By Terry Ott

In other news... Heathen Millstone has had second, or maybe even thirdly thoughts, and wants to kiss (ass) and make up with Dirk.
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/story_pages/showbiz/showbiz2.shtml

Christ, and you know it ain't ezy and you thought I was kidding about the end of days?

More? http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/tm_headline=yoko--i-admire-heather%26method=full%26objectid=19209096%26siteid=89520-name_page.html

Finally, it appears that a special edition of Lennon Legend will be released-in Kanuckistan anyway-on June 12, which will feature 24 songs in 5.1, on a companion DVD.

From a release sheet, there are the standard Lennon gems, PLUS, Everybody Had a Hard Year, Hair Peace, and a song identified as Night, on the DVD.

I guess these may be "rarities," or whatever.

Should be groovy, baby.

But 5.1 is the big newz.

Dirk Sez: Bip Bop!






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I direct your attention to the June ish of the UK music mag, UNCUT.

Within the pages, you will find an interview with Paul McCartney, discussing-and fantasizing-about his career within Wings, and strange things.

Please take the time to seek the story out, because there are a few howlers from our boy, but I have a personal fave.

According to Dirk, whilst Mullet of Kyntired was charting #1 for 9 (!) weeks in the UK in 1977, the great man happened to be riding in his limo in London, and was accosted by some Sex Pistolish punks, who, according to Dirk, complimented Him on MOK!!!

Now-and even the mag writer asks if the above is true-one has to ask one's self just exactly how much tea Dirk has had, to come up with something like the nose-stretcher of anarchists praising a bourgeoisie Beatle on his silly love song musak.

The relatively short piece on Wings is half decent-if not a bit truncated-and points out that Dirk is "a pan-global superstar and billionaire who doesn't strictly enjoy having his judgement questioned." Ya think?!!!!

Dirk, soon to be 1 over when he's 64, needs to pull a Bob Dylan and get onto the road and play some rock and roll, and give up the shlock, forever, before he becomes just a 60s curio.

I repeat, sad, really.









Dirk Collared in Japan for 12 bags of tea.





UNCUT has a nice time line for members of Wings, and also mentions how longest non Macca member Denny Laine and Dirk don't even talk now.

Although UNCUT gets a little carried away, calling band on the Run the "best" solo effort by an ex-Beatle, which I think is not accurate.

In my opinion, All Things Must Pass nudges BOTR by a nose.

But yes, Band on the Run was/is a fine album, but that was close to 35 years ago, and Dirk has not made anything really worth listening to since perhaps the Russian Album released in 1988.

Yesterday...

Dirk Sez: do-do-do-do, moo-moo-moo.


Hey!

The 4th Best Beatle Blogger in the WW takes away-Dirk's new one is an abortion-and he gives back, too.

Gillian, from the great state of Maine, e'd to advise of the following: http://www.bullmoose.com/rel/v2_home.php?storenr=258&deptnr=125

Yes, the LP sucks, but hey, you might win something!

And how could I turn me nose up at a Bull Moose?!!!

Moving roight along, here's some more, Dirk the Dork:
http://www.tmz.com/2007/05/24/paul-mccartney-idol-finale-no-show/

If the above is true, wot a dolt.

And speaking of dolts,
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000PMLFRU/ref=br_nf_3_1/002-8282522-0396801?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-6&pf_rd_r=0B7WTW6AVHD358HTCEA4&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=253466101&pf_rd_i=465672

Yech. Tea OD!!

And hey, a great Memorial Day weekend to all those in the US and of A.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000PMLFRU/ref=br_nf_3_1/002-8282522-0396801?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-6&pf_rd_r=0G1054NMER0BMKDG49HS&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=253466101&pf_rd_i=465672

Well, well, well, and narcissist well.

All the Macca Madhatters are besides themselves for upon this day their boy Dirk hath released his first vid from the media millstone that is Career Almost Over.

And in a word, this new one, er, sucks: http://www.youtube.com/PAULMCCARTNEY but see-and hear, if you dare-for yerself.

I mean if the nutters out here want to puff up their poor pup, of course that is their nutty business.

But good God lasses and lads; this thing is a tedious turkey!

Gobble, fookin' gobble!

Are yea deaf as well as daft?

In fact, come November, if you have a copy of this tuckeeno, hide it, in case someone trys to dress and cook it.

A sucky, shitty, sweetie slop of saccharine that will surely last not even a laconic lunchtime.

Yech.

And in other McQuickly newz, Hawaii Ann sends a long a link, commenting at how "old" that olde Dirk is looking, and frankly, I agree: he looks a knackered numb skull.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-05-20-mccartney-interview_N.htm

Narly!

Shit, even Ozzy-who's totally fried-can come up with a better effort, AND a much better title, Black Rain. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBd8judOHoo

And the Ozzman ain't whistlin' like some poof jerk from Mary Poppins or Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Next stop for Dirk?

