s first and, to date, last public explosion, although there have been gaffes, not least his response to 9/11.
“Are you gonna do a bombing campaign? How dare you! If you want to take my kids out — well, screw you. Come and talk about it, right in my face, baby,” was his public challenge to Osama Bin Laden. Unsurprisingly, Bin Laden never got back to him.

On them drugs
In 1984, four years after the drugs bust in Japan that sent McCartney to jail and finished off Wings, he spoke about drugs: “Cannabis is a lot less harmful than rum punch, whisky, nicotine and glue, all of which are perfectly legal.” Now, he told me, “Things have changed. A lot of people started on heroin because John did.
We didn’t know the dangers of overindulgence. The problems of cannabis have escalated and it really is more dangerous. “I’ve lost too many friends through drugs. I still believe basically the same things, but I don’t want to be a spokesman for legalisation.” When pressed, for the first time in our conversations he is irritated. “I think I’ve made my views perfectly clear.”

His prickliness over the drugs issue is an example of his refusal to deviate from his own agenda. I mention that I have recently interviewed the widow of Mal Evans, the Beatles’ long-standing roadie who felt let down by the group when they broke up — the comment is simply ignored as though he didn’t hear it. In McCartney’s world, he has to have the last word, and there is no doubt he is always right — probably because there is nobody ever there to say he is wrong.

Oh, the wrecking crew
We talk about the perceived wisdom that he only employs yes men. At his office, the atmosphere is relaxed and informal, but he is unquestionably the boss. His entourage call him, without irony, the Big Man, a contradictory term for someone surprisingly slight and skinny. “In any situation with a high-ranking official, any boss, it’s not always a good idea to tell him he’s crap. But I try to encourage people. We all have meetings — the best ideas carry the day. If someone goofs up I tell them off. There have been one or two moments when somebody has been out of order.”

Before a concert he is a stickler for detail: the music, the visuals, how he looks. But he can’t keep on top of everything. One crew member who joined him on stage told me: “Nancy should have done something about his nose hair.” Those who work for him tend to remain loyal, not least, as Baker says, because they enjoy being part of the inner sanctum. “He’s not the king of England; he’s not going to have you executed. But too many people don’t want to offend him, because they don’t want to be dropped.”

Probably the closest person to him other than family is his “executive personal assistant”, John Hammel, who began working for him as a roadie in the 1970s. On stage he still hands him his instruments and adjusts his strap, but he is now also his driver, confidante and maybe even his best friend. “It’s funny, but no one has ever asked me to reveal all. And I never would. I’d never give an interview, I’d never write a book. I’m too loyal to Paul.” It’s hard to tell who is close to McCartney. Since the death of Lennon, nobody has filled the void who doesn’t work for him.
It is remarkable how so few of his intimates have kissed and told. Jane Asher has never spoken of their relationship, and Neil Aspinall, the Beatles roadie who went on to run Apple, also remained loyal. When Aspinall retired McCartney gave him a gold watch, but, more tellingly, he also paid for Aspinall’s cancer treatment. McCartney flew to New York to say goodbye to him just before he died.
One thing does emerge from talking to his friends and associates: McCartney can be controlling, difficult and demanding, but he is fundamentally decent.

In the 1960s, the Beatles biographer Hunter Davies asked the group if he could keep some handwritten song lyrics they’d left lying around in Abbey Road, which would otherwise have been thrown out by the cleaners. They all agreed, but McCartney forgot about it until he took his daughter Mary to the British Museum and spotted a lyric in his handwriting in a case. (Davies had given them to the nation.) He wrote to Davies asking for the lyric back; they eventually agreed between them that McCartney would leave it in the museum.

Someone who has known him well for years says: “Rich and famous people like him are always bugged about something. The relationship with John was hard. He was in awe of him. He doesn’t care when people mock his art or his music. But more than anything he has the Beatles legend looming over him.”

don't question him about Heather
There are subjects that McCartney flags up firmly as no-go areas. On Heather, he will not say a word. He doesn’t have to. During and after their separation, he maintained a dignified silence. Mr Justice Bennett described him as “consistent, accurate and honest”. Perhaps the only lingering question anyone wants answered is why someone as worldly as McCartney would fall for a serial stalker of publicity, wealth and fame.

