Sunday, May 15, 2011

New Haircut!

Yesterday morning, I traded my long blonde hair for a '60s/Astrid Kirchherr inspired blonde short cut. It was difficult, but I really love it. Astrid first met the Beatles when they traveled to Hamburg, Germany in 1960 (with Pete Best, not Ringo, and the original bass player Stu Sutcliffe). She was an existentialist thinker and photographer who was one of the first people to be close friends with the Beatles. Astrid took very famous pictures of the five who were then still inspired by Elvis, his greased hair, and leather look. (You should look those pictures up by the way, I think they're very interesting). Anyway she convinced Stu, who she was engaged to before his death of a brain hemorrhage in 1962, to stop greasing his hair and to comb it down, thus inventing the mop top. Stu then convinced the others and the hair that would make girls go crazy finally appeared. With all that said, I now have a haircut that resembles the more feminine mop top that Astrid had in 1960, seen in the picture above. It's a bit different than the long hair I've had all my life but I love it!

Thursday, April 14, 2011

The Lost Beatle Photographs

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-marion/lost-beatles-photographs_b_840775.html#s258101

So, my Dad sent me the link to these in my e-mail. They're not exceptional photos, but considering that they hadn't been seen before now, it's pretty cool. ENJOY!

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

This Day in 1964

On April 5, 1964, the opening scenes of their movie A Hard Day's Night were made at Marylebone Station. Some recording was also done in nearby Boston Place.

Monday, April 4, 2011

This Day in 1963

 On April 4, 1963, at the BBC Paris Studio, London, the Beatles made a third recording for Side by Side. Later that afternoon they played to a restrained audience in the Roxburgh Hall at Stowe School, Buckinghamshire, following a request from schoolboy Dave Moores.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

The Beatles Complete Chord Songbook

This is my new guitar songbook. LOVE IT!

George!

This is my brand new electric guitar and in honor of the lead guitarist of the Beatles, I've named it George. I plan to become a guitar goddess so you'll be seeing me! Plus I got a complete Beatles Chord Songbook! I now fully realize how difficult guitar is.