eppylover: Brian Epstein favors? ~ Facebook, MySpace, and...The Tonight Show!

eppylover (

eppylover) wrote,
@ 2008-04-15 11:09:00

Current music:	1966 Brian Epstein & Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show
Entry tags:	brian epstein, flisters, tv

Brian Epstein favors? ~ Facebook, MySpace, and...The Tonight Show!

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A FEW CHUCKLES

I know. I'm sorry. I'm being a real pain in the tuchas today.

Three posts in a row this morning.
What a way to mess up your f'lists.

Anyway, did you know that there's a Brian Epstein Facebook?
Problem is, one must be a Facebook member to fully access and respond to any Facebook pages!!! You can click and see the Brian Epstein pic gallery, though.

Sooo.....
Here's a favor I must ask of you all...

Brian Epstein as depicted in childrens book

I have GOT to become a Facebook member, to stay in line with what I'm doing Eppy-wise, mainly with the forum, but also to keep Brian visible everywhere.

I tried to sign up once, about a year ago, but couldn't get the hang of it.
Now Facebook has become the #1 social networking site, and I have been arsked to try again.

So ~~ anyone else out there who happens to belong to Facebook:
Do you have any tips? How should I go about it?
I notice that you are forced to be "your real self" or they ban you.

Well, that's not cool, because I have absolutely no interest in throwing my real name out there and finding people from my past, "socializing" or "networking" with people for any reason other than Brian Epstein-ish ones.

Although ~ I am forced at this point to confess that ~over the past 4 years~ this Eppy-oriented undertaking of mine has indeed opened me up to some new amazing friends, on levels other than just Brian/Beatles! Omigawd yeah! The usually antisocial christine is indeed surprised and pleased with that development! (Y'all know who you are...I think!)

Favor #2 ~ if you're on MySpace, we can add eachother, too.
I am a bit embarrassed to note that I've got some MySpace friends that I don't recognize from anywhere else because ~~ some of you go by different usernames *augghhh!* and I FORGET who you are!!! (I'm old, remember? Heh) So if you are already on my MySpace (name's eppylover, of course!), and you are also on LJ (or are peeking in here from elsewhere), please remind me which usernames are which people. The ones I already know are near the top of my "top friends" column, and the ones I can't remember are at the bottom of my "All Friends" page, beginning after "The BeatleBox"...Thank you!!!

Favor #3 ~ I've recently acquired a really rare audio, 11 minutes and 40 seconds of Brian Epstein on The Tonight Show August 22, 1966, being interviewed by Johnny Carson!
Thanks be to Paul K. at Six Plus Three!!!

The problem is, it's in .flac format. I can play it on WinAmp, but I need it as an mp3 for other reasons. I do not wish to install another program merely to convert one 77,266kb file.
Is there anybody out there who can convert it to mp3?

BTW, here's an interesting Tonight Show page.

Enough for now, okthxbye!

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	merryb87 2008-04-15 06:06 pm UTC (link)
	I just became a fan! :) (Reply to this)(Thread)

	bingo_mcdingo 2008-04-15 06:12 pm UTC (link)
	I'll come back to you later on this - short of time now, but there's no way of knowing who the real you is... let's just say I have more than one persona on facebook. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

persona on facebook

eppylover
2008-04-15 07:24 pm UTC (link)

Okay, Bingo dear. I merely remember something along the lines of: they wouldn't accept my name as being just "Eppylover" ...

So I put "the Christine" as a last name, and it wouldn't accept that, either. So I almost typed in "fukkit" but was afraid that that one WOULD take.

Such as when my friend tried to use her usual name "ladyeffingbroke" for the OLD 5th Beatle Movie Forum (not the super-spiffy one we've got now), and it didn't take, it didn't take, it didn't take......so she got mad and whipped in "snot".....and it took.

I have read in places where they claim Facebook has changed considerably in the past year or so. So, I shall try again, but not until I've gotten enough feedback from users. :)

Because I'm like that. xD

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Re: persona on facebook

ernestinewalker
2008-04-15 09:34 pm UTC (link)

Actually, that's how Ernestine Walker came to be. I like to tell a different story every time ("Ernestine Walker" is my flaming pie), but here's the real one:
In high school, someone really sweet and kind said I looked like Ernest Bourgnine in drag. I don't remember who it was, but I decided to embrace it. "Ernieindrag" was my yahoo ID, when I had one of those, and I had it as a hotmail address for a moment or two in college. Well, then that expired, so I had to re-sign-up for hotmail. I tried a few "Ernies" that related to drag, but they were all taken (even "boogerernie," which refers to bad drag). I didn't want to add those ridiculous arbitrary numbers to it, so I typed in "Ernestine_Walker." I don't exactly remember where the "Walker" came from, only that I kind of felt like I was stiffing it to some little old lady in Florida. Only it fit. It really kuffing fit.

