Welcome, Beatles fans, to the First-Annual Everything Fab Four Holiday Gift Guide! I am delighted to report that I have pre-tested each and every item on the list. Up first we have the irrepressible Happy Socks, which have gone viral just in time for the holiday season. The whimsical marketing campaign alone is worth a […]
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Everything Fab Four: Interrogating “The Lennon Report”
There is no darker day on the Beatles’ calendar than Monday, December 8th, 1980. It seemed to begin with a flourish as John Lennon recounted his optimism for the future in what turned out to be his last interview, only to end hours later as shockwaves of horror made their way across the globe. Directed […]
50 Years Of Beatles: “The Bigger They Are, the Harder They Fall”
On September 11, 1967, the Beatles undertook a fateful course—one that would humble them profoundly in the coming months: with the recent triumph of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and the international simulcast performance of “All You Need Is Love” under their belts, they tried their hand, bizarre as it may seem in retrospect, […]
50 Years of Beatles: “The Four Mop-Tops,” Candlestick Park, and the End of the Road
With the signal exception of the band’s legend-making February 9, 1964 appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, the Beatles’ August 29, 1966 concert at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park may have been the most significant moment in cementing their legacy for all time. By the time that the Beatles alighted in New York City on February […]
50 Years of Beatles: Getting Better All the Time with Liverpool’s Fab Four Tourist Trade
As fans celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ groundbreaking Revolver album this weekend, Fab Four aficionados from across the world will make their way to Liverpool, the band’s storied hometown. In recent years, Beatles tourism has never been more successful among Liverpool’s “Cast Iron Shore” and its environs. Just last year, the legendary rock […]