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SUMMARY
Welcome to STRANGE BEDFELLOWS, an AKOM series about Yoko Ono and Paul McCartney after John Lennon’s death.

It’s the new millennium! Paul and Yoko get real and the truth comes out! Will it draw them and their families closer together? Or deepen the divide? How do Paul and Yoko see their own relationship? As kindred spirits or mortal enemies?

Hear our conclusions in Episode 4!

SOURCES
Paul McCartney “The Howard Stern Show” (2001)
Tampa Bay Times, Yoko Ono: 10 pressing questions: Details sketched by Yoko. (February 4th, 2002)
Yoko Ono, interview w/ Paul Trynka for MOJO. (May, 2003) 
Yoko Ono, Q Magazine Awards. (October 10th, 2005)
“Old guard of British music recognised at Q awards,” The Guardian (Oct 11, 2005)
“SIR PAUL: YOKO NOT BRIGHTEST”  Mirror (Oct 17, 2005)
“John Lennon, The Life” by Philip Norman (2008)
Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner” by Joe Hagan (2016)
Paul McCartney, “The Howard Stern Show” 2009
“Yoko in Her Own Words” BBC 2  (2010)
“Still Prancing,” The David Frost Interview 2013
“The Esquire Interview” by Alex Bimes 2015
“Yoko: John Lennon was Bisexual” Daily Beast (Oct 15, 2015)
The Truth About Paul McCartney’s Relationship With Yoko Ono “The List” by Stephanie Kaloi (May 24, 2021)
NMPA Awards Show; Sean and Yoko Accept Centennial Award (2017)
Sean Lennon, London Telegraph (Nov 2010)
“Lennon at 80” Sean Interviews Paul, BBC (2020)
“Sean Ono Lennon Reflects on 10 John Lennon Solo Classics” Rolling Stone by Angie Martaccio (Oct 9 2020)
Sean Instagram June 18, 2022
“Paul McCartney Doesn’t Really Want to Stop the Show” The New Yorker by David Remnick (Oct 11, 2021)
The LYRICS by Paul McCartney ed. Paul Muldoon (2021)

PLAYLIST
Everyman Everywoman YOKO ONO w/ BLOW UP
All You Need is Love THE BEATLES
Riding Into Jaipur PAUL MCCARTNEY
Fine Line PAUL MCCARTNEY
Give Peace a Chance (2005) YOKO ONO
Only Mama Knows PAUL MCCARTNEY
222 PAUL MCCARTNEY
Lovers in a Dream THE FIREMAN
Dance Tonight PAUL MCCARTNEY
Ever Present Past PAUL MCCARTNEY
Kiss Kiss Kiss YOKO ONO w/ PEACHES
Open Your Box YOKO ONO w/ ORANGE FACTORY
Queenie Eye PAUL MCCARTNEY
Road PAUL MCCARTNEY
Struggle PAUL MCCARTNEY
I Never Told You Did I? YOKO ONO w/ KIM GORDON and THURSTON MOORE
Wait for Me SEAN LENNON
Here There and Everywhere SEAN LENNON
Dominoes PAUL MCCARTNEY

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SUMMARY
Welcome to STRANGE BEDFELLOWS, an AKOM series about Yoko Ono and Paul McCartney after John Lennon’s death.

Episode Three covers the 1990s, a decade that sees some of the most significant highs and lows between Ono and McCartney. Goodwill abounds when Paul inducts John into the Rock Hall in 1994. Building on this positivity, Yoko earns Paul’s gratitude during the making of the Beatles Anthology. 

But the peace is short-lived, and a set of seemingly minor squabbles escalate into their most vicious public arguments to date, setting the stage for a cold war as Yoko and Paul enter the new millenium. 

