All the common CD editions of Help! are actually a new mix done in the 80s by George Martin. As I said in a nearby message, the original CDs were part mono mix (first four albums), as there was little benefit to use the stereo mix released on the side a little later, two new stereo mixes (Help! and Rubber Soul)…

And they could perform a mean "The Bells of St. Mary's" if trained to squeal properly.

Well, but yeah, but everybody knows that today's stereo mixes are produced by taking a 5.1 mix and pressing the button "5.1 -> 2 ch".
At the time of the Beatles, their DAWs didn't have that button, their only choice was to click on "2 ch -> 1 ch" with the mouse.

The funny thing is that technically Wright, who came back for A Momentary…, wasn't a member of Pink Floyd on this album.

The thing is that Gilmour is an excellent rock 'n' roll and blues guitarist (check his performances on Paul McCartney's Run Devil Run) who joined an existing art band and replaced a tortured guitar player. I'm pretty sure that on his own his playing would be more classical and less intense, but he had to adapt to an…

Q: What does a Pink Floyd fan say when they're out of weed?
A: "What's that shitty music?"

And Final Cut featured no Wright, little input from Mason, and just a few solos from Gilmour. It was the end of Pink Floyd mk. III aka Roger Waters and the Pink Floyd.

Because Hollywood hates risks and loves brand recognition.

Not just the state and feds. The EPA should too.
Think of all the chemicals that were spilled during the shooting at Diosa, just from the ruptured breast implants.

Dutch was difficult to root for, and it was made on purpose. He was the by the books guy, who was slightly creepy, and he was no match for the cooler guys in the strike team.

There are reports that Dylan had written another collection of songs, which were more or less Blood on the Tracks, part II. Some bleak, intimate stuff about his divorce. He played them for a few musicians. Then, he changed his mind (he thought of the kids, or his lawyer persuaded him that he couldn't release such…

I remember what Kurt Sutter said when people complained about the time spent in Ireland during season 3. He explained that he had to do this, so he could use these foundations to build all the other seasons…

It's common knowledge that it's much cheaper to use a cover.

I believe that Hamlet stopped when Sutter realized there were too many pages to read in the book.

The early seasons had characterization. You had the duplicitous leader, the idealistic adoptive son who had his ideals shattered and had to accept compromises, the possessive mother, interesting baddies (Zobel for instance), on which the pulpy aspects of the show could build.

November 10 in France.

I haven't seen Les Limiers, which was broadcast last year, but it's one of the few French shows that was formatted in the US format with one hour episode (lasting actually 52 mn) rather than the hour and a half format that's usual for European crime shows.

It's not a surprise that Gemma wants to kill Juice. Juice, this season, has the very same reactions as Tara from season 5 and 6. They're a character who's more and more confused about their earlier choices, is desperate and turns a little crazy. For Tara, it implied stealing the kids from Jax and Gemma (and faking a…

Snap… I hadn't seen you had posted the same thing two hours ago.

Sledge Hammer! did it first, with the cliffhanger from season one: