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by Blodwyn Smythe, Weeping Guitar Reporter

SEDONA: Back from his fifth visit to Las Vegas to watch The Beatles "LOVE" by Cirque du Soleil, Sir William Randolph, World Famous Publisher of the Sedona Excentric addressed a horde of hastily gathered reporters in front of the brightly lit fountain at the entrance to Los Abrigados. He was there to inform them of the impending reunion of The Beatles.
"I am here to tell you of the impending reunion of The Beatles," Sir William shouted to an excited crowd of reporters, Red Rock Fantasy visitors and onlookers, all sipping on hot chocolate or cider provided by Los Abrigados. He continued over the cheers, "I believe it is high time the world was given one final concert by the Fab Four and what better place than Sedona for this great occasion?
"Our entertainment staff is still in negotiations with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr and the lawyers for Yoko Ono and the Lennon estate, but we are confident that with the current turmoil, anger and hatred in the world, there couldn't be a better time for our generation's musical prophets to remind us that All You Need Is Love."
"Sir," piped up a reporter from Sedona's small, other paper, "I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you are aware of the fact that two of The Beatles are dead, aren't you?"
"You must be from the Midwest, sonny," Sir William said smilingly. "This is Sedona. Anything is possible. All you have to do is believe."
"Do you really think Yoko Ono is going to give permission for John Lennon to perform live with his mates," asked a reporter from some national magazine. "'Imagine all the people living life in peace', are words to move every human being, even Yoko," stated Sir William emphatically. "Look around you. People are racially, spiritually, sexually and politically divided, all the while pushing to convince everyone they meet that they are right, even to the point of waging war against one another."
"Do you really think a reunion of The Beatles will be enough to calm the waters," asked some guy.
Sir William smiled. "It can't hurt. I have been to Vegas five times over the past two years for the motivational messages from Sgt. Pepper, the Walrus, the Fool on the Hill and Mean Mr. Mustard. According to Reverend Joel Boyd from the World Fellowship in Cottonwood, these Lads from Liverpool have done more to spread the message of love than many clerics throughout the world. When I pressed Joel about the divisions we face today and how to overcome so much negativity, he responded simply, 'Listen to the words to In My Life'. "So I did. Then I listened to Give Peace A Chance. This event would be huge, bigger than Woodstock. We'll hold it at the Sedona Sewerage Reclamation Plant area."
"Sir," squeaked the reporter from Sedona's small, other paper, "I still don't understand how you can go on about gathering of a group of four people that includes two that no longer exist."
Taking a sip of hot chocolate, Sir William explained, "Young man, I will tell you once again, in Sedona anything is possible. As I already stated we are in negotiations with the necessary parties and, Sedona being what it is, we are currently interviewing a number of channels for John Lennon and George Harrison. We are not releasing their names to the public at this time due to contract interventions."
"Aren't you worried that some people won't accept the channels for Lennon and Harrison, especially if they are female," asked some obvious non-believer.
"You have got to be kidding me," snapped Sir William. "We have spent hundreds of hours talking with everyone involved to try to bring some long missed love and healing energy to Sedona to spread throughout the world and you want to get bogged down in appearances. Millions of people believe in reincarnation, that a person can come back in a variety of life forms. Millions of people people you either go to heaven or hell. Millions of people believe you only live once and that there is no soul. Millions of others don't know what they believe in. And you want me to be concerned that John Lennon and George Harrison will be channeled by someone who doesn't look like them? Jai guru deva om."
As if by divine intervention, the crowd raised their hot chocolate cups and began to chant in unison, "Bring back The Beatles, bring back The Beatles." With that, Sir William gestured to the chanting crowd and ascended into his waiting limousine.

Above is a picture of The Beatles when they were going through their spiritual journeys. This must have been their Amish period.