Beatles Footage Resurfaces

It may be a case of lazy librarians, but a previously mislocated footage reel of The Beatles on their Magical Mystery Tour has been located. The film was lost among the stacks at the BBC Library in Plymouth, wherever that is. The footage of the fab four is also taken at Plymouth. Again, no idea where it is or what is so special, but the article from BBC makes it seem like this is a pretty well known location.

Meanwhile, a bit of Beatles controversy is brewing in the literary world. Joanne Peterson, former assistant to Beatles' manager Brian Epstein, is currently writing There's a Beatle in my Closet. The book alleges that the openly gay manager had a homosexual relationship with one of the Beatles. Which Beatle? Peterson won't reveal the identity. From what I can gather, Epstein was a very close friend to John Lennon, so perhaps it was him? We'll see when the book hits shelves.

In other news...

Another "gay or straight?" controversy has long been brewing, this one dealing with The Killers' frontman Brandon Flowers. His recent behaviour at The NME Awards is leaving many speculating about his sexuality. Flowers was approached by Peter Hook of New Order to take a picture together for his son. The response was a big wet one right on the lips. That's definitely one way to say yes. By the way, just for the record, Flowers has a fiancee.

One can't say The Killers without thinking of The Bravery. Their new single "Fearless" will be released on May 23rd, but the band is already discussing what the song means. According to singer Sam Endicott, the song was written after and inspired by September 11. And you thought all the 9-11 tributes were over with.

The Village Broadsheet has a big interview with Jon Brion. Apparently he wants to kill your puppy. Read it here.

Not that it hadn't emerged already (remember the leak a few weeks ago?), but the cover art for the new White Stripes album Get Behind Me Satan has once again been released on the internet. It's pretty cool looking. Cover art for the single "Blue Orchid" has also surfaced and it looks rather familiar. Interesting concept.

New albums being released tomorrow that are of note:
Ben Folds - Songs for Silverman
Bloc Party - Banquet (import single)
Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
Pope John Paul II - Abba Pater (import)
Scissor Sisters - Filthy/Gorgeous
Stereolab - Oscillons From the Anti Sun

Upcoming Columbus Shows

4.26 - House of Heroes w/ New Republic - Little Brothers
4.27 - Mute Math w/ Mat Kearney - Little Brothers
4.27 - MTU Campus Invasion feat. Muse w/ Razorlight - Promowest Pavilion
5.04 - The Wedding Present w/ The Organ and Tiara - Little Brothers
5.04 - Electric Six w/ VHS or Beta - Skully's
5.07 - The Decemberists w/ Willy Mason - Little Brothers
5.08 - The Books - Wexner Center
5.13 - Mae w/ The Academy Is... and Jamison Parker - Little Brothers
5.15 - Andrew Bird w/ Antenna - Little Brothers
5.17 - Stereo Total w/ Les Georges Leningrad - Little Brothers
5.27 - The Killers w/ Hot Hot Heat and Robbers on the Street - Promowest Pavilion
6.08 - Modest Mouse - Promowest Pavilion
6.13 - Iron and Wine - The Newport

Daily Downloads

Wilco - I'm a Wheel Live in London (mov)
Smoosh - Live KEXP Performances (link, streams)
Beulah - If We Can Land on the Moon, Surely I Can Win Your Heart live on KCRW (mp3)
Smoosh - Massive Cure (mp3)
Doves - Snowden (video stream, hi res realplayer)
Yo La Tengo - Live @ Vic Theater in Chicago, IL 04.21.05 (torrent)

From Regnyouth:
(password for rar files = rya)

Beck - One Foot in the Grave 2 (link, rar)
Belle and Sebastian - Peel Christmas Party 2 3 (link, rar)
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony EP (link, rar)

So, yeah, yesterday we reverted back to January. I'm glad the ground was warm, because otherwise we would have had massive accumulations. And I would have been very unhappy. Thank God that didn't happen.