#bev’s book

[the-diary-of-bev-bevan]

The band hated the drawn portraits of themselves for the inside sleeves of Out of the Blue, probably because most people hate pictures of themselves

Bev also couldn’t figure out how to put together the cardboard spaceship that one can cut out of the album cover

Planetary Sounds

[quite-actually-a-nacho]

Bev’s Book — Hobbies of ELO members

Bev Bevan was a renowned prankster, to the dismay of his bandmates—particularly Jeff, since they used to share a room at times before they all got their own.

Jeff Lynne had a fondness for thinking up silly words, which began in his schoolboy days. He also loved sports, and converted numerous rooms for himself into sports/activity rooms.

Richard Tandy is said to have “studied” television. He would often lock himself in his room to watch TV with great interest. He also loved talking on the phone more than anyone else in the band.

Kelly Groucutt could be found playing with toys and gizmos and games. He owned loads of games and junk at his house and claimed to buy them for his kids, but Bev knew better.

Mik Kaminski was a regular gambler on anything one could gamble on. He even had his own mathematical system. Whenever he got his hands on a newspaper, he opened to the horse racing pages.

Melvyn Gale could make a hobby of just talking. He talked a LOT. One time, Jeff and Bev hosted a radio show and dedicated a record to Mel, called You Talk Too Much. Listed elsewhere were his other hobbies of soaring, cars, and sail planes.

Hugh McDowell was… Hugh. I think his main hobby was just being a troublemaker—not even a snarky one. But Hugh also loved reading books, and could often be found reading before shows.

[thecatspirits]

I really love the symbolism in the movies of Bev using the fence post to attack Pennywise, who appears to her as her father, and then her giving a fence post to Eddie and telling him it will kill monsters if he believes it does. It's like Bev is telling Eddie that if she could could kill her demons and overcome her father's/husband's abuse then Eddie can kill his own demons too. Of course though they ruined that by stabbing Eddie. I'm going to go sob now, thank you for coming to my ted talk TOT

[thelosers-club]

umm imagine Stan lived and came back to derry and revisited the synagogue and ummm also wore that pink silk robe I joked about him wearing in this post. no this was not just my poor excuse to draw him in a silly pink robe

[eldritch-ace]

Hannibal sapphics be upon yee 🧡🤍💖

[reddje]

the losers as screenshots in my phone

( inspired by @bestbirdlawyer )

[pyr0cue]

sometimes i sit down and think. it 2017 really gave ben mike's personality and narrative function and people think its canon. mike my poor boy i love you so so much im sorry the movies stripped you of personality and charm

[wolfofneibolt]

I firmly believe we will not have a successful movie adaptation of It until the director accepts that the focus of the story is not horror.

The clown doesn’t fucking matter. It’s not about him. It’s about growing up in a shitty town with people who suck as much as you do. I don’t give a shit about mr clown and even less of a shit about that good for nothing turtle. The only clown I care about is Richie Tozier and he’s in thin ice for a completely separate reason.

In short:

[nazskoll]

Stephen King really gave us some of the first ever COCSA representation and some of y'all only managed to turn it into a joke or shipping material....

[you-are-braver-than-you-think]

yippeeeee

Tbh never rly thought id read the book till i started listening to the audiobook. Im happy i have my own copy i can mark up now.

[the-diary-of-bev-bevan]

Jeff and Hugh were always late to scheduled flights. Hugh was sometimes bad enough that they had to drag him out of bed and carry him to the car to make it to the airport on time.

Hugh was a qualified pilot. Even so, no one trusted him with a plane.

[quite-actually-a-nacho]

I’ve seen one of your posts where you pasted snippets of Bev’s book on pictures of ELO members—and this specific post had an image Of Melvyn Gale with the snippet where Bev said “Melvyn threw up” and I have to know—what’s the story behind this?

oh yes that fun little story! I forget some specifics, I still can’t find my book but I’ll remember what I can!

essentially for lunch earlier that day the band ate some kind of greasy spicy chicken recipe at a restaurant abroad (either in Spain or another Spanish-speaking country), they ate a lot of it, and they also drank some large quantities of alcohol. then they had to get back on the bus for a few hour drive I think to a gig (they had somewhere they needed to be), but if I remember right the trip was generally a disaster. people acting up, bus breaking down for ages in the middle of nowhere, struggling through language barriers, everyone was in a fairly dreadful mood.

but Melvyn in particular apparently could not keep down the chicken and alcohol especially in the heat. so Melvyn threw up. and although they cleaned everything best they could, the bus stank for the remainder of the drive, and that pretty much marked the end of an awful day. everyone just sort of sat in exhausted silence after everything went wrong. super fun things to happen!

*and I forgot to mention that I believe the original snippets over the photos were done by moveslikekeithrichards! lots of good silly old ELO/Bev’s book content on their blog. the phrase “Melvyn threw up” became a funny summary of how Melvyn always looks uncomfortable in photos as well as the epitome of his ELO experience.

[too-damn-good-for-growing-old]

Hello hello HELLO my dear Outsiders community!

I’m Allison! I’m a Huge fan of this incredible story in all it’s mediums ☀️

Some quick fun facts about me:

I saw the musical at La Jolla Playhouse in 2023 and have seen it 7 times on Broadway! (Latest viewing: 10/26/2024) I try to go to the show at least once a month.

I directed the stage adaptation of the story (a straight play, not the musical) when I was in college! It was one of the greatest joys of my life.

I have seen the movie and read the book more times than I can count!

I have a beagle named Tulsa and I believe he should be the official Outsiders mascot

My current goal is to sit in the front row on Broadway and get that gosh 😤 darn 😤 book 😤

My asks and DMs are quite literally always open for anything and everything Outsiders! Or just anything theatre related at all, I’m not picky.

And it goes without saying, but….stay gold 💛

[impulsivesuperrobin]

me, gnawing at the bars of my cage: richie tozier is smart!!! he gets good grades!!! he understands bill better than anyone!!! he thinks bev is so tough!!! his impressions are fucking awful when he’s a kid!!! he hates his glasses but thinks it’s cool that buddy holly wears them!!!! his parents don’t always understand him but they love him so much!!! he’s scared of clowns and werewolves and being forgotten!!! he dances with bev in a school talent show!!! and their friendship gives a time traveler hope for derry!!!

[minature-monsoon]

I just think they’re neat

[trashm0utheds]

Richie, takes a drag of his cigarette: And his cheeks got red when I called him cute.

Bev lights a new one, nodding.

Richie: Honestly, he's probably the cutest guy I've ever met.

Bev: Yeah.

Richie, sighs: I should text Eddie.

Bev, raises her brow: You're finally going to tell him your feelings?

Richie: Sure.

Bev: I told you, it's better in person, Rich.

Richie: Yeah, yeah. I'll tell him to meet up.

--

minutes later

Bev: Richie, why did Eddie text me and say, "Am not cute! But thanks, Bev." What did you tell him?

Richie, grins: That you said he's cute.

Bev, groans: RICHARD!!!!!

Richie, raises his hands: I KNOW, I KNOW! I'LL TELL HIM NEXT TIME, I SWEAR.