Tag Archives: Beatles

A Portrait of George

If George Harrison was alive he’d be 75 years old. It’d be interesting to hear what he thought of 2018, but for now all we have are our memories of the man and his music. Harrison might have been the most widely creative of all of The Beatles. Harrison was a very good songwriter, but, [...]

Posted in Music | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Merry McChristmas

If you’re a reader of this blog you know that I’m fascinated by the occult and the darker sides of the paranormal. I love the skanky, gritty American cinema of the 1970s, and I’m enamored with the disturbing art of painters like Bosch and Bacon. That said, I’m a sucker for Christmastime. I love everything [...]

Posted in Music | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Beatle VS Beetles

A tree near the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles has been destroyed, much to the consternation of rock fans around the world. Why do music nerds care about a tree? Spin has the story… A tree planted to honor of the memory of the Beatles songwriter George Harrison has been killed by actual beetles. As [...]

Posted in Music | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Terry O’Neill: Close and Candid

My favorite photography book of 2013 was probably Steve Schapiro’s Taxi Driver, but one of the most surprising was Terry O’Neill’s eponymous career retrospective published by ACC Editions. O’Neill first made his mark in the 1960′s. The young British photographer snapped everyone from The Beatles to The Stones to Janis Joplin to Jean Luc Godard’s [...]

Posted in Art | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sleepless Book Club – George Harrison: Living in the Material World

Hey, faithful readers. Long time no see. I’ve been slammed with new projects, but I’m planning on revealing more about those as I rev this engine of pixel blasting fury back up after a protracted intermission. I have so many new happenings underway that I’m not really sure where to start. Picking at random… ArtNowNashville.com [...]

Posted in Music, The Sleepless Book Club, The Sleepless Bookstore | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment
© 2024 Joe Nolan's Insomnia. All Rights Reserved.
Built by Paper Lion. #teamwork