“If the Beatles don’t exist, you don’t exist.”

- Derek Taylor, April 10, 1970

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All you need is glove: The Beatles and baseball During their first extensive tour of the United States in late summer 1964, while hosting a press conference before playing at Municipal Stadium – the home of the Kansas City A’s -- the Beatles were a...

HAPPY OPENING DAY! Let's indulge in the very best things: The Beatles and baseball. Sure, we all know about Shea, but there are far more connections than you may think! From a piece I assigned myself a few years back for MLB.com (my day job) #LGM ⚾🎸🎸🎸🥁

www.mlb.com/news/top-bea...

Super fun experience on this podcast. Tune in and enjoy!

Jonathan Richman Cosi Veloce YouTube video by tonyfivek

My personal foreign-language fave: youtu.be/5yHCJRLVjAY?...

YES!!!! 🙌

The latest from the labs. On Beatles Anthology!

OTD in 2012: I started writing about the Beatles' Get Back sessions, working with the once-hot take that maybe the sessions weren't as bad as everyone said. Thank you to everyone who’s supported, followed, liked and joined the conversation since! 14 years is remarkably long in Internet time!🙏💜🥳

“Produce your own dream. If you want to save Peru, go save Peru. … I can’t wake you up. You can wake you up. I can’t cure you. You can cure you.”

- John Lennon, 1980

(Annual post. My favorite John Lennon quote, btw)

#HappyNewYear2026

I've said it many times and ways before, but the feeling’s always the same: I'm deeply appreciative of all who’ve read my research & writing and kept me company online all these years. Cheers to friendship & conversation in 2025 and all that lies ahead in '26! Peace and Love, and Happy New Year!🥂

December 9, 1968: Countdown to the Get Back sessions 24 days until the start of the Get Back sessions: Setting the scene This was a really good time to be a Beatles fan. Pick up any of the big music papers, and you could read about the tantalizing pr…

I absolutely loved writing and researching this a couple years ago, and it really lifted the veil on the many Beatle moods and motivations in the lead-up to the Get Back period.

Start here, with the entry on 57 years ago today, December 9, 1968: theymaybeparted.com/december-9-1...

Get Back advent calendar: Countdown to the sessions The Beatles, as depicted by John Lennon in November 1968, as published in the  December 7, 1968, issue of New Music Express. In my faith, we count down the 25 days to the start of the Get Back/Let …

🗓️The annual Get Back Advent Calendar is back! It's Dec. 9, precisely 25 days (today included), til Jan 2. Every day I'll count down to the Beatles' 1st day at Twickenham, deep diving into what the Fabs did every day leading up to the Get Back/Let It Be sessions. theymaybeparted.com/2023/12/09/g...

Marking this one down as fab,
I poured a lot into writing this one, and am very happy how it turned out.

TMBP Extra: Oh what joy With birthday posts previously produced for Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison, it’s about time we righted a wrong, and completed the set with the man born as Richard Starkey. Like the…

He's the greatest, and you better believe it, baby! To celebrate Ringo’s 85th, here's my annual birthday card - delivered with peace & love - looking at his life as it straddled 1968 & '69 and the profound effect the period had on his life since ✌🏽💜🥁🎂🥦 theymaybeparted.com/2017/07/07/t...

Appropriate for today. From the entry of the outstanding Liverpool Beatles Museum.

Happy birthday, Paul McCartney! We are truly blessed to live in the same timeline as this man. Throw on anything from the *seven decades* he's been recording, and celebrate through his song! 🎂

I don’t remember vividly but definitely sounds right.

At last, a new post. A long read for a long weekend, on last year’s trip to England 🇬🇧

Also liked UK. We put some skin in the game and voted. My 14-year-old voted Albania.

Bluesky exclusive post: I like Israel, Sweden and Estonia. #eurovision

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Crossed the @brimleyline.bsky.social earlier today. I’m an old man now 👴

All you need is glove: The Beatles and baseball During their first extensive tour of the United States in late summer 1964, while hosting a press conference before playing at Municipal Stadium – the home of the Kansas City A’s -- the Beatles were a...

HAPPY OPENING DAY! Let's indulge in the two very best things: The Beatles and baseball. There are more connections than you may think! From a piece I wrote a couple years back for MLB.com (my day job) www.mlb.com/news/top-bea... #LFGM ⚾🎸🎸🎸🥁

Saw the moon, I hope the moon saw me 🩸🌕

Got to be in both of these today. What a time to be alive!

Anthem was good too.

America the Beautiful sucks but that was a *great* rendition.

Annual Super Bowl Sunday rewatch. I swear to you it somehow gets better every year. 💜🏈☔️

Happy Super Bowl Sunday to those who celebrate! 🏈

The Beatles didn’t need a roof to be on top. But there they were Jan. 30, 1969 - 56 years ago today - playing without a gimmick atop 3 Savile Row, a venue needing no fabrication, ending a film and adding an iconic image to their legacy. Happy Rooftop Day, everybody! Context now, rewatch notes later