As you may know, I do a fair amount of freelance work, which if nothing else has taught me that there is always a market for snark. I recently started a new gig that I think is pretty cool.

Some of you may have heard of/visited Inside Redbox. This is the top online community site for Redbox users across the country. It has all the latest Redbox info: news, codes, new releases, etc. It's a cool site, and has gotten pretty popular over the last few years.

Back to me. Last week I was hired on to be the site's writer. Now, if you just can't get enough of me here, mosey on down to Inside Redbox and read my latest movie world-related postings. Heck, even if you can't stand me or my scribblings (and I don't blame you a bit if that's the case), head over there anyway because it's such a great site.

The Beatles were the very first band that I really got into. I mean REALLY got into. When the last great wave of Beatlemania swept the nation fifteen years ago with the release of the Anthology albums and movies, my young teenage mind was exploded by how "cool" their old school sound still was and what amazing songwriters they were. My room was soon plastered with posters of the Liverpool lads in the crosswalk in front of Abbey Road studios, I bought A Hard Day's Night and Help! on VHS and I spent my limited funds buying up EVERY Beatles album ever released.

In a few days, on 9/9/09, Beatlemania comes back once again. All of the albums have been lovingly remastered and will be re-released in sparkling digital clarity. This, of course means I'm going to have to drop another two hundred bucks on songs I already own, just because they're going to sound a little bit sweeter and smoother. The crazy thing is, I don't mind a bit.

If you're not a Beatles fan, now's the time to dip your toe in the water, and then you'll understand. These guys truly deserved all the hype and fame and (over)exposure. Their songs helped shape rock and roll from the sixties through the present day, and they are just as catchy, melodic and brilliant as they were forty-odd years ago.

All apologies to Viva la Vida, Achtung Baby, Dark Side of the Moon, Who's Next and the rest, but none of them can touch Abbey Road's perfection as an album. Sgt. Pepper, Revolver and the White Album aren't far behind.

So if you already appreciate the Fab Four like I do, I'll see you in line on Wednesday. If not, use this chance to add "Hey Jude", "Come Together" and "A Day in the Life" to the soundtrack of your life. Your ears will thank you.