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1964

"The Beatles were one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands of all time. They also had one of the fiercest, most intensely loyal fandoms of all time. Beatles fans — mainly teenage girls — offered the band their…

Today's blog post is about Swinging London; a moment in time that reconfigured the music, fashion, movies and books of the youth culture.

“There came a moment when London first shook off the coils of hidebound British society, the…

The Beatles Mad Days Out:

Leaving The Past, Moving Like Butterflies

Tick Tock!  Tick Tock!

On December 20th back in 2020, M Frank, a longtime friend of mine from my college days, emailed me and

As I've stated many times on this blog, I really like collecting all sorts of songs and that includes cover songs!  When The Beatles were just starting out, they recorded cover songs by other artists; among some of the…

An Interview with M. Frank & Johnny Pierre

Ed Yipsilanti (Mind Smoke Staff Writer)

M. Frank (Author)

Johnny Pierre (Editor)

Ed: Greetings to one and all.  I'm very excited

Worried that no-one would understand their Liverpool accents in 1964 film ‘A Hard Day’s Night’, US music execs considered dubbing them over with American actors. McCartney harrumphed: “We can understand a fucking…

Merchandising among today's music artists is quite common.  I first became aware of this type of thing when I saw some Elvis Presley comic books in the late 50's.  After Elvis came the British Invasion and the musical phenomenon known…