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Friends and family that always tried to get me into them are laughing their asses off me at seeing my newfound level of obsession, I swear. BUT WHO CARES. I's been such a blast.

Musically: I love how they evolved so much - their early stuff is fun but somewhat hollow (ironically enough, my favorite song of that period is Please Mister Postman, which isn't even a Beatles song!). A Hard Day's Night is actually pretty good, and it's a great bridge between early stuff and their improved sound of the later years. Help! was very much meh, Rubber Soul I honestly can't stand (I only like about two songs off it, ugh). I really like both the White Album and Sgt. Pepper's... but I think my favorite albums of theirs are Revolver and Magical Mystery Tour, I can't quite decide between them.

Interview/anecdote/photo/video/fangirly stuff wise, I very much prefer seeing early stuff, mostly because they still seemed to, you know, like each other, and are overall fantastically cute and fascinating and funny. And dunno, it's just kind of heartbreaking to read about poor Ringo feeling like no one cared for him, and about John saying he pretty much hated every single song Paul had written and the such and how Paul tried so hard to keep them all together and everyone pretty much hated him for it. It all became so messy, in the end.

But yes, I very much love these boys, these grown men, and I can't really choose between them, although I'm awfully partial to Paul and Ringo, hee. And that's another thing I've never gotten: John Lennon was a genious, there's no denying that, but he wasn't saintness incarnated, for Christ's sake. Paul is overbearing and controling and manipulative, but John wasn't perfect either, and Paul sure as hell didn't/doesn't deserve all the dissing he gets. BUT OH WELL.

Ever since this little trend of mine started with the Libertines of getting obsessed with broken-up bands my source of happiness is that Travis is getting ready to record a new album! YAYZ. I'm so very excited, doubly so because it's mostly because Dougie's having his first baby in March, which makes me go AWWWWWW so fucking much, haha.

AND Dirty Pretty Things is kiiiinda ready to release their second album. YAY? I'd be more excited if I liked their first album better, in all honesty. BUT HEY. Babyshambles' new album was sort of fantastic and it was such a pleasant surprise, maybe it'll happen again now? (because in the same fashion, Down in Albion was made of suck, although Waterloo to Anywhere didn't quite reach that level of lameness.)

And now that I think about it, there hasn't been any worthwile news in the Libs fronts for a while, isn't it? Other than Carl's horrendous taste in pants (seriously what was he thinking? Those things made me yearn for the tight tight tight black trousers) and Pete's bad haircut and mention in VH1's 'best of 2007' because of the druggie kittens, there hasn't been much. I mean, no one's been sent to rehab (again), no one's playing in jails or being ditched by supermodels or doing anything interesting, boo. WE NEED A 'PETE AND CARL SHOP TOGETHER' SIGHTING. Just to get things interesting, lol.