New EggPod Express online! Available everywhere! This, then, is @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social discussing the 10 July 1964 issue of New Musical Express with Chris Shaw

As ever I am turning this into a plug for a book. In a year from now my White Album book is reissued in updated and revised form by Polygon Books and this is one of its central points.

Next up… @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social With you on Sunday Morning

Beatles fans are the best 1/3

It's an absolute joy to open up a copy of Mersey Beat with Chris and marvel at the amount of fascinating detail Mark can provide to enrich the experience. Listening to the other Merseyside groups, it's not difficult to see why the Beatles were so special. Have a listen! #Beatles

New EggPod Express online! Available everywhere! Part 2 of @marklewisohn.bsky.social discussing the 4 January 1962 issue of Mersey Beat with Chris Shaw.

Sunday morning… ( Available from wherever you pod )

A fantastic first episode! From gag classfied ads to "this then is" in-jokes to Birthday theories, it has the kind of exquisite detail only @marklewisohn.bsky.social & @chrisshaweditor.bsky.social can provide. The accompanying Mersey Beat Popularity Poll playlist is excellent too!

Morning! 🙂 youtube.com/shorts/mnVTI...

I’m happy and honoured to be the first guest in this new show (welcome back, Chris) and to pay due respect to Bill Harry for creating Mersey Beat, now 65 years ago.

New EggPod Express online! Available everywhere! Part 1 of @marklewisohn.bsky.social discussing the 4 January 1962 issue of Mersey Beat with Chris Shaw.

Thanks @theguardian.com !

Really enjoyed listening to Chris and Tim discussing Her Majesty and many other Beatles topics. Fabulous to hear about Chris's new pod Egg Pod Express which sounds fascinating. #Beatles

Really enjoyed chatting to Tim about this often dismissed Beatles nugget

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THIS.

One of the best podcasters Chris Shaw (@chrisshaweditor.bsky.social) - is back!

Episode 1 next Sunday only on patreon.com/eggpod Available everywhere on 3 May 2026

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Oof! That new Ed O’Brien song is something rather special edobrien.bandcamp.com/album/blue-m...

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3rd May 2026

More about last night here... samiraahmed.blog/a-hard-days-...

Annie Nightingale was born OTD in 1940. My book #IntoTheGroove is partly dedicated to her work in broadcasting and when she died I put together a playlist of just some of the music I first heard on her request show. www.tunemymusic.com/share/N4UNN2...

@outonbluesix.bsky.social Hi Tim, as the person who unearthed the distant memory of Mike Westbrook’s Original Peter tv special, do you by any chance know the title of the pieces of music at 3m18s and 5m40s? Love them, but can’t locate them anywhere other than on this video. youtu.be/-H3ZgRCvTBI?...

And we’re off!

From the pen (make that computer) of the fabulous writer @quantick.bsky.social

Well worth watching - a great Word in Your Ear with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social talking about A Hard Day’s Night - both the movie and her new book. youtu.be/tkSD6RXHZEI?...

Just listening to the Monkees mashups - great fun. Here’s one I did a while back, mashing The Monkees with Iggy Pop, The Doors, Cream, Stones & Radiohead. Hope you enjoy! youtu.be/1oPa2zYnjVo?...

If you love The Monkees, then this treasure trove is a delight. The wonderful @iainlee.com has uploaded 1000s of recordings and rarities. Happy exploring!

#NowPlaying Led Zeppelin 1

Currently reading this and… … it is superb! Rarely do Beatles books so perfectly capture the joy of the Fabs this eloquently. Samira not only highlights their cultural significance but backs it up with her enthusiastically nerdish passion for research. One of those rare Beatles books - a must!

Ever wondered who everyone was on the Sgt Pepper album cover? Wonder no longer as @chrisshaweditor.bsky.social has nailed ’em all down! sgtpepperphotos.wordpress.com/2017/04/22/16/

New Podcast! 🚨Episode 100!🚨 To celebrate 100 episodes, I’ve collated together excerpts from some of my favourite conversations over the past 5 years. Thank you all so much for listening, and here’s to the next 100!

This is a great article by @huwareyou.bsky.social about a wonderful band.

Launching a new podcast next year (not a Beatles one), just realising this is both the best/worst time to attempt something so foolish. Then you think… Post-Beatles Macca quietly touring universities. How invigorating was that! Stuff video pods - enjoy yourself indies! bsky.app/profile/john...

As a humble podcaster, it’s good to see this headline. You feel immense pressure to get on the video pod train, but it’s so fucking expensive to do - which feels like the complete antithesis of what podcasting was supposed to be; a chance for the indies to have a shot.

Happy Christmas, one and all! youtu.be/pJXMKt2UYA4?...

A “bit” obsessed with this promo film. Frampton, clearly has “star quality”™️, while the wonderful Andy Bown is awkward and uncomfortable in front of the camera. Antique-oak-furniture-voiced Gary Taylor thinks he is the front man, and Andrew Steele frankly couldn’t care less youtu.be/ISFywATPgTY?...

Just about the best review of It’s a Wonderful Life you’ll ever get. The @alltherightmovies.com chaps walk through every moment of this beautiful film; the background stories, phenomenal acting, writing and direction. A perfect celebration of the humour, warmth and devastatingly moving moments 10/10

Anyone who signed up for Disney+ to watch The Beatles’ Anthologies, do you have recommendations of anything else interesting? Was about to cancel my subscription then noticed that this lives there - and it’s next on the list. Any more docs, music, movies etc you’d suggest?

@cheeseford.bsky.social LOVE that Sunshine Superman cover! Can I request a song? It’s a “bit” jazzy

While we're all in an Anthology mood, it's the perfect time to revisit these fabulous episodes of @eggpod.bsky.social covering volumes 1-3. Join @missyel.bsky.social , @bookyvikki.bsky.social , @geofflloyd.bsky.social and Nelson Kumah for fun with the Fabs!

For anyone who is interested… I’ve recorded two podcasts. Two more scheduled for December. At this rate hoping for an April launch. That’ll be nice won’t it - Spring. Blossoming. New starts. I like that. I like the idea of quietly launching it (like the last one) and people gradually discovering it🙂

Beatle-y alert: @britishlibrary.bsky.social are hosting a special anniversary event to play the Stowe Tape with the student who made it, Mark Lewisohn and more special guests. I'll be hosting. April 4th 2026. Tickets here: events.bl.uk/events/the-b...