The answer could be that nobody had the nerve to tell him about the real Heather Mills. His children are thought to have tried, but it would have been easy for him to dismiss their objections as loyalty to their mother. One source says McCartney’s explanation after the divorce was simple and nearer the truth: he was thinking with the wrong head. In his judgment, Mr Justice Bennett was kinder; he said McCartney was “still very emotionally tied” to Linda when he met Heather.

the new woman
One day in October, when I call to see him at his London office, an assistant is mailing out the pink invitations to Beatrice’s birthday party; McCartney speaks of his daughter fondly. He is more circumspect about his new relationship with Nancy Shevell, a rich American businesswoman who is separated amicably from her husband. She is notoriously publicity shy. I asked her if she finds McCartney’s fame stressful. “I don’t find it stressful. I’m a cancer survivor, I run a trucking company and I’ve got a 16-year-old to raise. That’s stress.”

Nancy clearly idolises him. As McCartney performed in Tel Aviv, she looked on adoringly. It didn’t bother her that his set includes the song My Love, which he dedicates to Linda — Heather used to stomp out when he played it so he took it out. Nancy is confident, sophisticated and McCartney clearly feels safe and comfortable with her. “I just like being in love,” is all he’ll say on the subject.

the ordinary guy
It has been an insightful few months. The ordinary guy, the geezer from Liverpool, the rock’n’roll legend, the goodwill ambassador, they’ve all been on show, and what emerges is a man comfortable with his fame, even with his notoriety. It’s curious he doesn’t feel embarrassment over the questions his Heather episode pose about his judgment.
He has almost breezily drawn a line under the messiest divorce in decades, and yet his role in the split from the Beatles still cuts deep. McCartney is clearly in touch with his mortality, and he doesn’t want his immortality tarnished.

Electric Arguments, the latest album by the Fireman (Paul McCartney), is out tomorrow on MPL/One Little Indian Records

thoughts anyone? I laughed when I read George Bush and Colin Powell had a lil spat over a signed book from Paul? hahahaha

Rate a record Electric Arguments fan opinion!

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I cannot help myself! I've just listened to
'Electric Arguments' in it's entirety. At first, I was a bit worried. I was expecting something ala the first two Fireman albums on the indtrumental front. This is the Fireman's first album with lyrics.
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OK, so the world knows who the Fireman are by now- Paul McCartney & Youth. HA!
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Months ago I heard Life Long Passion than Nothing too much just outta site-(ala Zeppelin) this is better-
Sing the Changes. OK. I'm starting to feel it, I like it better since listening to the album. Than came Highway, OK we got something here. This is when the album began to open up and kick start it for me.
I was becoming so exciteted, to what was to come.. The Fireman take you on a journey. I suppose, this is the best way to describe it.
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HIGHWAY~ I just like it. reminds me of Elvis Costello-part of it anyways 'pump it up' you know?
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LIGHT FROM YOUR LIGHTHOUSE~ liken the deep vocals more than anything. Midnight special anyone?
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DANCE TILL WHERE HIGH~ a Catchy tune a 60's type vibe & beat with bells-ok chimes, lovin it! ( man I wish that early 60's 70's style would come back!) it's a hit!
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LOVERS IN A DREAM~ diggin this! Very Fireman, like the first two Fireman albums. hypnotic, almost dance, techno- YES! ` a delicious tune.
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UNIVERSAL HERE, EVERLASTING NOW~ aha another Fireman style cut, diggin that also.The Piano is Brilliant so emotional! YES! another delicious tune. From the dog, too back ground sounds, the whisperin voice of 'Sing the Changes' this catches you by surprise as if to say:
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"See the changes of the music?" that freakin rawks I got it..The opening gives me chills. I didn't want this song to end. Another masterpiece Paul!
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DONT STOP RUNNING~ the opening, beautiful piano and mandolin!! Led Zepplinesqe... YES diggin this, deep. mmm another delicacy! this song is freakin brill! A masterpiece-I kid you not!
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DONT LIKE ~ Is this Love~ don't ask me why
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The Fans
There is something for everyone on Electric Arguments some you might like ( those soft Macca fans will critique) and than some you will freakin Love and adore.
(the hardcore fans who dug RUSHES will Love this album) I don't wanna give it all away.
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Macca & Youth take you for a pleasurable ride on Electric Arguments the more you listen the more you will LOVE IT. Open your mind and your ears people- there is some brilliant music here..Electric Arugments is a pleasant surprise. Thank You Paul & Youth..
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The new album 'Electric Arguments' will be released on November 24th in the UK and November 25th in the US.
see post below.
wanna rate Electric Arguments go to Rolling stone.com and cast your vote.

