“Why should the Beatles give more? Didn’t they give everything on God’s earth for ten years? Didn’t they give themselves?” Playboy Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, published in January 1981 issue. The reasons for the Beatles’ breakup were myriad, not the least of … Continue reading It Was Fifty Years Ago Today – The Beatles Break Up
So the story here is that I kept seeing these advertisements for a guy named Scott Freiman in conjunction with something called Deconstructing the Beatles that was showing up periodically at small local theaters. After a little research I found out that these were – … Continue reading The ‘Deconstructing the Beatles’ Series – a Critique
Recently, when Ginger Baker died, I re-blogged my post about Cream. Now that I have four years of posts, it made me realize it might be a good idea to periodically re-blog stuff that I dd when I had, like, one follower. So from October … Continue reading My Favorite Rock Songs (1) – Top Ten
Be sure to stay tuned at the end for the bonus track. Trust me. This will blow your mind.Ā Even though you don’t see a lot of Beatles posts from me, know this – I am a stone-cold Beatles freak. I’ve written about them – … Continue reading A Couple of Solo Beatles Tunes (Plus bonus)
The Music Enthusiast is certainly aware of and sad to note the passing of Aretha Franklin. He’ll have a tribute to her further on down the road.Ā Roughly year or so ago, I wrote a post about a book I had read called Maximum Volume: … Continue reading Book Review – Sound Pictures: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, The Later Years, 1966-2016
Iām so sad to hear the news of the passing of dear George Martin. I have so many wonderful memories of this great man that will be with me forever. He was a true gentleman and like a second father to me. He guided the … Continue reading Book Review – Maximum Volume – Biography of George Martin
As its name states, this documentary largely concerns itself with live videos of The Beatles, mostly in the US and UK. It starts out with a nice color clip from Manchester England in late 1963. By this time, Beatlemania had been in full force in … Continue reading Movie Review – Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
For the record, Tune In is not a new book but was published in late 2013. But I’ve only just got around to reading it. So, new to me… If you’ve ever read a biography of any sort about The Beatles, you’ve likely run into … Continue reading Book Review – The Beatles: All These Years (Vol 1) – Tune In
“But I said “Look here brother Who you jiving with that cosmik debris? —Zappa Ordinarily this is called “Cool Stuff I Heard and Saw This Week.” But I feel the need to blog about a couple of rock deaths, so, nothing cool about that. I … Continue reading Cosmik Debris – Stuff I Heard and Saw This Week (3/13/16)
First post here: “Guitar groups are on their way out, Mr Epstein.” Thus saith, supposedly, one Dick Rowe who was at the time the senior A&R guy at Decca Records. At least Epstein quotes him as saying that in his autobiography. The truth is that … Continue reading The Beatles (2) In America
