Untitled Beatles Podcast

Cricket’s for the birds. It’s October (or was October as of pressing) and the only bats that belong within spitting distance of Capitol Records are made in Louisville right in the heart of the ol’ U.S. of A. To celebrate the end of another season of America’s pastime, somehow currently dominated by Canadians (#2025), T.J. and Tony resurrect Producer Casey’s most confusing episode concept: THE BEATLE BATTING ORDER — this time constructing their lineups exclusively from stateside releases. Between mouthfuls of peanuts and Cracker Jacks, we wonder: ⚾️ ❄ Is Paul actually a Mets fan, or is Darryl Strawberry just his dealer? ⚾️ 🐓 Who’s the superior mascot: The San Diego Chicken, or the Untitled Beatles Jimmie Nicol? ⚾️ ❌ [Drunk Chicago Guy] How come we still ain’t heard the lost recordings of Kirby Puckett and the Left Field Gap? EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribeBRAND NEW MERCHPatreonFacebookInstagramTikTokDrop us a review on Apple PodcastsBandcampApple MusicSpotify

Minneapolis! Home of Prince, “Mary Tyler Moore”, and arguably the most exciting NBA player today, Joe Ingles. And of late, it’s home to Producer Casey; who recently took advantage of a last minute opportunity to see Sir Paul McCartney (heard of him, “Beatle fan?”). It’s Casey’s second Macca concert, and, arguably, first-ever concert. Figure that one out, math! Casey reports back with special inside information (that’s a lie) from where the mini-apple’s mediocre/stupid football team plays (GO BEARS), with news on the Hot City Horns, Minny Moms who Lap Dance, and the still-growing legend of rock’s GOAT. Along the way, the Untitled Trio get a special message from our social media guru Glenny the K, who just saw Paul at Producer Casey’s famous pizzarena. Plus, they also ask: 🍔 Is seeing Macca in Des Moines and not eating a Drake Diner burger doused in homemade 1000 island dressing beforehand meant to be a huge middle finger to T.J.? Or does it just come off that way because of the ongoing paranoia? 🎷Would rock history have been vastly different or exactly the same if someone gave Stan Bronstein a keyboard with a bad saxophone patch in 1972? ⚾️ Do the kewl kids still play marry/f**k/kill with Gary Puckett, Kirby Puckett, and Wilson Pickett? EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribeBRAND NEW MERCHPatreonFacebookInstagramTikTokDrop us a review on Apple PodcastsBandcampApple MusicSpotify

Everyone knows that the only legitimate and definitive collections of Wings tunes is “Wingspan”; obviously the only one that includes Take It Away (obviously not a Wings tune). At long last, T.J.’s found a venue to sound off on the editorial decisions of now THREE separate Wings greatest hits collection: 1975’s “Wings Greatest”, 2001’s “Wingspan”, and the latest “Wings” collection due out this November. And Tony… is an accommodating podcast partner. While we wax rhapsodic on Wings, we also wonder: 👗 Does his love of “Hot Rocks” mean Tony’s a housewife and/or little girl? 🌯 Which is the more iconic Chicago eatery: Mr. Submarine, Pockets, or Kenny Rogers Roasters? 🥃 [Drunk guy’s back at the bar] You tryna tell me that Starbucks album with the ukuleles ain’t a greatest hits record? EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribe! Please support our scrappy show. Score some BRAND NEW MERCH or find us on Patreon. Come hang with us on Facebook/Instagram/and now TikTok! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts!

