Fans On The Run: A Podcast Made By, For And About Beatles Fans

31/08/2024

Dear Beatle People, it's time for a very fab, gear, and overall special episode of Fans On The Run: The Podcast Made By, For, And About Beatles Fans!

Today's episode has been a long time coming, but as they say, "good things come to those who wait." Our guest today was a member of The Beatles' inner circle, in various roles for ten whole years, from 1962 to 1972. From the Cavern Club and the early days with Brian Epstein to the Magical Mystery Tour of the days of Apple Corps. Please give a big Fans On The Run welcome to Freda Kelly!

This is a very special episode, so you won't want to miss it!

Link in bio!

31/08/2024

Dear Beatle People, it's time for a very fab, gear, and overall special episode of Fans On The Run: The Podcast Made By, For, And About Beatles Fans!

Today's episode has been a long time coming, but as they say, "good things come to those who wait". Our guest today was a member of The Beatles inner circle, in various roles for ten whole years, from 1962 to 1972. From the Cavern Club and the early days with Brian Epstein, to the Magical Mystery Tour of the days of Apple Corps. Please give a big Fans On The Run welcome to Freda Kelly!

This is a very special episode, so you won't want to miss it!

This episode is available to stream wherever good podcasts can be heard!

Dear Beatle People, it's time for a very fab, gear, and overall special episode of Fans On The Run: The Podcast Made By, For, And About Beatles Fans! Today's episode has been a long time coming, but as they say, "good things come to those who wait". Our guest today was a member of The Beatles inner....

23/08/2024

It's time for a new episode of Fans On The Run! Joining me today is a true one-of-a-kind musical talent, sometimes he's under the alias of "Chissum Worthington", but today's he's just Mike Schnee!

In a wide ranging chat, we talk The Lemon Twigs, One Hand Clapping, Mike's system of identifying Beatle albums before he could read, The White Album at Christmas '68, the genesis of Chissum Worthington, the similarities to some Beatle album-track-bookends, "The Beatles: An Illustrated Record", seeing the Magical Mystery Tour film at a "revival theatre", the strange reality of The Beatles playing Baby's In Black live, and a new jingle for the show!

With all that AND more? You won't wanna miss it!

This episode is available to stream wherever good podcasts can be heard!

It's time for a new episode of Fans On The Run! Joining me today is a true one-of-a-kind musical talent, sometimes he's under the alias of "Chissum Worthington", but today's he's just Mike Schnee! In a wide ranging chat, we talk The Lemon Twigs, One Hand Clapping, Mike's system of identifying Beatle...

17/08/2024

It's time for new, vibrant, colourful (well, as colourful as an audio-only-podcast can be) episode of Fans On The Run!

Joining me on today's show is Brooklyn artist, silent-film-enthusiast, Saturday Night Live graphic-design-alumni, counterculture Xerox artist, and personal friend - !

We talk "Sprockets", the first and only album from The Fool, Keith Haring, a private Paul McCartney concert at the Saturday Night Live studios, Mary Quant, Mary Quant knockoffs in the windows of New York department stores, the let-down of the real Carnaby Street, Richard Hamilton's designs for the White Album, the "computer room" of the NBC Art Department, Ben Weisman (Marlene's songwriter cousin), and the pop-art genius of Peter Blake.

All that and more; you won't want to miss it!

Link in bio!

17/08/2024

It's time for new, vibrant, colourful (well, as colourful as an audio-only-podcast can be) episode of Fans On The Run!

Joining me on today's show is Brooklyn artist, silent-film-enthusiast, Saturday Night Live graphic-design-alumni, counterculture Xerox artist and personal friend - Marlene Weisman!

We talk "Sprockets", the first and only album from The Fool, Keith Haring, a private Paul McCartney concert at the Saturday Night Live studios, Mary Quant, Mary Quant knockoffs in the windows of New York department stores, the let-down of the real Carnaby Street, Richard Hamilton's designs for the White Album, the "computer room" of the NBC Art Department, Ben Weisman (Marlene's songwriter cousin), and the pop-art genius of Peter Blake.

All that and more; you won't want to miss it!

This episode is available to stream wherever good podcasts can be heard!

It's time for new, vibrant, colourful (well, as colourful as an audio-only-podcast can be) episode of Fans On The Run! Joining me on today's show is Brooklyn artist, silent-film-enthusiast, Saturday Night Live graphic-design-alumni, counterculture Xerox artist and personal friend - Marlene Weisman!....

12/07/2024

It is in fact, time for the new episode of Fans On The Run! The show made by, for, and about Beatles fans - and today we lean into fandom as our guest today quite literally "wrote the book" on Beatles fandom. He's the author of "The Beatles and Fandom: S*x, Death and Progressive Nostalgia," !

Besides s*x, death and progressive nostalgia, we talk about "The Grey Album" by Danger Mouse, applying Freudian psychological concepts to The Beatles Monthly, the hopes and fears around A.I., The Beatles in the internet age, a fourth-wall break in the "Free As A Bird" music video, capitalism, electricity, pondering what John Lennon would think of modern Beatles books, and much, much more!

All that and more? You won't wanna miss it!

Link in bio!

12/07/2024

It is in fact, time for the new episode of Fans On The Run! The show made by, for, and about Beatles fans - and today we lean into fandom as our guest today quite literally "wrote the book" on Beatles fandom. He's the author of "The Beatles and Fandom: S*x, Death and Progressive Nostalgia", Dr. Richard Mills!

Besides s*x, death and progressive nostalgia, we talk about "The Grey Album" by Danger Mouse, applying Freudian psychological concepts to The Beatles Monthly, the hopes and fears around A.I., The Beatles in the internet age, a fourth-wall break in the "Free As A Bird" music video, capitalism, electricity, pondering what John Lennon would think of modern Beatles books, and much, much more!

All that and more? You won't wanna miss it!

This episode is available to stream wherever good podcasts can be heard!

It is in fact, time for the new episode of Fans On The Run! The show made by, for, and about Beatles fans - and today we lean into fandom as our guest today quite literally "wrote the book" on Beatles fandom. He's the author of "The Beatles and Fandom: S*x, Death and Progressive Nostalgia", Dr. Rich...

17/06/2024

In case you missed it, I was on not too long ago to discuss the George Harrison penned 1965 classic, "If I Needed Someone" (and much more!)

Despite not being my show, I did indeed do a graphic for the episode as shown here!

The link for the episode is in my bio!

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#92 – If I Needed Someone with Ethan Alexanian (host, Fans on the Run)

"Imagine the feeling you’d get when the band that was the inspiration for YOUR band put out a song and told everyone YOUR band inspired that song? Probably a pretty amazing feeling. That’s exactly what happened when The Beatles released the George Harrison-penned “If I Needed Someone“ on Rubber Soul in December 1965. George was quick to give credit to Roger McGuinn and The Byrds for the 12 string riff that propels the song, as it’s a pretty direct descendant of The Byrds’ “The Bells of Rhymney.” It’s also a pretty brilliant piece of stoned cool that, to me, exemplifies sound of Rubber Soul. The final echoes of the 12 string that powered the 64-Beatlemania hits leads the charge one more time on a song that contains big hints of the new direction, a droning sound taken from George’s new interest in Indian music, brilliant 3 part harmonies borrowing a page from the increasingly intricate harmonies of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys (as well as the aforementioned Byrds). It’s a song the Fabs obviously liked too, as they performed it from 65 through the end of their touring career in 1966, making it the only Harrison composition the band ever played live.

Joining us to chat about this song is the one and only Ethan Alexanian, the host of Fans on the Run, the podcast for, by, and about Beatles fans. Ethan joins us to talk brave sartorial choices, fandom, obscure 60s groups, the joy and pain of 12 strings, and more! Ethan loves this song so much he’s almost at a loss for words!"

14/06/2024

It’s time for another far-out, cosmic episode of Fans On The Run! Joining me today is the former co-host of , Steven Cockcroft!

In this conversational trip around the astral planes, we talk about the booklet that came with the Magical Mystery Tour album, the good and bad of the Moog synthesizer on Abbey Road, the feeling of retribution when a favourite song becomes very popular, why the White Album should have been three discs, Mark Lewisohn, bending the rules of the “desert-island picks” scenario, the most polite protest song of all time, and the perfect sentiment for the chaotic world we find ourselves in: what would Donovan do?

You will not want to miss this!

Link in bio!

14/06/2024

It’s time for another far-out, cosmic episode of Fans On The Run! Joining me today is the former co-host of fellow-pod Nothing Is Real, Steven Cockcroft!

In this conversational trip around the astral planes, we talk about the booklet that came with the Magical Mystery Tour album, the good and bad of the Moog synthesizer on Abbey Road, the feeling of retribution when a favourite song becomes very popular, why the White Album should have been three discs, Mark Lewisohn, bending the rules of the “desert-island picks” scenario, the most polite protest song of all time, and the perfect sentiment for the chaotic world we find ourselves in: what would Donovan do?

You will not want to miss this!

This episode is available to stream wherever good podcasts can be heard!

It’s time for another far-out, cosmic episode of Fans On The Run! Joining me today is the former co-host of fellow-pod Nothing Is Real, Steven Cockcroft! In this conversational trip around the astral planes, we talk about the booklet that came with the Magical Mystery Tour album, the good and bad ...

01/06/2024

It’s time to spin a new episode of Fans On The Run! My guest for today is social-media content-creator and fellow record-collector !

We talk about export pressings, the “olden days” of buying CDs at Best Buy, the best deals we’ve found record shopping, the effect of certain YouTubers on record prices, whether to recommend Let It Be or Get Back to new Beatles fans, Freda Kelly, The Monkees, vinyl cuttings, why we collect so many copies of the same album, and the least effective game of show-and-tell ever recorded! All of that, AND more!

Link in bio!

01/06/2024

It’s time to spin a new episode of Fans On The Run! My guest for today is social-media content-creator, and fellow record-collector, vinylbenjy!

We talk about export pressings, the “olden days” of buying CDs at Best Buy, the best deals we’ve found record shopping, the effect of certain YouTubers on record prices, whether to recommend Let It Be or Get Back to new Beatles fans, Freda Kelly, The Monkees, vinyl cuttings, why we collect so many copies of the same album, and the least effective game of show-and-tell ever recorded! All of that, AND more!

This episode is available to stream wherever good podcasts can be heard!

It’s time to spin a new episode of Fans On The Run! My guest for today is social-media content-creator, and fellow record-collector, Vinyl Benjy! We talk about export pressings, the “olden days” of buying CDs at Best Buy, the best deals we’ve found record shopping, the effect of certain YouT...

29/03/2024

It's time for another episode of Fans On The Run, the "raccoon in the garbage bin" of Beatle podcasts!

Joining me today (technically it was a while ago, but today is when it is posted!) is one of the co-hosts of fellow pod - Phoebe Lorde!

In this wide-ranging chat we discuss the genesis of AKOM, the 1987 documentary "It Was Twenty Years Ago Today", A Beatle book neither of us know the name of, why the term "granny music" needs to die, The Beatles' covers of songs by the girl-groups, the "too many cooks" situation at Capitol Records circa 1965, and a certain denim-outerwear related phrase. All that AND more!

Link in bio!

29/03/2024

It's time for another episode of Fans On The Run, the "raccoon in the garbage bin" of Beatle podcasts!

Joining me today (technically it was a while ago, but today is when it is posted!) is one of the co-hosts of fellow pod Another Kind of Mind: A Different Kind of Beatles Podcast, Phoebe Lorde!

In this wide-ranging chat we discuss the genesis of AKOM, the 1987 documentary "It Was Twenty Years Ago Today", A Beatle book neither of us know the name of, why the term "granny music" needs to die, The Beatles' covers of songs by the girl-groups, the "too many cooks" situation at Capitol Records circa 1965, and a certain denim-outerwear related phrase. All that AND more!

This episode is available to stream wherever good podcasts can be heard!

It's time for another episode of Fans On The Run, the "raccoon in the garbage bin" of Beatle podcasts! Joining me today (technically it was a while ago, but today is when it is posted!) is one of the co-hots of fellow pod 'Another Kind Of Mind', Phoebe Lorde! In this wide-ranging chat we discuss the...

26/01/2024

It's once again time (about time!) for another episode of Fans On The Run!

Joining me today is my friend, and the host of "Mixology: The Mono/Stereo Differences Podcast", Frederick French-Pounce!

In what turned out to be the longest gap between recording a show, and posting it, this episode covers everything from the pros/cons of records made in the US/UK, Cilla Black's 1969 single "Surround Yourself With Sorrow", the YouTube videos on The Beatles that captured our imaginations, a Kinks album with no lead vocals, the vinyl resurgence, the rumours about a "potential reissue of the '1962-1966' and '1967-1970' albums" and much, much more! In fact, so much more, that from time to time, the spooky voices of future-Ethan and future-Fred reflect on stuff that happened between when we recorded the show, and now!

You will NOT want to miss this!

This episode is available to stream wherever good podcasts can be heard!

It's once again time (about time!) for another episode of Fans On The Run! Joining me today is my friend, and the host of "Mixology: The Mono/Stereo Differences Podcast", Frederick French-Pounce! In what turned out to be the longest gap between recording a show, and posting it, this episode covers e...

15/01/2024

Happy Saturday! I’m delighted to be the guest this week on the mighty Fans On The Run: A Podcast Made By, For And About Beatles Fans! The episode artwork is almost as brilliant as the episode itself. Give it a listen!! https://fansontherun.podbean.com/e/fans-on-the-run-jonathan-pretus-ep-82/

13/01/2024

We've re-arrived, and to prove it we're here - it's finally time for a new episode of Fans On The Run!

