Another Kind of Mind: A Different Kind of Beatles Podcast
Another Kind of Mind: A Different Kind of Beatles Podcast
Welcome to Another Kind of Mind: A Different Kind of Beatles Podcast. We’re a collective of artists, musicians, and professionals who challenge established nar...
SUMMARY: Phoebe and Daphne’s discussion of a recent BBC interview with Sean Lennon spurs a conversation about Yoko, the Lost Weekend and the ongoing Beatles Empire as inherited, shared and managed by the Beatle children.
This episode is the first of several shorter, fun-sized AKOMs on single topics.
SOURCES:
Sean Lennon Interview BBC Radio 6 (Dec 3, 2024)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKVFU0ba4gA&feature=mweb_to_native_app_fallback_redirect_11268432&itc_campaign=mweb_to_native_app_fallback_redirect_11268432&redirect_app_store_ios=1&app=desktop
Ringo Remembers Christmas 1979: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW1ou7SH3is
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40:04
DO IT NOW! What AKOM Would Ask Paul If We Could
SUMMARY
Phoebe and Daphne share the AKOM playbook of what they would ask if given the opportunity to interview Paul McCartney.
We feel Paul’s responses would be illuminating and for the sake of Beatles history we encourage all media personnel to please STEAL THESE QUESTIONS!
PLAYLIST
Find My Way PAUL MCCARTNEY (2020)
Do It Now PAUL MCCARTNEY (2018)
Queenie Eye PAUL MCCARTNEY (2013)
Here Today PAUL MCCARTNEY (1983)
Everybody’s Got Something to Hide THE BEATLES (1968)
Oh My Love JOHN LENNON (1971)
I Saw Her Standing There JOHN LENNON & ELTON JOHN (1975)
If I Fell (live in Vancouver) THE BEATLES (1964)
God JOHN LENNON (1971)
Jealous Guy JOHN LENNON (1971)
Real Life JOHN LENNON (1977?)
Starting Over JOHN LENNON (1980)
Starting Over (demo #1) JOHN LENNON (1980)
Don’t Let Me Down THE BEATLES (1969)
I’ll Get You (live) THE BEATLES (1963)
You Know My Name (Look up the Number) THE BEATLES (1970)
Seize the Day PAUL McCARTNEY (2020)
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1:46:56
Sex, Death and Progressive Nostalgia: AKOM Talks w/ Dr. Richard Mills
SUMMARY: Dr. Richard Mills joins Phoebe and Daphne for a chit-chat about all things fandom: slash fiction, Beatle novels, murder, conspiracies, tribute bands, horny editors, biopics, Superfan authors and anything else that pops up!
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https://www.instagram.com/drrichardmills/
Dr Richard Mills is an Associate Professor in English Literature and Popular Culture at St Mary’s University, London. He has been programme director for the Film and Popular Culture, Cultural Studies and Irish Studies degrees. He has published extensively on popular music, Irish literature and culture, film, fashion and British television. Mills is the author of The Beatles and Fandom: Sex, Death and Progressive Nostalgia (Bloomsbury 2019). He is co-editor of Mad Dogs and Englishness (Bloomsbury 2017) and The Beatles and Humour (Bloomsbury 2023). He is author of the forthcoming The Beatles and Black Music: Post-colonial Theory, Musicology and Remix Culture (Bloomsbury 2025). Richard is a regular contributor to BBC4’s Last Word, Sky News, RTE, Portobello Radio and BBC Live. He is also on the editorial board of The Journal of Beatles Studies.
FURTHER READING
Understanding Fandom by Mark Duffett
Dancing in the Streets by Barbara Ehrenreich
The Historian and the Beatles by Erin Torkelson Weber
A Woman’s History of the Beatles by Christine Feldman Barrett
Beatleness: How the Beatles and Their Fans Remade the World By Candy Leonard
Shout, John Lennon: The Life and Paul McCartney: A Life by Philip Norman
Tune In by Mark Lewisohn
Revolution in the Head by Ian McDonald
Beatlebone by Kevin Barry
The Barracks by John McGahern
Memoir by John McGahern
Snodgrass and Other Illusions by Ian R. MacLeod
Across the Universe: Tales of Alternative Beatles by Michael A. Ventrellla and Randee Dawn
The Funkles!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwEuWt_Ow_w
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2:15:10
On the Beatle Beat! AKOM Talks w/ Ivor Davis
SUMMARY
OG Beatles Embed Ivor Davis joins Phoebe and Daphne to discuss the sex, drugs, and mania of 1964 (and beyond!) along with plenty of fascinating Beatle minutiae in this free-wheeling, fun and eclectic conversation.
SOURCE
The Beatles and Me on Tour IVOR DAVIS (2014); 60th Anniversary Edition (2024)
PLAYLIST
Lonesome Tears in My Eyes THE BEATLES (1963)
Ob-la-di-Ob-la-da THE BEATLES (1968)
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1:27:07
AKOM Mailbag: Words are Flowing Out 2/2
SUMMARY
Phoebe and Daphne answer listener mail! Part 2/2
TOPICS
Podcast Recs for Beginners
Will Now and Then change convo?
Certainly Not One-Sided
The Love You Make - Brown and Gaines interview
Being Normal About Paul
Opinion on Francie Schwartz
John quote from AKOM theme
Spurred into Marriage
Brother Malcolm Comes to Me
Julia: John= Genius
Maharishi Follow-up
PLAYLIST
Any Road GEORGE HARRISON
This Boy THE BEATLES
SOURCES
“Listen to what the man said: McCartney and journalistic objectivity – a test case” by Martin Shough
https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/jbs.2024.4
Conversation with Bial December 2, 2023
https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/interview/conversation-with-bial/
About Another Kind of Mind: A Different Kind of Beatles Podcast
Welcome to Another Kind of Mind: A Different Kind of Beatles Podcast. We’re a collective of artists, musicians, and professionals who challenge established narratives about the band with irreverent commentary, educated criticism, and original, thought-provoking analysis.
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