In much of the world, fall has arrived: a time for pumpkin spiced fajitas, cozy, warm L’eggs (TM), and candy corn suppositories. But in the magical world of Beatlefestlandia, it’s always 85 degrees, Simon Kirke is hanging out with Eddie Deezen, and everyone gets a picture sleeve of Ringo’s “You’re 16”! Let’s Huey Lewis and the Fake News (#Fox) our way back in time, to August, as we proudly present - in colour! - the global podcast premiere of “The Beatlefest for Beatles Fans”! BYO colostomy bag o'wine, as Tony, T.J., Producer Casey, P3Z-Nutz, and a Sgt. Pepper movie finale-worthy cast of thousands (tens?) head to Rosemont to kick summer’s lazy ass one last time. Incredibly (bit much?), this year marks the UB3 (#Cantaloop) sharing the Fest for Beatles Fans together, as a trio, for what feels like the first time! Feels like the very first time! Speaking of Foreigner, If the Roman Emperor from 54 to 68 AD, a.k.a. “The Antichrist”, was a fan, would he have been a Juke Box Nero? (Angry Chicago guy: AND HOW COME THEY ASK JAGBAG QUESTIONS NOW BEFORE THEY EVEN GET TO THE PART OF THE BLURB WHERE THEY SAY THEY’RE GONNA ASK DUMBASS QUESTIONS? AND HOW COME CHICAGO MEDIA DON’T COVER THE WHITE SOX NO MORE JUST CAUSE THEY AIN’T IN THE PLAYOFFS? AND HOW COME THE WOKE BLACKHAWKS GOT A THEME NIGHT DEDICATED TO…”) Sssssh. He’s asleep. His snoring is disturbing, a tell-tale sign that he’ll die soon. His son is a dancer, doing “Carousel” in Peoria, and has a roommate named Raoul. Life is tragic for this broken soul, but the sun will rise tomorrow, and when it does, he’ll…… Ssssssh, this author is now asleep. Emotionally. Fin. EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribeBRAND NEW MERCHPatreonFacebookInstagramTikTokDrop us a review on Apple PodcastsBandcampApple MusicSpotify

The guys are on a brief hiatus this week, but we proudly present this all-time favorite of ours from back in 2021! ----- Originally released August 14 and 21, 2001 Not every Lennon and McCartney tune made its way onto a Beatles record, but that didn’t mean they had to hide away gathering dust, only to be released on some future 20-disc rarities box set. The greatest songwriting duo in history also kicked some of their work over to other artists making their names in the 60s—Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Cilla Black, the Fourmost, some scrappy Londoners calling themselves the Rolling Stones, etc.—and this week T.J. and Tony share some of their four-fab faves the Beatles gave away. And maybe also a couple of tossers. While they’re at it, they also made some time to: Buckle up! It's gonna be a two parter. * Please no stealing our amazing podcast ideas -- In this thrilling conclusion, T.J. and Tony get Lost in Space (and Portugal) while rummaging thru the songs John, Paul and George gave to other artists—P.J. Proby, Mary Hopkin, Badfinger, Jackie Lomax and more. The embarrassment of riches is sure to send you into a lap slappin’ frenzy. As usual, the fellas pose hard-hitting questions such as: Today’s episode was compiled by guest editor L’anJello Peculiarissimo. EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribeBRAND NEW MERCHPatreonFacebookInstagramTikTokDrop us a review on Apple PodcastsBandcampApple MusicSpotify

Riverside.FM is proud (neither legally nor officially) to present (allegedly) Chuck Swirsky and The Untitled Beatles Podcast! Brought to you (someday?) by Westmont’s incredible Blue Village Vinyl. And when not spending gobs of sweet improv cash in Chicagoland’s many fine vinyl establishments, you can often find the UBP Two doing the next best thing: seeing Ringo Starr And His Approximately Infinite All Starr Band, live in Chicago! Every “real” Beatles fan is aware that the Chicago Theater’s most famous moment was when Donny Osmond pranced the stage nightly in a coat of many colors back in 1995. (Trivia: That’s what killed a ton of old people that summer. #HeGone) But not anymore. Because Ringo Starr in 2025 has never sounded better, supported by a loyal, accomplished band who still rocks hard. Sometimes, for too long! So join Tony, T.J., Ringo, some true all-stars, a replacement player (e.g. “scab”) or two, and a few great UBP listeners, for some spirited/spirits-filled conversation, and highly illegal concert audio that can rather easily be traced back to the phone on which it was recorded. LOL! So in the interest of free speech, and praying our billion dollar merger with Sinstar Media goes through, let’s ignore dumb legalities/norms and instead misdirect with inane questions, like: 💨🔥 Is the original “gaslighting” when Aerosmith released the exact same #1 song 17 times in the 90’s? 🍏🤑 Do people with CDS (Calderstone Derangement Syndrome) know they’re actually in a cult, cruelly brainwashed by Big Apple? ✂🎂 Would the Average White Band have been more successful if they’d stopped being so damn bossy all the time? EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribeBRAND NEW MERCHPatreonFacebookInstagramTikTokDrop us a review on Apple PodcastsBandcampApple MusicSpotify