Joining me for the first episode of the new run, is a New Orleans musician, and the co-host of the popular pod "Ranking The Beatles", Jonathan Pretus!

We talk about the "Tomorrow Never Knows" segment of The Compleat Beatles, the curation of vault of Beatle outtakes, the brief coexistence of the UK and US configurations of the catalog on different formats, the good and bad sides of AI generated "new Beatles songs", the eternal wisdom of Mike Love and Donovan, and how John Lennon "blew the load too early" with a track from Beatles For Sale.

All this and more, this is an episode not to be missed!

Link in bio!

13/01/2024

We've re-arrived, and to prove it we're here - it's finally time for a new episode of Fans On The Run!

Joining me for the first episode of the new run, is a New Orleans musician, and the co-host of the popular pod Ranking The Beatles, Jonathan Pretus!

We talk about the "Tomorrow Never Knows" segment of The Compleat Beatles, the curation of vault of Beatle outtakes, the brief coexistence of the UK and US configurations of the catalog on different formats, the good and bad sides of AI generated "new Beatles songs", the eternal wisdom of Mike Love and Donovan, and how John Lennon "blew the load too early" with a track from Beatles For Sale.

All this and more, this is an episode not to be missed!

This episode is available to stream wherever good podcasts can be heard!

We've re-arrived, and to prove it we're here - it's finally time for a new episode of Fans On The Run! Joining me for the first episode of the new run, is a New Orleans musician, and the co-host of the popular pod "Ranking The Beatles", Jonathan Pretus! We talk about the "Tomorrow Never Knows" segme...

31/12/2023

A long-overdue FoTR update!

Happy New Year, and stay tuned in 2024!

31/12/2023

A long-overdue update on Fans On The Run, stay tuned in 2024!

- Ethan

22/09/2023

It’s time for a very, very special episode of Fans On The Run. Special guest co-host, Piers Hemmingsen, joins me in sitting down for a rare podcast interview with the celebrated, bestselling author behind the 1968 authorized biography of The Beatles, Hunter Davies OBE. This episode is not one you’ll want to miss!

This episode is available to stream wherever good podcasts can be heard!

It’s time for a very, very special episode of Fans On The Run. Special guest co-host, Piers Hemmingsen, joins me in sitting down for a rare podcast interview with the celebrated, bestselling author behind the 1968 authorized biography of The Beatles, Hunter Davies OBE. This episode is not one you....

14/07/2023

It's Friday, so once again, it's time for a new episode of Fans On The Run! Joining me today is content-creator and the current holder of the title "CEO of Beatles TikTok", Brooke Bellamy!

We covered a lot of ground, including "Beatles gossip", the Microsoft Zune, Michael Jackson's Moonwalker for the Sega Genesis, an explanation and demonstration of a "hot take", the absolute chaos of Paul McCartney's life, and a possible connection between "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" and Fraggle Rock!

All this and more? You won't want to miss it! This episode is available to stream wherever good podcasts can be heard!

It's Friday, so once again, it's time for a new episode of Fans On The Run! Joining me today is content-creator and the current holder of the title "CEO of Beatles TikTok", Brooke Bellamy! We covered a lot of ground, including "Beatles gossip", the Microsoft Zune, Michael Jackson's Moonwalker for th...

30/06/2023

It's time for my second "comeback show" of the year, which means it's time for a return to Fans On The Run! Joining me today is longtime member of tribute group Them Beatles, and the man behind The Poppermost, Joe Kane!

Our conversation included, but was not limited to, poorly-copied cassettes dubbed from 45s, Brian Matthews impressions, Lucozade, Sgt. Pepper costumes, tribute bands, the naming of an album, drum microphones, Vox amps, the reign of King Charles III, and of course, those loveable Beatles.

All this and more? You won't want to miss it!

It's time for my second "comeback show" of the year, which means it's time for a return to Fans On The Run! Joining me today is longtime member of tribute group Them Beatles, and the man behind The Poppermost, Joe Kane! Our conversation included, but was not limited to, poorly-copied cassettes dubbe...

13/05/2023

I recently partook in a discussion over on 2Legs Podcast about the U.S. vs U.K. versions of Rubber Soul, with Tom, Andy and Al Sussman! Tune in, it's a good one!

We're back with our first new episode for May!We're going a bit different for this one. Beatle focused. This week we welcome Journalist Al Sussman (Beatlef...