Run Of The Mill
George Harrison: Living in the Material World is the title of Martin Scorsese's epic documentary about the life, music and beliefs of the Beatle who was my original favourite of the group (at the age...
View ArticleThe Beatles Albums We Lost
The other week, I decided to check the Elvis Presley archive on (UK) Spotify, to discover whether I had missed any major reissues or archive discoveries in the past twelve months. It was impossible to...
View ArticleHoly Nonsense, Batman!
If you ever have a spare week of your life to lose, you can track the fall-out from 1969's 'Paul is Dead!' conspiracy theory across the internet. There's a particularly entertaining (and apparently...
View ArticleCome Together?
Somebody e-mailed me this week to ask about my new book on the Beatles: Come Together. "I haven't written a book called Come Together", I replied. "Yes, you have," they mailed me back, "and you can...
View ArticleDavid Bowie & the Plastic Ono Band
Influence is sometimes obvious, sometimes more subtle. For example: the Beatles openly demonstrated how much they respected their American rock'n'roll heroes by filling their early stage shows, BBC...
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