F**k’d up world, ain’t it Untitled Beatle People? Like all rational weirdos, we’re fed up with the fascism that (as of this writing) has removed Jimmy Kimmel from the airwaves. We stand with a fellow comic and avowed Beatles/Letterman stan, and against both censorship and emotionally crippled, diabolical jag bags. Fortunately… we have the perfect antidote to the state of the world, as we go back through the mists of time (cue “The Long & Winding Road” from “Tripping The Live Fantastic”)…to a time they call the 60’s (…more magic piano blues noodling…) and welcome a die-hard, O.G. Beatles fan and Chicago legend, “Beatle” Fred Ciba! From being at the Beatles historic Chicago shows to shopping at the Apple Boutique and visiting the original Cavern Club, Fred experienced it all, in real time. Join us as Fred provides a fascinating glimpse into the exhilaration of Beatlemania, as heard on Chicago’s bygone, legendary rock radio stations like WLS, WIND, and WCFL. Fred also puts up with a fair amount of unnecessary, and, arguably, outright disrespectful nonsense from T.J. (YA SHOCKED?) as the Gab Two also ask: 🦶 Will the standalone vinyl of “Anthology 4” feature “Now & Then” (Dave Clark Remix)? 🚘 (Angry Chicago Guy, he’s wearing a fake LaMarr Hoyt jersey): How come the Herbie Hancock building ain’t named after no talking car no more? And how come I ain’t never met no other white guy named LaMarr? 🪁 UBP JOKE WORKSHOP ALERT: If a bunch of jerks listen to The Cyrkle, does that make them (wait for it) The JerkCyrkles? EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribe! Please support our scrappy show. Score some BRAND NEW MERCH or find us on Patreon. Come hang with us on Facebook/Instagram/and now TikTok! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts! 13 Green Potatoes by MENDOZA on Bandcamp/Apple Music/Spotify! (and other streamers)

Their second film is fab and gear! Untitled Peedles, Have No Fear! 2025, what a year! And our final look at “Help!” has arrived! #WeDidntWriteNoPoetry Tony, T.J., and producer P3Z-Casz put the Finnishing touchers on their “Help!” deep-dish, with a side of extra kvetching, as old, sad, deranged people do. Who doesn’t want to hear that? Are U a fan or not, pal? And, while we’re here, are you a fan of these questions? 📚 (Angry Chicago Guy, he’s up late, hoping MeTV will show ONE MORE “Hogan’s Heroes” before sunrise:) “How come Tony thinks he can name so many improv scenes on “The Bear?” Does this jagbag think he’s Del Charna? (#Runaway) And how come Mike Myers never made no movie about Del that I read about in the Reader back when Borders was on Diversy and Clark and Diane ain’t dead?” 🤦‍♂️ Why didn't T.J. get to his “super important”, underlined note about a “shockingly different” Paul vocal track in the heavily edited “The Night Before” scene? The guys recorded for like six hours, what the hell? 🐴 What about your father’s horse? EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribeBRAND NEW MERCHPatreonFacebookInstagramTikTokDrop us a review on Apple PodcastsBandcampApple MusicSpotify

