Posts tagged “John Lennon”
#FridayFive: Christmas Songs
In which I list my favorite Christmas music
#FridayFive: Lennon
View the Friday Five from April 18th, 2014
iTunes Tuesday: My Beatles Smart Playlist
In which I explain how to build an iTunes smart playlist of just Beatles tracks
MeFi Swap
Notes on a mix CD
No Children
In which I am not happy
#FridayFive: John Lennon Quotes
View the Friday Five from January 1st, 2010
Imagine
I don’t think I’ll ever tire of reading the headline “John Lennon’s killer denied parole again“. With luck I will continue to see it posted somewhere regularly every two years or so. I figure he’s got about the same chance of getting paroled as Sirhan Sirhan does. It’s nice to see that the hearing only
My Radio
My most-played songs
Red Sox 4, Mariners 1
May 18
John Lennon’s Revolution 9 — the tuneless dirge that drones “Number nine, number nine” — should have been blaring in the visitors’ clubhouse before last Saturday’s game at Fenway Park. The Mariners were facing Pedro Martinez, who in nine career games against them was 9-0 with an 0.91 ERA. Could they break their streak of futility? Pedro quickly made the answer clear: nein. In the first inning he struck out the side on nine pitches, a feat rarer than a no-hitter. Martinez became just the 35th pitcher in major league history to do it.
By the end of the day Martinez had thrown 99 pitches (73 for strikes) and struck out nine…
from the May 27, 2002 issue of Sports Illustrated
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
In destinies sad or merry, True men can but try.