Glass Onion: On John Lennon

Erin Weber, author of 'The Beatles And The Historians', joins me to discuss various aspects of John Lennon and the Beatles using her historiographical skills. We also discuss history and propaganda in a general way and the challenge of achieving objectivity and finding the elusive truth among ever-changing narratives. Links to Erin's work can be found below Enjoy! Feedback and voluntary Paypal donations to glassonionpod@yahoo.com Facebook page- www.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod Twitter handle twitter.com/OnionLennon Antony's 'Life And Life Only' podcast https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com links to Erin's book and blog https://www.amazon.com/Beatles-Historians-Analysis-Writings-about/dp/1476662665 https://beatlebioreview.wordpress.com Erin's most recent appearance on 'Something About The Beatles' https://somethingaboutthebeatles.com/181-erin-weber-and-the-beatles SATB on Philip Norman http://somethingaboutthebeatles.com/54-philip-normans-mccartney

Your host Antony recently appeared on the 'Classic Film Jerks' podcast to take a comedic but still analytical look at the Beatles’ first film ‘A Hard Day’s Night’. Is it a classic? You can probably guess what I thought but what did Michael and Andrew from CFJ conclude after their first watch? The intro to the show contains more information on the upcoming documentary ‘Finding Claudio’ that was mentioned on a recent show and which concerns the strange young man who came to England to ‘look in John’s eyes’ and who John engages with outside his Tittenhurst Park home in the famous clip from 1971. That clip and a link to the documentary website are in the show notes. Enjoy! Feedback and voluntary Paypal donations to glassonionpod@yahoo.com Facebook page- www.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod Twitter handle twitter.com/OnionLennon Antony's 'Life And Life Only' podcast https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com links 'Classic Film Jerks' podcast main page https://classicfilmjerks.libsyn.com 'Finding Claudio' main website https://www.findingclaudio.com John and Curt Claudio meet in 1971 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99fXJ8nSR1M

Journalist and Glass Onion listener Spencer Cox joins me for a wide-ranging deep dive into John Lennon 1980, psychology, drugs and even the British royal family (just briefly...) Enjoy! Feedback and voluntary Paypal donations to glassonionpod@yahoo.com Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod Twitter handle twitter.com/OnionLennon Antony's 'Life And Life Only' podcast https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com links Dr Gabor Mate's illuminating TED talk on addiction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66cYcSak6nE John Lennon on drugs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g275WjIUtAQ

The second half of a double swapcast with Sam from the 'Paul or Nothing' podcast looking at Lennon and McCartney's covers album adventures is a review of Paul's 'Russian album', CHOBA B CCCP. Links to Sam's show can be found below Enjoy! Feedback and voluntary Paypal donations to glassonionpod@yahoo.com Facebook page- www.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod Twitter handle twitter.com/OnionLennon Antony's 'Life And Life Only' podcast lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com links to 'Paul or Nothing' https://mccartneypod.podbean.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXcuhC1jm1wqhUTWhVS-r6A other links Recent Beatles-related documentaries https://thebeatlesinindia.com/the-movie https://vimeo.com/534294827 Beatles and Communism documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUO1atyECD8 David 'Ghosty' Wills on the 2Legs Podcast (comparison of Choba and Run Devil Run) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYTTzk8d-s&t=2001s

Sam Whiles of 'Paul or Nothing' guest hosts the first part of a double swapcast looking at Lennon and McCartney's covers album adventures. First up is John's 'Rock And Roll' album from 1975. Links to Sam's show can be found below Enjoy! Feedback and voluntary Paypal donations to glassonionpod@yahoo.com Facebook page- www.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod Twitter handle twitter.com/OnionLennon Antony's 'Life And Life Only' podcast lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com links to Sam's work https://mccartneypod.podbean.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXcuhC1jm1wqhUTWhVS-r6A/videos Our 2020 swapcast on Lennon & McCartney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnJQKjGu2S4

