How I Won The War, directed by Richard Lester, is a 1967 black comedy set in World War II Tunisia, where a young officer in the British Army, Lt. Goodbody (Michael Crawford) commands a troop of inept soldiers, whose mission laughably becomes the setting up of an ‘advanced area cricket pitch’ behind enemy lines. John [...]
The Beatles Rarity
For those of us who like our Beatles rare….
Monthly Archives: March 2011
I Saw Her Standing There
While in Madrid, John and Paul take in a flamenco show. A woman falls for John, resulting in him being forced into a sword fight duel with her jealous boyfriend. Click the image above to play the video. Amazon links for your favorite Beatles-related music: The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo [...]
David Bedford – author of ‘Liddypool’ – Birthplace of The Beatles
David Bedford’s 2010 book Liddypool: Birthplace Of The Beatles has been gaining a lot of recent recognition and has even been dubbed the most comprehensive book on The Beatles and Liverpool ever written. The book has been hailed as such by people who should know. To name a couple, there is official Beatles biographer Hunter [...]
Beatles Rarity Of The Week – Lonesome Town (Concert for Linda performance)
Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. On Saturday, April 10, 1999, Sir Paul McCartney and family attended, as the guests of honor, the Concert For Linda at the Royal Albert Hall, in recognition of his late wife, who had died with cancer almost a year earlier, on April 17, 1998. Paul with daughters, [...]
Traveling Wilburys – She’s My Baby (1990 promo)
Although, I have featured the Traveling Wilburys a couple of times in the past on the site, this will be the first video feature with the super group. A BROW posted in December 2009 (accessible here) went over some background information on the band and goes on to feature a b-side to their She’s My [...]








