John Lennon may have departed this planet 28 years ago, but that’s not to say he can’t still have an impact. With the assistance of technology and the consent of Yoko Ono, the heralded Beatle has returned in a new OLPC spot. In the ad, the late musician proclaims: “Imagine every child no matter where in the world they were could access a universe of knowledge. They would have a chance to learn, to dream, to achieve anything they want.” If this sounds like just the inspiration you needed to get your donation on, hop on past the break to see the vid in its entirety.

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Listen up, Ringo Beatles fans — your holiday gift has just been located, and it’s on aisle 17 in Bloomingdale’s. The somewhat janky limited edition collector’s box is a dream come true for fanatics of the Fab Four, packing 13 original Beatles’ CDs, an engraved guitar pick, two masters and the “Love” CD — none of which are available via the iTunes Music Store, mind you. Just 2,500 of the $795 sets are available, but — humorously enough — you’ll be stuck ripping and transferring every last disc onto your individually numbered, etched-with-a-Beatles-logo 120GB iPod classic. Ah well, at least this scenario lets you choose your own bitrate, right?

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Ringo Starr has made the above plea on his website asking his fans to stop sending him stuff to sign after October 20th because he will just throw it out because he is just too busy. Burying the message between him saying peace and love, peace and love. What is so peace and love about that?
Wonder why he picked such a random date to stop dealing with fan mail. Well I am to the post office with a bunch of him to sign before October 20th!

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As a Mets and Billy Joel fan, I have tears in my eyes as we say goodbye to Shea Stadium. But a what a way to go out with Billy Joel and Paul McCartney performing together with some classics from The Beatles!!! Shea might not be standing there much longer, but the memories will live on forever!!!

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Word on the street (and by street, we mean mostly British tabloids) is that Paul McCartney’s deal to sell the Beatles back-catalog is done, and the Greatest Works of Musical Art Ever Recorded will be appearing on the iTunes store “within months.” Of course, we’ve been hearing whispers about this for what seems like a million years, and since both Apple Corps and Apple are delivering “no comment” and “rumor and speculation” responses on the topic, we won’t get too excited. Still, there does seem to be some serious movement on this front, with everyone and their mother saying the lot is to be sold any day now for around $400 million — which is no small sum. We will, of course, keep you abreast of any developments which will lead to you stocking your music players with the Fab Four’s work.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Well, it looks like the long saga of The Beatles slow transition to digital downloads could finally be nearing a close, at least according to one source that has a fairly big say in the matter. According to Reuters, Paul McCartney recently told Billboard that “It’s all happening soon,” adding that, “Most of us are all sort of ready. The whole thing is primed, ready to go — there’s just maybe one little sticking point left, and I think it’s being cleared up as we speak, so it shouldn’t be too long.” McCartney then went on to get a bit more specific, saying that, “It’s down to fine-tuning, but I’m pretty sure it’ll be happening next year, 2008.” Of course, there’s no indication as to exactly how The Beatles’ catalog will be distributed in digital form, although there’s certainly be no shortage of rumors on that front.

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