Caitlin Hair returns to offer more first-hand memories of the Lennons, Albert Goldman, Fred Seaman and her mother Marnie, who was a close friend of both Yoko and Goldman, in the ongoing quest of this podcast to find the truth about John Lennon's final years. The conversation is preceded by another guitar lesson from the host and also the launch of a competition to win a Blu-ray of the film 'The Hours And Times' Enjoy! Feedback and voluntary Paypal donations to glassonionpod@yahoo.com Facebook page- www.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod Twitter handle twitter.com/OnionLennon Antony's 'Life And Life Only' podcast lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/ links programmes featuring Albert Goldman talking about 'The Lives of John Lennon' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dI8pFvAiak&t=2432s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY4aPAehQ4A&t=190s Plumeria Pictures website https://plumeriapics.co.uk Antony on '2Legs Podcast' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y9ZHFHfMss

Matt Sergiou joins me to talk about some of the occult and conspiratorial aspects of the Beatles and John Lennon. The discussion covers, among other things, the 60s counterculture, LSD, mind control and hypnosis. There are links to Matt's work below Enjoy! Feedback and voluntary Paypal donations to glassonionpod@yahoo.com Facebook page- www.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod Twitter handle twitter.com/OnionLennon Antony's 'Life And Life Only' podcast https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/ links Matt's blogs, FB page and podcast https://theoccultbeatles.wordpress.com/ https://conspiromedia.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/conspiromedia/ https://magicalmysterytalk.weebly.com/ 'Going Underground' counterculture documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6frS-DXtMY 'Acid Dreams' book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260352.Acid_Dreams 'Two Of Us' film clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLd2Ee-5zdc&list=PL9EE7621F8B595506&index=10

In a break from the regular shows, here is an appearance made by Antony in January on the excellent Elvis Presley podcast ‘TCBCast’, discussing some of the parallels and differences between Elvis and The Beatles. Topics include their management, tribute acts, their films, Beatles songs covered by Elvis and the songs covered by both acts. The discussion is preceded by my review of the 2019 film ‘Yesterday’, which I finally saw for the first time a few nights ago. Fans of the film should probably skip that part... Enjoy! Feedback and voluntary Paypal donations to glassonionpod@yahoo.com Facebook page- www.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod Twitter handle twitter.com/OnionLennon TCBCast link https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/s3yjh-6605b/TCBCast-An-Unofficial-Elvis-Presley-Fan-Podcast Recommended Elvis gospel albums His Hand In Mine (1960) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8O7pPgryBg&list=PLvDaQTRzMiRoG1bHVSKULwXgwCBcjC02u How Great Thou Art (1967 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkJVQN9pK1k&list=PLpPbUIwqIPUE4zg3magLfvZRvsXqjSLmw Stevie Riks- Elvis Meet The Beatles in 1968 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGjryjfQWg8 link to Antony's newest podcast 'Life And Life Only' lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com Antony’s recent appearance on the ‘Classic Film jerks’ podcast discussing ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ https://classicfilmjerks.libsyn.com/a-hard-days-night Please (x many) like, follow, share, subscribe, rate, review etc…

Dan Richter makes a welcome return to the show as we tackle the difficult label of 'genius', using among other things Dan's recollections of his close working relationships with John Lennon and Stanley Kubrick. The conversation is preceded by another 'guitar lesson' from your host Antony Enjoy! Feedback and voluntary Paypal donations to glassonionpod@yahoo.com Facebook page- www.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod Twitter handle twitter.com/OnionLennon you tube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7aTD1NuEFBTQcQlOWR7iJQ link to Antony's newest podcast 'Life And Life Only' https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com Please (x many) like, follow, share, subscribe, rate, review etc…

Ken Womack joins me to talk about his 2020 book which looks at the final year of John's life. Among other things, we discuss New York and London, the recovery of John's muse and the impossibility of knowing what was really going on behind closed doors in that most contentious year. The conversation is preceded by your host reading a remarkable list of Beatle-related coincidences, mostly taken from Mark Lewisohn's seminal 'Tune In' Enjoy! Feedback and voluntary Paypal donations to glassonionpod@yahoo.com Facebook page- www.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod Twitter page twitter.com/OnionLennon you tube version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtPkVQ5Zq0Q Please (x many) like, follow, share, subscribe, rate, review etc… link to Ken's book https://kennethwomack.com/books/beatlesbooks/john-lennon-1980-the-last-days-in-the-life/