Paul McCartney & Youth drop new Fireman album next week

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It's almost here people the anticipated new album from the Fireman. Including an online Fireman store. Wanna check out the new webby? check below.

PaulMcCartney.com
The Fireman (Paul McCartney and Youth) are back after a ten year break with their brand new studio album 'Electric Arguments'. To coincide with the release, The Fireman have launched their official website at www.thefiremanmusic.com.


Visit www.thefiremanmusic.com where you can hear the new tracks 'Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight' and 'Sing The Changes' in full and watch previously unreleased video footage of Paul & Youth recording the album and designing the artwork for the project.

Subscribers to the new official website will be kept up to date with all the latest news and information as it happens in the official Fireman newsletters. All subscribers to www.thefiremanmusic.com will also receive all of the official Paul McCartney newsletters.

The new album 'Electric Arguments' will be released on November 24th in the UK and November 25th in the US. The Fireman are off to a great start this time round receiving rave reviews and critical acclaim. Ultra cool music site Clash.com described the album as, "a staggering collection of timeless adventures that touch on the best aspects of today's more left field sounds."


Fans in the UK can purchase the digital single 'Sing The Changes' from Monday 17th November from iTunes and 7 Digital.

McCartney & Dylan?! Shocking!

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ok, not shocking, I just wanted to capture your attention. Myself along with other McCartney fans have thought for years it would be a cool idea if Macca and Dylan would collaborate one day! a secret wish of mine. I did mention that here on my, months ago. Light bulb!
(Paul do you peek at my blog? lol) nah.. Paul has no time for such things as looking at blogs of his fans, nice thought tho, wishful thinking, like meeting Paul one day. Than I would be shocked!

I wonder what type of song James Paul McCartney & Robert Alan Zimmerman would come up with? Something old school or fresh? folksy or rocker? I couldn't begin to guess. Two of the most prolific. poetic song writers of our time of course it would be something brilliant, and you have doubts? kidding. (I'd also like to see Paul collaborate with Neil Young)

McCartney & Beatles news
As a Beatles fan & McCartney fan, I am feeling quite spoiled with all the publicity of late. From Paul's new album about to be released Electric Arguments, the 5th White album for auction, on Ebay ( lucky bastiff whoever scores that) and the latest, a Beatles track, Carnival of light, which we await anxiously, we hope, Olivia Harrison gives Paul her blessings to its release.

Oh yeah. and Paul is entertaining the idea of doing a gig in China- Um Paul? NO, period. Please do not go back on your word of never playing in China. Excuse me people for going on and on, I'm excited by all the news!

How bout some Dylan



Bob Dylan- Times They Are A-Changin'
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Yep, Times are changing.

Macca ready to release lost Beatles track finally!

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LONDON-Observer
For Beatles fans across the world it has gained near mythical status. The 14-minute improvised track called 'Carnival of Light' was recorded in 1967 and played just once in public. It was never released because three of the Fab Four thought it too adventurous.

The track, a jumble of shrieks and psychedelic effects, is said to be as far from the melodic ballads that made Sir Paul McCartney famous as it is possible to imagine. But now McCartney has said that the public will have the chance to judge for themselves.

'It does exist,' McCartney says on a BBC Radio 4 arts programme to be broadcast this week. Talking to John Wilson, the presenter of Front Row, the former Beatle confirms that he still has a master tape of the work and says he suspects that 'the time has come for it to get its moment'. 'I like it because it's the Beatles free, going off piste,' he adds.

*The piece was inspired, McCartney says, by the works of composers John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen. In his book Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, author Mark Lewisohn - who was played the track in 1987 - describes 'distorted, hypnotic drum and organ sounds, a distorted lead guitar, the sound of a church organ, various effects (water gargling was one) and, perhaps most intimidating of all, Lennon and McCartney screaming and bawling random phrases including "Are you all right?" and '"Barcelona!".' *

In the 40 years since 'Carnival of Light' was recorded by McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and John Lennon in the Abbey Road studios in London, its collection of disparate rhythms has become a kind of holy grail for Beatles obsessives. The track was put together on 5 January 1967, in between working on the vocals for the song 'Penny Lane'.



