When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles

2024.08 The Ed Sullivan Show, Feb 9 and 16

It was Sixty Years Ago Today...   Beatlemania finished its reach as the Fab Four use New York City, Miami Beach and the Ed Sullivan Show to broadcast across the United States.    We not discuss the Fab Four, but Fred Kaps, Mitzi Gaynor, Rossi and Allen, Pillsbury, Aero Shave (Wet, Wet, Wet!) and Kent Cigarettes, and even manage a bit of Davy Jones and Leonard Nimoy.

2024.07 Band on the Run Underdubbed (Review/Overview)

Before he jetted off to New York, and then Vegas, Sir Paul and his team dropped the fiftieth anniversary release of "Band on the Run", highlighted by the "Underdubbed edition."     This week we consider the new release and look at what is under the orchestra and horns.

2024.06 Beatles and the BBC (review/overview)

Lonnie Pena and I consider the recent production "The Beatles and the BBC".     An interesting collection of BBC clips ranging the Beatles years and beyond with some effort putting the "Threetles" in the historic context of the band they once were.

2024.05 Muldoon and McCartney, Life in Lyrics Podcast episodes 9-12

Marv and I finish our review of episodes nine to twelve of the McCartney "Life and Lyrics" podcast and look forward to what we might find in the second series which is expected in the coming weeks!    Magical Mystery Tour (roll up), The Birds of McCartney (not Linda or Nancy), Too Many People and Helter Skelter

2024.04 John Lennon - Life in Ten Pictures (review)

Lonnie Pena and I sit down to consider the John Lennon episode of "A Life in Ten Pictures".     One hour is barely enough time to give an overview of a "regular person's" life, much less a complex superstar.     How well did the BBC accomplish that task, and are the photos chosen really representative of a chameleon-figure like John Lennon?

2024.03 Muldoon and McCartney, Life in Lyrics Podcast episodes 5-8

More from the Muldoon and McCartney Life in Lyrics podcast.     "Penny Lane", "Here Today", "Uncle Albert" and "Live and Let Die".     A study in how Paul McCartney thinks about characters, both his own and those given to him for a song.   Martin Quibell co-hosts, which only seems proper.

2024.02 2023 in Review (July - December) and upcoming for 2024.

Time continues to march on as Jon Stone, Martin Quibell and I (Naturally!) move through the latter half of 2023.    Not just "Now and Then", but a number of tremendous books, a new Ringo EP, more touring from Sir Ringo and Sir Paul and collaborations with Dolly Parton and the Rolling Stones,.

2024.01 2023 in Review (Jan - June)

The "Gab Four" are together again for the first show of 2024.    A lot of Ringo, some chat on Beatle books from the first half of the year and "in memoriam" to folks like Royston Ellis, Chas Newby and Caroline Buckman.

2023.52 The Beatmas (review)

This week: The "When They Was Fab" Christmas spectacular.     Three of the "Gab Four" review the 1995 "Rubber Band" album from Dutch band the Beatmas (featuring Soren Dahlberg).    The Fab Four were not the first to do Beatles-styled Christmas Carols.    Tune in for XMAS! fun.

2023.51 Denny Laine (featuring Darin Murphy and Sam Whiles)

Sam Whiles (Paul or Nothing) steps in as we discuss the life, loves and trousers of Denny Laine.    Also joining is Darin Murphy (who gets a few more words in than Roger McGough, the man who actually knew the Rutles).    Merry Happy Holidays to all.