Beatles religious conspiracy email

August 4, 2005 7:31 PM

This is the third in a series of ranting Beatles conspiracy emails I've recieved, roughly one every six months for the past year and a half. Where are they coming from?

A cursory google reveals prolific message board and IMC spamming, but no definitive answers, or even an archive of older messages. Any clues, information on origins or similar experiences welcomed..

posted by nonemoreblack to Media & Arts (13 answers total)

Was it just sent to you in a spam email, or was it forwarded to you? I think a link of that sort, or similar hit the blogosphere not too long ago, and maybe was linked by Fark. Sorry, I'm not sure if that's what you're asking, or if you're asking WHO is writing them.

That link is hilarious, btw.
posted by apple scruff at 7:59 PM on August 4, 2005

Response by poster: I'm curious who's writing them, and to find the others in the series which I've now deleted
posted by nonemoreblack at 8:07 PM on August 4, 2005

I'm glad apple scruff answered this question!
(On my machine all the text on that link is black on a black background, but select all will, of course, reveal it.)
posted by librarina at 8:08 PM on August 4, 2005

They were first posted to newsgroups July 25, 2003 (and shortly thereafter a Spanish version!). The content doesn't appear to change that much, but I'm not looking closely. No other contentful messages are posted by the various addresses (the_high_court@, high_court@, etc.).

Conclusion: Another internet nutter. Who'd a thunk it?

KUBRICK CAUSED THE DISINTEGRATION OF JUPITER
posted by dhartung at 9:26 PM on August 4, 2005

Yeah, I would wager that it is some tin-foil type trying to spread the good word; that said, why not email him (at his various addresses) yourself and ask for "previous issues," so to speak? (Answer: because you do not want to make this kind of Internet friend?)

DISINTEGRATION OF THE BEATLES CAUSED MANKIND
posted by jenovus at 9:41 PM on August 4, 2005

dhartung, were you referring to this?

Toynbee ideas in Kubrick's 2001 resurrect dead on planet Jupiter
posted by Brian James at 10:07 PM on August 4, 2005

Yeah, between walking Paul McCartney's dog and camping outside the studio, I guess I have been out of the loop.

I would venture, however, that the numbers after the email address are some sort of phone number? If you're feeling adventurous...
posted by apple scruff at 12:02 AM on August 5, 2005

From the rants:
- which is ruled by Uranus, the planet of homosexuality
- non-guitarists that play with only two or three fingers such as Eric Clapton
- a list of untalented female “singers”: Madonna, (...), Ricky Martin

I'd say it's a parody.
posted by elgilito at 1:10 AM on August 5, 2005

This is most probably a translation from Spanish, due to the types of errors in syntax and sentence structures that is spread throughout the rant. Don't have any more clues to add but will say that I enjoyed it immensely as satire.
posted by sic at 2:58 AM on August 5, 2005

Yeah - I agree with sic - I think the Spanish came first. "King Enrique" is a bit of a giveaway, along with various grammatical idiosyncrasies...
posted by benzo8 at 4:16 AM on August 5, 2005

They are coming from Little Richard.
posted by Pollomacho at 6:50 AM on August 5, 2005

Damn English and their King Enrique VIII!
posted by dagnyscott at 7:09 AM on August 6, 2005

It seems undoubtedly not only translated from Spanish but probably Babelfish-ed from Spanish. I would assume any English speaker would know that England didn't have a King Enrique, at least.
posted by dagnyscott at 7:11 AM on August 6, 2005