Revolution 1
Song Info (from Beatlesongs):”Revolution 1″ (more commonly known just as “Revolution” was 100% written by John while The Beatles were in India in early 1968. Â It was released as the B side to the “Hey Jude” single on August 26, 1968, and got as high as #12 during its eleven-week stay in the Top 40. Â Paul didn’t like the song. Â “In the lyrics, Lennon comes out against violence on the single version but is equivocal on the White Album‘s slower version, following ‘count me out’ with ‘in’.”
UPDATE: Mandy is our mug winner! Â I picked the winner old-school style: printed out the names and had Megan choose one at random. Â Mandy – get me your address!
The date on the last redesign of my website was February 23, 2005. Â Five years ago? Â Really? Â Seems unlikely. Â I was really, really into green and gray at the time. Â Actually, I kind of still am. Â In fact, one room in my house is painted in a similar green as was in that design.
Anyway, if you’re reading this, that means the newest design is live. Â As before, I had a lot of help from Brian, who was once again very good about dealing with all of my “What about this?” and “Hold on, I changed my mind about that” nonsense.
The main reason for the redesign is that Blogger no longer supports FTP publishing. Â My choices were to stick with Blogger but use one of their URLs or switch my blogging software, which is what I ended up doing. Â While switching all that, I’m also changing my hosting situation to Dreamhost via the aforementioned Brian. Â Lots of changes!
I’m very pleased with the new logo, and I have Rock Band to thank for it. Â A screenshot of my character in the game got edited down into the glasses-and-goatee you now see, and it’s almost exactly what I had envisioned at the outset, even though I had no idea how to produce it.
Most everything transferred over pretty well from Blogger, and there’s a pretty good chance that most of the links to stuff still work, even. Â And, since the archives are actually working now and seem to be a little bit better organized, now’s a perfect time to catch up on all the stuff you’ve missed in the now-7 years I’ve been writing. Â Yikes. That’s crazy to me, too.
Don’t neglect to scroll all the way to the bottom – all the links that used to be on the sides are down there now, and I’d hate for you to miss the store or something. Â And make sure you update your feed readers – the RSS feed has changed.
To celebrate the new design, let’s have a little giveaway. Â Leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite topic here on the blog and I’ll pick a random commenter to receive a MadMup.com mug or T-shirt with the new logo on it. Â Let’s make the deadline 6p Eastern this Friday. Â Multiple comments won’t increase your chances, so don’t try anything funny.
Now here’s hoping (once again) that a redesign sparks more writing.
WOO WOO!
I don’t have a favorite topic, but I’ve been partial to Beatles Week. Even stole the idea for my own blog.
Bout time! :)
Long way to scroll down for those links though, wouldn’t know they were there if not for this post!
PS favorite post … Twinkie cake? Think that was here and not mupspace. But if I’m wrong, who cares, Twinkie cakes are delicious
My first visit to your blog. Not the last though. I like the “new” look. Not sure if it counts as a topic, but Beatle’s Week gets my vote as favorite.
I love any post about Nutmeg! Love the new look and design! Maybe for future blog entries you can blog about your adventures of planning a wedding from the guys point of view! ;O)
I too am a fan of Beatles “Week,” although I’m not sure that qualifies as a topic.
I like the new site! I love that the green sides fade to black as you near the end. But I will echo what Mike said about the links at the bottom. It sure does keep the top clean though.
I personally like any blog you write on trying new things that seems like you should have tried them long ago. I think they’re hilarious!
Markus Mark. This is my comment. I hope to win a coffee mug.
My favorite post (or we can just pretend its a topic) was your Lord of the Rings marathon live blog. I remember I checked that several times that day and it made me wish I was there!
“It’s not that easy being green . . .”, but you have pulled it off. Nice new look. Well, enough with the pleasantries, I’m here for the free stuff. Favorite post/s is RESPECT and anything that references me.
I’d say the idea of Beatles Week is pretty neat. I’m thinking of using it on my blog but I’m trying to think of a different band or theme, as I don’t know as much about the Beatles as I feel I should.
A rabbi, a priest, and a minister walk into a bar. The bartender looks at them and says, “What is this, a joke?”
Do I get a deduction for trying something funny? :P
Congrats on the new redesign!
Erm, ditto Emily btw.