The Historian and The Beatles
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In this book review blog, Erin plans to keep up with current Beatles historiography by offering historical methods and historiographical analysis of the various works not covered in her book.
Erin Torkelson Weber teaches American History at Newman University, and is an historian and avid student of historiography. In 2016 McFarland academic press published her analysis of Beatles historiography.
The Historian and The Beatles
2w ago
Hello Beatle people; The following is a guest post by UK journalist Jonathon Knott regarding the circumstances which surrounded the Beatles’ ill-fated intention to purchase a Greek Island back in 1967. As he describes, his research into the topic “started by attempting to locate the island that the group wanted to buy, (and finding that ..read more
The Historian and The Beatles
5M ago
Our most recent podcast covers familiar ground: Hunter Davies’ The Beatles: The Authorized Biography, first published in 1968, with multiple editions in the decades following. This was a source I analyzed in The Beatles and the Historians, but one that Karen and I felt deserved podcast attention. In order to avoid self-plagiarizing, I decided to ..read more
The Historian and The Beatles
5M ago
A little backstory: The first part of this podcast was taped at the Fest, in August, in Chicago. (My first ever Fest, incidentally: thanks to everyone I got to talk with and meet in person; you were all lovely). Unfortunately, there’s a decent amount of background noise. For some curious, never-explained reason, the designated podcast ..read more
The Historian and The Beatles
7M ago
Erin and I hope you enjoy our podcast and look forward to your comments! (Note: since the spotify podcast editor decided to be cranky, I was unable to remove some bits of ambient noise and one particular segment when Erin’s phone rang. But hey, this adds to the charm, right? That’s my theory and I’m ..read more
The Historian and The Beatles
8M ago
And no, we haven’t aged that much. (At least not Erin.) Erin and I happy to announce the relaunch of our podcast on September 23, with a discussion of Peter Jackson’s Get Back. We intend to link future podcasts here because a) Spotify, our new platform, doesn’t allow for commentary, and b) we want to ..read more
The Historian and The Beatles
2y ago
Recently, an alert poster reminded me that I never posted Part III of my YouTube interview with Pop Goes the 60’s Matt Williamson. (To give you some idea of how long ago this podcast was done, Matt and I spent some time after we were done recording discussing the then upcoming Chiefs/Packers game. So ..read more
The Historian and The Beatles
2y ago
I’m breaking my hiatus for this post. This is the least convenient time for me to do so, esp. given that I assume it’s going to prompt some serious reaction, at least some of it negative. Why is this the least convenient time? My mother-in-law is in a hospital in Chicago, struggling with serious health ..read more
The Historian and The Beatles
2y ago
Everyone, Unfortunately, my hiatus is still underway, as our extended family member continues to struggle with their serious health issue. In better news, for those of you who did not have a chance to attend Fab4ConJam, the virtual Beatles conference from February 2021, SATB’s Robert Rodriguez has repurposed the Q&A I did into the most ..read more
The Historian and The Beatles
2y ago
Everyone, Those of you who have been following this blog for some time know that its updates have been sporadic at best, as my time has been severely limited following the births of two children (one in 2018, one in 2020), which brought my sum total of kids to a Fab Four. The blog’s co-admin ..read more
The Historian and The Beatles
2y ago
Everyone, Here is the second part of my interview with Matt: [https://youtu.be/vRuh4cnFcp8]. This one deals primarily with the John vs. Paul debate in Beatles historiography and Beatles fandom (those of you who have either read my book or are constant readers of this blog will know precisely where I stand on the questionable merits of ..read more