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 …Read more
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Mar 23 2022
My Favorite Beatles Cover Songs
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…
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Feb 3 2021
Becoming Sgt. Pepper: An Interview with M. Frank & Johnny Pierre
An Interview with M. Frank & Johnny Pierre
Ed Yipsilanti (Mind Smoke Staff Writer)
Ed Yipsilanti (Mind Smoke Staff Writer)
M. Frank (Author) Johnny Pierre (Editor)
Ed: Greetings to one and all. I'm very excited …Read more

Dec 17 2020
Merchandising The Beatles (Expanded Edition)
Merchandising The Beatles (Expanded Edition)
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…
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Dec 16 2020
The Beatles: Something Cool To Read This Week!
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…
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Jun 10 2020
1960's Swinging London: A Moment In Time
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…
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Mar 26 2019
Merchandising The Beatles
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…
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