SOURCES
John Lennon Rock Hall Induction (1994)
The Sunday Times Supplement (Jan 22, 1967)
Many Years From Now by Barry Miles (1997)
Paul McCartney Interview w/ Chrissy Hynde (1999)
“Yoko Says Snub by McCartney Hurts” Chicago Tribune (June 29, 1998)
Mojo (August 1999)
MOJO: Paul McCartney – the MOJO interview. (May, 2003)
“The Ballad of Paul and Yoko” by Gilbert Garcia. Salon (January 27, 2003)

PLAYLIST
Trans Lunar Rising THE FIREMAN
The End THE BEATLES
Hiroshima Sky is Always Blue YOKO ONO feat. THE MCCARTNEYS
Family Way Mvmt I PAUL MCCARTNEY
Family Way Mvmt II PAUL MCCARTNEY
Family Way Mvmt IV PAUL MCCARTNEY
Kontakte KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
Strawberry Fields Forever (demo) JOHN LENNON
Free as a Bird (demo) JOHN LENNON
Free as a Bird THE BEATLES
Now and Then (demo) JOHN LENNON
Flaming Pie PAUL MCCARTNEY
When I’m 64 THE BEATLES
Fire/Rain. Allegro energico (Standing Stone) PAUL MCCARTNEY 
Glory Tales. Trionfale (Standing Stone) PAUL MCCARTNEY 
The World Tonight PAUL MCCARTNEY
Yesterday THE BEATLES
Watercolour Guitars THE FIREMAN
Appletree Cinnabar Amber THE FIREMAN
Bison THE FIREMAN

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SUMMARY
Welcome to STRANGE BEDFELLOWS, an AKOM series about Yoko Ono and Paul McCartney after John Lennon’s death.

In Episode 2 we welcome author Joe Hagan for a loose, candid and wide-ranging conversation centered around Paul, Yoko and Jann Wenner. 

Topics include: Rolling Stone’s stake in the Ono-McCartney drama, Jann’s autobiography, the Rock Hall, Paul’s endorsement of Wenner’s book, McCartney’s image building, Joe’s experiences interviewing both McCartney and Ono, Yoko’s attitude towards Paul, Paul’s “Fairy Dust,” Wenner’s philosophy and attitude towards music and pop culture, John and Yoko’s media obsession, George Harrison and loads MORE.

PLAYLIST
Well, Well, Well JOHN LENNON (1970)
Wanna Be Your Man ROCK HALL PERFORMERS (2015)
Yes, I’m Your Angel YOKO ONO (1980)
Do the Oz JOHN LENNON (1970)
Smile Away PAUL McCARTNEY (1971)
Three Legs PAUL McCARTNEY (1971)
Wah Wah GEORGE HARRISON (1970)
Get Me Out of Here PAUL McCARTNEY (2013)

SOURCES
“Sticky Fingers, the Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine” Joe Hagan. Knopf (October 24, 2017)
“Jann Wenner: Like a Rolling Stone” Jann Wenner. Little, Brown and Company (September 13, 2022)

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SUMMARY

Welcome to STRANGE BEDFELLOWS, an AKOM series about Yoko Ono and Paul McCartney after John Lennon’s death.

Episode 1 delves deep into the 1980s! Discussed in this episode: Paul’s grief and Yoko’s peculiar comments in the aftermath of John’s death, Yoko’s kindness towards Paul and his efforts to reciprocate, Paul’s
failed attempt to recover the Lennon/McCartney catalog, the McCartney/Ono origin story, the burgeoning Lennon Industry, a lawsuit, an award, a tribute concert and more.
It all culminates in a pivotal transition in Paul’s public tone about John moving into the 90s.

SOURCES

Paul McCartney The Life, Philip Norman (2016)
Yoko Ono, interview w/ Philip Norman for Sunday Times: Life after John. (May 25, 1981)
Yoko Ono, Rolling Stone: Yoko: An intimate conversation. (October 1, 1981)
Joe Hagan, Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner & Rolling Stone Magazine. (2017)
Hunter Davies, THE BEATLES (originally published 1968; afterword printed 1985)
Paul McCartney, interview w/ Ray Bonici for Music Express. (May, 1982)
McCartney Today, The Sunday Express Magazine (October 21, 1984)
Paul McCartney Interview: Playboy magazine (December, 1984)
“Act Naturally” by Duncan Fallowell, Harpers and Queen Magazine (1984)
Paul McCartney Interview 1984 (sound clip)
Paul McCartney, interview w/ Chris Salewicz for Musician: Tug of war – Paul McCartney wants to lay his demons to rest. (October, 1986)
Paul McCartney, interview w/ Anthony DeCurtis for Rolling Stone: The Paul McCartney interview. (November 5, 1987)
Imagine, film by Andrew Solt (1988)
Andrew Solt (filmmaker), Chicago Sun-Times: Director focuses on man & music, not the myth. (October 9, 1988)
Paul McCartney interview with DJ Mike Reed (1989)
Paul McCartney w/ Kurt Loder “Famous Last Words” MTV (October 19, 1990)
Interview w/ Yoko Ono, BBC Radio #6 (1990)
John Lennon Tribute Concert (1990): https://youtu.be/f3MSBKg74F4

