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”One night he was so drunk that I had to drag him away from the pub and bring him in a park to vomit. When he finished, he was upset and we sat on a bench. Still drunk and hesitant, he pointed his finger at a star straight above our heads and he said:
-That is the star my mother dedicated to me and it has always been mine. But from now on it will be yours too, if you want. Its name is Mary Julia and everytime you will look at it in any situation, any moment you will know that I’m there near to you laughing about how queer you are. I will always be there, I promise, I will look at you from Mary Julia. And even the contrary because it’s our star, just ours, a star that belongs to two idiots that strum and that every night lie on a bench full of alcohol.
I was flabbergasted, and together we started to laugh.
Some years later I looked at that star and I cried for a whole night. His laugh near me wasn’t enough to make me stop. But I realised that he kept his promise and it was beautiful.”
[Paul McCartney on John Lennon]

british-music:

”One night he was so drunk that I had to drag him away from the pub and bring him in a park to vomit. When he finished, he was upset and we sat on a bench. Still drunk and hesitant, he pointed his finger at a star straight above our heads and he said:

-That is the star my mother dedicated to me and it has always been mine. But from now on it will be yours too, if you want. Its name is Mary Julia and everytime you will look at it in any situation, any moment you will know that I’m there near to you laughing about how queer you are. I will always be there, I promise, I will look at you from Mary Julia. And even the contrary because it’s our star, just ours, a star that belongs to two idiots that strum and that every night lie on a bench full of alcohol.

I was flabbergasted, and together we started to laugh.


Some years later I looked at that star and I cried for a whole night.
His laugh near me wasn’t enough to make me stop. But I realised that he kept his promise and it was beautiful.”

[Paul McCartney on John Lennon]

The Magnetic Fields - Abigail, Belle of Kilronan
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And she will live always

In a world of love

The Magnetic Fields - Abigail, Belle of Kilronan (MP3)

Blue Rondos - Little Baby
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The Blue Rondos - Little Baby (MP3)

Beach House walked onstage to this when I saw them live last year - irrefutable proof that spending your time combing through ’60s pop compilations is most definitely an activity for the cool kids. Anyway, anyone else get a real murder-y vibe from this?

ambiguoustimes:

Take that octopus sweater and top it off with a “Björk Wiig” and I’d say you’re pretty quirky.

Chantal Kelly - Ne Perds Pas Ton Temps
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Chantal Kelly - Ne Perds Pas Ton Temps (MP3)

Going by the music alone, you’d expect this to be about revenge or murder or something. It’s actually about a girl being lectured to do her homework. Huh.

France Gall - La quatrième chose
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France Gall - La quatrième chose (MP3)

Another very pretty ’70s track by my girlfriend France Gall.

I want to move to Harbin so badly!

I want to move to Harbin so badly!

stfumadison:

Conflicting Daydreams, art by Constantin Alajalov.  Detail from cover of September 19, 1959 Saturday Evening Post cover.