My taste in romance has less to do with how romantic the relationship actually is (though that is a bonus) and more to do with how interesting I find the dynamic between the couple. Which is why fluffy vanilla romance usually bores the hell out of me. I want to see how these characters dramatically affect each other and fundamentally change each other and their individual understandings of the world!!! I want to see a beautiful tie-in between the romance and the themes + messages of the story and how it all builds to a climax!!!
I stumbled upon this in the mall once (lured over by a large Magical Mystery Tour poster in a clothing store window), and it's probably my favourite article of clothing. A $450 (CAD) band shirt that will most likely be identified as a band shirt by nobody, even without a jacket.
Paul McCartney and George Harrison recording harmonies and background for “Savoy Truffle” at Trident Studios in London circa October 5, 1968. Photographed by Linda McCartney during the White Album sessions.
Also while in California, 55 years ago…
“Then one day we had a great panic about the new Beatles’ album [‘The Beatles’ aka the White Album]. Good job George was there on hand as it turns out. What happened was this. Capitol had started to make the master records but as soon as George heard their version he realized they’d done all sorts of technical things to it that altered half the effects! It’s called ‘compressing’ and ‘limiting.’ Anyway they had done it all wrong and if George had not heard it in time, taken the tape away to work on it himself and returned it the way it should be the American LP records might have been a bit of a mess! It was a lot of work for George but worthwhile.” - Mal Evans, The Beatles Monthly, January 1969 (x)
richard hamilton and paul mccartney working on the white album poster (c. 1968)
Richard and I worked together on the collage for The Beatles' White Album. Richard and I sat down all week while he did the collage from childhood photos of us all. The thing that impressed me at the end of the week was that after he'd filled the whole board with pictures and got his composition right, his final move was to take pieces of white paper and place them strategically to give space through the whole thing so that it wasn't just crammed with pictures. It was beautiful and I remember being very impressed with the way he put this negative space on - it was the first time that I'd
ever seen that idea." - Paul McCartney