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The Beatles Number Nine Again

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Can The Beatles: Rock Band Save the Music Business? by Richard Corliss at Time Magazine

September 9, 2009, could be a Beatles perfect storm by Daniel Terdiman on CNet

Report: Apple music event September 9 by Erica Ogg on CNet

Rock Band: The Beatles Trailer Video

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By Bruce Eisner

Timothy Leary Narrates Jim Morisons Trip in in the 1991 Oliver Stone Movie

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Oliver Stone's movie about my generation made a a full  generation ago (1991)  is on HBO in HD. As I turn it on,  Morison played by Val Kilmer is in front of my old Hollywood Hangout, the Whiskey A Go Go or a reasonable facsimile.

He leaps on top of one of the cars that cruised up and down Sunset Blvd as Hippies played guitars and shook tambourines. 

Morison has eaten some acid and as he looks down at the hippies on the street, he asks them "Is there anyone Read more »

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Future Organic Technology — The Visionary Art of Paul Laffoley

Link for this Post: Intro to Paul Laffoley and Future Organic Technology

A couple of days ago, I found a site called Miquel.Com "Your Favorite Source of Random Information." Actually the information is not a "random" as advertised but along the lines of stuff you might see on this blog.

Among the interesting eclectic information found on the site is a virtual visionary art expo by an artist named Paul Laffoley. One of his images adorns the top of this post. Here is how the artist describes his exhibit:

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Boing Boing’s Mark Frauenfelder Paintings Featured at the Retrorama Exhibit, Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle Nov 10th

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Mark Fraeunfelder’s Paintings at Retrorama Exhibit

Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle WA

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I’ve known Mark Fraunfelder since the late 1980′s, when Boing Boing was a counterculture print publication which featured Mark’s illustrations and cartoons as well as his writings.  Mark’s art is being shown as part of the Retrorama Exhibit at the Roq La Rue Gallery in Seattle WA opening November 10th. Here’s a bit about the exhibit from their website:

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By Bruce Eisner