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Fans hysteria – The Beatles

The Beatles are well-known as a famous music group who made one of the biggest impacts ever in world history. My husband Ray has been a big fan of the Beatles since his childhood. ( he’s also a big fan of another British rock group, Queen , as well.)   He remembers the word for “ apple “ in Japanese because it’s pronounced “ Lingo “, and this sound reminds him of the name Ringo, as in “ Ringo” Starr.   At least in my generation, everyone knows all the names of the Beatles members.  And also about their amazing popularity during 1960s to early 1970s.    My husband and I are collectors of our favorite things,  and have many videos or DVDs of our favorite movies, TV shows , figure skating and rock bands, so if we started watching all of them, we may not need regular TV in our free time.  Ray has a box of The Beatles videos which has a set of 8 videos, history of the Beatles, which he purchased a lo...

Mystery of Charisma

What is your image of “ Charisma ” ? My image of charisma is people who have : * big impact. * it factor * a shining ( star ? ) quality * attractive One day, I noticed that good looking and charisma don’t always come together. Beauty is in the eyes of beholder , but I feel there are people who most everyone would agree they are handsome or beautiful whether or not they fit their taste of beauty or not. I understand many people who are good looking have charisma, but what about people who are considered as average looking and yet have strong charisma?    So I’m interested in what are the qualities that makes some people who are not considered great looking, still have charisma. For example, And this is my view of course, When I was a child, the first time I ever saw photos of the Beatles members,   I thought George Harrison is the most handsome among them. And Paul McCartney had a baby face a...