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Apr 7, 2023Liked by Mark Starlin

Renaissance Beatles - see if you can find a Renaissance music group interested in updating their music selection (still have a Vox Box record of Renaissance music 😛 along with most of the Beatles records).

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Mar 30, 2023Liked by Mark Starlin

Concrete Kites - Flying your concrete kite during a hurricane may also help!

The Renaissance Beatles - I think that “Here Cometh The Sun” and “Yellow Underwater Ship” could’ve done well during the Renaissance.

No One Predicted That - “Is there supposed to be a giant rock hurtling down from the sky today?” My immediate thought was that the “rock” was actually a concrete kite.

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Yowza! Cool stuff! You must write all day long every day... A man of passion.

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Hahaha! The Renaissance Beatles gave me a much needed laugh. 🤣

Thanks, Mark.

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Love those Beatle parodies. I can imagine "Drive My Car" could become "Rideth My Steed".

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Mar 13, 2023Liked by Mark Starlin

Concrete Kites: out of curiosity, I googled it, and the Internet did not disappoint: https://www.etsy.com/market/concrete_kite

The Renaissance Beatles: what, you didn't throw together slightly-modified tunes with some 17th Century instruments (synthesized) to go with this? With *your* music background? 🤨

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Mar 13, 2023·edited Mar 13, 2023Liked by Mark Starlin

Great stuff, Mark. Love the Renaissance Beatles! Sharron bassano gave me the nudge about this post because of the synchronicity (sort of): I posted today about modernizing Shakespeare 😂

https://open.substack.com/pub/terryfreedman/p/start-the-week-16?utm_source=direct&r=18suih&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Mar 13, 2023Liked by Mark Starlin

Loved the Beatles stuff. I was a fan from day one. And, yes, I was alive on day one when the Beatles premiered in the U.S. Bet that took some time to rewrite!

Also, your kite story is why I don't fly kites. They always fall down in snow storms.

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😂 Quick message from hospital, Mark. Recommending 400mph.

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