Another Kind of Mind: A Different Kind of Beatles Podcast

Fine Tuning: Ep 11 Wrap Party

SUMMARY: In our final episode of Fine Tuning, we summarize our conclusions, respond to listener feedback, issue corrections, share our hopes and fears for future books and offer our thoughts and predictions on the future of Beatles scholarship.

PLAYLIST
Everyday BUDDY HOLLY
Honey Hush BIG JOE TURNER
I Fall to Pieces PATSY CLINE
Problems THE EVERLY BROTHERS
P.S. I Love You THE BEATLES
Whispering Bells THE DELL-VIKINGS
Que Sera, Sera DORIS DAY
Johnny Angel SHELLEY FABARES
Hit the Road, Jack RAY CHARLES
Crying ROY ORBISON
I’ll Be On My Way THE BEATLES

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MARK LEWISOHN INTERVIEW LINKS:

Interview with Jean Louis-Polard, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ3Cb0c-tnI&t=1s

Fabcast podcast, 2017
013 MARK LEWISOHN
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/013-lewisohn/id1108129093?i=1000383307889

Humans in Love podcast, 2018
#1 (Part One) Beatles Authority Mark Lewisohn (YouTube)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1-part-one-beatles-authority-mark-lewisohn-on-travel/id1386766806?i=1000412043887

Fab4Cast podcast, 2019 
Talking to Mark Lewisohn: #1 Writing The Beatles' History 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkrFSnGnriQ
and #2 Spring 1969 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ-BMzJyGGA&t=17s

Nothing Is Real podcast, 2019
The Mark Lewisohn Interview #14 Part One 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nothing-is-real-episode-14-the-mark-lewisohn/id1462587848?i=1000452821367

and 
#15 Part Two 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nothing-is-real-episode-15-mark-lewisohn-part-2/id1462587848?i=1000453706171

Interview with Giljs Groenteman, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuettzOVmhg

I Am the EggPod podcast, 2019
The Star-Club tapes 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwZy3DfdPjU&t=186s

From Me To You podcast, 2020
Mark Lewisohn In Conversation w/ Richard Courtney 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPMlGfXMR_4

Let It Roll podcast, 2020
Mark Lewisohn in Conversation w/Nate Wilcox 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0cbEEHXFp8

Let It Be Beatles podcast, 2020
Mark Lewisohn - The Complete 2020 Let It Be Beatles Interview Podcast (YouTube)
https://soundcloud.com/user-86154098/mark-lewisohn-the-complete-2020-let-it-be-beatles-interview-podcast?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Fans on the Run podcast, 2022
Ep 73. Mark Lewisohn 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fans-on-the-run-a-podcast-made-by-for-and-about-beatles-fans/id1522056200?i=1000556606690

Fine Tuning: Ep 10 Unseen Paul

SUMMARY

Unseen Paul builds on our earlier episodes by sharing even more quotes, stories, and insights about young Paul McCartney, who deserves a nuanced and dynamic portrait in any Beatles biography.

We explore some of his more overlooked character traits: his quirks and gifts; his stressors and anxieties; his unusual interests and values. These features reveal him as a fascinatingly dualistic artist and person.

SOURCES
Paul McCartney: the Definitive Biography by Chris Salewicz (1986)
The Beatles by Bob Spitz (2005)
“Portrait of Paul” Women Magazine by Mike McCartney (1965)
Magical Mystery Tours: My Time with the Beatles by Tony Bramwell (2006)
Many Years From Now by Barry Miles (1997)
Thank U Very Much by Mike McCartney
Paul McCartney on Howard Stern (2021)
“A Political Paul” Interview w/ Jonathan Powers for Prospect Magazine (Jan 17, 2009)
Paul McCartney interview w/ Hot Press magazine (2002)
Maureen Cleave “Intelligent Beatle”
“Mockers” Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9e6zHA6eOY&t=116s
The Beatles Authorized Biography by Hunter Davies (1968)
The Beatles diary: Volume 1 by Barry Miles (2001)
BBC Interview “dyslexia”  (October 4, 1997)
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2023/06/15/happy-birthday-paul-mccartney-2
Angie McCartney Interview w/ Geoffrey Guiliano (1984)
https://www.tumblr.com/pleasantlyinsincere/697307027602571264/angie-and-ruth-mccartney-on-saying-i-love-you-in?source=share
Mike McCartney; Beatles Book Monthly Magazine (1992)
Paul McCartney for New York Times Magazine (2020)
THE LYRICS by Paul McCartney and Paul Muldoon (2021)
Icke, Evelyn Hamann und die Beatles: Eine Art Biografie by Hans “Icke” Braun (2019)
*ENGLISH TRANSLATION of Braun's book and further anecdotes generously provided to AKOM by @packyourromanticmind on tumblr
A Cellar Full of Noise by Brian Epstein (1964)
Allan Williams quote from Music Legends The Beatles Special Edition by The Rock Review Music Legends Library (Sept 2, 2019)
https://issuu.com/codarecordsltd/docs/music_legends_beatles_special_edition
Interview w/ Horst Fascher for Deutschlandfunk Kultur (2006)
Astrid Kirchherr Interviewed by Colin Hall for Get Rhythm (August 2001)