PLAYLIST

Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him YOKO ONO (1980)
Tug of War PAUL McCARTNEY (1982)
Just Like Starting Over JOHN LENNON (1980)
No More Lonely Nights PAUL McCARTNEY (1984)
The Honorary Consul PAUL McCARTNEY (1984)
Say Say Say PAUL McCARTNEY & MICHAEL JACKSON (1983)
Simple as That PAUL McCARTNEY (1983)
Move Over Busker PAUL McCARTNEY (1986)
However Absurd PAUL McCARTNEY (1986)
I’m Moving On YOKO ONO (1980)
Imagine JOHN LENNON (1971)
I Saw Her Standing There (live) THE ANGLO-AMERICAN ROCK FRATERNITY (1988)
Imagine ELTON JOHN (1990)
This One PAUL McCARTNEY (1989)

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Is Paul McCartney the 20th Century’s Mozart? Phoebe and Daphne tackle this question with radio host and classical music programmer, Valerie Ing.

We discuss the similar biographies, artistic processes and whimsical spirits of these two creative dynamos and share some of our favorite pieces from both composers. We also debate Bach, listen to birds and reflect upon the evolving legacies of Herr Mozart and Sir Paul.

Join us for a musical adventure into MozARTney!

PLAYLIST

Penny Lane  (McCartney) The Beatles (1967)
Calico Skies (McCartney) Loma Mar Quartet (1999)
Piano Concerto No.17 in G Major Op 9, K 453: III Allegretto (Mozart) Andras Ligetti (1990)
12 Variations on Ah vous dirai-je, maman (Mozart) Rousseau (2020)
Mary Had a Little Lamb (McCartney) Wings 1971
Giovanni Batista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater: Quando Corpus Moriator And Amen (Mozart) Simon Preston (1984)
Ocean’s Kingdom II: Hall of Dance (McCartney) London Classical Orchestra
Standing Stone: I Cell Growth. Semplice (McCartney) London Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster (1997)
Ecce Cor Meum: II Gratia (McCartney) Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Gavin Greenaway (2006)
Requiem, K.626 Lacrymosa (Mozart) Academy of St Martin in the Fields (1984)
Liverpool Oratorio: I War ‘Non Nobis Solem’ (McCartney) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (1991)
Paul’s Piano Piece (McCartney) Paul McCartney (1969)
Liverpool Oratorio: VI – Work, Violin Solo (McCartney) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (1991)
Golden Slumbers (McCartney) Jan Vogler, BBC Philharmonic (2022)
Piano Concerto in E Flat, K482, 3rd Movement (Mozart) Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Field (1984)
Cosi fan tutte K.588 Act II Fate presto, o cari amico (Mozart) Chamber Orchestra of Europe (2013)
Abduction from the Seraglio K 384; Turkish Finale (Mozart) Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Field (1984)
Standing Stone: II He Awoke Startled: Sea Voyage (McCartney) London Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster (1997)
Piano Concerto 23 in A Major, K488: II Adagio (Mozart) Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra (2017)
Tuesday (McCartney) Loma Mar Quartet (1999)
Serenade 13 in G Major, K.525 “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”: I Allegro (Mozart) Wiener Kammerphilharmonie (1991)

VIDEO

Is This Rare Beatles Song Really a Famous Classical Movement?
almost beatles songs:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvNX4mn8Jxg

Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road: https://youtu.be/9elQeVfrLOo

Valerie’s column: https://anewscafe.com/2015/01/30/redding/mistress-of-the-mix-mozart-vs-mccartney/

SPOTIFY
Valerie’s Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/12186483102/playlist/14T7slfEigJKrjfCJtsRaO?si=8j9WdIg7QXC7WZVnuH2q9A
AKOM’s Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0TqzsrNJHO6OVgnPD4cJpA?si=768231e3446d4688

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AKOM welcomes Dr. Christine Feldman-Barrett, author of A Women’s History of the Beatles.

