Another Kind of Mind: A Different Kind of Beatles Podcast

AKOM on GET BACK: Four Sides of a Square

The third and final episode in our Get Back analysis is dedicated to Band Dynamics- the working and personal relationships within the Beatles and how all those conflicts, bonds and loyalties interact.

We also take a look at the Get Back deadlines; Were they as crazy as we think?

Join Phoebe, Daphne, Iris and Thalia for this lively, thoughtful and engrossing panel.

SOURCES

The Banality of Genius: Notes on Peter Jackson's Get Back, Ian Leslie (Jan 26 2022)
Get Back, dir. Peter Jackson (2021)
John Lennon Interview w/ DJ John Small (October 22nd, 1969)
Beatles Anthology, dir. Geoff Wonfor; Bob Smeaton (1995)
Peace and Love, Broken Record podcast w/ Rick Rubin (Sep 21, 2021)
Ringo Interview from: Understanding McCartney/Ep 5, dir breathless345 (2020)
Ringo Starr Interview w/ Howard Stern (2000)
Felix Dennis quote from: You Never Give Me Your Money: The Battle for the Soul of the Beatles, Peter Doggett (2009)
Playboy interview w/ Allen Klein (1971)
Solid State, The Story of Abbey Road and the End of the Beatles, Ken Womack (2019)
Maureen Starkey interview (published 1998)
Tune In, Mark Lewisohn (2013)
Beatles on the Roof, Tony Barrel (2017)
With a Little Help from My Friends, the Making of Sergeant Pepper, George Martin (1994)
Maximum Volume: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin (The Early Years, 1926-1966) Ken Womack (2018)
Philip Norman (?)
Playback: An Illustrated Memoir, George Martin (2002)
Let it Be, dir Michael Lindsay-Hogg (1970)
George Harrison, Guitar World: When We Was Fab. (1992)
THE LYRICS, Paul McCartney and Paul Muldoon (2021)
Many Years From Now, Barry Miles (1997)
Peter Jackson on Stephen Colbert (Nov 25, 2021)

*ADDENDUM- We erroneously state that the Beatles' contract in September 1969 requires seven Beatles/Solo albums per year until 1976. The Beatles were in fact only required to produce TWO albums per year until 1976. Apologies for this errror.

AKOM on GET BACK: Brothers, Friends, Bandmates

AKOM on GET BACK: Brothers, Friends, Bandmates

Episode 2 is all about George, Paul and George & Paul; we take a look into their dynamic as bandmates, friends and surrogate brothers. We also examine George as a Producer for insight into the creative conflicts between Paul and George. 

Other topics include: The Beatles’ Rooftop Performance, Eric Clapton and Scenes that Surprised Us.

SOURCES/REFERENCES

Get Back, dir. Peter Jackson (2021)
"Why the Beatles Broke Up" by Mikael Gilmore for Rolling Stone (2000)
"Paul McCartney: the Musical Genius with Staying Power" The Times UK, Caitlin Moran (Dec 25, 2021)
George Harrison, NME: This Song. (December 11th, 1976)
“The Banality of Genius: Notes on Peter Jackson's Get Back” Ian Leslie  (Jan 26 2022)
George Harrison, Guitar World: When We Was Fab. (1992)
Paul McCartney on Egypt Station, NME interview w/ Dan Stubbs (2018)
"Beatlesongs," William J Dowlding (1989)
"Get Back Halftime Report" on Hey Dullblog
Geoff Emerick interview w/ Alan Light for Blender.com (2009)
George Martin interviewed by Richard Buskin (March 3,1987)
"Behind the Locked Door," Graeme Thomson (2013)
Michael Lindsay Hogg, Interview for Radio New Zealand (Dec 4, 2021)
Paul McCartney interview with Parkinson (1997)

AKOM on GET BACK: Love, Heroin and the Power of Editing

Part 1 in a 3-part conversation about Peter Jackson’s documentary epic, GET BACK.

 

Join Phoebe and Daphne for a discussion of Peter Jackson's most controversial edits, Yoko’s celluloid makeover, the state of John & Paul’s relationship and the invisible interloper, heroin.

