#George and George Martin

[harrisonarchive]

The Beatles, February 1968; photo: CEA/Cache Agency.

“Then there was the completely unpredictable influence of George Harrison. From the mid-sixties onwards, George took Beatles music along a road that had nothing whatsoever to do with his own background or culture, or with American music for that matter: he took it east. […] [George] soon gave a different cast entirely to the Beatles’ output, composing tracks that were about a light year away from their other songs. He added a whole new range of Indian instruments to the Beatles’ equation, instruments that crop up over and over in Beatles’ tracks throughout their career, and make their sound unlike anything anyone else has done before or since. George Harrison is a dark horse all right, a one-off. He marches to the sound of a different drum.” - George Martin, With A Little Help From My Friends: The Making of Sgt. Pepper (1994)

“Despite what I’ve said about the relatively marginal position that George’s music had within the group, it would be entirely wrong to think that he himself was excluded from it. George had something stronger than power: he had influence. Witness the fact that all of the boys followed him to India to sit at the feet of the Maharishi. George tried to persuade me to ease my karma, too, but I excused myself on the grounds of extreme old age. The Beatles were all looking for something. They had achieved great fame and fortune, but that had made them wonder all the harder what it meant. They were looking for a greater faith than the half-baked versions of Eastern religion and culture circulating in the West could give them. They all wanted to experiment, to push at the envelope of their upbringing, beliefs and culture. They wanted to find out what it was all about. George was able to answer some of the questions they asked, and the Maharishi seemed to answer more. He was able to bring them a measure of inner peace, which was something they had not found before. Although they became disillusioned with it afterwards, transcendental meditation was more than a passing fad for the Beatles. […] The scales fell from their eyes when it became clear that the guru was after all very much a human being, with feet of clay, but George still to this day will insisted: ‘OK, that’s fair enough, but it doesn’t alter the basic truth,’ by which he means the truths he learned from Eastern philosophies all those years ago.” - ibid (x)

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[jeyneofpoole]

deleting a post you made twenty minutes ago is a timeless tradition in the hallowed halls of all women who have blogged before us and will blog after us. grrm welcome to the ranks queen.

[diioonysus]

insects in art: butterflies

[jadenvargen]

the 10 page pitch preview i made for my original comic, Hunky-Dory:) if you want to follow the process and read more, i'm uploading it as i go to patreon.com/jadenvargen !

[polartss]

the house with the gay dragons??

[roslynn777]

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[jeyne-arryn]

Phia Saban gave a wrenching, powerful, heart-breaking performance as Helaena Targaryen, Aegon’s doomed, haunted queen and mother to his children.

George R.R. Martin - NOT A BLOG: Blood, Cheese, and Grief (July 5, 2024)

[harrisonarchive]

George Harrison and George Martin at the Romanian Angel Appeal luncheon in July 1990; photo by Peter Brooker/Shutterstock.

“George always had a very pragmatic streak. He never let the so-called glamour of show-business seduce him. He always saw through phoney people very quickly. He was the practical one, the one who could mend the amplifier or change the fuse. And he is one of the most generous people I know. If you were a friend of George in need, he would reach into his pocket and give you his last penny. Equally, if it were a matter of principle, he would defend you to the last. If ever I were in trouble, George Harrison is the kind of person I would like to be able to turn to.” - George Martin, With A Little Help From My Friends: The Making of Sgt. Pepper (1994)

“There was a time in the Nineties when Dad was very sick. He was confined to bed and things were fairly touch and go for a while. George [Harrison] was wonderful, simply wonderful; he came over to visit and brought Dad a Ganesh elephant symbol, telling him it would keep him safe and well. He was such a comfort to the whole family during a difficult time. He was a very keen gardener, the grounds of his home were just beautiful, still are, and he helped Mum a lot with our garden. He would drive over to see us with as many plants as he could fit on to the passenger seat of a McLaren F1! He meant a great deal to my dad; to all of us.” - Express, May 27, 2012 (x)

Q: "George Martin recently admitted he still felt embarrassed about not giving you moare attention in the studio. He claimed he'd been 'beastly to George.'"

George Harrison: "He wasn’t beastly to me, but he spoke to me recently and said his only regret was that he didn’t realise sooner what *I* was. He already had enough to deal with, I suppose, with this band #TheBeatles who already had two guys out there writing and singing. He didn’t really need to try because in thise days most groups had their songs written for them. It was all quite new. But only this summer he said to me, Will you ever forgive me, George? (Laughs) He’s such a gentleman! It was nice of him to say that, you know." - Q, 1988 (x)

[mileenaxyz]

Okay...now...hold on....

[neil-gaiman]

I'm in Santa Fe so of course I went down to the picket line outside a local studio. George RR Martin was there too, and I got to see Paris, George's better half, as well. So was incredible author Nnedi Okorafor who had driven in from Arizona to be on the picket line.

[teamblck]

yeah

[the-walrus-squad]

Any Writing Professor: Do not name any two characters with the same letter, it will confuse your audience.

George RR Martin and Hidetaka Miyazaki: This is Radagon, who married Rennala, mother of Ranni who likes to pose as Renna, enemy of Rykard and Radahn. He is really Marika, Maliketh's Goddess, mother to Morgott (AKA Margit) Mohg, Malenia mother of Millicent, Miquella, possibly Melina and now Messmer, and she had them after she raised Godwyn and Godefroy with Godfrey, from whom Godrick is descended.

[quotefeeling]

You were made to be kissed, often and well.

George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

[baby-girl-aaron-dessner]

“I have no idea what Ryan has planned — if indeed he has planned anything.”

- George R. R. Martin

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