
Another Kind of Mind: A Different Kind of Beatles Podcast
Welcome to Another Kind of Mind: A Different Kind of Beatles Podcast. We’re a collective of artists, musicians, and professionals who challenge established narratives about the band with irreverent commentary, educated criticism, and original, thought-provoking analysis.
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Dec 31, 2023 • 2h 31min
Fine Tuning: Ep 10 Unseen Paul
SUMMARY
Unseen Paul builds on our earlier episodes by sharing even more quotes, stories, and insights about young Paul McCartney, who deserves a nuanced and dynamic portrait in any Beatles biography.
We explore some of his more overlooked character traits: his quirks and gifts; his stressors and anxieties; his unusual interests and values. These features reveal him as a fascinatingly dualistic artist and person.
SOURCES
Paul McCartney: the Definitive Biography by Chris Salewicz (1986)
The Beatles by Bob Spitz (2005)
“Portrait of Paul” Women Magazine by Mike McCartney (1965)
Magical Mystery Tours: My Time with the Beatles by Tony Bramwell (2006)
Many Years From Now by Barry Miles (1997)
Thank U Very Much by Mike McCartney
Paul McCartney on Howard Stern (2021)
“A Political Paul” Interview w/ Jonathan Powers for Prospect Magazine (Jan 17, 2009)
Paul McCartney interview w/ Hot Press magazine (2002)
Maureen Cleave “Intelligent Beatle”
“Mockers” Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9e6zHA6eOY&t=116s
The Beatles Authorized Biography by Hunter Davies (1968)
The Beatles diary: Volume 1 by Barry Miles (2001)
BBC Interview “dyslexia” (October 4, 1997)
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2023/06/15/happy-birthday-paul-mccartney-2
Angie McCartney Interview w/ Geoffrey Guiliano (1984)
https://www.tumblr.com/pleasantlyinsincere/697307027602571264/angie-and-ruth-mccartney-on-saying-i-love-you-in?source=share
Mike McCartney; Beatles Book Monthly Magazine (1992)
Paul McCartney for New York Times Magazine (2020)
THE LYRICS by Paul McCartney and Paul Muldoon (2021)
Icke, Evelyn Hamann und die Beatles: Eine Art Biografie by Hans “Icke” Braun (2019)
*ENGLISH TRANSLATION of Braun's book and further anecdotes generously provided to AKOM by @packyourromanticmind on tumblr
A Cellar Full of Noise by Brian Epstein (1964)
Allan Williams quote from Music Legends The Beatles Special Edition by The Rock Review Music Legends Library (Sept 2, 2019)
https://issuu.com/codarecordsltd/docs/music_legends_beatles_special_edition
Interview w/ Horst Fascher for Deutschlandfunk Kultur (2006)
Astrid Kirchherr Interviewed by Colin Hall for Get Rhythm (August 2001)
PLAYLIST
Stairway to Paradise SARAH VAUGHAN
4 Pointers 1 TREVOR DUNCAN
Fine and Mellow ETTA JONES
Welcome to My World JIM REEVES
El Paso MARTY ROBBINS
You Go To My Head BILLIE HOLIDAY
Nature Boy NAT KING COLE
Black and White EARL ROBINSON
My Bucket’s Got a Hole in it HANK WILLIAMS
Spoonful HOWLIN WOLF
Since I Don’t Have You THE SKYLINERS
Perhaps DORIS DAY
Lonesome Town RICKY NELSON
Love to Love NINA SIMONE

Dec 13, 2023 • 2h 7min
Fine Tuning: Ep 9 WTF?
SUMMARY: In our 9th episode, we tackle a handful of loose ends from Tune In and pose the question: WTF?
Why The Farting?
Where's Talented Friend?
Washboard To Fender
Weird, Those Fruits!
Women-Type Fans
Whores They F*cked?
Wow, That's Fabricated!
Which Tune's First?
Writing's Too Fancy
Whose Teachers Finest?
Wimpy Teetotaler Frenemie
PLAYLIST:
Tutti Frutti LITTLE RICHARD
Good Golly Miss Molly LITTLE RICHARD
Where D’you Get Your Whiskey BOB CORT’S SKIFFLE GROUP
Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean RUTH BROWN
Mess Around RAY CHARLES
Spanish Flea HERB ALPERT
Theme from A Summer Place PERCY FAITH
Please Mr Postman THE MARVELETTES
School Days LOUIS JORDAN
Alligator Wine SCREAMIN’ JAY HAWKINS
I’ll Be On My Way THE BEATLES

