When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles

Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell
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When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles

Beatling About. Anything about the Beatles, solo and related, past, present and future.

  1. 2024.46 Midas Man (overview and Review)

    3 DAYS AGO

    2024.46 Midas Man (overview and Review)

    Lonnie and I review "Midas Man".   We discuss the good (production and set design), the bad (dancing around the relationship the NEMS acts including the Beatles had with Brian's homosexuality), and the downright odd (the height difference between Jonah Lees' "smaller-than- John Lennon" and Jacob-Fortune Lloyd's "taller-than-Brian Epstein".

    1h 26m
  2. 2024.44 The Murky Times.

    3 NOV

    2024.44 The Murky Times.

    A "Gab Four" show!    Martin, Lonnie, Jon and I are together chatting on what Jon has named "The Murky Times".     The period between the end of the "Get Back" sessions and McCartney's "Self Interview" in the "McCartney" promotional package!

    1h 29m
  3. 2024.43 John, Paul, Ringo ... and Lonnie?

    27 OCT

    2024.43 John, Paul, Ringo ... and Lonnie?

    News, updates and discussion on the last few weeks.    Ringo Starr has a new country album.     A very nice stream (both video AND audio) of Paul McCartney in Buenos Aires.      Answers to some of our questions regarding John and Yoko on Mike Douglas, and a bit of "Lonnie's Scrapbook", mostly a couple of pieces from the seventies (and the Houston Post) covering John and Yoko's trip to Houston in 1971 (while dealing with custody and visitation rights over Kyoko Chan Cox), 1979, and how things were finally settled in the early nineties!

    1h 4m
  4. 2024.42 Daytime Revolution Review pt.2 + Interview with Director Erik Nelson

    20 OCT

    2024.42 Daytime Revolution Review pt.2 + Interview with Director Erik Nelson

    Marv, Lonnie and I finish our review of "Daytime Revolution" (and to a certain extent, more generally John and Yoko's week on Mike Douglas).    Following that, we are joined by Erik Nelson, the man behind "Daytime Revolution", who gives his own thoughts on the the week of shows (filmed over five weeks), the process of editing 7+ hours of television down to less than ninety minutes, locating and filming new interviews with the guests still with us, and choosing representative elements (bumpers, etc) to keep that "1972 television" feel.

    1h 9m
  5. 2024.41 Daytime Revolution (review, pt.1)

    13 OCT

    2024.41 Daytime Revolution (review, pt.1)

    Marv and Lonnie join me for our discussion of the first few days of the Lennons on the Mike Douglas show in 1972, particularly as the days are represented in the new documentary "Daytime Revolution."    John, Yoko, Jerry Rubin, Bobby Seale and Mike Douglas?     How did millions of American housewives react to the counterculture entering their avocado-colored breakfast nooks?     The review concludes next week, which will also feature a discussion with director of the film Erik Nelson.

    1h 14m
  6. 2024.40 One Hand Clapping (Theater) Review

    6 OCT

    2024.40 One Hand Clapping (Theater) Review

    Lonnie joins as we review the theatrical presentation of "One Hand Clapping", combined with the first ever appearance of the full (?) "Backyard" film.      Paul, Linda, Denny, Geoff and Jimmy.     Also in the studio were two other musicians, an orchestra and a dog. One of the musicians was called Howie Casey and played a saxophone. The other was called Del Newman and he conducted the orchestra. The dog was called Poppy and didn’t really do much at all. The studio at number 3 Abbey Road, London is where The Beatles recorded their first album Please Please Me in 1963 and the studio hasn’t been painted since then. Geoff Emerick, the recording engineer, said it would ruin the acoustics.

    1h 11m

  7. 29 SEPT

    2024.39 Revival 69

    Lonnie and I spend this week looking at the Ron Chapman film "Revival 69."      How much did we really know about the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival Festival?     This fil goes into the nitty gritty of September 13, 1969 - and exactly how John Lennon ended up in Canada premiering "Cold Turkey".

    1h 18m
  8. 2024.38 Solo Beatles Number Ones in the 70s! Part 2!

    23 SEPT

    2024.38 Solo Beatles Number Ones in the 70s! Part 2!

    Marv and I finish our look at the Seventies US number ones of John, Paul, George and Ringo.     Casey drops by, as do clips of John, Paul, Elton and Billy Preston.     Look for a bit of a Billy Revival as Jon Batiste portrays him in the forthcoming "SNL 1975" film.        With all these other films, the casting of Beatles incidentals is done for him!

    1h 16m
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