PLAYLIST
Stairway to Paradise SARAH VAUGHAN
4 Pointers 1 TREVOR DUNCAN
Fine and Mellow ETTA JONES
Welcome to My World JIM REEVES
El Paso MARTY ROBBINS
You Go To My Head BILLIE HOLIDAY
Nature Boy NAT KING COLE
Black and White EARL ROBINSON
My Bucket’s Got a Hole in it HANK WILLIAMS
Spoonful HOWLIN WOLF
Since I Don’t Have You THE SKYLINERS
Perhaps DORIS DAY
Lonesome Town RICKY NELSON
Love to Love NINA SIMONE

Fine Tuning: Ep 9 WTF?

SUMMARY:  In our 9th episode, we tackle a handful of loose ends from Tune In and pose the question: WTF?

Why The Farting?
Where's Talented Friend?
Washboard To Fender
Weird, Those Fruits!
Women-Type Fans
Whores They F*cked?
Wow, That's Fabricated!
Which Tune's First?
Writing's Too Fancy
Whose Teachers Finest?
Wimpy Teetotaler Frenemie

PLAYLIST:
Tutti Frutti LITTLE RICHARD
Good Golly Miss Molly LITTLE RICHARD
Where D’you Get Your Whiskey BOB CORT’S SKIFFLE GROUP
Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean RUTH BROWN
Mess Around RAY CHARLES
Spanish Flea HERB ALPERT
Theme from A Summer Place PERCY FAITH
Please Mr Postman THE MARVELETTES
School Days LOUIS JORDAN
Alligator Wine SCREAMIN’ JAY HAWKINS
I’ll Be On My Way THE BEATLES

May in December: AKOM Talks w/ May Pang Pt. 2

SYNOPSIS:  In her second appearance on AKOM, May Pang talks with Phoebe about Yoko enlisting Paul’s help during the Lost Weekend, John & Yoko’s Tittenhurst Safe Room, The (not) Malibu Dream House and Primal Therapy.

The Lost Weekend: A Love Story is currently available for purchase or streaming on most major platforms. Discover more at www.maypang.com

 

Fine Tuning: Ep 8 No Greater Buddy

SYNOPSIS: No Greater Buddy examines how Tune In handles the naughty behavior of its resident Bad Boy, John Lennon. This is a study of Lewisohn’s coverage of John’s bad behavior (rather than the behavior itself).

PLAYLIST
Bad Boy LARRY WILLIAMS
Let the Good Times Roll LOUIS JORDAN
Jim Dandy LAVERN BAKER
Handful of Keys FATS WALLER
Undecided ELLA FITZGERALD
Angel Baby ROSIE & THE ORIGINALS
Night Train DAVID ROSE
Devil or Angel THE CLOVERS
I’ll Be on My Way THE BEATLES

SOURCES
The Beatles by Hunter Davies (1968)
The Other Side of John Lennon By Sandra Shevey (1990)
Beatles Anthology (1995)
Living in the Material World by Martin Scorcese (2011)

Fine Tuning: Ep 7 Spanner in the Works

SYNOPSIS: Spanner in the Works shows how Paul is portrayed as uniquely difficult to manage and unjustifiably obstructive, even to the point of sabotaging the band. 

We use Tune In’s reporting of the early friction between Paul and Brian Epstein as a case study to illustrate how Tune In guides the reader to distrust and second-guess Paul whenever he comes into conflict with other major players in the Beatles’ story.

