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Favorite parasite at Apple ?
« on: September 20, 2007, 09:10:58 PM »
 1) Magic Alex (real name John Alexis Mardas)
 2) ALLEN KLEIN  ;D
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Re: Favorite parasite at Apple ?
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2007, 09:38:23 PM »
Great thread Mr. M.!

Maybe it should have been 'Favourite Waist of Space?

Neil Aspinall.

Magic Alex definitely did a job on John, didn't he!
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« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2007, 09:57:35 PM »
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Great thread Mr. M.!

Maybe it should have been 'Favourite Waist of Space?

Neil Aspinall.

Magic Alex definitely did a job on John, didn't he!

poor Neil...never gets the respect that Derek or Mal got..lol

(ps: that little bit of footage they had of Alex in Anthology shows what a dork he was..
u can tell right there he was NEVER gonna finish the new Apple recording studio at Saville Row..it was a joke. The boys were duped...like they were w/ Maharishi (aka, Sexy Sadie himself :D :D)

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Re: Favorite parasite at Apple ?
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2007, 09:59:20 PM »
and like George said, Alex never really did anything for the
Beatles or build a studio he promised. Apart from a radio
he had in a toilet!! ;D ;D
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Re: Favorite parasite at Apple ?
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2007, 09:59:33 PM »
72 track. In 1969!! ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Favorite parasite at Apple ?
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2007, 10:09:49 PM »
looked more like the inside of the tardis than a recoding studio  :P
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« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2007, 10:10:26 PM »
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looked more like the inside of the tardis than a recoding studio  :P

Might have been better if it had!!!
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« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2007, 10:42:29 PM »
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looked more like the inside of the tardis than a recoding studio  :P


DOCTOR WHO reference !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY !!! 5^

love the OLD D. W. not that poor imitation new one

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Re: Favorite parasite at Apple ?
« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2007, 08:17:35 AM »
Magic Alex, what a character. This guy said  he could invent a force field of colored air to keep onlookers from seeing into buildings, and making a flying saucer. Some of his ideas, actually, would eventually come into use, like telephones that could dial a number with spoken instructions and display the numbers of incoming calls.
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« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2007, 04:33:25 PM »
True, but bear in mind that Magic Alex was no visionary. What someone (George Martin?) speculated was that he had a subscription to Popular Mechanics, which certainly discussed things like voice dial and force shields. Magic A just dressed them up and fed them to the Beatles, who hadn't a clue. He actively hid from the engineers because they'd call his bluff in a second. He was a television-repair guy before he met the Beatles; he had that much technical background--enough to put him beyond the Beatles, but he was no Leonardo da Vinci.
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Re: Favorite parasite at Apple ?
« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2007, 05:00:34 PM »
Alex had probably been watching Star Trek!

To his credit, he's never since tried to cash in on his association with them. Maybe because it would just end up making him look bloody stupid!
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« Reply #11 on: September 21, 2007, 05:06:11 PM »
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Alex had probably been watching Star Trek!

To his credit, he's never since tried to cash in on his association with them. Maybe because it would just end up making him look bloody stupid!

I can't see how he could ever present himself in a positive light.
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« Reply #12 on: September 21, 2007, 05:35:25 PM »
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He was a television-repair guy before he met the Beatles; he had that much technical background--enough to put him beyond the Beatles, but he was no Leonardo da Vinci.


Let alone Da Vinci, Alex wasn't even Rube Goldberg or Ron Popeil !! :D :D
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« Reply #13 on: September 23, 2007, 12:47:13 AM »
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Let alone Da Vinci, Alex wasn't even Rube Goldberg or Ron Popeil !! :D :D

Hey, Ron Popeil is a cultural icon.   " ... that's Murray Hill 7, 0 Seven Hundred" "And if you order before midnight tonight ..."  

Right up there with the Chia Pet.
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Re: Favorite parasite at Apple ?
« Reply #14 on: September 23, 2007, 02:52:02 AM »
in NY/New Jersey media "CrazY EdDie" was also a cultural icon until he went away to prison  :D :D(I'm sure Alexis knows who this guy is --years ago his electronic store commercials were on tv constantly..I got so sick of that guy screaming ! lol)
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« Reply #15 on: September 23, 2007, 03:05:54 AM »
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in NY/New Jersey media "CrazY EdDie" was also a cultural icon until he went away to prison  :D :D(I'm sure Alexis knows who this guy is --years ago his electronic store commercials were on tv constantly..I got so sick of that guy screaming ! lol)

Crazy Eddie went to jail?? Wait, was it because his prices were INSANE!?
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« Reply #16 on: September 23, 2007, 03:55:45 AM »
lol...no because he ripped ppl off w/shoddy merchandise at the end--AND because he started dealing with the MOB (I love it...Tony Soprano could've "whacked" CraZy EddIe" ;D) sorry, could'nt resist that visual--I'm half Italian from NY, it goes with the territory. bada bing bada boom)

 :o

..wait that's WAY off topic....ok BACK to my favorite subject, The Beatles.
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Re: Favorite parasite at Apple ?
« Reply #17 on: September 23, 2007, 04:58:01 AM »
I remember his stomach showed at the bottom of his shirt when he raised his arms.

Crazy Eddie, what have you done?
You made a fool of everyone!
BAMM!

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Re: Favorite parasite at Apple ?
« Reply #18 on: September 27, 2007, 06:09:34 PM »
"..you'll get yours yet, CrAzy Eddie, no matter how big you think you are".. :D
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