This is important: The Beatles' remastered albums are fantastic. Hard Day's Night is about 2,000 times better in the stereo mix than the old mono mix. I haven't been this excited about the Beatles since I was in High School. They are dominating my rotation right now. Sky Blue Sky, Things You Should Know, Axis: Bold as Love, and From a Basement on a Hill are also current favorites.

It would probably be a good idea to create a conversation worksheet that discusses the Beatles for my Monday conversation class. Today, we discussed Siegfried Sassoon and 'Everyone Sang.' Maybe it's just the setting, but Koreans generally seem more interested in poetry than Americans. Some of my students got very excited when I mentioned EAP. I can't blame them. Who wouldn't be excited about 'The Bells' after endless worksheets focusing on things like the definition of courage and slogging through sentimental stories like 'the cab ride I'll never forget.'

That reminds me, I avoided a cab ride and walked back home to Sangdo from Itaewon on Saturday night after finding a good Mexican restaurant with a bad house band. My roommate believed it was about a half-hour walk. Nope. It was an hour and a half walk that included a 550 meter long tunnel against traffic. Probably won't do that again. Won't get lost between Sangdo and Itaewon either though. Thoroughly interesting, right?