Phoebe, Daphne and Christine discuss: how the Beatles have inspired generations of women, effective labor, fandom, diversity in Beatles scholarship, Living History v. critical distance, and being (v. being WITH the Beatles). 

SOURCES

Ehrenreich, Barbara, Elizabeth Hess, and Gloria Jacobs. “Beatlemania: Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” In The Adoring Audience: Fan Culture and Popular Media, edited by Lisa A. Lewis, 84-106. 1992. Reprint, New York: Routledge, 2001. 

Whiteley, Sheila. Space Between the Notes: Rock and the Counter-Culture. London: Routledge, 1992.

Collins, Marcus. “We Can Work it Out: Popular and Academic Writing on the Beatles.” Popular Music History 9, no. 1 (2014): 79-101.

http://www.meetthebeatlesforreal.com

Mary Ann Seighart. “The Authority Gap: Why women are still taken less seriously than men, and what we can do about it.” Doubleday, July 1, 2021

Candy Leonard. “Beatleness: How the Beatles and Their Fans Remade the World”  
Arcade; Reprint edition (July 5, 2016)

PLAYLIST
She Said She Said THE BEATLES (1966)
I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party THE BEATLES (1964)
Drive My CarTHE BEATLES (1965)
Rain THE BEATLES (1965)
She’s a Woman THE BEATLES (1965)

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Phoebe and Daphne answer listener mail from social media site, tumblr. This 2-part episode offers a unique glimpse into feedback and questions from AKOM listeners. (Also, keep an ear out for a brief appearance by a special guest!)

PLAYLIST
P.S. I Love You THE BEATLES (1963)
Please Mr. Postman THE BEATLES (1963)
Paperback Writer THE BEATLES (1965)

MERCH STORE:
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/another-kind-of-mind

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SUMMARY
AKOM welcomes Caleb Nichols to discuss their new album Ramon, a Beatles-inspired rock operetta. 

Caleb, Daphne and Phoebe chat about The Gay Agenda, Brian Epstein, Bisexual John Lennon, Queering History and the special influence of Queer people and culture on the Beatles Story and Universe.

PLAYLIST
Listen to the Beatles CALEB NICHOLS (2022)
Ramon CALEB NICHOLS (2022)
Captain Custard CALEB NICHOLS (2022)
Mustard’s Mood CALEB NICHOLS (2022)
Jerome CALEB NICHOLS (2022)

SOURCES
“Caleb Nichols on Queering the Beatles” Talk House (July 22, 2022)
https://www.talkhouse.com/what-made-mr-mustard-such-a-mean-old-man
Caleb’s website: https://www.calebnicholsis.gay/on-tour
“Caleb Nichols’ ‘RAMON’ Gives The Beatles’ Mean Mr. Mustard Respect” by Adam Sobsey (June 24, 2022) https://www.popmatters.com/caleb-nichols-ramon-review
The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story by Vivek J. Tiwary (October 25, 2016) 
Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary by Sasha Geffen (April 7, 2020)
Blotto Beatles Episode 47 “Rob Boys (feat. Caleb Nichols)
A League of Their Own (film) by Penny Marshall (1992)
A League of Their Own (tv series) by Will Graham and Abbi Jacobson (2022)
Abbi Jacobson “Showing More Stories on a League of Their Own” Daily Show
https://youtu.be/T8pylHidIYE
Ramon video https://youtu.be/ZsaGxpLH2N8
Jerome video https://youtu.be/UBA0Kzl1EYA

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In the final (2 part) episode of our series, we’ll address the final event in the Breakup drama of April 1970: the battle of Phil Spector’s production of The Long and Winding Road. 