A video response to Carnival of Light~ Opus 002

Coincidentally, McCartney played some of his Fireman compositions at the reopened Roundhouse venue last year during the Electric Proms. 'With the Fireman you're in disguise,' he told Observer Music Monthly.
His pseudonym may have been taken from the lyric of 'Penny Lane' where a fireman 'rushes in from the pouring rain' and could also be a nod to his father, Jim McCartney, a firewatcher on the Liverpool docks in the Second World War.

• John Wilson's interview with Paul McCartney can be heard on Front Row, Radio 4, on Thursday

The Observer

HA! Let's hope this track doesn't sound something- too scary, like Yoko Ono's avant garde, music. Sorry Yoko,. I'm just not fond of your music. I can't wait another day Paull!!!! give us a clue, a snippet, I'll find it! What will the critic's think? -Muhahahaha!
hb~

Rare Beatles - White Album UK 1968 Mono LP Cover No.0000005

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HA! it's funny how a few numbers on an album cover can fetch so much money. Than again, this just isn't any OL album,. but a rare Beatles 'White Album' #5! I have a few White LP's maybe one of them is numbered. But who in their right mind would buy such an album? Maybe me, if I had that kinda money. I'm sure hoping Paul McCartney will secretly buy this album for his daughter Beatrice. Not someone with 'Fat Pockets' looking for bragging rights, this is a great find with a rich history. It's also difficult to find such an album with all is parts and inserts intact.

The inside poster which comes with the album, I currently have hanging on my wall, right in front of me above my desk framed nicely, in a gold frame. Not all my albums came with these posters.

The Album

'The Beatles' (more commonly known as 'The White Album' ) was released exactly 40 years ago on 22nd November 1968.
Widely held to be one of the most influential albums of all-time, it was recently given the number one position in the '200 Rarest Records of All Time' by 'Record Collector' magazine.
The two-record set, housed in a plain white cover was designed by Richard Hamilton and each carried its own unique number stamped on the front cover.

Copies numbered 0000001 to 0000004 were originally given to the members of The Beatles themselves and as yet, none of these first four numbers have emerged onto the market.
(hb: well they shouldn't come onto the market, duh)

The History of No.0000005

check this story out! Some years ago, this album was taken into the collectors shop named 'Vinyl Revival Records' in Newbury, Berkshire, England by a musician (they did not disclose who) ( hb:who was it Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton?) who had visited John in the flat that he shared with Yoko in late 1968 (that was owned by Ringo) at 34 Montague Square, Marylebone, London W.1.
The musician saw a pile of White Albums on a table and asked for one. (hb: all the more rare if you ask me!)

John readily agreed, but said 'Don't take No.1 - I want that'. Instead he took No. 5'.

The album then passed into the hands of Beatles specialist dealer 'Good Humour' who then sold it to its current owner who has now commissioned me to sell it on his behalf. wanna check out this album for yourself for auction, with lovely piccies included? Ebay.co.uk

At last check the album was at £2,050.00 close to $4000 whew!

This auction for mono No.0000005 is the lowest number to emerge to date and represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own the lowest numbered mono copy which may ever be offered for sale.
hb~

When's the last time you heard this?

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Ya know, I was gonna write about the recent Eleanor Rigby controversy, but I'll save this for tomorrow.
When is the last time you heard this by Paul McCartney? I bet never unless you are a die-hard Macca fan or heard it from Mary Hopkin. I'm in a melancholy McCartney moment, just chillin. and listening to music. I wanted to post Single Pigeon but cannot find a decent find vid. How is this for starters?




