It's even worse than it appears.
Today's song: Tell Me Why.#
Good morning! After yesterday's ode to the Beatles, I got three recommendatations for books. I'm reading the first, recommended by Max Sindell, Dreaming the Beatles, it's wonderful. Exactly what I was looking for. It's about how the legend of the Beatles grows over the years, long after the band broke up. What the Beatles (as people) ran away from is the objectification that I find so fascinating, and disturbing in my own life. Can we have art and without destroying the lives of the artists? It's a very emotional read for me because the Beatles loom so large, and it's why Get Back was such a revelation because it was about the people, not the legend, something that honestly had never occurred to me, that there was a difference. Fran Azouz recommended Can't Buy Me Love and Fin Keegan offered One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time. I'll read them both, for sure. #
Tanya Weiman writes that there there is a Beatles podcast. Of course there is! How could there not be. Must be a slew of them. #
Highly recommended: Eight Days a Week.#
It's nice to hear that as Font Awesome nears the release of version 6, apparently they have fulfilled the promise of not breaking users of previous versions. It's nice when a developer empathizes with their users, even when there isn't an serious competition. I wrote to Dave Gandy, the CEO, the best upgrade instructions are: "Heh the best upgrade guide is 'do nothing, it already works.'”#
  • The Beatles just wanted girlfriends.#

Last update: Wednesday January 26, 2022; 4:54 PM EST.

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