More Beatles discovered in Yoko Ono's New York City apartment! Wow! What a housekeeper Yoko is! Someone look her up the number to Merry Maids. In yet another cold case file finally solved after 50 years, still more "lost" artifacts of pre-Beatle's Lennon and McCartney suddenly show up. Let's not get too excited though, remember the two "lost" songs that were found in time for the Anthology series? "Free as a Bird" was not even close to charting Billboard's Hot 100. and for good reason. It amazes me how someone like Yoko Ono who cares so much about John Lennon and the Beatles library can be so darned clumsy to lose things. These things keep coming around out of nowhere almost as often as new recordings emerge from the slain Tupac Shakir. So, this years discovery was an interview reel from the beginning of the Beatles illustrious career. A chat over tea and buscuits with Lennon and McCartney who toss back and forth the possibility of perhaps "throwing a band together for the fun of it all". Indeed. This stuff is priceless. How many millions would pay at auction for this one of a kind thing? Supposedly the reel has never aired anywhere ever however, the reel is said to be in pretty good shape all things considered. How would someone know this? Obviously someone listened to it already to come to that conclusion. Will we ever hear it? Would you ever buy it or fownload it from iTunes? That sounds about right to me because as far as I'm concerned these are damaged goods having been at the bottom of a closet for half a century.
New Waver's Devo looks for the "Golden Arches" at the end of the rainbow...You may or may not be a spud. A spud was considered to be a die-hard fan of 70's group Devo from Idaho (get it?) . Now, some 25 years after they gave us "Whip it", Devo has reunited not to play music, but to file a lawsuit against McDonald's. To make things simple, Devo is specifically targeting your kids Happy Meal. This begs the age old question: Do the kids want the hamburger and fries, or do they want the toy? Save your answer. The new toy needs no explanation here. The two side by side photos say it all, and truth be known, I'm on Devo's side on this one. Their trademark "flower pot" hats are in reality registered trademarks. McDonald's was foolish to allow this to go as far as it has. There's no contest here unfortunately, the characters in McDonald Land are prepared to fight this regardless. This case can be closed in five minutes in Judge Mathis' courtroom. Geez!
Finally, here's a story that John McCain needs to follow... Let's be honest. We all do. Wal-Mart is going to get an "Extreme Makeover" later this year with the signs on their storefronts. They want to make the place easier to find for the confused consumer. Wal-Mart will be dropping the hyphen from the name and will make it into one word. Not that big of a deal however, you can now use this in a game of Scrabble. Their words will appear on a bright colored background to be seen easier from the street. No word yet on whether or not the smiley face stays or goes. Do you see what's going on here? Everyone can admit to stopping in there to purchase something at least once in a lifetime but, the truth is, the Hispanic population shops there the most and most frequently. No speaka da English? Not a problem. Wal-mart has already changed the aisle signs to half Spanish. If you're still confused how many peso's a dozen tube socks will cost, Wal-Mart employees have been encouraged to learn the language of it's clientele (as long as you do it off the clock in your own spare time). This isn't called "racial profiling" by any stretch. As a matter of fact, these changes are aimed to lure more Mexican immigrants into the store. The theory is, they're already here so, make them feel at home and welcome them in. Now, Wal-Mart never came out and said all this directly, but you be the judge. Wal-Mart claims to have all their chips invested in America and then they do this. While the new sign has yet to be shown publicly, all that's missing is Warner Brothers' controversial cartoon rat, "Speedy Gonzales". He's been out of work for years anyway.