SOURCES
Get Back, dir. Peter Jackson (2021)
Michael Lindsay Hogg, Interview for Radio New Zealand (Dec 4, 2021)
Understanding Lennon/McCartney vol 2, dir. breathless345 (2022)

BONUS EP 3: Marriage Mythology

Join Phoebe and Sam Whiles, host of Paul or Nothing podcast, as they discuss the cinematic portrayals of the McCartney and Lennon marriages. What mythology do they create for themselves? What does the public (fans, authors and outside media) project onto them? How have their images changed over time?

Movies discussed in this episode: The Linda McCartney Story (2000) and John and Yoko: a Love Story (1985).

Paul or Nothing:
https://mccartneypod.podbean.com 

BONUS EP 2: John & Yoko, a Love Story

Join Phoebe and Sam Whiles, host of Paul or Nothing podcast, as they discuss the TV movie John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985).

Paul or Nothing:
https://mccartneypod.podbean.com 

BONUS EP 1: The Linda McCartney Story

Join Phoebe and Sam Whiles, host of Paul or Nothing podcast, as they discuss the TV movie The Linda McCartney Story (2000).

Paul or Nothing:
https://mccartneypod.podbean.com 

Get Back Pregame Show!

Peter Jackson's long-awaited documentary series Get Back launches on Disney Plus in just 3 days (November 25, 2021)! Join Phoebe, Daphne, and Thalia for a deeply analytical, level-headed, and definitely not hysterical countdown to this groundbreaking event in Beatledom! They discuss the Get Back book, teasers, remixes, and other advance media. Also discussed are such hard-hitting questions as “What are George’s opinions on cat food?” and “WTF is it about McBeardy, anyway?”

CW: Even more swearing than usual; gratuitous d*ck jokes.

Pizza and Fairytales: Ep 5 Make It Right

‘Pizza and Fairytales’ is John Lennon’s phrase— a brilliant one—and he conjured it to describe one man: Paul McCartney. 

John in the 70s is fairly well documented. But what about the less communicative, less examined half of Lennon/McCartney? In this episode, Phoebe and Daphne give McCartney two things he doesn’t often get: detailed lyrical analysis and recognition of his atypical self-expression. Extending this basic respect serves to shine a brighter, warmer light on the Lennon/McCartney relationship—not just in the 70s but up to present day and beyond. 

Lennon and McCartney will be joined forever; they deserve to have their true story told.

PLAYLIST

Some People Never Know WINGS (1971)
Big Barn Bed WINGS (1973)
Band on the Run PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS (1973)
Dear Friend WINGS (1971)
Little Lamb Dragonfly WINGS (1973)
Isolation JOHN LENNON (1970)
Ram On PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY (1971)
Too Many People PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY (1971)
Best Friend WINGS (1972)
Let Me Roll It PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS (1973)
Beef Jerky JOHN LENNON (1974)
#9 Dream JOHN LENNON (1974)
Bless You JOHN LENNON (1974)
Whatever Gets You Through the Night JOHN LENNON (1974)
Venus and Mars WINGS (1975)
Call Me Back Again WINGS (1975)
Silly Love Songs WINGS (1976)
Let’s Love PAUL McCARTNEY (1975)
Howling at the Moon JOHN LENNON (1979)

SOURCES

Paul McCartney, interview w/ Ray Connolly, Evening Standard: Paul on ‘Why the Beatles broke up’. (April 21st, 1970)
The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul McCartney & Paul Muldoon (2021)
Paul and Linda McCartney w/ Joan Goodman, Playboy (1984)
Paul McCartney in Venice (September 1976)
Paul McCartney w/ Scott Osbourne (March 1974)
George Harrison in Sounds Magazine (Nov 9, 1974)
Paul McCartney to Melody Maker (November 1971)
Paul McCartney on Day by Day (July 10, 1980)
John & Yoko interview, w/ McCabe and Schonfeld at St. Regis Hotel (Sept 9, 1971) 
Lennon Remembers w/ Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone (1970)
John Lennon: The Life by Philip Norman (2008)
Loving John, May Pang (1983)
Paul McCartney to Club Sandwich (1994)
Paul McCartney to Billboard interview (2001)
Peter Doggett talks to Mike McCartney (Beatles Book Monthly No. 199, Nov 1992)
The Beatles (afterword) by Hunter Davies (re-issued version from 1985)
Fresh Air w/ Terry Gross (2021)
Howard Stern Show (Nov 10, 2021)
Howard Stern Show (2013)
Paul McCartney w/ Anthony DeCurtis for Rolling Stone: The Paul McCartney interview. (November 5th, 1987)
Paul McCartney, from Beatles Monthly Book, N°256 (August 1997)

Pizza and Fairytales: Ep 4 Then We Will Know

What happened between Paul and John that forever altered their relationship and created the emotional stalemate John dubbed “Pizza and Fairytales?”