Dec 8, 2023 • 26min
May in December: AKOM Talks w/ May Pang Pt. 2
SYNOPSIS: In her second appearance on AKOM, May Pang talks with Phoebe about Yoko enlisting Paul’s help during the Lost Weekend, John & Yoko’s Tittenhurst Safe Room, The (not) Malibu Dream House and Primal Therapy.
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story is currently available for purchase or streaming on most major platforms. Discover more at www.maypang.com

Dec 6, 2023 • 1h 42min
Fine Tuning: Ep 8 No Greater Buddy
SYNOPSIS: No Greater Buddy examines how Tune In handles the naughty behavior of its resident Bad Boy, John Lennon. This is a study of Lewisohn’s coverage of John’s bad behavior (rather than the behavior itself).
PLAYLIST
Bad Boy LARRY WILLIAMS
Let the Good Times Roll LOUIS JORDAN
Jim Dandy LAVERN BAKER
Handful of Keys FATS WALLER
Undecided ELLA FITZGERALD
Angel Baby ROSIE & THE ORIGINALS
Night Train DAVID ROSE
Devil or Angel THE CLOVERS
I’ll Be on My Way THE BEATLES
SOURCES
The Beatles by Hunter Davies (1968)
The Other Side of John Lennon By Sandra Shevey (1990)
Beatles Anthology (1995)
Living in the Material World by Martin Scorcese (2011)

Nov 29, 2023 • 2h 34min
Fine Tuning: Ep 7 Spanner in the Works
SYNOPSIS: Spanner in the Works shows how Paul is portrayed as uniquely difficult to manage and unjustifiably obstructive, even to the point of sabotaging the band.
We use Tune In’s reporting of the early friction between Paul and Brian Epstein as a case study to illustrate how Tune In guides the reader to distrust and second-guess Paul whenever he comes into conflict with other major players in the Beatles’ story.
PLAYLIST
Maybe THE CHANTELS
Oop Shoop SHIRLEY GUNTER & THE QUEENS
Tequila THE CHAMPS
I’m Walkin FATS DOMINO
Lucille THE BEATLES
Devil in His Heart THE DONAYS
Baby It’s You THE SHIRELLES
Slippin and Slidin LITTLE RICHARD
Too Much ELVIS PRESLEY
Fast Freight RITCHIE VALENS
I’ll Be On My Way THE BEATLES
SOURCES
“Portrait of Paul” Mike McCartney Woman Magazine, 1965
McCartney the Definitive Biography by Chris Salewicz, 1986
John Lennon Interview w/ Jann Wenner for Rolling Stone, May 14, 1970
John Lennon Interview w/ Lisa Robinson for Hit Parader, 1975
John Lennon and Yoko Ono Interview at St Regis Hotel by Peter McCabe and Robert Schonfeld, September 5th, 1971
Lennon Remembers by Jann Wenner for Rolling Stone, 1971
In My Life by Pete Shotten, 1983
Interview w/ Pete Best in Music Legends The Beatles Special Edition by The Rock Review Music Legends Library Sept 2, 2019

Nov 22, 2023 • 1h 1min
The Fifth Beatle: AKOM Talks w/ Vivek Tiwary
SYNOPSIS: Phoebe talks with Vivek Tiwary, author of “The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story,” a graphic novel celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a new edition!
https://thefifthbeatle.com/graphic-novel/
https://twitter.com/fifthbeatle
https://www.instagram.com/the_fifthbeatle/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/TheFifthBeatleTV/
PLAYLIST
It’s For You CILLA BLACK

