When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles

2026.09 Man on the Run

Ethan Alexanian and I discuss the theatrical (now streaming) incarnation of Morgan Neville's McCartney documentary "Man on the Run".      Incomplete, but highly entertaining.     Lots of Bert too!  #madeonzencastr

2026.b01 George Harrison Birthday 2026

Bonus episode!    A little news, but mostly Marv and I celebrate George Harrison 83 years after his birth.  A reminder of the "British Double Summer" during the second world war, some thoughts on where the new Dark Horse might be headed, and more!    #madeonzencastr.

2026.08 News Update

While we wait for the Amazon premiere of "Man on the Run", we update the news.    Lots of filming on the Beatles quadrology.     A soundtrack for "Man on the Run", and some new zoetrope LPs from George Harrison for record store day!    #madeonzencastr.

2026.07 Macca in the Eighties.

Tom Hunyady joins as we look at the decade after Paul was a "Man on the Run".     Tug of War through Flowers in the Dirt.     Paul and Linda.    Paul and Stevie.    Paul and Michael.   Paul and Declan.        More than just    Tom Hunyady (2 Legs) joins for a chat on the decade bookended by the tour that wasn't and the tour that was.   #madeonzencastr.

2026.06 The Beatles at Shea Stadium

It is Sixty Years since "The Beatles at Shea Stadium" (the TV production) was completed.    This week, we discuss many different aspects.      Why was the premiere on the BBC, and why did it take "A-Beatle-C" eighteen months to bring the special to American screens.   We talk the re-records, the fun and excitement and the evening at large! #madeonzencastr.

2026.05 The McCartney Archive Editions ... Past, Present (and Future?)

Marv and I go back to 2010 - and actually a bit before, as we briefly sum up the 16-disc "Paul McCartney Collection".     November of this year will mark the fifteenth anniversary of the debut of the McCartney Archive series.    If we don't get another disc in the series by summer, it will be six years since the most recent one entered our lives.    Marv and I consider the past, present and future of McCartney/Wings reissues, and contemplate a physical-media-less reissue future. #madeonzencastr.

2026.04 The Beatles Anthology Review (episode 4/5)

Sam Whiles (Paul or Nothing), and "our own" Ethan Alexanian (Fans on the Run) join for a crossover, since none of us want to devote that many episodes to the revised Anthology!      We join the boys in progress, as they move from August of 1964 all the way through a visit to the Philippines! #madeonzencstr

2026.03 Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Vicki Brown, Deep Purple and more...

A news update (all best wishes to Lonnie Pena and family), some chat about "rethinking" the Fest for Beatles Fans, which leads into Marv and I chatting about some more of George Harrison's guest appearances from the eighties and into the early nineties. 

2026.02 Duane Eddy, Ravi Shankar, Sylvia Griffin and Billy J. Kramer?

News, more of George's guest appearances (some Duane Eddy, some Ravi Shankar, and a bit of Sylvia Griffin), and an interview from Summer 2025 with the one and only Billy J. Kramer.  Marv co-hosts and Kit O'Toole magically appears, filling out our Toppermost trio (http://www.toppermostofthepoppermost.net) on Fab. #madeonzencastr.

2026.01 2025 in Review

Ethan Alexanian joins to complete the six-pack of former hosts as we consider the last 12 months (and a little bit more) in the world of the Beatles.    Ringo hit number one on the UK country charts, Paul played three shows in a small New York City venue all the way through the tours, box sets, books, films and more.   #madeonzencastr