Help! I need somebody once told me the world is filled with Kaili, but some folks call her Kylie instead. (#SmashMinogue) What does any of this have to do with the “Help!” film? Good point, Buck O(wens); but, then again, what does anything in “Help!” have to do with “Help!”? I mean, the boys are skiing, they’re fighting villains at restaurants, they legit own multiple vending machines… Talk about privilege! #DefundTheBeatles 60 years on, “Help!” presents some of the most iconic scenes and songs in any Beatles-related film not named “Broad Street”. And gentlepeople, this week, Tony & T.J. have got the tapes on “Help!”- specially, the original MPI VHS - and they begin to break down the Fab’s second movie. They also break down emotionally, as they ponder: 🍬 Does P3Z-CASZ represent a dystopian future, or merely a few (legal) edibles? 🐣 (Angry Chicago Guy, after a few Malorts and general sadness because he hasn’t seen Diane since the series finale of “ER”): HOW COME THE LONDON HARRODS DON’T SERVE NO FRIED CHICKEN LIKE THEY DO AT THE HARRODS CHICKEN SHACK ON SOUTH WABASH? AND HOW COME THESE BEATLE BOZOS MAKE SO MANY DUMB JOKES ABOUT REGIONAL CHICKEN RESTAURANTS BUT DON’T GOT THE BALLS TO SOLVE NO BROWNS MURDERS? 🎸T.J. here - real Untitled Beatle Peedles have already streamed “13 GREEN POTATOES”, the new kick-ass album from our very own MENDOZA that just dropped, right? RIGHT? Don’t make P3Z-CASZ find you! (See below for link!) EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribeBRAND NEW MERCHPatreonFacebookInstagramTikTokDrop us a review on Apple PodcastsBandcampApple MusicSpotify

BIG BREAKING BEATLE NEWS (from like a week ago): T.J. finally scored Ringo's VH1 Storytellers cassette from Psychic Records in Brooklyn. Lots to react to, between this development and some business about a new Anthology release and Power to the People box set. Open up those wallets and get geared up for all the grumps and gripes, as the Gab Two (+ Casey!) give Angry Drunk Chicago Guy a run for his money, with the hard hitting questions like: 💰🔥 WHERE'M I SUPPOSEDA GET 400 BUCKS FOR ANTHOLOGY VINYL WHEN I ALREADY SOLD MY WEDDING RING FOR A MACCA TICKET? 💰🔥 HOW COME THESE APPLE JAGS ARE MAKING ME BUY ANTHOLOGIES 1-3 ALL OVER AGAIN? AND REVOLVER SUPER DELUXE? AND PEPPER SUPER DELUXE? AND WHITE ALBUM SUPER DELUXE? AND ABBEY ROAD SUPER DELUXE? AND LET IT BE SUPER DELUXE? 👿🔥 WHEN'S UNTITLED H.R. GONNA FINALLY STEP IN TO END THE BULLYING CAMPAIGN AGAINST TONY MENDOZA? IF LOVIN' THE SAXOPHONE IS WRONG, MY GUY DON'T WANNA BE RIGHT. (We'll resume our "Help!" deep dish as soon as we get this out of our system. Thanks for your patience.) EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribeBRAND NEW MERCHPatreonFacebookTwitterInstagramDrop us a review on Apple Podcasts

“Help!” It’s the second smash film, from the biggest band in the world, released when Beatlemania was still at its peak. It’s filled with great - and in a few cases, top-tier - Beatles music. Its cast includes well known actors, and the director was an expert in maximizing the boys comedic, personable on-screen talents. It satirizes the burgeoning Bond franchise and, it’s in color! (Take that, Boxing Day 1967 UK airing of “Magical Mystery Tour”) And yet the question must be asked all these years later: is “Help!” a classic? A great movie? Merely a good one? And in the grand scheme of Beatles excellence, what’s wrong with that? UBP’s Medved and Maltin (which one’s which??) ask these questions, and also ponder: ☠ Is Poison’s “Every Rose Has Ken Thorne” the most famous power ballad about the “Help!” incidental music composer? 🎿 Are The Skitles Obertauern’s most famous skiing-themed band? No? Cool, go ahead and name a few more, since you seem to know so much about ski-bands from Obertauern. We’ll wait. 🦁 (Angry Chicago Guy): HOW COME MACCA DEEP CUT “ZOO GANG” DIDN’T GET NO LOVE AS THE THEME SONG TO ED ASNER’S SHORT LIVED 1987 NBC DRAMA, “THE BRONX ZOO”? AND HOW COME CBS DIDN’T GIVE MARTIN MULL’S “DOMESTIC LIFE” MORE TIME TO GROW AN AUDIENCE BACK IN ’85? AND HOW COME WOR SUPERSTATION OUT OF NEW YORK DON’T SHOW “DOMESTIC LIFE” NO MORE LATE AT NIGHT AFTER MARTIN MULL DIED AND DIANE STILL AIN’T HOME FROM BOWLING LEAGUE? EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribeBRAND NEW MERCHPatreonFacebookTwitterInstagramDrop us a review on Apple Podcasts

