The Beatles

Music Commentary: “Now and Then” — Nostalgia By and For the Beatles

November 13, 2023
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In many ways, “Now and Then” is the fitting gift — a single closing bookend, which Paul McCartney has called the Beatles’ last record.

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Book Review: The Inside Story of Abbey Road Studio — Definitive

September 7, 2023
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The truth is the Beatles wouldn’t have been the Beatles without Abbey Road, and Abbey Road wouldn’t have been Abbey Road without the Beatles.

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Book Review: “Act Naturally: The Beatles on Film” — Everything You Would Want to Know About the Fab Four and Their Five Movies

June 9, 2023
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The problem is that the factoids and bits of trivia supplied by Act Naturally rarely tie back to any larger narrative, or serve any discernible purpose other than to be cataloged.

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Film Review: “The Lost Weekend: A Love Story” – When John and Yoko Briefly Became John and May

April 13, 2023
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A new documentary about the John Lennon and May Pang affair is insightful but not exactly unbiased

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Book Review: Love, Death, the Beatles, and James Bond — Britain, for Better or Worse

February 7, 2023
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There’s no question the Beatles come out of John Higgs’ superb book Love and Let Die looking far better than James Bond. Love tends to play better than death and it’s easier to root for working class underdogs than Establishment snobs.

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Jazz Album Review: Guitarist Al Di Meola Fuses the Beatles in “Across the Universe” Tribute

May 9, 2020
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All in all, this album a pretty easy recommendation for those who like Al Di Meola and/or the Beatles.

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Dance Review: Mark Morris Dance Group’s — Fab Four Plus

February 12, 2019
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Mark Morris and Ethan Iverson chose songs from the famous album for reflection and extrapolation. What they made is an entertainment, a romp for the company’s terrific dancers.

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Book Review: “Dreaming The Beatles” — A Missed Opportunity

July 18, 2018
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Rob Sheffield seemed to have promised a whale of an original tale but delivered only a few goldfish.

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Dance Feature: Mark Morris and Ethan Iverson’s “Pepperland” comes to New England

June 21, 2018
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Pepperland serves up the expected tie-dye nostalgia, keyed to a half-dozen Beatle tunes from the classic album.

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Film Review: “Eight Days a Week” — A Marvelous Look at The Beatles on Tour

September 12, 2016
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Unlike any other Beatles documentary, this one succeeds in presenting the hysteria of the few years when the band played live and toured the world.

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