Latest Johnlennon Podcast Episodes
Episode 99.5- Paul Is Dead
Glass Onion: On John Lennon - April 01, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsWe felt it in poor taste to add show notes at such a sad time for the world...
Nothing Is Real Live 2023 - The Q&A Sessions
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - March 08, 2024 13:01 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsNothing Is Real Live 2023 - The Q&A Sessions At each of the Nothing Is Real live shows in 2023 we had a Q&A session. As a taster for the whole event, here are the sessions for Belfast on October 23rd (Before Now & Then) and Dublin on November 9th (After Now & Then). Live in Person from Belfast...
Episode 99- Gimme Some (More) Truth
Glass Onion: On John Lennon - February 15, 2024 21:20 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn the last episode before we notch up our century, Antony flies solo to muse on and discuss various items of Lennon interest. In order, these are the 40th anniversary of the ‘Milk And Honey’ album, the cancelling and virtues of the Lennon-penned Beatles song ‘Run For Your Life’, May Pang’s 20...
Review of 2023
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - December 25, 2023 15:01 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsReview of 2023 You boy! What day is it? Ending the year in the NIR log cabin looking back at 2023 - our fifth annual review. Did anything to do with the Beatles happen this year? That’s right, the third anniversary of McCartney III. Oh, and a little tune called Now & Then. Includes a special Ch...
The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - December 20, 2023 00:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsThe Rock And Roll Hall of Fame 1988 was an unusual time: The biggest Beatle was George, rock stars were dealing with the unthinkable (their forties), people were paying attention to Mike Love, and the rebellion of rock & roll had been replaced by a gentlemen’s club. Live on tape from Dubli...
Episode 98- John Lennon And Me
Glass Onion: On John Lennon - December 19, 2023 14:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsWe round off Glass Onion’s 5th year with a personal episode. Antony explores further his origin story with John Lennon and the ongoing relationship and fascination with the subject of our show (yes, it’s our show). You will also hear some writing that didn’t quite culminate in a book this year...
Live At The Roundhouse - Part Two
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - December 13, 2023 00:01 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsLive at the Roundhouse - Part Two In December 1968, Michael Lindsay-Hogg directed a TV special where the kings of British rock gathered to play their new material. Unfortunately, it was with the Rolling Stones. Whither The Roundhouse? What happened next and what could have happened? Live on ...
Episode 97- John Lennon in 1967 with Tony Green (Part 3 of 3)
Glass Onion: On John Lennon - December 06, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsWe conclude our 1967 odyssey by picking up from mid-June and detailing all the main Lennon and Beatles events for the rest of 1967. The Beatles are linked by satellite to hundreds of millions, they almost buy a Greek island, the Maharishi enters their lives and they make their own TV speci...
Live At The Roundhouse - Part One
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - December 06, 2023 00:05 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsLive at the Roundhouse - Part One After filming the Hey Jude promo, and in the midst of recording the White Album, somehow The Beatles decide to eye up a return to the stage in the heart of London. So where should that be, and how will they pull it off? Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’...
George Harrison - Gig In Japan
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - November 29, 2023 00:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsIn 1991, when so many acts from the 60s were lucratively touring, George Harrison decided to dip his toes in the water. Why? Money. Where? Japan. Who? Clapton. What…could possibly go wrong? Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: nothingisrealpod.com/ X: @Beatles...
Press to Play - Part Two
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - November 22, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsThe plan for a quick live-in-the-studio album gradually morphs into something more 80s, more produced. Hello to Hugh Padgham. Warning: Contains Spies Like Us. Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: nothingisrealpod.com X: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: tiny.cc/NIRF...
Press To Play
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - November 15, 2023 06:36 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsOr…. Press to Play After the huge success* of Give My Regards to Broad Street, Paul McCartney wants to get back to basics. Kicking back in a small band with Eric (not that one) this is a broth that attracts many cooks… Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: nothi...
November 63 - Part Two
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - November 08, 2023 00:01 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsNovember 63 - Part Two As the Beatles move through the month, beyond the Royal Variety Performance they continue to pack houses up and down the UK. What recordings are waiting in the wings? I Want To Hold Your Hand and With The Beatles. Not too shabby. Live on tape from Dublin, it’s Nothing...
Episode 96- John Lennon in 1967 with Tony Green (Part 2 of 3)
Glass Onion: On John Lennon - November 03, 2023 20:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn this episode we start to work our merry way through the Lennon/Beatles events events of this most swinging of Beatleyears, reaching mid-June. The Fabs start off by releasing what could be their greatest single ever and then turn their full attention to creating what is surely at least ...
November 63 - Part One
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - November 01, 2023 08:48 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsBetween October 31st and December 1st 1963, the Beatles pushed the envelope from being the biggest pop group in the country to something even… bigger. In a year when they just kept getting more extraordinary, by the end of November 63, the world was theirs for the taking. Live on tape from Dub...
Harrison/Starkey
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - October 24, 2023 23:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsHarrison/Starkey George and Ringo always had a special bond. As the sixties became the seventies, was there an opportunity for the Beatles to give the world a second magnificent song-writing partnership? Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: nothingisrealpod....