In episode four, we evaluate four likely scenarios based on a comprehensive study of the available evidence.

Join Phoebe and Daphne on a deep exploration into the inspiration behind and meaning of Pizza and Fairytales.

SOURCES 

Many Years From Now, Barry Miles (1997)
Man on the Run, Tom Doyle (2015)
Playboy Interview w/ John and Yoko (1980)
John Lennon, “Lennon Remembers” w/ Jann Wenner (1970)
Here, There and Everywhere, Geoff Emerick (2011)
Dakota Days, John Green (1983)
Last Days of John Lennon, Fred Seaman (1983)
Body Count, Francie Schwartz (1973)
Paul McCartney: the Definitive Biography by Chris Salewicz (1985)
Dave Sholin from The Day John Lennon Died (2009)
Allen Klein, Playboy: A candid conversation with the embattled manager of the Beatles. (November, 1971)
The Beatles Authorized Biography by Hunter Davies, Afterword (1985)
Paul McCartney letter to Brian Epstein — The Scotsman: Sad record of designs on a career which could never be. (March 27th, 2000)
John Lennon, interview w/ Barry Miles, (partially) unpublished. (September 23rd, 1969)
Alistair Taylor, With the Beatles. (2003)
Bridesmaids, director Paul Feig (2011)
Paul McCartney, interview w/ Ray Connolly, Evening Standard: Paul on ‘Why the Beatles broke up’. (April 21st, 1970)
John Lennon: the Life, Philip Norman (2008)
Derek Taylor, Lennon Revealed (2007)
Paul McCartney on German TV Exclusiv (1985)
Victor Spinetti Up Front . . .: His Strictly Confidential Autobiography (October 1, 2006)
Sir Paul McCartney Interview, Evening Standard (December 14, 2018)
The Untold Stories of Paul McCartney, GQ (Sept 11, 2018)
John Lennon: A Journey in the Life BBC special (December 6, 1985)
Mark Lewisohn Tune In Extended Edition (2013)
In My Life, Pete Shotton (1983)
McCartney by Christopher Sandford (2007)
Loving John, May Pang (1983)
Bob Spitz, The Beatles: The Biography (2005)
Lennon & McCartney Interview w/ Larry Kane (May 13, 1968)
John Lennon Interview w/ McCabe & Schonfeld at St. Regis Hotel (Sept 9, 1971)
Harry Nilsson Interview w/ Geoffrey Guiliano (Feb 17, 1984)
Derek Taylor, Lennon Revealed (2007)
Paul McCartney, The Adam Buxton Podcast, episode 144 (2020)
Sandra Shevey Interview w/ John & Yoko (1972)
Amoralto.tumblr.com
“I’m Still Standing” John Harris, The Guardian (June 11, 2004)
The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul McCartney & Paul Muldoon (2021)
Paul McCartney, interview w/ Ray Bonici for Music Express. (May, 1982)
Paul McCartney and Mike McCartney, by Mark Rowland, Playgirl (June, 1982)
MarijkeKogerArt.com
Lennon & McCartney Interview w/ Keith Fordyce BBC (August 1966)
Yoko Ono, interview w/ Paul Trynka for MOJO. (May, 2003)
John & Yoko Interview w/ Laurie Kaye (December 8, 1980)
John & Yoko Interview w/ Dave Sholin (December 8, 1980)
Yoko Interview BBC Radio 6 “06: Two of Us” (1990)
John Lennon w/ Elliot Mintz (January 1976)
John Lennon to David Sheff (September 1980)
Paul McCartney, interview w/ Mark Binelli for Rolling Stone: Sir Paul rides again. (October 20th, 2005)
Crossing Over: The Stories Behind the Stories, John Edward (2002)
BBC documentary Mr. Blue Sky (2012)
“Paul McCartney Doesn’t Really Want to Stop the Show” by David Remnick, The New Yorker (October 18, 2021)

