Seeing the Unseen: Richie Unterberger's Beatles

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MONDAY: If we had been born in the '50s, there is no doubt we would have been another drop in the emotional sea of screaming fangirls diagnosed with "Beatlemania." As fate would have it, we arrived in 1981, forever destined to be a screaming fangirl diagnosed with, er, "New-Kids-on-the-Block-o-mania." Oh, preteen silliness!

Years have passed. While we're all on a first-name basis with John, Ringo, George and Paul, we'll never have the pleasure of witnessing the Fab Four live, unlike the indulgent reunion tour of Jordan, Joe, Jonathan, Donnie and Danny. So we'll salvage what we can to get as close to the band we'll always love but will never see. That could include supporting cover bands like 1964 or Strawberry Fields or popping into to a Harry Benson Beatles retrospective.

As such, there's no doubt we'll attend Richie Unterberger's discussion of his book "The Unreleased Beatles: Music and Film" at the Library of Congress.

» Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE; Mon., Jan. 5, 7 p.m., free; 202-707-5677. (Capitol South)

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