WHEW! What a Fest that was! This week, the gents are catching their breath. So join us in the bleachers with a cold one, as we revisit a summertime classic. ----- Originally released August 13, 2022 It’s obvious that The Beatles first love was music. But their fabbest love was for the American sport of baseball, with its electrifying foul balls, nail-biting bunts, and contemplative rain delays. And that’s why this week, T.J. and Tony have each compiled a major league set of fab tunes to compete against one another in this All-Star Beatle Batting Order Midsommer Classic. This Week in Untitled Beatles Baseball: 🥁 After a severe brow-beating from Cubs manager Lee Elia, is pinch drummer Jimmie Nicol getting sent down to the minors? 🔮 Did superstitious T.J.’s “8-Track Only” fast cause him to make a crucial Sgt. Pepper fielding error? 🐅 Should Tony "Bullethead" Mendoza have gotten ejected for trying to doctor the “Bungalow Bill”? Plus another edition of Star’s Search! EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribeBRAND NEW MERCHPatreonFacebookTwitterInstagramDrop us a review on Apple Podcasts

This week, Tony and T.J. step aside and hand their mics over to Eurotrash broadcast sensations Glücklich und Froh, recording LIVE from the Grugahalle in Essen, Mutter Deutschland. Listen along as they dig into the recently surfaced bootleg board recordings from the start of the Beatles’ 1966 world tour. Was it sloppy? Was it rock n roll? It sure was feelin’ dank. While they’re at it, the Zwei Zornzwerge wander off the autobahn and wonder: 🥊 Which Peter would you take in a fist fight: Brady or Gordon? 🥊 Which “Got To Get You Into My Life” would you take in a fist fight: Cliff Bennett and the Rabble Rousers, or Blood, Sweat & Tears? 🥃 [Angry drunk Chicago guy] How come EMI still ain’t released the bootleg board recordings from the St. Peter’s Woolton’s Parish Church fete? DANKE SCHÖN. UND MACH SCHAU BABY. But please von’t vhistle. EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribe! Fest for Beatles FansPlease support our scrappy show. Score some BRAND NEW MERCH or find us on Patreon. Come hang with us on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts!

The 2025 Chicago Fest for Beatles Fans is coming up...like a flower...next Friday, in beautiful, mobbed up Rosemont, IL. To preview the merriment and madness (#ourhouse), the UBP welcomes #1 Beatle Stan, Fab/Gear social media influencer, and friend of the program, Skylar Moody! Plus, Producer Casey drops by to help preview the 3rd Annual UBP F**k It We'll Do It Live Taping at The Fest! And as piano hero and fascism fighter Ben Folds says, "but wait, there's more!", like... ⛳️ At which legendary Rosemont dining establishment are the UBP3 (#Cantaloop?) more likely to dine during a union-mandated Fest dinner break: Giordanos, Caddyshack, or that Hyatt bar that used to rotate but no longer does unless you've made mistakes? 📀 If you can't own a physical copy of "Beatles '64", does it even exist? Do you? 📻 Will the UBP's live Tribute to Terri Hemmert be the most memorable event in Chicago media history since Geraldo opened Al Capone's vault? EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribeBRAND NEW MERCHPatreonFacebookTwitterInstagramDrop us a review on Apple Podcasts