But I don't have Facebook or MySpace or anything like that, because I really can't be arsed, and I'd rather write long, readerless rambles. Getting to meet some awfully cool people along the way is just a bonus.

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Re: persona on facebook

eppylover
2008-04-15 10:07 pm UTC (link)

>> Getting to meet some awfully cool people...
Well, that's Stephy's fault, as you may recall. XD

I always kinda assumed the Walker part derived from Johnny Black or Red.
Gee, I wonder why? ;P
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BTW, it's kinda karma-riffic that you chimed in like 2 seconds after Stephy imposed on my poor unfortunate eyes and ears a YouTube vid of a very, very gay-ish game called "Cho Aniki" ... it just made us wtf all over.

Since you can't get vids, I'll hotlink a few googled images:

For anyone stumbling upon this comment, here's the vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYh59HsYRIg

I couldn't find the best stuff from the video on Google Images. Oh well.

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	Re: persona on facebook eppylover 2008-04-15 10:22 pm UTC (link)
	Hahaaa oh my snerk I just realized that this Gaye comment is also going out to Mister McDingo, since it's a sub-comment! Sorry, Bingo!!! May I lamely state the fact that our lady Ernie was sorta raised by friends of dorothy? Does that explain anything? Okay. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

We're All Irrelevant.

ernestinewalker
2008-04-16 05:33 pm UTC (link)

Which reminds me:
Muppet Wizard of Oz- Kermit knocks on the door to Oz Towers, or whatever they call the Wizard's place. The guard asks who's there. Kermit replies, "Um, we're all friends of Dorothy."

And as a product of said affliction, yesterday, when our IT guy said, "Now, you'll just edit if you have an orphan," I replied, "Orphan as in frequently or orphan as in a child with no parents?" In a startling turn of events, no one got it.

I get everyone in trouble. Like it's my gob or samethink. Don't get too close, or I'll take you down, too!! *winkwink*

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Re: persona on facebook

ernestinewalker
2008-04-16 12:17 pm UTC (link)

Well I think you and Stephy are both pretty cool people, so fault or no fault, I'm glad I know both of you. So there!! :P

Those screen caps are just begging to be someone's wallpaper, by the way. And you're so kind to send me the ol' skool version, to compensate for my technological FAIL.

It might've. There's probably a little Karen Walker and some Tennessee Walker and some Walker-I-hardly-even-know-er in there, too. My phony last name is an inside joke mutt.

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	I just became a fan! :) eppylover 2008-04-15 07:26 pm UTC (link)
	...of Facebook? ...of MySpace? ...of Johnny Carson??? (...of me?) Because, heck, I KNOW you've been an Eppy fan for awhile! :D (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: I just became a fan! :) merryb87 2008-04-15 08:01 pm UTC (link)
	;) lol, well I am your number one fan. now my fandomness of Eppy became official...err on facebook that is. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: I just became a fan! :) eppylover 2008-04-16 12:03 am UTC (link)
	OH BLUSH! And yay for Eppy fanity! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	vandonovan 2008-04-15 08:00 pm UTC (link)
	Try a realistic fake name and that should work. (Christine Epstein, for instance, or the last name of someone else you know/like.) You can try sending me the .flac file and I can see if I can convert it, but no promises. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	the .flac file eppylover 2008-04-15 11:05 pm UTC (link)
	Well, I've tried to send it, but 75mb is way too big for email. I couldn't even compact it into a .rar file (that just made it 79mb!) I'm uploading it into Megaupload and having them email you the link. Let me know if you get it or not. Good luck!!! :D (Reply to this)(Parent)

	the .flac file eppylover 2008-04-18 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	Good news ~ Paul K. in Denmark, at SixPlusThree (the site that originally provided the entire set of albums, of which the Tonight Show audio was but a tiny piece) is also a member of the FBMF ~ he happened to see this LJ post ~ and pm'd me on the forum with an offer to convert the track for me! So, no worries, Van! It was probably too big for an email anyway. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: the .flac file vandonovan 2008-04-18 08:36 pm UTC (link)
	Oh good. I got it fine with the megaupload but I haven't had any success converting it yet. I was going to download something else to try some more things but if he can do it, than win. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: the .flac file eppylover 2008-04-18 10:43 pm UTC (link)
	So what did you think of the audio? I love to listen to the little nuances in Brian's voice. That little shhh-chuckle thing he does is precious. And Johnny Carson was, like, the BEST interviewer ever. He treated Brian SO nice. ♥ (Reply to this)(Parent)

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