Posts

Jan 7, 20223 min read

Ethan Russell and his close-ups with the Beatles, Stones and Who

Ethan Russell was a young San Franciscan when he saw Michelangelo Antonioni’s film Blow Up and decided to move to Swinging London with...

Dec 1, 20211 min read

To sit or to stand while singing?

One more Get Back-inspired thought: The Beatles do a lot of recording, including vocals, while sitting down. Then again, some of their...

Nov 29, 20218 min read

Five takeaways (plus bonus tracks) from Get Back, Part 3

1. Wow. I may have mentioned that I’m quite the Beatles nerd, so I’m very much the target audience for Peter Jackson’s Get Back. That...

Nov 28, 20214 min read

Five takeaways from 'Get Back' Pt. 2

“Come on now, back to the drudgery.” —Paul McCartney, Get Back, Part 2 1. This is a lot. People who aren’t that into the Beatles, whoever...

Nov 26, 20214 min read

Five takeaways from 'Get Back' Pt. 1

1. I’d read a lot about the Get Back sessions and listened to many bootlegs, but seeing this all was something else. Fears from the jolly...

Nov 24, 20216 min read

'Let It Be' revisited: digging into the Beatles' rushed, troubled, non-breakup project

Here’s a key point often overlooked regarding Let It Be, the persistent problem child in the Beatles catalog: The album’s sessions began...