Good Bye- Paul McCartney

Trip huh? Paul wrote this for Mary Hopkin in 1969-a Beatles protege, I miss the 1900's personally 'Those were the day's my friends', lol sheesh, I remember that as a kid! Oh yeah, now I remember! type song. Paul's voice is brill as always with his accoustic guitar, tell me it's not!!
How can someone NOT love Paul McCartney, or any other fab four from the Beatles, for that fact?

to be con....hehehe

5th annual Last Band Standing K-Fox

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5th annual Last Band Standing K-Fox

Hey kids, 98.5 K-FOX the Classic Rock station- in San Jose, Ca. is having their annual last band standing contest. Tonight was the last night to vote for the oldsters. Beginning tomorrow the youngsters battle it out. (voting open)

This is K-FOX's 5Th year for the competition with local bands from the Bay Area battling for the last band standing.
I happened to tune in while on my way to work, sheeesh I gotta be able to vote for one of the bands,. I always miss it, somehow, there were 4 bands left in the competition. I had to investigate, for me, it was a toss up between the Sun Kings & Powerage.

So who did I chose?
I chose Sun Kings -remember these are tribute bands not cover. Both Vids are performed live at the K-FOX station, studio



The Sun Kings "Come Together" from SFBA on Vimeo.

So, what do you think, did the Sun Kings hit it or miss. for you? this band is "tight!" and did the Beatles justice the musical arrangement. on hit!

The second band Powerage a AC/DC tribute band.



Powerage "Dirty Deeds" from SFBA on Vimeo.

Dang! listen to em vocals!! Is this guy spot on or what? he sounds just like Bon Scott!

for more on Last Band Standing go to K-FOX.com for more details

How sweet is that Macca wants to serenade Michelle Obama

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I was to lazy tired to post this yesterday, after posting the Kanye post-that wore me out! ha!
anyhow I thought that awfully sweet, Paul McCartney wants to sing for Michelle Obama. Well we all knew it would be Michelle, but why not Blackbird? 'hey, Paul tells the story best why he wrote that song in the 60's. black women's struggle and civil rights's issues back than. It's a lovely song.

The Spoof had written a story about Paul McCartney's Michelle was written for Michelle Obama in Sept. I posted it here,

Could you imagine Paul McCartney singing to you, too you personally? what an honor, I'd be blushing ear to ear! Paul recently said via People mag. he hoped Barrack Obama had won the election and thanked Americans for voting for him

I was so 'fingers crossed' he would win it," said McCartney. "I'm so chuffed."

Michelle Obama's favorite artist is Stevie Wonder, ok, why not Paul McCartney? ( Stevie was off-key during his performance of Obama's acceptance gig for Prez, remember?) give him, Paul a chance Mrs. Obama. Paul McCartney is brilliant!

The smartest thing Kanye West ever said in public

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The Smartest thing Kayne West ever said in public
Note: yeah, I mispelled Kanye's name-sorry, corrected

Recently, Kanye West was interviewed by MTV, which caught my eye yesterday 'he admires the Beatles' well right on, that is news to me. I swear, I thought he once said, he would be bigger than the Beatles ? perhaps it was my imagination, yeah. In an excerpt below Kayne is quoted, from MTV. as saying:

"That's why whenever bands come out and say, 'This album is better than the Beatles,' it is impossible to make an album better than the Beatles unless you've got 30 years," he explained. "Beatles records — people have known them their whole lives ...

This has got to be the smartest thing, Kayne West have ever said in public, my personal opinion. Right Kanye, nobody can make a better album than the Beatles or be as big, Not even you Kanye, I'm glad we agree!.

I don't know why I Have always thought West to be arrogant, perhaps it was at last years Grammys when I read he felt slighted-than...not giving Herbie Hancock his true props. I'd have to search back on my blog posts for that info. Or perhaps, he believes, he will be the best artist of this decade? That's confidence for ya!-How can you measure that with all the diff music genre's? He believes he is a better rapper, than '50' cent said it himself...Um No! Kanye does have some cool cuts tho I'll give him that.
The interview is rather insightful. A good read-Kanye breaks it down.

want to read more continued here
I'm tailights
hb

Obama-Biden Beatles inspired Sgt. Pepper poster

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Oh man, check this out! an Obama-Biden Beatles inspired-Sgt. Pepper poster!

Named the Hopeful Hearts Club poster, inspired by the Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album cover. Created by San Francisco-based artist Michael Cuffe, sells for 20 bucks, that's a deal.

