Blotto Beatles

Episode 42 covers all the news fit to print, including George Martin's accent; the loss of Mark Lanegan,; keeping the house, bro; who actually said "Rank it and crank it;" Fugazi saying that we got o…

Yeah, we should be talking Beatles in these episode notes, but we got SAM CALAGIONE of the mighty Dogfish Head Brewery this week! We go long talking about his beers, what got him to brew, the items h…

Episode 40 begins with a remembrance of the first Apple project; loose episodes; tons of guest mail (most of it not complimentary); our new guest and good bud, Kenji; an early Magical Mystery Word; t…

We release the string on episode 39 with a deep dive on sequels by discussing LOVE TOO, New Year's resolutions in pandi times, a new A-Paul-ogy,  Vacation Becker poppin’’ a flop, the Beatles gourd ha…

Episode thirty-eight kicks into gear with some chat on the state of the multiverse, our favorite Christmas tunes, rum bum bum bum, the weird PJ pants you get from your mother, the period where The Be…

Clearly, we are all about The Beatles, but episode 37 begins with one of our other passions -- true crime podcasts -- as we listen to the trailer for "The Sacred Harp."  From there we bring back Musi…

We spent the last weekend watching Peter Jackson's new GET BACK documentary, and we asked some of our best pod pals to join us in a roundtable discussion with our thoughts, our reactions, and our tak…

Episode 36 begins by recalling the failed Beatles Zoom call from ‘74, Let It Be fever,  Tommy’s abbreves, Scotty talking about his Anthony Kiedis hands, a recap of all prestige TV,  and Tommy being S…

It's episode 35 and we kick it into high gear by discussing that famous Beatles-Canada collab, the second best second place victory of all time, Pauly and Rocky's robot, how many Beatles podcasts the…

Episode 34 kicks off with the announcement of a new Beatles-related Peter Jackson film (but not THAT one), our wonderful guest Kit O'Toole, The Ringo Carr, Becker trying an impression, what Scotty th…

We celebrate our Larry Birdday with the anniversary of the first heavy metal song, a discussion of why this is an official second take, lost albums, Becker's affection for peanuts, George Martin in o…

Episode 32 marks not only the day that Ringo's appreciation for hot dogs got in the way of enlightenment but also our discussion of in-person episodes having too much eye contact, the great beers of …

Episode 31 breaks down the story of the originally intended title of "Beatles for Sale," the BFSAND,  another A-PAUL-OGY, when the Beatles set their guitars on fire, bands we like that no one else do…

Episode 30 begins with discussion of Dr. Kiedes' wordsmithery, who is Riggs and who is Murtaugh in the Blotto Beatles host chairs, if we are too old to discuss what is cheugy, if Garfield is cheugy, …

Episode 29 kicks off with the incendiary release of the Clapton Audio, our first call for a cease and desist on the reboot of the Noid,  a revisit of how Bukowski felt about the Beatles,  some Father…

We kick into episode 28 with a review of John Lennon's third book, the many pneumatic tubes at Blotto HQ, the end of the pandi, EP Scotty C's collection of speedos, our favorite authors, another inst…

We crack open year two with a reflection of the iconic artistic movement der Voorman Versteckte, a very early Magical Mystery Word, some discussion of our early days listening to indie rock, the intr…

Having just celebrated one year of Blotto, we wanted to stop for a moment a review and reflection.  As you know, we are compiling the canonical, argument-ending list of Beatles songs from best to wor…

We kick off episode 26 by discussing two important anniversaries for Ringo, an important anniversary for Team Blotto, why confetti cannons are great for podcasting, our thoughts on one year of Blotto…

Episode 25 starts with Tommy waxing nostalgic about the Beatles 2, a spot-on Jimmy Stewart impersonation, the introduction of our good friend and house artist Colin, talking about leaving home as a c…