Talking Mal Evans with Ken Womack
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - October 20, 2023 12:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsBonus Episode! Talking Mal Evans with Ken Womack Kenneth Womack is a writer, historian, and critic, who has written some of the best books about The Beatles and their inner circle. To this list, he is about to add Living The Beatles Legend, The Untold Story of Mal Evans, the first of two boo...
Mal Evans
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - October 17, 2023 23:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsMal Evans Mal Evans had a front-row seat to the entire Beatles experience, and the Beatles were happy to have him there. Whether it was as an extra in A Hard Day’s Night or co-writing a song on the Ringo album, he remains an indelible part of their landscape. Contains anvils. Live on tape f...
Episode 95: John Lennon In 1967 with Tony Green (Part 1 of 3)
Glass Onion: On John Lennon - October 16, 2023 16:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 39 ratings1967 is a year that has gone into legend for various reasons. Was it the year of peace and love? Was there any real love in it at all? Or was it just like any other year, a heady mix of everything good and bad about the human race and society? Before looking at what was undoubtedly a ground-br...
Bigger Than Jesus - Part Two
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - October 10, 2023 23:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsBigger Than Jesus - Part Two Four months passed between John Lennon free-associating about Christianity to a trusted journalist, and touching down in the US for a North American tour. The “Bigger Than Jesus” controversy hung over the tour, but was it really that big of a deal? Live on tap...
Bigger Than Jesus - Part One
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - October 03, 2023 23:01 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsBigger Than Jesus - Part One John Lennon never actually said that the Beatles were “bigger than Jesus”, but that wasn’t the point. When you’re free-associating to a trusted journalist, what’s to stop your words being lost in translation as they cross the Atlantic? Live on tape from Dublin &...
Welcome to Season Eight
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - September 26, 2023 23:20 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsWelcome to Season Eight Full steam ahead for the eighth(!) season of Nothing is Real. We need to tell you about live shows, the new season, the world’s most difficult Beatles quiz, and ask the burning question of “Where’s that new Beatles single?” Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Not...
Episode 94- Shake It Up Baby!- The Beatles and 1963 with Ken McNab (Part 2 of 2)
Glass Onion: On John Lennon - September 26, 2023 16:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsKen McNab and I complete our discussion about his new book 'Shake It Up Baby!: The Rise of Beatlemania And The Mayhem of 1963' and the general atmosphere and events of that breathless year. This time round, we cover the second half of the year as our four intrepid musical explorers continue th...
Episode 93- Shake It Up Baby!: The Beatles and 1963 with Ken McNab (Part 1 of 2)
Glass Onion: On John Lennon - September 22, 2023 11:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsFollowing the shows on 1962, we seamlessly move to 1963 with the welcome return of Ken McNab to talk about his new book 'Shake It Up Baby!: The Rise of Beatlemania And The Mayhem of 1963'. After Ken gives some thoughts on Peter Jackson’s ‘Get Back’ (his previous appearances on Glass Onion were p...
STINYC Live Jam Jason Mix
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - September 08, 2023 12:01 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsS07 Bonus: STINYC Live Jam Jason Mix The Fillmore tapes have been remixed and repurposed, so in telling the tale, let’s do some remixing and repurposing… Live on tape from Dublin, Belfast, The Fillmore, and The Lyceum, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: ...
Episode 92- John Lennon In 1962 with David 'Ghosty' Wills (Part 3 of 3)
Glass Onion: On John Lennon - August 29, 2023 14:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsWe complete our deep dive into 1962 in the outer world and in the Beatles family psychodrama, picking up from late July with Beatles events including a historic change of drummer, John Lennon’s marriage, the group’s first radio interview, their more than troublesome experience recording the simp...
Episode 91- John Lennon In 1962 with David 'Ghosty' Wills (Part 2 of 3)
Glass Onion: On John Lennon - July 27, 2023 09:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn this episode, Antony and Ghosty start discussing the Beatles/Lennon events of 1962, covering January to June. Particular focus is put on the Pete Best issue and the death of Stuart Sutcliffe, not to mention John Lennon’s contentious and highly unique reaction to that death. Every year in th...
Episode 90- John Lennon In 1962 with David 'Ghosty' Wills (Part 1 of 3)
Glass Onion: On John Lennon - June 24, 2023 07:37 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsOur latest Lennon odyssey starts with a review of the events of 1962, a tangential conversation in which Antony and guest David ‘Ghosty’ Wills freewheel into all kinds of other territory before setting the listeners up with some pre-1962 context on the Beatles’ progress on their own journey to m...
Episode 89- All We Are Saying: The 1980 Playboy Interviews (Part 3 of 3)
Glass Onion: On John Lennon - May 25, 2023 07:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsWe complete our latest Lennon journey with the conclusion of my analysis of some of the more telling quotes from the series of interviews conducted in September 1980 for Playboy magazine by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. This episode contains a lot of clips from the original audio of the interviews...
Episode 88- All We Are Saying: The 1980 Playboy Interviews (Part 2 of 3)
Glass Onion: On John Lennon - April 24, 2023 21:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsThis episode starts with a ‘short intro’ of around 45 minutes, with yet more Coleman vs Goldman material, before continuing our in-depth look at John Lennon’s series of interviews for Playboy magazine in September 1980, which also included Yoko Ono. The interviews offer a fascinating and m...
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