'I have never seen a Beatles inspired poster like this before, especially a political one, this poster is based on the Obama-Biden campaign. A must have for ANY Beatles lover!~ Hey, you know I am ordering one. I wonder if Paul and Ringo know about this poster, will they also get one? maybe Paul would. This Rawks!!! more details below. I'd love to own the real painting! lol
I see Paul, John, George & Ringo.

The Hopeful Hearts Club

1 out of 3000 Limited Edition Hopeful Hearts Club Poster Print
Each poster measures 11” x 17” and is signed and numbered by artist Michael Cuffe.
Certificate of Authenticity included & numbered.

Top Row

Esther Hicks (author)
▪ David Blaine (magician)
▪ Charlize Theron (actress)
▪ Dave Chapelle (comedian)
▪ Sia (musician)
▪ Bernie Mac (comic)
▪ Stephen Hawking (scientist)
▪ David Sedaris (author)
▪ George Clooney (actor)
▪ Shepherd Fairy (artist)
▪ Obama “Hope” (artistwork)▪ Robert Downey Jr. (actor)
▪ Ron Paul (politician)
▪ Bob Dylan (musician)

Second Row
▪Gary Larson (cartoonist)
▪ Abraham Lincoln (President)
▪ Hunter S. Thompson (author)
▪ Joel Mchale (TV Host)
▪ John Lennon (musician)
▪ George Harrison (musician)
▪ Paul McCartney (musician)
▪ Ringo Starr (musician)
▪ Marilyn Monroe (actress)
▪ Alice Sebold (author)
▪ Wayne Dyer (author)
▪ Chris Rock (comedian)
▪ Greg Hildebrandt (artist)
▪ Lewis Black (comedian)
▪ Eckhart Tolle (author)
▪ Peter Jackson (filmaker)
▪Rick Overton (comedian)
▪George W. Bush (president)

Third Row

▪Mike Cuffe (artist)
▪Stephen Colbert (comedian)
▪Dick Cheney (Vice-President)
▪Bruce Lee (actor)
▪ Ronald Reagan (President)
▪George Carlin (comedian)
▪Tim Russert (TV Personality)
▪Michael Franti (musician)
▪Bob Ballard (Explorer)
▪Michael Phelps (athlete)
▪Teri Allmeroth (teacher)
▪Richard Branson (entrepreneur)
▪Jon Stewert (comedian)
▪Jane Roberts (author)
▪John F. Kennedy (President)
▪Dalai Lama(teacher)
▪JK Rowling (author)
▪Madelyn Dunham (Obama’s Grandmother)
▪Stanley Dunham (Obama’s Grandfather)

Front row

Martin Luther King (activist)
▪Oprah Winfrey (personality)
▪Jimmy Carter (President)
▪Bill Clinton (President)
▪Malia Obama (child)
▪Sasha Obama (child)
▪Al Gore (Vice President)
▪ Edward Kennedy (Senator)▪Joe Biden (Senator)
▪Jill Biden (Senator)
▪Barack Obama (Senator)
▪Michelle Obama (public speaker)
▪Hillary Clinton (Senator)
▪David Plouffe (Barack Obamas Campaign Manager

Other Objects in painting

▪Meditation Girl
▪Obama Signpost
▪Mark Twain Bust
▪Will, the Golden Retreiver
▪The Obama Fairy (little girl)
▪TV (Obama’s Use of Media)
▪Polar Bear

▪“Hope” Poster

▪Democrat Donkey▪Obama Leafleats

▪Obama Bobblehead Doll

▪Hope Stickers

▪“Progress Poster” by Scott Hansen

▪Earth

▪Marc Jacob’s Obama Bag

Nice job Michael I'm ordering, as soon as I finish this posty!~ not convinced, watch the artist as he paints the poster, with a quickness

Michael Cuffe-Artist The Hopeful Hearts Club

“The Hopeful Hearts Club is a painting that reflects the essence of hope that the campaign has inspired in millions of Americans over the past 2 years. The 1967 Beatles Sgt. Pepper album manifested during a time of social, economic, and worldwide change.
I feel that we are in another moment where the choices we make are having a profound effect on our lives, and the world at large.
As with the original Sgt. Pepper album, I have taken careful consideration of individual placement, individuals accomplishments, and their relationship to the Obama campaign and this time of change. ” Michael W. Cuffe.

hbTo order poster go to The Obama Experience.com This is beautiful.