We’ll also take an in-depth look at Paul’s revelatory interview in The Evening Standard. Candid, comprehensive and intriguing, this interview is an important piece of history we have dubbed “McCartney Remembers.”

We’ll examine some of the recurring issues highlighted by Paul in the interview and address the ultimate question: Could John and Paul Have Turned Things Around?

SOURCES
Conversations with McCartney by Paul DuNoyer (2015)
You Never Give Me Your Money by Peter Doggett (2009)
Paul McCartney: The Life by Philip Norman (2016)
“Why The Beatles Broke Up” by Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone (Sept 3, 2009)
“Why The Beatles Broke Up; The Story Behind our Cover” by Mikael Gilmore, Rolling Stone (Aug 18, 2009)
The Beatles Anthology (1995)
“Lennon Remembers” w/ Jann Wenner for Rolling Stone (1970)
“The Ex Beatles Tells His Story” Paul McCartney Interview: Life Magazine (April 16th 1971)
Paul McCartney Interview w/ Chrissie Hynde for USA Weekend (1998)
St. Regis Interview, Peter McCabe and Robert Schonfeld (1971)
Q & A from McCartney LP (1970)
“Magical Mystery Tours: My Life with the Beatles“ by Tony Bramwell (2014)
The Beatles: The Biography by Bob Spitz (2005)
Paul McCartney Interview By Ray Connolly for Evening Standard (April 21-22, 1970)
https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/interview/interview-for-the-evening-standard
“The Party’s Over for the Beatles” by Derek Taylor for Sunday Magazine, (July 26, 1970)
http://www.meetthebeatlesforreal.com/2017/03/the-partys-over-for-beatles-written-by.html
The Beatles Authorized Biography by Hunter Davies (1968)
The Beatles Anthology (1995)
Cellarful of Noise by Brian Epstein (1964)
The Howard Stern Show “PAUL MCCARTNEY SHARES BEHIND-THE-SCENES STORIES FROM 18 BEATLES, WINGS, AND SOLO SONGS” (Nov 10, 2021)

PLAYLIST
You Never Give Me Your Money THE BEATLES (1969)
Long and Winding Road THE BEATLES (1970)
When the Wind is Blowing WINGS (1971)
Rupert PAUL MCCARTNEY (1977)
Let it Be THE BEATLES (1970)
I Know (I Know) JOHN LENNON (1973)

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SUMMARY

When John’s attempts to lure Paul back to the fold prove unsuccessful, he orchestrates one final outrageous maneuver. But John’s actions are another miscalculation; Paul responds irately to John’s tactics and further digs in his heels with a combative questionnaire inserted into press copies of his McCartney LP. 

Early April shows an escalation in the acrimony between Lennon and McCartney, and by the end of Episode 4, the floodgates are open and the Breakup of the Beatles irreversibly begins.

PLAYLIST
You Never Give Me Your Money THE BEATLES (1969)
Valentine Day PAUL McCARTNEY (1970)
Momma Miss America (1970)
Kreen Akrore PAUL McCARTNEY (1970)
Teddy Boy PAUL MCCARTNEY (1970)
Teddy Boy THE BEATLES (1969)

SOURCES

“Why The Beatles Broke Up” by Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone (Sept 3, 2009)
Many Years From Now by Barry Miles (1997)
“Why The Beatles Broke Up; The Story Behind our Cover” by Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone (Aug 18, 2009)
The Beatles Anthology (1995)
“Lennon Remembers” w/ Jann Wenner for Rolling Stone (1970)
“The Ex Beatles Tells His Story” Paul McCartney Interview: Life Magazine (April 16th 1971)
Q & A from McCartney LP (1970)
“Magical Mystery Tours: My Life with the Beatles“ by Tony Bramwell (2014)
The Beatles: The Biography by Bob Spitz (2005)
Paul McCartney Interview By Ray Connolly for Evening Standard (April 21-22, 1970)
“The Love You Make” by Peter Brown and Steve Gaines (1983)
Paul McCartney THE LIFE by Philip Norman (2016)