When did the news become so awful? A: 2015. That was more of a rhetorical question, but you’re 100% correct. It was 2015. So after 10 YEARS of doom-scrolling our collective souls (#shine) into a revolting, malodorous tarpit of human despair (access to misery included for a small monthly surcharge), how can the news be worth our time? A: When it’s SUMMER BEATLE NEWS!!! That’s why this week T.J. and Tony catch up on a romantic hammock and muse freely on the latest from the Land of Fab. And as they sway to the calm breezes of the Beatleverse, it rocks them to sleep #FileUnderRock, conjuring delightful afternoon visions… 🛋️ Settling into his fireside armchair, T.J. enjoys an aperitif of Martini & Rossi while cracking into the 26-Volume Encyclopedia of Press To Play by Luca Perasi, with foreword by Danny Zuko from Grease. 🐐 At a White Hen Pantry, Tony tries a new slushie flavor: Lemon Twig, which elicits an acute case of brain freeze. Channeling Sexy Sadie, he recites a MANTRA OF THE COSMOS, and hovers above a display of various Ringo reissues from the 00s. In his trancelike state, Tony pitches/pesters the clerk about selling “Tom Green-flavored condoms”…for GOATS! 🍺 It’s last call at Ratcatcher’s Tavern. There, leaning on the edge of the bar like it’s his only friend (it is), the Angry Drunk Chicago guy launches into his latest Ted Talk: HEY IF HE’S SO SMART HOW KUM DAT MEATHEAD ROB REINERSDORF WASN’T IN DA MOVIE ABOUT MEATBALLS?? (belch) YA KNOW... (fart) DOZ MURRAY BRUTHERSSS OWE ME BIG TIME. CUZ GHOSTBUTLERS WUZ MY IDEA... And out of nowhere, a Vaudeville cane removes him from the frame… Scroll up for the Untitled Beatles Summer News Extravaganza!!! EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribeBRAND NEW MERCHPatreonFacebookTwitterInstagramDrop us a review on Apple Podcasts

Maybe, just maybe, "Yesterday"...And Today, was a modern-day Robin Hood (Men In Tights). Sure it stole from the rich, in this case, the U.K. "Revolver". But it also gave to the poor, in this case, American Baby Boomers, whose dreams would eventually be crushed under the weight of their own selfish interests from a life unfulfilled. Anyhoo! The Gab 2 dissect this essential Capitol album, and butcher both facts and myths as they discuss it and more, like: 🗑 If you're a Sanford, and your son isn't in trash, are you super pissed? 🌫 When did Tony become such an expert on pricey London Town neighborhoods? 🍎 Will the deluxe reissue of Dark Horse include the rare demo of George's quite personal raga, "Goiter In His Gut"? EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribeBRAND NEW MERCHPatreonFacebookTwitterInstagramDrop us a review on Apple Podcasts

Bill Miller isn’t just Texas’ fastest growing BBQ joint this side of that one suburban Manila Kenny Rogers Roasters. No, sir/ma’am! Once upon a time, Bill Miller traded in his Texas, wet-rub BBQ stained hands to prepare something better and more culturally significant than chick’n: a U.S. Beatles album! Longtime Capitol butcher Dave Dexter was (allegedly) too busy running Nixon’s campaign to assemble a Beatles album comprised of songs left-over from the British albums “Help”, “Rubber Soul”, and ripped from the not yet released “Revolver”. So that job fell to Bill Miller, the fast-growing Texas BBQ joint. HEARD OF IT, LIB? #Freedumb And in the process, the infamous - yet famously fun-to-spin - final U.S. capitol album of “new” material was released: Yesterday…And Today. (a.k.a. “Yesterday...And Today” for you cassette freaks! We see you! We are you!) This week, Tony & T.J. begin a deep dish of this classic, million selling Beatles album, which was unavailable and out of print from 1992-2014. Along the way, they ask the questions that only two guys with this much weirdo time on their hands would ask, like: 🐭 (Angry Drunk Chicago Friend - he’s mad because none of youz bought a new shirt with his mug on it yet, they’re available on Tee Public or the UBP website you jagbags): How come Disney’s too woke to let me learn how to make an AI of Minnie Mouse singing “A Wank Is A Wink Your Fart Makes”? 🍔 Where’s Herb? And where’s Herb’s beef? 🍻 Do Redneck White Sox fans drink (Pabst) Blue Ribbon beer before they beat the daylights out of a defenseless, elderly first base coach? EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribesweet merchPatreonFacebookTwitterInstagramDrop us a review on Apple Podcasts

