Something About the Beatles
Hosted by award-winning author Robert Rodriguez, Something About The Beatles is an intelligent but entertaining examination of The Beatles' music and career. Smart, funny and surprising - just like the Fab Four.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 82 minutes
- Episodes
- 209
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
256: The Making of Ringo (and Goodnight Vienna) with Bill Schnee
Fifty years on, Ringo's third solo album (or first, as he counted it in 1977) remains a stunning achievement, not just for the near-Beatles reunion but also on its own musical merits. With Richard Pe…
01:14:14 |
Sun 05 Mar 2023
255: Peter Jackson's Get Back with Doug Sulpy and Dan Rivkin
No one on the planet knows more about the contents of The Beatles' Nagra reels than Beatle scholars Doug Sulpy (Drugs, Divorce and A Slipping Image) and Dan Rivkin (They May Be Parted blog). We conve…
01:55:39 |
Sun 19 Feb 2023
254: McCartney, Harrison - It's Complicated
Returning guest Glenn Greenberg (216 Dear Friend; 223 The Beatles 1971 - 1973; 235 Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson at 80) is back for another discussion, this one examining the complex relations betw…
01:37:18 |
Sat 28 Jan 2023
253: Something About The Yardbirds & Jeff Beck with Jim McCarty
This show was taped a month ago, in conversation with Yardbirds/Renaissance/Illusion founding member Jim McCarty, in an effort to widen the lens exploring the world of 60s British rock that The Beatl…
01:08:08 |
Wed 18 Jan 2023
252: The Inner Light
Author Susan Shumsky first appeared on SATB in 2019, upon the publication of her memoir, The Maharishi and Me, which detailed her twenty years living at his ashram (including six years working direct…
01:15:17 |
Tue 10 Jan 2023
251 Revolver: Art and Music
Musicologist Walter Everett joins professional musicians Cameron Greider and Jack Petruzzelli in a return visit to discuss the latest Beatles reissue set. Revolver is analyzed through the prism of it…
01:19:23 |
Sun 25 Dec 2022
250: Something About The Beatles' Christmas Messages
Between 1963 and 1969, The Beatles issued ephemeral holiday greetings to members of their fan club on flexidiscs. These were collected onto an LP in 1970, but for the most part, escaped a proper issu…
01:54:27 |
Wed 14 Dec 2022
249: Ray Connolly's Lennon
Returning SATB guest favorite Ray Connolly (journalist, Beatles insider, screenwriter) penned what remains the finest Lennon bio in print, Being John Lennon: A Restless Life. On this, his 82nd birthd…
01:15:49 |
Sun 04 Dec 2022
248: Hey Jude Deconstructed with James Campion and Jeff Martin
An entire book dedicated to a single song may strike some as bewildering, but not if the song in question is both The Beatles' longest single (in length) as well as one of their most successful (quad…
01:43:07 |
Thu 24 Nov 2022
247: Critiquing The Critics II - This Time It's Personal with Bill Wyman
In which the worlds of three returning guests collide to discuss 1) is there (or should there be) a common starting point for all critiques of art and 2) the world of rock criticism generally - what'…
01:49:17 |
Wed 16 Nov 2022
246: The Rooftop Reunion
Are you Get Back-ed out yet? No? Good, because there are still plenty of avenues to explore within the scope of January 1969. Featured today is something from the vaults: the conversation reuniting t…
01:19:31 |
Fri 28 Oct 2022
245: Catch and Kill - Controlling The Narrative with Robert Rosen
Returning guest Robert Rosen (Nowhere Man) penned an essay last year discussing a phenomenon called "catch-and-kill," wherein the powerful who wish to keep unflattering stories from reaching the publ…
01:13:21 |
Sat 08 Oct 2022
244: Double Fantasy Revisited part two
Luther Russell and I roll into the next hour of discussion and analysis of the intent behind Double Fantasy; about Yoko's standing in the rock world, and how The Beatles might better have dealt with …
00:52:37 |
Sun 25 Sep 2022
243: Double Fantasy Revisited part one
Given the unique circumstance of Double Fantasy - John Lennon's first work in five years and his slaying within a few short weeks of its release - it is hard to assess the final work issued during hi…
01:09:07 |
Mon 19 Sep 2022
242: Beatles Olympiad '66 part two
In which Gary Wenstrup and I continue the discussion of Revolver, followed by a thorough analysis of the group's OTHER 1966 UK release, A Collection of Beatles Oldies (But Goldies!). This podcast i…
01:00:11 |
Fri 09 Sep 2022
241: Beatles Olympiad '66 part one
Taking a detour from some of the heavier SATB topics of late for end-of-summer light entertainment, Gary Wenstrup and I return to the series of gold, silver and bronze rankings of Beatle cuts through…
01:01:27 |
Fri 26 Aug 2022
240: The Beatles on Drugs: Riding So High
Returning guest Terry Zobeck (234: Paul McCartney Lyrics ) spent his career studying drug addiction and its effects. With a PhD in anthropology besides, this Beatles scholar is uniquely qualified to …
01:02:15 |
Tue 16 Aug 2022
239: Get Back to Kevin Harrington
In the time since publishing his memoir, The Redhead on the Roof and first appearing on SATB (160), Beatles equipment manager Kevin Harrington has now become known to millions of fans by his ubiquito…
00:50:29 |
Sat 06 Aug 2022
238: Remembering the 70s with Chris O'Dell and Nancy Lee Andrews
As part of the Fab4ConJam online fan event, I convened these two Beatles insiders to take questions and reminisce. Chris O'Dell came from Tucson, AZ (yes! home of Jo Jo AND Linda) and was pulled into…
01:13:57 |
Fri 29 Jul 2022
237: The Dream is Over with Dan Richter
He's known to millions, in the words of Arthur C. Clarke, as “The most famous unknown actor in the world.” Richter was a mime (and a poet) during the 1960s, but also gained cinematic immortality as "…
01:09:16 |
Sun 17 Jul 2022
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