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Nov. 9th, 2010
News, quotes, fannish endeavours
Nov. 9th, 2010 05:15 pmA quote I didn't include among my collection of contradictory John Lennon quotes, mostly because it's more of a JohnandYoko contradictory issue, not a statement, but it's a little gem nonetheless: on page 224 of her memoirs, May Pang, who, remember, worked for both Yoko and John for two years at the start of the 70s before becoming John's girlfriend, informs us: Wives and girlfriends were not welcome at John's sessions. Yoko had said, 'The studio is a place to work.' The result of her dictum had been an unofficial rule banning all women except her from the studio while recording was going on.
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Meanwhile, back in the 60s: ever since Anthology got released, so did a lot of studio chatter. This is one priceless bit during Hey Jude rehearsals. "Err, Paul, it's very hard to sing this, you know." :) :) :)
On another note, but still in the survivors of the sixties club, there's a great review of Keith Richards' memoirs in form of an imaginary reply by Mick Jagger. Imaginary!Mick comes up with such great observations like "I thought we both learned that there is no point in sharing anything at all with the press, save for a few tidbits for the upbeat The Stones are back in top rocking form! article that accompanies each of our tours. I think Keith never appreciated the tedious hours I have to spend with Jann Wenner to accomplish that". Or: "I am forced into the role of martinet, the one who gets blamed for silly arbitrary rules. Like, for a show in front of 60,000 people for which we are being paid some 6 or 7 million dollars for a few hours work, I like to suggest to everyone that we start on time, and that we each have in place a personal plan, in whatever way suits us best, to stay conscious for the duration of the show."
Moving on to more fictional territory, the preliminary list of Yuletide fandoms is out. Babylon 5 didn't cut it, which I'm told is my fault along with some other suspects, but that's not fair. I so nominated it! Otoh, Crusade made the cut. So - new Crusade fic this year? (Hopefully not about Galen?) Also, Nowhere Boy and Two of Us are both there. If, you know, someone in theory happens to have a hang-up writing about certain people who are still alive but on the other hand can circumvent that by writing about completely fictionalized versions of them. Theoretically.
Merlin fanfic rec:
Portrait: of Gwen, that is, in her relationships with Merlin, Morgana and Arthur, respectively. Season 3 spoilers until Eye of the Phoenix. I love Gwen, and the author here captures her BFFness with Merlin, the changes with Morgana and the awkward tenderness with Arthur very well indeed.
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Meanwhile, back in the 60s: ever since Anthology got released, so did a lot of studio chatter. This is one priceless bit during Hey Jude rehearsals. "Err, Paul, it's very hard to sing this, you know." :) :) :)
On another note, but still in the survivors of the sixties club, there's a great review of Keith Richards' memoirs in form of an imaginary reply by Mick Jagger. Imaginary!Mick comes up with such great observations like "I thought we both learned that there is no point in sharing anything at all with the press, save for a few tidbits for the upbeat The Stones are back in top rocking form! article that accompanies each of our tours. I think Keith never appreciated the tedious hours I have to spend with Jann Wenner to accomplish that". Or: "I am forced into the role of martinet, the one who gets blamed for silly arbitrary rules. Like, for a show in front of 60,000 people for which we are being paid some 6 or 7 million dollars for a few hours work, I like to suggest to everyone that we start on time, and that we each have in place a personal plan, in whatever way suits us best, to stay conscious for the duration of the show."
Moving on to more fictional territory, the preliminary list of Yuletide fandoms is out. Babylon 5 didn't cut it, which I'm told is my fault along with some other suspects, but that's not fair. I so nominated it! Otoh, Crusade made the cut. So - new Crusade fic this year? (Hopefully not about Galen?) Also, Nowhere Boy and Two of Us are both there. If, you know, someone in theory happens to have a hang-up writing about certain people who are still alive but on the other hand can circumvent that by writing about completely fictionalized versions of them. Theoretically.
Merlin fanfic rec:
Portrait: of Gwen, that is, in her relationships with Merlin, Morgana and Arthur, respectively. Season 3 spoilers until Eye of the Phoenix. I love Gwen, and the author here captures her BFFness with Merlin, the changes with Morgana and the awkward tenderness with Arthur very well indeed.
