I'm sure I will see the movie "Yesterday"--despite the bad reviews. The concept seems charming, and there's Kate McKinnon. A movie does not need to be everything to all people. Decent idea plus Kate McKinnon? You can make many mistakes and still hold (or sort-of-hold) my attention. I'm here to deliver shocking news that the Beatles could write really well. I'm not a Beatles expert, but the thing I admire in their writing (and something tells me I'm not alone here) is: how direct and plainspoken they could be. There's an impressive sense of artlessness. It takes a great deal of work--and "art"--to achieve that sense of artlessness. One song I especially like is "In My Life." I like it because it has a "thinking of you while I study the rearview mirror" quality. It's the thing the speaker wanted to say to his lover--and now he is putting it down on paper. (Taylor Swift says that good songs are like afterthoughts. ...