The Apple special event on 9/9/09 saw no mention of The Beatles on iTunes – something I predicted, partly because all the planets seemed aligned, and partly because of desire. Yes, in addition to being an Apple fanboy I also have a Beatles fanboy card lying around here somewhere.

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Even if you’re not a huge Beatles fan, I think this documentary about John Lennon’s jukebox is worth seeing for a neat history of the music of the sixites.

Basically John Lennon had a jukebox that he would take around with him on tour, filled with all of his favorite music.

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Yesterday, it was announced that John Lennon and his back catalog have been added to the iTunes Music Store (of course, in the case of Double Fantasy that means some of Yoko’s stuff too).

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Paul McCartney has a new album out soon, Memory Almost Full. With a title like that, I fear that McCartney has gotten lazy again, and this track confirms it. He can write songs like this in his sleep.

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Maybe this isn’t a surprise to anybody but me, but this FOXNews article says the Beatles music is nearing downloadable status (I knew that) but down at the bottom of the article, Neil Aspinall (Apple spokesman) says when this happens, “it will be on all the services, not just one.”

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Cool… especially after the subtle let-down of no Apple Super Bowl advertisement (I actually forgot that rumor was going around… thanks to Parislemon for reminding me), it was announced today (read more at Apple Insider) that The Beatles’ Apple Corps has settled their trademark dispute with Steve Jobs’ Apple Computer, maker of iPods, Macs, and iPhones.

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There’s some speculation that the Beatles will finally make their music available on iTunes and therefore the iPod. I didn’t want to write anything before an announcement, but if the news is hitting Fortune magazine, something must be in the works.

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I feel bad for this post, but in order to answer a burning question, here are the songs I ranked with one star as the worst Beatles songs. Listening to these in heavy doses will give you the wrong idea about the Fab Four.

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My ratings may seem a bit harsh – but they’re relative to other Beatles songs – two or three star ratings appear often because the four and five star songs are so incredible.

Note: I’m not including this CD along with the list of Beatles albums because of its compilation nature.

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Note: I’m not including this CD along with the list of Beatles albums because it only contains 4 Beatles originals that they considered “lesser” and offered up for the animated film.

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