PLAYLIST

Now and Then, JOHN LENNON (1977)
I’m So Tired, THE BEATLES (1968)
Across the Universe, THE BEATLES (1968)
Fool on the Hill, THE BEATLES (1967)
Look At Me (demo) JOHN LENNON (1968)
Hey Bulldog THE BEATLES (1968)
I Don’t Know PAUL McCARTNEY (2018)
Real Love JOHN LENNON (1980)
Some People Never Know WINGS (1971)

Pizza and Fairytales: Ep 3 Love is Wanting

1975 and 76 represent a pivotal moment for John Lennon, and his choices at this juncture determine his fate in his final years. Episode Three is a deep exploration of John’s ongoing inner conflicts: his lasting trauma over the Beatles breakup; his susceptibility to Yoko’s continuing mind games; his predilection for jealousy and insecurity. 

All this, plus the long shadow cast by the nightmarish Primal Scream Therapy John underwent at the hands of Arthur Janov. It’s a topic which usually slides under the radar of Beatles discourse—until now. AKOM’s hard, probing look at Janov reveals his therapy’s catastrophic effects on John’s psyche and on the Lennon-McCartney relationship. 

Ultimately, John chooses not to revive his partnership with Paul McCartney in New Orleans. How does this alter the course of their renewed relationship? And how does John's eventual descent into depression, paranoia and superstition alter both his feelings for and perception of Paul?

TW: Psychological abuse, homophobia

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SOURCES
Loving John, MAY PANG (1983)
John Lennon interview w/ Alan Freeman (January, 1975)
May Pang, The Beatles’ Biggest Secrets BBC doc (2004)
Linda McCartney: A Portrait DANNY FIELDS (2001)
“Arthur Janov, 93, Dies; Psychologist Caught World’s Attention With ‘Primal Scream’” by Margalit Fox, NEW YORK TIMES (Oct 2, 2017)
“On Homosexuality as a Normal Variant of Human Sexuality” (Sunday, January 8, 2012)
“On Becoming Homosexual. Is it Becoming?” (Saturday, May 23, 2009)
John & Yoko interview, w/ McCabe and Schonfeld (Sept 9, 1971) 
John & Yoko Interview w/ Howard Smith, (January 23, 1972)
Robert Christgau, Village Voice: Living without The Beatles. (September, 1971)
Art Garfunkel, Beatles Stories doc (2011)
Francis Schoenberger, SPIN MAGAZINE (1975)
Letter 204 to Rick Sklar dated July 1975, The John Lennon Letters (2012)
Home cassette, recorded for Vin Scelsa at WNEW-FM (Autumn, 1975)
Interview w/ Elliot Mintz (January 1, 1976) 
Klaus Voormann, c/o Memories of John Lennon. (2005)
The Beatles (afterword) by Hunter Davies (re-issued version from 1985)
John Lennon: The Life by Philip Norman (2008)
Man on the Run TOM DOYLE (2013)
John Lennon w/ Bob Harris for The Old Grey Whistle Test BBC, (April 18, 1975)
Paul McCartney w/ Jay Cocks for Time: McCartney comes back. (May 31st, 1976)
Lennon Remembers, Rolling Stone (1970)
The Primal Center for Treatment, Training and Research “About John Lennon” (2008)
Last Days of John Lennon, FRED SEAMAN (1990)
John Lennon interview w/ Barbara Graustark, NEWSWEEK (September 1980)
Dakota Days, JOHN GREEN (1983)
Paul McCartney, The Adam Buxton Podcast, episode 144 (2020)
The Love You Make, Peter Brown (1983)
The Beatles Roundup Interview, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, (April 30, 1964) 
Paul McCartney Reddit chat (December 2020)
Jack Douglas to Ben Yakas, Gothamist (July 19, 2016)
John Lennon, Interview for Playboy (1980)
Jimmy Carter on The Late Show w/ Stephen Colbert (March 31, 2018)

PLAYLIST
Helen Wheels WINGS
Tennessee (demo) JOHN LENNON
Letting Go WINGS
Bridge on the River Suite WINGS
San Ferry Ann WINGS
Let Em In WINGS
Love JOHN LENNON
Beware My Love WINGS
Call Me Back Again (live) WINGS