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Collabs: The Heavenly Option

James Rainis  —  Oct 13, 2011

James Rainis discusses some sweet collaborative efforts, including cuts from Heavenly, Silver Jews and UGK. (Okay, Kanye and The Beatles make the list, too...)

SNL Recap: Paul Rudd / Paul McCartney

Jonathan Yuan  —  Jan 9, 2011

Two Paul's for the price of one - this may be one bargain you can pass up.

Sgt Pepper’s Illegal Downloading Gang

Rahul Kishore  —  Nov 18, 2010

The Beatles are on iTunes and Web Managing Editor Rahul Kishore wonders if anyone doesn't already have them on their iPod?

With a Little Help From ... The Beatles

Rebecca Weiss  —  Feb 25, 2009

The first time I came home the 3,000 miles from boarding school for Thanksgiving in 2001, I couldn’t hold in my glee. My mom parents drove me straight to In-N-Out Burger, then one of my best friends surprised me in my living room with several movies and an impromptu sleepover. I missed her so much and I couldn’t wait to duke it out with pillows at the jammie jam while we gossiped about old flames and Justin Timberlake. It was such a relief to be home and out of the grind. Everything was looking up.

And then our family’s dishwasher exploded.

The Bestest Beatles Covers

Sammy Perlmutter  —  Nov 20, 2008

Whether you know it as the theme song to The Wonder Years, or as an iconic performance at Woodstock, Joe Cocker’s rendition of “With A Little Help From Friends,” a song originally by the Beatles, gleams as one of the greatest covers of all time.

Footage of Cocker singing at Woodstock shows a man completely possessed — a man channeling a swarm of unknowable rock-and-roll deities through that magical scepter known as the electric guitar. Or, loads of LSD. Nonetheless, what makes Cocker’s rendition of this song superb is the artist’s ability to channel the excellence — and somehow transcend the status — of the original. In a weird way, Cocker understands that song better than any Beatle does. Or so it would seem by his inspired performance.

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