“John— we need to talk about John Lennon on this recording. These recordings. Because he’s uh— he’s- he’s- he’s belligerent. Um, he’s under the influence of— I’m sure he’s under the influence of Prellies. Probably drink, as well. Um, he’s beguiling, he’s rude. He’s still charming. He’s— I mean he’s not horrible. He’s just —yeah— he’s just edgy!” -Mark Lewisohn
Author: Serene Sargent
I make jewelry and try to read everything on the US Civil War and Reconstruction that comes out, (thereby knowing many smart people.) I know a bit of law, care about Beatles historiography and love the Nagras. Jane Austen whispered her Emma secrets to me across many miles and 200 years. ✨ My father was Bill Sargent, the Pay Per View Beatles guy. #DYRBRY
The Turtle Moves: Terry Pratchett quotes
“It’s still magic even if you know how it’s done.”
The story of Paul McCartney and Martha the dog. Lots of pictures.
The huge tangled ball of wool named Martha was born June 16, 1966 and a few weeks later Paul picked his pup up at breeder Ann Arch’s High Wycombe home and took her back to his new house in St. John’s Wood.
Misogyny is fueling the country’s gun violence epidemic, experts say
“When people are upset and angry, and we’ve seen so much of that over the last six years, they want to find a target, and, historically, it’s so convenient to look at women.”
UVALDE LAW ENFORCEMENT TIMELINE*
With all available radio transcriptions, so while it’s technically a timeline, we’re starting to get a better picture now.
“And you can tuck your pants in.” George and Paul and those groovy boots (with audio)
George sings “I Me Mine” to Paul after a beautiful Beatles bonding moment.
“You want boots of those?”
“Yeah.”
“I’ve got boots of them.”
“You know where you can get ’em?”
“Yeah, you get ’em off me… I’ll give you ’em. I never wear ’em.”
“You wanna hear a song I wrote?”
THE BEATLES “Get Back” Helper
Get Back… context
The Trial Over Ahmaud Arbery’s Killing
He was chased and shot to death on a residential street. But will a jury rule that he was murdered?
As Arbery trial starts, Glynn County seeks accountability
A six-month investigation of Glynn County police records and court documents by The Current show a persistent lack of accountability among county law enforcement that stretches back a decade. Between 2010-2019 the district attorney’s office declined to prosecute a single county police officer. Glynn police officers have been involved in at least six controversial shootings and named as defendants in at least a dozen civil lawsuits alleging misconduct, including racial profiling and wrongful death.
Arbery murder trial shines spotlight on troubled Glynn County law enforcement: Georgia Today [podcast and transcript]
We gathered documents from both Brunswick police and Glynn County police and in order to have a baseline, we also were collecting records from police in Savannah and Chatham County… What we found out was that, one: there actually is no law across the state of Georgia that mandates police departments anywhere to keep certain data or not… Glynn County has only retained three years of police — policing data, traffic stops, 911 calls.
