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Screw It! A Beatles Podcast Without the Pontificating
Beatlefan Executive Editor Al Sussman looks at a refreshingly unassuming Beatles podcast that a group of young fans are doing. If you’re a regular or even occasional listener of the more popular and long-running Beatles podcasts available online, you may … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam McCabe, Al Sussman, Ariana Lenarsky, Beatlefan, Beatles podcasts, Ben Rodgers, Brett Morris, Connor Ratliff, Curtis Gwinn, Facebook, George Harrison, Heather Woodward, Jackie Michele Johnson, James Bachman, Jen Krueger, Joel Spence, John Lennon, Katie Plattner, Lynsey Bonell, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Screw It! We’re Just Gonna Talk About The Beatles, Something New: The Beatlefan Blog, The Beatles, TLC, Tom Hunyady, Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, Wayland McQueen, Will Hines
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‘Sgt. Pepper’ Lives … Onstage!
The “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album kicked off The Beatles’ “studio” period, when they made music that they didn’t think adequately could be re-created in concert. That’s no longer the case, however, as Rick Glover details. … It’s … Continue reading
First Impressions: Sirius/XM’s Beatles Channel
Beatlefan Executive Editor Al Sussman offers some random observations on the early days of Sirius/XM’s channel devoted to The Beatles. By now, you probably know the trivia. “All You Need Is Love” was the first song played on The Beatles … Continue reading
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Tagged " Apple Corps, "Sgt. Pepper, Al Sussman, All Starr Band, Beatlefan, Bill Flanagan, Breakfast With The Beatles, Chris Carter, Chuck Berry, Dennis Elsas, George Harrison, Jeff Jones, Joe Johnson, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Peter Asher, Ringo Starr, satellite radio, Sirius/XM, Something New: The Beatlefan Blog, The Beatles, the Beatles Channel, Tom Frangione
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The Beatles, Pete Shotton and Me
Bill King looks back fondly on an evening of Beatles stories and more with the late Pete Shotton. It’s always sad to hear about another of The Beatles’ old Liverpool pals passing on, but I couldn’t help but smile when … Continue reading
Early 1967: Stop, Hey, What’s That Sound?
50 years ago, on Feb. 25, 1967, American fans got their first look at the “psychedelic” Beatles when the promo films for “Penny Lane” and “Strawberry Fields Forever” aired on ABC’s “Hollywood Palace” variety hour. This memoir of that time … Continue reading
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Tagged A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Apollo 1, Brian Epstein, Dick Clark, Dick Lester, Frank Sinatra, George Hamilton, George Harrison, Hollywood Palace, Jane Asher, JFK assassination, John Lennon, LBJ, Liz and Dick, Lowell Thomas, Lynda Bird Johnson, Mia Farrow, Paul McCartney, Penny Lane, RFK, Ringo Starr, Strawberry Fields Forever, Super Bowl, The Beatles, The Beatles at Shea Stadium, The Blue Max, The Invaders, The Monkees, the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Where the Action Is, WLS
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Beatles Scoops From Where You Might Not Expect Them
Beatlefan internet columnist Kit O’Toole talks in Issue #223 with Norwegian Beatles expert Roger Stormo, whose blog/news site WogBlog has attracted a worldwide audience, boasting readers from the United States, the UK, France, Germany, Japan, Canada, the Netherlands, Russia, Australia, … Continue reading
Macca in the Desert: What a Trip!
Here is Beatlefan Senior Editor Rick Glover’s complete report from the second night of Desert Trip festival in Indio, CA. … Paul McCartney must have some very big hands, to be able to hold 75,000 people in his palm at … Continue reading
