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Another Kind of Mind: A Different Kind of Beatles Podcast Another Kind of Mind: A Different Kind of Beatles Podcast
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Welcome to Another Kind of Mind: A Different Kind of Beatles Podcast. We’re a collective of artists, musicians, and professionals who challenge established narratives about the band with irreverent commentary, educated criticism, and original, thought-provoking analysis.
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AKOM Mailbag: There Will Be an Answer 2/2
SUMMARY Phoebe and Daphne answer more listener mail! In Part 2 they tackle: the controversial production of Strawberry Fields Forever, an alternate theory on Paul and Jane’s breakup, what Mick Jagger and Pattie Boyd know about India, Projecting Onto George, granny music, voodoo dolls and more!
FULL LIST OF TOPICSSecurity BlanketMidas ManPattie’s PostWhat Does Pattie Mean?Maharishi Hit on a Beatle?Sympathy for Teenage PaulEstranged Fiance TheoryProjecting Onto GeorgeSFF (John’s dissatisfaction)Paul’s FarmMaxwellPaul and Jane: Alternate TheoryInfamous PostcardVoodoo DollsMistake FeedbackMozart Prodigy DiscussionGranny MusicVoodoo DollsIf I FellForeverly BrothersMorbid Question
PLAYLISTWhat You’re Doing THE BEATLES 1964From Me to You THE BEATLES 1963 -
AKOM Mailbag: There Will Be An Answer 1/2
SUMMARYThe AKOM Team tackles a variety topics including: the upcoming "Now and Then" release, Why Allen Klein Is Still Trash, possible undercover hookups, the challenges of friendship, LSD, Elvis, betrayal and SO MUCH MORE!Full List of Topics:SOLO PAUL!LAWR OBJECTIONPAUL AND MOZARTNOW AND THENELVIS BOOKJOHN IS HIGH MAINTENANCE FRIEND?WOMEN IN FANDOMPAUL BLOCKING GEORGETWO VIRGINSKLEIN v. EASTMANSSKYWRITING BY WORD JOHN, PAUL AND ILYPAUL ON JOHN'S SEXUALITYWHAT'S LSD LIKE?NORTHERN SHARES EARLY DAYS SERIESPAUL AND YOKO HOOK UP?!MUSICAL DIALOGUE PAUL & YOKOGIVE YOKO TOO MUCH CREDITTHE MCCARTNEYS AND JOHNLAURENCE JUBERPLAYLISTEverybody's Got Something to Hide THE BEATLES (1968)Eight Days a Week THE BEATLES (1964)SOURCESGet Back dir. Peter Jackson (2021)Laurence Juber interview (2023)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E09nG-H09Yk&t=6454sSuperb Weirdness mixtape:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajOA9GHQPV0
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Dr Frankensong! AKOM Talks w/ Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair
DR FRANKENSONG! AKOM talks w/ Adrian Sinclair and Allen Kozinn
Summary: Authors of the McCartney Legacy Vol 1, Adrian Sincalir and Allen Kozinn speak with Daphne and Phoebe about Paul McCartney’s “Frankensongs,” dynamic compositions that consist of two (or more) songs that are sutured together to form a mega-song.
In this episode: Another Day, Back Seat of My Car, Little Lamb Dragonfly, Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey, Band on the Run.
PLAYLIST:Too Many PeopleJetAnother DayBack Seat of My CarLittle Lamb DragonflyUncle Albert/Admiral HalseyBand on the RunGet on the Right ThingBig Barn Bed -
Reclaimed Weekend: AKOM Talks w/ May Pang
SUMMARYAKOM talks with the fabulous May Pang about “The Lost Weekend: A Love Story” and a variety of big and small topics including: John praising Cynthia’s parenting, meeting Paul and Linda in the 1980s, visiting David Bowie w/ Paul and Linda, and the ride John abstained from at Disney World.PLAYLISTSurprise Surprise JOHN LENNON (1974)Real Love (demo) JOHN LENNON (1977)#9 Dream JOHN LENNON (1974)Tennessee (Take 5) JOHN LENNON (1975)(Forgive Me) My Little Flower Princess JOHN LENNON (1980)Young Americans DAVID BOWIE (1975)Waiting for the Sun to Shine (demo) PAUL McCARTNEY (1975)Slippin' and Slidin' JOHN LENNON (1975)Stand By Me JOHN LENNON (1975)
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Strange Bedfellows: Ep 4 A Real Story About Real Human Beings
SUMMARY
Welcome to STRANGE BEDFELLOWS, an AKOM series about Yoko Ono and Paul McCartney after John Lennon's death.
It's the new millennium! Paul and Yoko get real and the truth comes out! Will it draw them and their families closer together? Or deepen the divide? How do Paul and Yoko see their own relationship? As kindred spirits or mortal enemies?
Hear our conclusions in Episode 4!