Nov 17, 2023 • 2h 57min
Fine Tuning: Ep 6 A Prolonged Jealousy
SYNOPSIS: In A Prolonged Jealousy, we tackle one of Tune In’s main talking points: that Paul McCartney is a fundamentally jealous person whose obsessive, one-sided jealousy of and over John Lennon was brought to a boil by the presence of Stuart Sutcliffe in the band.
Is Tune In’s unforgiving portrayal of Paul’s jealousy fair? Or is it over the top? We’ll discuss!
*This episode was originally posted on Nov 17, 2023 and subsequently re-uploaded on Nov 21, 2023 to add a few minutes of additional information relative to the topic. In the interest of full transparency, we haven’t edited or deleted anything from our original episode, just added the additional info to the discussion around the 1:36:45 mark.
PLAYLIST
Frenzy SCREAMIN’ JAY HAWKINS
Woo-Hoo ROCK*A*TEENS
Raunchy BILL JUSTICE
What’d I Say RAY CHARLES
Lucille LITTLE RICHARD
Flamenco Sketches MILES DAVIS
Sleepwalk SANTO AND JOHNNY
Let it Be Me THE EVERLY BROTHERS
Just Walking in the Rain THE PRISONAIRES
Go! Go! Go! ROY ORBISON
Duck Tail JOE CLAY
I’ll Be On My Way THE BEATLES
SOURCES
The Beatles by Hunter Davies (1968)
The Beatles by Bob Spitz (2005)
“The Beatles’ Shadow: Stuart Sutcliffe” by Pauline Sutcliffe (2002)
“The Lost Beatle: The Stuart Sutcliffe Story” BBC (2005)
John Lennon The Life by Philip Norman (2005)
Paul McCartney The Life by Philip Norman (2016)
Beatles Book Monthly Magazine (May 1994)
Beatles Anthology (1995)

Nov 10, 2023 • 1h 4min
The Mal Evans Story: AKOM Talks w/ Ken Womack
SYNOPSIS: Phoebe Lorde and Allison Bumsted talk with Kenneth Womack about “LIVING THE BEATLES LEGEND: the Mal Evans Story.”
We discuss several of the amazing topics raised in this wonderful book; Elvis, cowboys, Allen Klein being horrible, the tougher-to-write moments in the book, interpersonal relationships within the Beatles' circle, and of course the fascinating life of the incomparable Mal Evans.

Nov 8, 2023 • 2h 42min
Fine Tuning: Ep 5 Leader Lennon
SUMMARY: Leader Lennon examines Tune In's major thesis, that John Lennon was and is the leader and implicit owner of The Beatles forever.
We take a hard look at Tune In’s obvious affection for hierarchy and dominance and how this pervades its storytelling. We'll discuss the deficiencies of this framework, why it is a problem, and how it distorts the Beatles’ story.
PLAYLIST
Tiger Man RUFUS THOMAS
Lovin’ Machine WYNONIE HARRIS
Honey Don’t CARL PERKINS
Besame Mucho TRIO LOS PANCHOS
Crying, Waiting, Hoping BUDDY HOLLY
C’mon Everybody EDDIE COCHRAN
Soldier of Love THE BEATLES
Rip it Up ELVIS PRESLEY
I’ll Be On My Way THE BEATLES
SOURCES
The Beatles by Hunter Davies (1968)
Pre-Fab by Colin Hanton (2018)
The Beatles by Bob Spitz (2005)
John by Cynthia Lennon (2005)
Alan Williams from Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost Beatle, BBC (2005)
Lennon Remember Interview w/ Jann Wenner (1971)

Oct 31, 2023 • 2h 41min
Fine Tuning: Ep 4 Shells & Barriers
SYNOPSIS: This episode explores Tune In’s unequal treatment of John Lennon and Paul McCartney's childhoods, with particular attention paid to the disparate coverage of their childhood stressors and the deaths of their mothers, Julia and Mary.
We go pretty deep into what we know of John and Paul's boyhoods and how those experiences shaped their personalities and affected their adult behaviors,
Does Tune In do the same? For both? We’ll see!
SOURCES
Thank You Very Much by Mike McCartney (1981)
“Portrait of Paul” by Mike McCartney for Woman Magazine (1965)
Howard Stern Interview w/ Paul McCartney (2001)
Rolling Stone Magazine w/ Ringo (2015)
The Macs Family Album Mike McCartney (1981)
Many Years from Now Barry Miles (1997)
McCartney: the Definitive Biography Chris Salewicz (1986)
The Beatles: the Authorized Biography Hunter Davies (1968)
PLAYLIST
In the Still of the Night THE FIVE SATINS
Boys THE BEATLES
Stairway to the Stars ELLA FITZGERALD
Five Long Years EDDIE BOYD
Love Hurts THE EVERLY BROTHERS
Peter and the Wolf (SERGEI PROVOFIEV) NEW YORK STADIUM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Please BING CROSBY
I’m Wishing SNOW WHITE
Blue Moon ELVIS PRESLEY
Are You Lonesome Tonight? ELVIS PRESLEY
Crying in the Chapel THE ORIOLES
Crying in the Rain THE EVERLY BROTHERS
Sorrow PETER PAUL & MARY
I’ll Be On My Way THE BEATLES
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