January 17, 2010
Yellow Submarine to be remade in 3D for release in 2012
Don't bank on voiceovers from Paul and Ringo, despite this hopeful report
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January 4, 2010 # 1 selling CD of the decade Guess what?   with 11.5 million units, released in 2000.

December 31, 2009 Prime Minister Harper showed his true passion in 2009 Stephen Harper, alongside Yo-Yo Ma, sang The classic With a Little Help from My Friends on October 3rd, 2009. at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. There is a 15 second ad before the video, but this version shows the complete song. In preparation for 2010 his official calendar sent to Conservative Party members put us in no doubt as to where he and his family like to walk.

December 25, 2009
Merry Christmas!

This is one of the few times where I can let my hair down here (literally, LOL!) and not have to do any research for the Ottawa Beatles Site. On this wonderful Christmas morning, two Beatle gifts: "The McCartney Years" from my lovely daughter Christie and "The Beatles Monopoly" from my two grandsons Anthony and William. The grandsons don't know this but they think they will be playing "Beatles Monopoly" but I'm keeping this one as a collector's item. We'll continue to use the older "classic" version for play! As I write this, I am working my way through "The McCartney Years" video collection. There is a lot of material in this collection that I have never seen, so most of it is fresh for this fan. "The McCartney Years" boasts of two different video versions of "Mull of Kintyre" which in my opinion is Paul's best-ever ballad from his solo years. The second video version is one I had not seen before and it is great with the pipe band passing Paul from behind. Denny Laine sports a fancy designed acoustic guitar and I sure would love to know the brand and model number used in it. Great to see George Martin, the Beatles producer, making a musical appearance on "Take It Away." It's a nice touch having Martin play piano backing up Paul. Ringo is on it making it three musical legends rocking together. Paul proves himself to be a selfless class act once again by including these legends, all for the love of music. It's been one interesting year for the Ottawa Beatles Site. The web site has now peaked with our assistance in Leslie Woodhead's documentary production of "How Beatles Rocked the Kremlin." We never believed that we would one day help to add to the Beatles legacy and to my web partner Tony Copple: "It doesn't get any better than this, now does it!?" Kuddos to Tony for starting up the site and for allowing it flourish into the medium it was meant to be used: embracing the history of the Beatles. To all the Beatle fans and the newer generations listening to their music, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! And as Paul McCartney once wrote on the back liner notes of his "Venus and Mars" album: "Rock on lovers everywhere, because that's basically it." John Whelan Researcher for the Ottawa Beatles Site

December 15, 2009

Shankar blamed Beatles for attention from drug-smoking hippies
- Sitar player quickly tired of music scene
Daily Telegraph - and many other journals worldwide

December 1, 2009 Give Peace a Chance - the book, now available in bookstores Photography by Gerry Deiter Compiled by Joan Athey Edited by Paul McGrath Give Peace a Chance - The OBS review