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Paul McCartney “The Howard Stern Show” (2001)Tampa Bay Times, Yoko Ono: 10 pressing questions: Details sketched by Yoko. (February 4th, 2002)Yoko Ono, interview w/ Paul Trynka for MOJO. (May, 2003) Yoko Ono, Q Magazine Awards. (October 10th, 2005)Old guard of British music recognised at Q awards, The Guardian (Oct 11, 2005)“SIR PAUL: YOKO NOT BRIGHTEST” Mirror (Oct 17, 2005)“John Lennon, The Life” by Philip Norman (2008)Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner” by Joe Hagan (2016)Paul McCaretney, “The Howard Stern Show” 2009“Yoko in Her Own Words” BBC 2 (2010)“Still Prancing,” The David Frost Interview 2013“The Esquire Interview” by Alex Bimes 2015“Yoko: John Lennon was Bisexual” Daily Beast (Oct 15, 2015)The Truth About Paul McCartney's Relationship With Yoko Ono “The List” by Stephanie Kaloi (May 24, 2021)NMPA Awards Show; Sean and Yoko Accept Centennial Award (2017)Sean Lennon, London Telegraph (Nov 2010)“Lennon at 80” Sean Interviews Paul, BBC (2020)“Sean Ono Lennon Reflects on 10 John Lennon Solo Classics” Rolling Stone by Angie Martaccio (Oct 9 2020)Sean Instagram June 18, 2022“Paul McCartney Doesn’t Really Want to Stop the Show” The New Yorker by David Remnick (Oct 11, 2021)The LYRICS by Paul McCartney ed. Paul Muldoon (2021)
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Everyman Everywoman YOKO ONO w/ BLOW UPAll You Need is Love THE BEATLESRiding Into Jaipur PAUL MCCARTNEYFine Line PAUL MCCARTNEYGive Peace a Chance (2005) YOKO ONOOnly Mama Knows PAUL MCCARTNEY222 PAUL MCCARTNEYLovers in a Dream THE FIREMANDance Tonight PAUL MCCARTNEYEver Present Past PAUL MCCARTNEYKiss Kiss Kiss YOKO ONO w/ PEACHESOpen Your Box YOKO ONO w/ ORANGE FACTORYQueenie Eye PAUL MCCARTNEYRoad PAUL MCCARTNEYStruggle PAUL MCCARTNEYI Never Told You Did I? YOKO ONO w/ KIM GORDON and THURSTON MOOREWait for Me SEAN LENNONHere There and Everywhere SEAN LENNONDominoes PAUL MCCARTNEY -
Strange Bedfellows: Ep 3 Hiroshima Sky
SUMMARYWelcome to STRANGE BEDFELLOWS, an AKOM series about Yoko Ono and Paul McCartney after John Lennon's death.
Episode Three covers the 1990s, a decade that sees some of the most significant highs and lows between Ono and McCartney. Goodwill abounds when Paul inducts John into the Rock Hall in 1994. Building on this positivity, Yoko earns Paul’s gratitude during the making of the Beatles Anthology.
But the peace is short-lived, and a set of seemingly minor squabbles escalate into their most vicious public arguments to date, setting the stage for a cold war as Yoko and Paul enter the new millenium.
SOURCESJohn Lennon Rock Hall Induction (1994)The Sunday Times Supplement (Jan 22, 1967)Many Years From Now by Barry Miles (1997)Paul McCartney Interview w/ Chrissy Hynde (1999)“Yoko Says Snub by McCartney Hurts” Chicago Tribune (June 29, 1998)Mojo (August 1999)MOJO: Paul McCartney – the MOJO interview. (May, 2003)“The Ballad of Paul and Yoko” by Gilbert Garcia. Salon (January 27, 2003)
PLAYLISTTrans Lunar Rising THE FIREMANThe End THE BEATLESHiroshima Sky is Always Blue YOKO ONO feat. THE MCCARTNEYSFamily Way Mvmt I PAUL MCCARTNEYFamily Way Mvmt II PAUL MCCARTNEYFamily Way Mvmt IV PAUL MCCARTNEYKontakte KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSENStrawberry Fields Forever (demo) JOHN LENNONFree as a Bird (demo) JOHN LENNONFree as a Bird THE BEATLESNow and Then (demo) JOHN LENNONFlaming Pie PAUL MCCARTNEYWhen I’m 64 THE BEATLESFire/Rain. Allegro energico (Standing Stone) PAUL MCCARTNEY Glory Tales. Trionfale (Standing Stone) PAUL MCCARTNEY The World Tonight PAUL MCCARTNEYYesterday THE BEATLESWatercolour Guitars THE FIREMANAppletree Cinnabar Amber THE FIREMANBison THE FIREMAN
Customer Reviews
My favorite podcast.
Love all the research done. The humor we Beatles lovers like our humor. Great show. Very informative.
The Vanguard
AKOM is spearheading the long-overdue overhaul of 5 decades of Beatles’ opinion. “Yawn” Wenner and his like (what AKOM call “the Jean Jackets”) have had their day, and a much more nuanced and balanced appraisal of the group’s history is starting to take root. It’s thanks in no small part to the writers here.
Potential
This podcast has some great insights and potential to be so much more dynamic but unfortunately after a few episodes it begins to feel tortuously redundant. AKOM is in what I call the “In defense of Paul” genre.
I think the problem with this genre is that they focus way too hard with speaking to the lowest common denominator of Beatles fandom—- which isn’t even their listener. We now understand how bias Beatles history has been against Paul and how many pro-Lennon falsehoods exist. The majority of their listeners are in agreement with them, so why constantly focus on the silly assumptions of ignorant Lennonistas? To defend Paul so consistently they also white-wash Paul and gloss over the complexities of his character, making him boring and one dime spinal, while also completely ignoring George and Ringo’s takes.
It makes for a stale story and sometimes feels childish when Phoebe becomes so emotional, yelling into the mic to defend Paul’s honor— a billionaire/near billionaire who is beloved and still sells out stadiums. Babe, he’s doing pretty well, he’ll be okay.
AKOM perpetually circle the drain of the break up, rehashing their previous points with no new insights. The format of bold dominant host with the yes-woman sidekick is another part of what makes this podcast feel redundant— like two people locked in a basement recycling their own air. The fresh energy this podcast needs is some new expansive topics, some debate/disagreement, and maybe some guests to bring new perspectives. My fav eps from last season had guests, like May Pang! They did so well in an interview discussion style than they do in their usual redundant rant style cohost chat.