Entries By John Marshall
We Are Plastic Ono Band
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
February 16, 2010
Yoko Ono was accused of splitting up the Beatles, but at the Brooklyn Academy of Music she brought together an incredible array of disparate musicians, playing in styles ranging from 1920’s jazz to 1960’s blues to 2010 techno to undefinable sounds that show she is [...]
Bob Dylan and His Band
United Palace Theatre
New York City
November 19, 2009
Gonna change my way of thinking
Make myself a different set of rules
Gonna change my way of thinking
Make myself a different set of rules
Gonna put my best foot forward
And stop being influenced by fools
Bob Dylan kicked off the final night of his three-night stand (and [...]
Paul McCartney
The David Letterman sign
Broadway between 53rd and 54th Streets
New York
July 15, 2009
I first got word of this historic event from comedian/writer/fellow Beatles fanatic Bruce Cherry, who was walking by the Ed Sullivan Theater and noticed people working on top of the sign. He called and said nobody would tell him what they were doing. [...]
This past weekend, on the season finale of “Saturday Night Live,” Will Ferrell thrilled the show’s studio audience as he reprised his classic cowbell playing from the 2000 “More Cowbell” sketch – but the TV audience didn’t get to see it. Instead, Ferrell pulled out his trusty cowbell just after the broadcast ended, during Green [...]
Get Around
Neil Young
Directed by Bernard Shakey
Get Around, Neil Young’s new 43-minute promotional video for his new CD, “Fork in the Road,” features some of the best music Neil Young has ever recorded — perfectly accompanied by laid-back footage of Neil driving in his LincVolt, a 1959 Lincoln Continental converted to run on environmentally-friendly fuels.
The film [...]
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Dave Jay
B.B. King’s Lucille Grill
April 1, 2009, noon
Audience member: This question is for John. Do you have any dental floss?
Lennon: I said we were open to questions. I didn’t expect one about dental floss. Get this man a toothpick.
Can’t Buy Me Lunch
Unlike Elvis imitators, who always seem stuck in the Fat Elvis period, Beatles tributes [...]
