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A time capsule full of tasteful stuff ;) Paulie, 20 / Graphic designer and pop culture enjoyer

[neil-gaiman]

Sir is this true?

That is me on a trampoline. Your argument may well be valid.

[thegangsterwayoflife]

[pharlapcartoonist]

Keep it up @neil-gaiman, it will be over soon

[hipstersbleedroses]

[factoseintolerant]

"I love stupid. Why do you think I'm here?"

[70sscifiart]

Ralph McQuarrie’s cover art for Isaac Asimov’s ‘Robot Dreams’ is an homage to Frederic Leighton’s ‘Flaming June.’

[mondlers]

THE GREENSWELL 🍃 [ horizon: forbidden west ]

[prokopetz]

The real reason fantasy and sci fi book covers painted by human artists are superior to their AI-generated counterparts is that when the AI gets everything wrong it's almost always a trivial exercise to figure out what prompt it was given and how it free-associated its way to the result, but a human artist will hit you with an elaborately laid out black-velvet rendering of a scene which absolutely does not happen in the book, populated by people who in spite of their distinctive and wildly eccentric designs are not identifiable as any specific character, and the challenge of puzzling out what the fuck they thought they were painting is often more interesting than the actual book.

[prokopetz]

The book: Paint-by-numbers Tolkienesque fantasy.

The cover artist: Fuck you, here's a cowboy on a spaceship.

Me: This is the happiest day of my life.

[prokopetz]

The cover art spec: A medieval warrior with a magic sword fights orcs in some ancient ruins.

The art-generating AI: I drew a medieval warrior with a magic sword fighting orcs in some ancient ruins.

The human artist: I drew a dude wearing a Viking-themed BDSM harness wielding a lightsabre against a horde of jacked lion-men amid the wreckage of a crashed alien starship under the light of a triple sun. Also, one of the lion-men is being eaten by a pterodactyl. I don't remember why.

[vintageslumbers]

A bit late for global beatles day but:

[vintageslumbers]

A bit late for global beatles day but:

[johnlennonofficial]

The Beatles, done by famous artists

[beatlemaniac00-deactivated20240]

The Ultimate Beatle Guide: Interviews

1962

The Beatles first radio airplay with Pete Best (3rd August)

The Beatles first radio interview (27th October)

The Beatles rehearsals in The Cavern Club (October)

1963

The Beatles played on American radio for the first time (Late Feb)

The Beatles Ireland interview(Feb/March)

Please please me mini documentary (March 22nd)

The Beatles ‘Easy Beat’ Radio Show  (April 3rd)

The Beatles BBC Radio show ‘Side By Side’ (April 4th)

The Beatles Swedish interview (August 23rd) part one

The Beatles Swedish interview (August 23rd) part two

Short interview with The Beatles (August 28th)

The Beatles interview with Dusty Springfield (October 4th)

The Beatles short interview with BBC News (October 16th)

The Beatles interview in Cheltenham (November 1st)

The Beatles Dublin interview (November 7th)

The Beatles ‘This Week’ interview uncut (November 7th)

The Beatles ‘Day By Day’ interview (November 12th)

The Beatles first time on American TV NBC News (November 18th)

The Beatles Come To Town: ABC Ardwick in Manchester (November 20th)

The Beatles Come To Town Behind The Scenes/Outtakes (November 20th)

The Beatles and fans interviews at ABC Cinema Carlisle (November 21st)

The Beatles interview with Ken Dodd (November 27th)

Morecambe and Wise Show featuring The Beatles (December 2nd)

The Beatles photoset at BBC radio show Saturday Club (December 17th)

Beatles Christmas message at Astoria by ‘Day By Day’ (December 24th)

1964

The Beatles awarded Silver Hearts (1964)

The Beatles Live At The BBC Full Album (1963/1964)

The Beatles Paris interview- starts at 2:00 (February 5th)

The Beatles arrive in America (February 7th)

The Beatles JFK Conference (February 7th)

The Beatles on Ed Sullivan (February 9th)

The Beatles Washington D.C interview (February 11th)

The Beatles L.A interview (Mid-Feb)

The Beatles U.S Documentary(Late Feb)

The Beatles return from the US (February 22nd)

The Beatles ‘Public Ear’ interview talking about John’s book (March 18th)

The Beatles fan Q&A interview (April 3rd)