“Nevermind”. “Ten Summoners Tales“. “The Backbeat Soundtrack”. Sensing a theme here, fellow alt-rocker? Perhaps more than any other record not named “The River Of Dreams", these three albums are at the very heart of the alt rock/grunge/post-chillwave scene. Going to Metro in 1994? Better bring your cassingle of “Fields Of Barley”. Because at Metro, they don’t take American Express. And yet, of all the great grunge albums, none is grungier than the motion picture soundtrack of “Backbeat”. Was (not was) that a little too much? Cut me some slack! The Backbeat Soundtrack really does have some of the early 90’s most notable alt rockers, tearing through a selection of early rock standards that the pilled-up, live Beatles once adored. This week, Tony & T.J. travel back to a time when the world was still mourning the painful assassination of “Cheers”, and ask about Backbeat: Does the soundtrack hold up? Did it ever? Did Wilson Phillips hold on for one more day? Is our angry Chicago friend still upset that they closed the Phillips gas station on Wilson in 1982? AND HOW COME CHANNEL 9 STOPPED RUNNING “PHYLLIS” IN STRIP SYNDICATION ON WEEKDAY AFTERNOONS, IS CLORIS LEACHMAN’S TONED ARMS TOO WOKE FOR SKILLING? And is one full-length paragraph of questions the new format going forward for these blurbs? I mean, does anyone even read these? If so, stay tuned all holiday weekend to Appleton’s Home For F**K Rock, WFUK, 96.69 FM. Kathy and Judy will return, in oil, after these words from the Sheboygan County Correctional Center and Drive Thru. EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribesweet merchPatreonFacebookTwitterInstagramDrop us a review on Apple Podcasts

1994 proved to be one of the most fertile years for Beatles-inspired filmmaking. The titles of cinematic classics either directly about The Beatles (“The Secret Of Roan Inish”, “Blue Chips”) or clearly inspired by their music (“Ski School 2”, “Wesley Snipes’ Sugar Hill”) were ’94’s dominant cultural and commercial hits. (Yeah, go ahead and f off, “The Air Up There”.) Perhaps the most notable fab film from that year was “Backbeat”, which focused primarily on Stuart Stucliffe’s brief but incredibly/debatably important tenure as a Beatle. What does the film get right? What does it get terribly, offensively wrong? How do Beatles (and cinema, damn it) EXPERTS Tony & T.J. feel the film holds up on its’ 31st anniversary? (Forgot about that milestone, huh, Calderstone/Polydor??) The Gab Two deep dish “Backbeat”, and more, including: 🤜 Before he became a brilliant artist and bassist, was Klaus Voorman an eminently punchable German street urchin? 🍻 (Angry Chicago guy:) How come the fellas who wrote the musical “Hair” didn’t make no song about R.E.M. bass player Mike Mills? And how come The Lemonheads didn’t fix that when they had the chance? And how come the White Sox ain’t got no more dollar beer nights, why don’t Steve Dahl do something? 🐓 Would there even be a Hooters without “Backbeat?” And does that make The Beatles technically responsible for Hooters? Or vice versa? Like, could there even BE a Beatles without Hooters, man? Why are you so afraid to consider all opinions? EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribesweet merchPatreonFacebookTwitterInstagramDrop us a review on Apple Podcasts

One of the darkest days for the UBP was in May 1990, when Vic Tayback, a.k.a. Mel on CBS’ “Alice”, left this earth; and perhaps others. Despite taking place literal decades before the UBP began, Mr. Tayback’s death caused a deep level of pain that has us forever kissing our own grits. Flash forward to June, 2025. Another entertainment hero is gone - one arguably bigger than Mr. Tayback - who helped define American music in the 1960’s, and inspired Paul McCartney and The Beatles to reach arguably their greatest artistic heights.* (*Does not include “Now And Then”.) Indeed, the incredibly sad passing of Brian Wilson was felt deeply by the Gab Two; longtime Beach Boys fans who, in this episode, pay tribute to one of Macca’s undying inspirations. Along the way, they also ask: 💔 F'k Mike Love, yeah? 🍸 Is it ironic that “Kokomo” tends to be the #1 Brian Wilson-penned song for people who openly voted for/support fascism? 🏄‍♂️ Did T.J. actually mean to refer to the milquetoast Beach Boys cover of “California Dreamin” from the 1986 compilation “Made In U.S.A.” when he mentioned “Rock & Roll Music”? EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribesweet merchPatreonFacebookTwitterInstagramDrop us a review on Apple Podcasts