PLAYLIST
Maybe THE CHANTELS
Oop Shoop SHIRLEY GUNTER & THE QUEENS
Tequila THE CHAMPS
I’m Walkin FATS DOMINO
Lucille THE BEATLES
Devil in His Heart THE DONAYS
Baby It’s You THE SHIRELLES
Slippin and Slidin LITTLE RICHARD
Too Much ELVIS PRESLEY
Fast Freight RITCHIE VALENS
I’ll Be On My Way THE BEATLES

 

SOURCES
“Portrait of Paul” Mike McCartney Woman Magazine, 1965
McCartney the Definitive Biography by Chris Salewicz, 1986
John Lennon Interview w/ Jann Wenner for Rolling Stone, May 14, 1970
John Lennon Interview w/ Lisa Robinson for Hit Parader, 1975
John Lennon and Yoko Ono Interview at St Regis Hotel by Peter McCabe and Robert Schonfeld, September 5th, 1971
Lennon Remembers by Jann Wenner for Rolling Stone, 1971
In My Life by Pete Shotten, 1983
Interview w/ Pete Best in Music Legends The Beatles Special Edition by The Rock Review Music Legends Library Sept 2, 2019

 

The Fifth Beatle: AKOM Talks w/ Vivek Tiwary

SYNOPSIS: Phoebe talks with Vivek Tiwary, author of “The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story,” a graphic novel celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a new edition!

https://thefifthbeatle.com/graphic-novel/

https://twitter.com/fifthbeatle

https://www.instagram.com/the_fifthbeatle/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/TheFifthBeatleTV/

PLAYLIST
It’s For You CILLA BLACK

Fine Tuning: Ep 6 A Prolonged Jealousy

SYNOPSIS: In A Prolonged Jealousy, we tackle one of Tune In’s main talking points: that Paul McCartney is a fundamentally jealous person whose obsessive, one-sided jealousy of and over John Lennon was brought to a boil by the presence of Stuart Sutcliffe in the band. 

Is Tune In’s unforgiving portrayal of Paul’s jealousy fair? Or is it over the top? We’ll discuss!

*This episode was originally posted on Nov 17, 2023 and subsequently re-uploaded on Nov 21, 2023 to add a few minutes of additional information relative to the topic. In the interest of full transparency, we haven’t edited or deleted anything from our original episode, just added the additional info to the discussion around the 1:36:45 mark.

PLAYLIST

Frenzy SCREAMIN’ JAY HAWKINS
Woo-Hoo ROCK*A*TEENS
Raunchy BILL JUSTICE
What’d I Say RAY CHARLES
Lucille LITTLE RICHARD
Flamenco Sketches MILES DAVIS
Sleepwalk SANTO AND JOHNNY
Let it Be Me THE EVERLY BROTHERS
Just Walking in the Rain THE PRISONAIRES
Go! Go! Go! ROY ORBISON
Duck Tail JOE CLAY
I’ll Be On My Way THE BEATLES

SOURCES
The Beatles by Hunter Davies (1968)
The Beatles by Bob Spitz (2005)
“The Beatles’ Shadow: Stuart Sutcliffe” by Pauline Sutcliffe (2002)
“The Lost Beatle: The Stuart Sutcliffe Story” BBC (2005)
John Lennon The Life by Philip Norman (2005)
Paul McCartney The Life by Philip Norman (2016)
Beatles Book Monthly Magazine (May 1994)
Beatles Anthology (1995)

The Mal Evans Story: AKOM Talks w/ Ken Womack

SYNOPSIS: Phoebe Lorde and Allison Bumsted talk with Kenneth Womack about “LIVING THE BEATLES LEGEND: the Mal Evans Story.”

We discuss several of the amazing topics raised in this wonderful book; Elvis, cowboys, Allen Klein being horrible, the tougher-to-write moments in the book, interpersonal relationships within the Beatles' circle, and of course the fascinating life of the incomparable Mal Evans.

Fine Tuning: Ep 5 Leader Lennon

SUMMARY: Leader Lennon examines Tune In's major thesis, that John Lennon was and is the leader and implicit owner of The Beatles forever. 

We take a hard look at Tune In’s obvious affection for hierarchy and dominance and how this pervades its storytelling. We'll discuss the deficiencies of this framework, why it is a problem, and how it distorts the Beatles’ story.

PLAYLIST
Tiger Man RUFUS THOMAS
Lovin’ Machine WYNONIE HARRIS
Honey Don’t CARL PERKINS
Besame Mucho TRIO LOS PANCHOS
Crying, Waiting, Hoping BUDDY HOLLY
C’mon Everybody EDDIE COCHRAN
Soldier of Love THE BEATLES
Rip it Up ELVIS PRESLEY
I’ll Be On My Way THE BEATLES

SOURCES
The Beatles by Hunter Davies (1968)
Pre-Fab by Colin Hanton (2018)
The Beatles by Bob Spitz (2005)
John by Cynthia Lennon (2005)
Alan Williams from Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost Beatle, BBC (2005)
Lennon Remember Interview w/ Jann Wenner (1971)