Paul McCartney interviewed by David Frost (May 18th)

The Beatles perform ‘A Midsummers Night’s Dream (Late April)

The Beatles ‘Round Up’ interview (April 30th)

John Lennon and his Auntie Mimi airport interview (June 7th)

The Beatles Adelaide press conference (June 12th)

John Lennon and Paul McCartney Melbourne interview (June 15th)

John Lennon Melbourne interview (June 15th)

The Beatles Australian radio interview (Mid June)

The Beatles San Francisco press conference audio only (August 18th)

The Beatles Seattle press conference audio only (August 21st)

The Beatles Vancouver press conference audio only (August 22nd)

The Beatles New York press conference (August 28th)

The Beatles Boston press conference (September 12th)

The Beatles Ohio press conference (September 15th)

The Beatles Sydney conference with Jimmie Nicol (Mid-December)

The Beatles interview with Jimmie Nicol (Mid-December)

1965

Ringo Starr ‘Pop Personality’ interview (1965)

Ringo and Maureen interview (1965)

Ringo Starr’s interview after his operation (Early January)

The Beatles first interview talking about drug use (March)

Help! radio interview after returning from The Bahamas (March 12th)

John Lennon Cannes Help! interview (May)

John Lennon BBC interview (June 18th)

The Beatles New York press conference (August 13th)

The Beatles Toronto press conference (August 17th)

The Beatles Chicago press conference (August 20th)

The Beatles Metropolitan Stadium press conference (August 21st)

The Beatles Capitol Tower L.A press conference (August 29th)

The Beatles San Francisco press conference (August 31st)

The Beatles MBE interview part one (October 26th)

The Beatles MBE interview part two (October 26th)

The Beatles MBE interview part three (October 26th)

The Beatles MBE interview part four (October 26th)

George Harrison BBC interview (November 30th)

John Lennon BBC interview (November 30th)

1966 

The Beatles in Hamburg interview (June 26th)

The Beatles Tokyo press conference (June 30th)

The Beatles Chicago press conference (August 12th)

The Beatles Toronto press conference audio only (August 17th)

The Beatles New York press conference (August 22nd)

The Beatles Warwick Hotel press conference (August 22nd)

The Beatles L.A press conference (August 24th)

John Lennon apologising for comparing The Beatles to Jesus (unsure of date)

1967

Paul McCartney ‘Special Underground’ interview (January 18th)

John Lennon and Paul McCartney TOTP interview (March 20th)

Paul McCartney LSD interview (June 27th)

John Lennon and George Harrison interview (August 27th)

The Beatles interview after Brian’s death (August 29th)

John Lennon radio interview (November)

1968

Paul McCartney and Jane Asher interview (26th March)

John Lennon and Paul McCartney NBC interview (May 14th)

The Beatles (Minus John) promoting ‘Yellow Submarine’ (July 8th)

Paul McCartney solo interview (November)

1969

As The Beatles were extremely close to breaking up there aren’t many interview and it’s hard to date everything, someone has kindly made a compilation of them talking though: (x)

George Harrison speaks about the future of The Beatles

[michonnegrimes]

“I was thinking the other day, ‘I wish I had sat and just hugged John all the time when we were together.’ (…) I’d just sit around and hug him forever. That’s the depth of my feeling for him.” - Paul McCartney, 2020

[macca-is-art]

Get Back To Where You Once Belonged

[vintageslumbers]

Happy bday to the coolest grandude Sir Paul!! 🥳🎶

[vintageslumbers]

Happy bday to the coolest grandude Sir Paul!! 🥳🎶

[eppysboys]

Adam Gustavson’s Artwork for Susanna Reich‘s ‘Fab Four Friends: The Boys Who Became The Beatles’

“It’s worth mentioning that visual documentation on the Beatles is abundant. So, yes, that is Paul McCartney’s mum’s couch, yes, the anti-macassars were white, and yes, she really had that lamp. In other cases, anecdotal evidence is necessary to fill in gaps or inconsistencies. For example, the red dyes used in the 1940s and ‘50s on budget model guitar finishes were often fugitive, causing what was once a warm sunburst finish to fade into an almost greenish hue when viewed today. The goal of this minutia level research is to seem invisible, to hopefully give a veneer of plausibility to imagined scenes in a way that doesn’t seem self conscious or gratuitous.”  Adam Gustavson