You ready for a good ol’ 1960s rock n’ roll flashback, courtesy of four lads from Liverpool?

Amid a buzz of publicity, yesterday was the day that many Beatles fans had eagerly waited for, with the release of a new video game in the band’s name – “The Beatles: Rock Band.”

If you’re not familiar with the “Rock Band” concept, it’s a bit like karaoke, except you play music in addition to singing. Gamers follow along with their favorite musicians/songs, using an electronic drum kit and guitar, and sing the songs, too.

The game is enormously popular, having generated over $1 billion in revenue. And gamers can download individual songs, albums, or catalogs of groups like AC/DC, The Who and The Grateful Dead. So far, they’ve paid for and downloaded over 40 million songs…

Both Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were part of the creative process and have endorsed the game in the

A New Wave of “Beatle Mania”… Four Ways to Profit From The Beatles: Rock Band

by Marc Lichtenfeld, Advisory Panelist

You ready for a good ol’ 1960s rock n’ roll flashback, courtesy of four lads from Liverpool?

Amid a buzz of publicity, yesterday was the day that many Beatles fans had eagerly waited for, with the release of a new video game in the band’s name – “The Beatles: Rock Band.”

If you’re not familiar with the “Rock Band” concept, it’s a bit like karaoke, except you play music in addition to singing. Gamers follow along with their favorite musicians/songs, using an electronic drum kit and guitar, and sing the songs, too.

The game is enormously popular, having generated over $1 billion in revenue. And gamers can download individual songs, albums, or catalogs of groups like AC/DC, The Who and The Grateful

The US$ had a huge gain yesterday…and gold got whacked for almost $30 between its high of $990 at 4:00 p.m. in Hong Kong trading yesterday afternoon…and eleven hours later at 3:00 p.m. at its low tick in electronic trading in New York. At three different times yesterday, gold had some help falling that much…the most obvious coming shortly after London closed for the day. I was surprised that the bullion banks didn’t pull their bids on the Comex open…something they normally love to do after the set-up they gave themselves during London trading. On Tuesday, the US$ had a huge fall. The low price of the day [around $970] was at 9:00 a.m. in London…and the high [$985] was at the London close…seven hours later. It was obvious that the price was capped in New York trading that day…or [as I said in my commentary then] gold would