Viva Las Vegas!!!

Sad.

Here, this is more fun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE_l8QYAWZM
(Betcha Liz is a Dirk fan!)

Your Correspondent Sez: This rocks!


Not sure why, but suddenly we are seeing high quality recordings of the US touring years, with '65 being particularly fine.

The Atlanta show, performed in a just opened multi-purpose football/baseball stadia is a great case in point.

The gig, just days AFTER the famous Shea show is actually better than Shea performance-wise, as well as sound, which for a 1965 show, is near outstanding.

Of note is George Harrison's lead guitar playing which is pretty damn good, for no fold-backs and all the screaming. (Ron from Boston sez there WERE fold-backs for this show.)

Here's some track info and times and such:
http://www.bootlegzone.com/album.php?name=mdcd006&section=1

And again, are these things-most from Japan-making it out now because some "official" project is being worked on?

It was generally thought that few-if any-non-Hollywood Bowl shows were recorded with anything better than a reel-to-reel stuck under the stage, but this Atlanta gig-and a few others-show that there ARE some real line-recordings out there, and, worth hearing.

But for me, the highlight of this CD is the totally kick-ass I'm Down which closes the show, with Paul McCartney shredding his pipes, and John Lennon going wild on electric keyboard.

You can even hear Ringo Starr's amazing back-beat, and if you get lucky enough to hear this show, you won't allow anyone to tell you that the boys could not play live.

This show, shows they could.

Coincedently, these great era pix turned up today


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/6680245.stm

Enjoy.

The 4th Best Beatle Blogger Sez: How crooked, McQuickly!

Well, well, well, oh well!

Hath upon this day-and another- Dirk McQuickly fibbed to a Fatherland court over a long ago luv child ?Be switched if know, yet your deer correspondent finds the latest cock-up to be slightly bollocks.

Read about it here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/19/nmacca19.xml

Hard to see how Dirk would have kept steady with a Master Race ho for two years, but hey; that could be showbiz!

But here's even bigger news: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=456517&in_page_id=1879


Dirk, above, with the boys circa 1962, Hamburg, or maybe Liverpool .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqPY9juPZHE

As you may recall, your correspondent hath been imploring Dirk to make nice with Millstone and end his personal bloody nightmare.

We, mates, shall see.

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SHABBY ROAD, STIG NO TROUSERS
Oh yes, 600, MMs!

BB secret tracking data shows:

45% read BB for fun and amusement

35% read BB cuz they hate the 4th Best

10% have no opinion at all

5% can't read, and 5% are tea-heads.

------------------------------- THANKS TO ALL!

No, your deer correspondent is not "going Hollywood." See below, for details:

Besides varied hate mail amd protestations, of the most asked questions of the 4th Best is, "when will the Beatles Live at the Hollywood Bowl," make it to (legit) CD?

Despite Ringo Starr commenting-now some 7 years ago-that HB was imminent, it ain't been seen, yet.

However, the boy genuises at TOUP-well, actually, the olde Baby Boomers-are heretorfore considering their next DTS 5.1 project.

And near the top of that for your consideration-I'm informed-is a 5.1 of the HB record, released in 1977, and never available on (legit) CD.


Now, far be it from me to tell the TOUPsters wot to do, but heer is wot to do, fellas: since a DTS disc will hold at least 2 hours of music, let's have the 77 release AND the boots of the HB concerts (64&65) as well, and all mixed to 5.1.

And even though George martin did a pretty good job with stereo 3 track mixes 30 years ago, I'd bet the TOUP lad could actually best him today, even without the multi's.

But it is what they could do with the boots that really interests me.

These raw tapes are no where near as end polished as what Martin mixed, yet they are as nature intended at the time, or as much as Capitol wanted to intend, naturally, for a 1965-65 release.

So I'm betting that TOUP could take the whole shebang, and make their "best ever" release, and if word gets out, may even force the EMI wankers to get fookin' busy and put out their own version.

Wot, you say; TOUP two BBs in a row?

You are bloody right!

Carry on. lads.

BONUS: Julian Nasty's new one! (be patient; it takes a moment to load) http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=48906808

DOUBLE BONUS: Recall who said 200? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070520/ap_en_mu/people_mccartney

TRIPLE BONUS! During a CBS salute to 90 year olde former evening news anchor Walter Cronkite, it was revealed by Uncle Walt that a piece on the Fabs had been prepared to run the evening of Nov. 22, 1963.

Obviously, shocking events pre-empted that Beatles report, but it did run later in December, and Cronkite reports that Ed Sullivan was on the phone to him "minutes" after the news broadcast to get a line on the group. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/15/entertainment/main2804452.shtml

The rest, you know.