{"id":3441,"date":"2009-05-13T17:10:03","date_gmt":"2009-05-13T21:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=3441"},"modified":"2009-05-13T23:03:01","modified_gmt":"2009-05-14T03:03:01","slug":"a-magical-mystery-tour-de-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=3441","title":{"rendered":"A magical mystery tour de force?"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I don’t know what you<\/em> did all day, but I spent way too much time coming up with fake Beatles facts<\/a> over on my Twitter account, when I wasn’t working on a student counseling book or attending presentations on magazine publishing. (I hate to jinx myself, but so far this week has bucked a recent trend of very <\/em>busy Tuesdays and Wednesdays.) Anyway, I don’t usually repost Twitter content here, except in the ever-changing feed in the sidebar, but I got a kick out of writing these and actually think some of them are pretty funny. Your mileage may vary. Here they are:<\/font><\/p>\n

Contrary to popular belief, and mainly for tax reasons, the bulk of “Yellow Submarine” was not<\/em> recorded underwater. <\/font><\/p>\n

“Ringo Starr” is an anagram for “Tsar Nirrog,” betraying the drummer’s shared Russian and Middle-Earthian parentage.<\/font><\/p>\n

“Fixing a Hole” was inspired by McCartney’s lifelong love of archeology. He was, in fact, later the model for Indiana Jones.<\/font><\/p>\n

The Beatles were originally known as the Quarrymen, due to their original job as the house band on Tom Baker’s Doctor Who<\/em>.<\/font><\/p>\n

Often misquoted as saying “we’re more popular than cheeses now,” Lennon was referring only to Gouda and Gruy\u00c3\u00a8re specifically.<\/font><\/p>\n

Beatlemania is a legitimate psychological condition recognized by the DSM-IV<\/em> in 1994. There is no known therapeutic cure.<\/font><\/p>\n

To honor the song of the same name, Liverpool celebrates “eight days a week,” disrupting calendars and the tourist trade both.<\/font><\/p>\n

“Yo mama” jokes trace their lineage back to the Lennon\/McCartney song “Your Mother Should Know.”<\/font><\/p>\n

John Lennon is, in fact, not<\/em> a walrus.<\/font><\/p>\n

In his later years, Ringo Starr would withdraw from recording and society, changing his name to Yusuf Starkey.<\/font><\/p>\n

The Beatles have yet to release songs to iTunes, still upset about the time Steve Jobs introduced them to marijuana in 1964.<\/font><\/p>\n

Ringo Starr does indeed have blisters on his fingers, and wanders the English countryside showing them to any who care to see.<\/font><\/p>\n

“Strawberry Fields Forever” was actually a taunt at the notoriously strawberry-phobic Ringo, who refused to drum on the song.<\/font><\/p>\n

The Beatles first performed at the Cavern Club, which is where John Lennon took up his life-long passion for spelunking.<\/font><\/p>\n

Ringo’s dreams of being the first Beatle in space were dashed when Pete Best was launched by the Soviets aboard Sputnik II.<\/font><\/p>\n

Ed Sullivan first booked the Beatles on his show under the mistaken impression that they were the Flying Wallendas.<\/font><\/p>\n

Fermat’s Last Theorem, predicting how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall, was finally solved in 1968 by the Beatles.<\/font><\/p>\n

The Beatles madly loved the Beach Boys’ album Pet Sounds<\/em>, mistakenly believing that Brian Wilson’s pet dog had played bass.<\/font><\/p>\n

Though now long forgotten, the real Sgt. Pepper fought valiantly in the War of 1812 and was later knighted by Queen Victoria.<\/font><\/p>\n

Maxwell’s Silver Hammer is now on display in the Smithsonian, although some conspiracy theorists claim it is a fake.<\/font><\/p>\n

The Beatles were known for being technologically adept in the studio. On Let it Be<\/em>, for example, Paul was replaced by a robot.<\/font><\/p>\n

“Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey”? Not so fast. John Lennon’s monkey was a notorious tax cheat.<\/font><\/p>\n

“Hey Jude” was a sly tribute to American comedienne and accordionist Judy Tenuta. Ringo was allegedly a fan.<\/font><\/p>\n

Charles Manson found inspiration in “Helter Skelter,” but Ringo’s own “Octopus’s Garden”-style murder rampage went unremarked.<\/font><\/p>\n

Mr. Kite has actually not<\/em> benefited at all from the Beatles, despite years of painful contract and royalty arbitration.<\/font><\/p>\n

“Mean Mr. Mustard” would be the Beatles’ first and only commercial jingle, a failed attempt to market Grey Poupon to teens.<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t know if I amused more than annoyed my Twitter followers with these today, but I had fun with them.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So I don’t know what you did all day, but I spent way too much time coming up with fake Beatles facts over on my Twitter account, when I wasn’t working on a student counseling book or attending presentations on magazine publishing. (I hate to jinx myself, but so far this week has bucked a … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33,25,15],"class_list":["post-3441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-beatles","tag-memes","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3441"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}