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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...
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with the unthinkable (their forties), people were paying attention to Mike Love, and the rebellion of rock & roll had been replaced by a gentlemen’s club.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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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: ...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 12 - Stuart Sutcliffe Part 2
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - March 22, 2023 00:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsStuart Sutcliffe - Part Two As a group, the Beatles were changed by Hamburg. Individually each Beatle got something different from their time in the city and it would shape the rest of their lives …and for Stuart it was Astrid and art. Live on tape from Dublin, it’s Nothing Is Real. Web...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 11 - Stuart Sutcliffe Part 1
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - March 15, 2023 00:01 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsStuart Sutcliffe - Part One Stuart Sutcliffe was the star pupil at the Liverpool College of Art, and also John Lennon’s flatmate. By becoming a Beatle, he demonstrated that the band was a state of mind. To be a Beatle was to be something…other. Then they got the call up for Hamburg. Live o...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 10 - Stop & Smell The Roses
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - March 08, 2023 00:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsStop & Smell The Roses When work began on Ringo’s eighth album in May 1980, the outlook was good. John, Paul and George came on board to contribute, trying to rekindle the magic of 1973’s Ringo album. By the time the album came out at the end of 1981, it was a different world. Live on tape fr...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 9 - Derek Taylor Part 2
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - March 01, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsDerek Taylor, Part Two Returning into the Beatleverse via Apple, Derek Taylor settles into his peacock chair at Saville Row, with a ciggie in hand, to dispense drinks and bon mots … but who is sending him all those narky messages? Answers on a postcard… Live on tape from Dublin, it’s Nothi...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 8 - Derek Taylor Part 1
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - February 22, 2023 00:01 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsDerek Taylor, Part One In May 1963, Derek Taylor was sent to review a Beatles concert, an event that spun his world off its axis. For the next 34 years, he would be connected to the band, even as he went from working for them in London to being a free man in Los Angeles. Live on tape from ...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 7 - Mark Lewisohn Returns
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - February 15, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsMark Lewisohn Returns In January 2023 Mark Lewisohn came to Belfast to present his Evolver: 62 show. For dessert, Steven & Jason joined Mark on stage for a mixture of audience questions, chat, and Beatle diversions. Live on tape from Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothin...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 6 - August 23rd - Part Three
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - February 08, 2023 00:01 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsAugust 23rd - Part Three In the whirlwind of the Beatleverse, three short years connect the golden date of August 23rd from their last live concert to the first day of the rest of their lives. Live on tape from Dublin, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter:...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 5 - August 23rd - Part Two
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - February 01, 2023 00:01 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsAugust 23rd - Part Two Our continuing evidence for August 23rd as the greatest Beatle date - a little single called She Loves You and the next stop: The Hollywood Bowl. Live on tape from Dublin, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Gr...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 4 - August 23rd - Part One
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - January 25, 2023 00:01 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsAugust 23rd - Part One Looking through everything the Beatles managed to get done in the sixties, there is one date that means more than any other - August 23rd, of course. The course of their very existence pivots on events related to this date. Starting in Hamburg… Live on tape from Dublin...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 3 - STINYC Part 2
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - January 18, 2023 00:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsSome Time In New York City - Part 2 In 1972 John Lennon entered a New York studio to record the follow-up to his transatlantic chart-topping ‘Imagine’ album. With him were Yoko Ono, Phil Spector, and the Plastic Ono Elephants Memory Band. Things would never be quite the same again. Live on ...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 2 - STINYC Part 1
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - January 11, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsSometime In New York City - Part 1 In August 1971 John Lennon and Yoko Ono left the U.K. and traveled to New York City. Personal circumstances and political intrigue would ultimately make the city their permanent home; in the meantime, there was Beatle business to resolve, causes to fight, and ...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 1 - Allen Klein - Part Five
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - January 04, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsAllen Klein - Part Five From Brian to Klein (slight return). Despite our best efforts, some loose ends still remain in the Ballad of Allen Klein. How does he navigate the Beatles once they all stop being in the same room? Well… see you in court! Live on tape from Dublin, it’s Nothing Is Real....
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 0 - Welcome To Season 7
Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast - December 28, 2022 00:01 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsS07E00: Welcome to Season Seven *Taps mic* Is this thing on? Hello and welcome to season seven of Nothing Is Real. Another cornucopia of Beatleness awaits - but what’s the overarching theme of Season Seven… only one way to find out. Live on tape from Dublin, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: h...
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