Al Sussman joins me for a freewheeling discussion of the enigma that was John Lennon and various other topics. Al is an author and also the long-time executive editor of 'Beatlefan' magazine. The conversation is preceded by your host showing some of the Beatles tricks and common chord structures on guitar. Enjoy! Feedback and voluntary Paypal donations to glassonionpod@yahoo.com Facebook page- www.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod Twitter page twitter.com/OnionLennon you tube version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shTR3-yQhQE Please (x many) like, follow, share, subscribe, rate, review etc… links 'Beatlefan' homepage https://beatlefan.com 'Snodgrass' starring Ian Hart as John Lennon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek89aSrwMN0 The host's film podcast https://anchor.fm/filmgold Paypal link to help out the show www.paypal.com/paypalme/glassonionpod The host 's bandcamp page, including a Glass Onion podcast package for purchase and 5 music albums antonyrotunno.bandcamp.com

The conclusion of my talk with David 'Ghosty' Wills about the relationship between John Lennon and Elvis Presley, this time focusing on the 1970s/early 80s period and the unfortunate demise of our two heroes in very different circumstances, as well as discussing their legacies and the public's rather morbid fascination with death Enjoy!! Feedback and voluntary Paypal donations to glassonionpod@yahoo.com Facebook page- www.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod Twitter page twitter.com/OnionLennon you tube version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKKSsk6DpOQ Please (x many) like, follow, share, subscribe, rate, review etc… links Past editions of Ghosty's radio show (currently on hiatus) https://www.mixcloud.com/GhostyTMRS/?fbclid=IwAR1Kp2smRjz26TPi-IylQdqQI-EeTJuZBc8Qp-b1e1T5mBF5UhG3JvlGfqg Clive James Fame In The 20th Century (recommended series) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT5_uAnErc4 Paypal link to help out the show https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/glassonionpod The host 's bandcamp page, including a Glass Onion podcast package for purchase and 5 music albums https://antonyrotunno.bandcamp.com

David 'Ghosty' Wills and I continue our deep dive into the relationship between John Lennon and Elvis Presley, this time focusing on the 1960s period, including the 1965 Beatles & Elvis summit meeting and Elvis's Comeback Special and early Las Vegas period Enjoy!! Feedback and voluntary Paypal donations to glassonionpod@yahoo.com Facebook page- www.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod Twitter page twitter.com/OnionLennon you tube version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EjItnOB3qY Please (x many) like, follow, share, subscribe, rate, review etc… links Elvis does 'Bridge Over Troubled Water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLbOBoa8vD8 Elvis does 'Get Back' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMMbVosG3uI Elvis does Dylan's 'Tomorrow Is A Long Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dRNZZuuR8I Ghosty interviews Steve Binder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlTX6guutes&t=1854s

For this first-ever Glass Onion 3-parter, I'm joined by radio DJ David 'Ghosty' Wills for a deep dive into the relationship between John Lennon and Elvis Presley, both with their meeting in 1965 (this will be covered in Part 2)and all the other strands that interwove them. Enjoy!! Feedback and voluntary Paypal donations to glassonionpod@yahoo.com Facebook page- www.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod Twitter page twitter.com/OnionLennon you tube version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl7SN2XOHYo Please (x many) like, follow, share, subscribe, rate, review etc… links 'Blue Moon' by Elvis at Sun Records (1954) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiY5auB3OWg The host's new film podcast https://anchor.fm/filmgold Antony's recent appearance on the '"Legs' podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBlX9W7dp1g&t=1258s

In this episode of the show, I'm joined by Ben Rowling and Caitlin Hair to discuss the opposite narratives of John Lennon presented in the biographies written by Ray Coleman and Albert Goldman. Caitlin is the daughter of one of Goldman's key sources for the Dakota years (1975-80) and she shares personal reminiscences of her time as a child in that environment Enjoy! Feedback to glassonionpod@yahoo.com Facebook page- www.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod Twitter page twitter.com/OnionLennon you tube version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaXzhXxJVQI&list=PLfcvNY5rJpFx4JkwQzYs9C4Gp-pFxTTn0&index=59 Please (x many) like, follow, share, subscribe, rate, review etc… links Ray Coleman talks about his biography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3sFj5TYGDo&t=151s A compilation of clips of Albert Goldman discussing his book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dI8pFvAiak&t=1561s Eoghan Lyng's new book on U2 https://burningshed.com/eoghan-lyng_u2-on-track_book?fbclid=IwAR0f3DtpPy_S1p_ProN_twQfaL_PflBVnacamrQZQ_MfvxXNG52Jgb3R_bY