{"id":12356,"date":"2012-02-25T11:51:25","date_gmt":"2012-02-25T16:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=12356"},"modified":"2012-02-25T12:06:30","modified_gmt":"2012-02-25T17:06:30","slug":"whos-the-second-coolest-beatles-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/whos-the-second-coolest-beatles-kid\/","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s the Second-Coolest Offspring Among Members of The Beatles?"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xNtVUH2XxDU?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>Did you catch <strong>George Harrison<\/strong>&#8216;s son, <strong>Dhani<\/strong>, on <em>Conan<\/em> the other night? I did. Dhani was promoting a new app he helped develop that presents his father&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/underwire\/2012\/02\/george-harrison-guitar-app\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;stunning stash of vintage axes.&#8221;<\/a> The app, like most apps, didn&#8217;t turn me on\u2014not to mention the fact that I&#8217;m typically not into gear porn\u2014but Harrison the Younger was delightful: loaded with poise, charm, humor, and all the qualities we could hope for in George&#8217;s kid.<\/p>\n<p>It took awhile for Dhani to catch on, didn&#8217;t it? While John&#8217;s boys, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-CZnhBi2tezY\/TZ92yml5bjI\/AAAAAAAARVU\/mvlASjWotQU\/s1600\/479_JulianLennon.png\" target=\"_blank\">Julian<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/photos.posh24.com\/p\/830624\/z\/rachel_bilson\/socialite_sean_lennon_glasses.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Sean<\/a><\/strong>, long ago burst on the scene and then settled into the occasional feature trumpeting a new, <a href=\"http:\/\/media.masslive.com\/playback\/photo\/lennon-and-charlotte-kemp-muhljpg-5b7e2387e5abbd20_large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">understated release<\/a>&#8230;while <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/photos.posh24.com\/p\/911568\/z\/bruce_willis\/sir_paul_mccartney_stella_mc.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Stella McCartney<\/a><\/strong> has spent years as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.notablebiographies.com\/news\/images\/unmk_02_img0101.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">celebrated<\/a> fashion designer (not that I would understand that scene, but I do see photos of her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exposay.com\/celebrity-photos\/kate-hudson-and-stella-mccartney-london-fashion-week-springsummer-2009-30-days-of-fashion-and-beauty-gala-arrivals-0RvCRX.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">arm-in-arm with celebrities<\/a> and fellow fashion designers)&#8230;while <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PiNOOjIRJv0\" target=\"_blank\">Zak Starkey<\/a><\/strong> follows in the footsteps of <a href=\"http:\/\/beatlephotoblog.com\/photos\/2010\/10\/1156.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Keith Moon<\/a> to prove to the world that he&#8217;s a bigger son of a drummer than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KZbiclg_fls\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Bonham<\/a>&#8230;Dhani seemed to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ringofstars.ru\/across\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2569423khgkhgk.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">kept under wraps<\/a> until he appeared on stage as part of a star-studded tribute to his father, playing acoustic guitar on &#8220;While My Guitar Gently Weeps.&#8221;<\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cYl942_I3Wo?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>Let&#8217;s face it: Dhani has claimed the title of <strong>Coolest Offspring of a Beatle<\/strong>. It&#8217;s looking like he&#8217;ll have to mess up royally to lose that title, unless Paul&#8217;s 8-year-old kid from his failed marriage to <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/paul-mccartney-settles-with-hamish-stuart\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hamish Stuart<\/a><\/span> Heather Mills develops into a childhood sensation or <a href=\"http:\/\/25.media.tumblr.com\/tumblr_lsgvy0imSZ1r3kq6ho3_500.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">one of his other kids with Linda<\/a> springs forward and does something special.<\/p>\n<p><em>So who is the second-coolest offspring among members of The Beatles<\/em>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you catch George Harrison&#8216;s son, Dhani, on Conan the other night? I did. Dhani was promoting a new app he helped develop that presents his father&#8217;s &#8220;stunning stash of vintage axes.&#8221; The app, like most apps, didn&#8217;t turn me on\u2014not to mention the fact that I&#8217;m typically not into gear porn\u2014but Harrison the Younger <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/whos-the-second-coolest-beatles-kid\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[164,269,22],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12356"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}