In a recent article about travel tips for visting Hamburg, Germany the upscale magazine Conde Naste TRAVELER gave my little old Beatles blog a name check..

While planning your trip through The Beatles' beginnings, check out BlogMeDo, a kooky concept blog that relives their early 1960s, one day at a time (literally).

"Kooky" ?!

Getting prepared for tonight's Beatles Event at Book People to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Day That Paul McCartney was introduced to John Lennon. Most of the press articles covering this anniversary refer to it as "The Day That Paul Met John." There's a specific reason I don't - if you're curious it's in the book(Page 51 ( Read more... )

Although it's not yet listed on their website, I just received an e-mail from the events manager at Book People, "The Largest Bookstore in Texas," that we are confirmed for another Beatles book signing / event in July.

Friday July 6th marks the 50th anniversary of the day that Paul McCartney was introduced to John Lennon. To celebrate the fact ( Read more... )

I knew about this,,,but this is the first time I've seen any footage. The Beatles doing a cameo guest appearence on Doctor Who.

This is from the Dr. Who serial "The Chase", originally broadcast in 1965, and is the only surviving footage of this performance of "Ticket To Ride" which was done specifically for the "Doctor Who" cameo. The rest was ( Read more... )

Just found out that the Beatles blog I write, Blog, Blog Me Do is being cited as part of an undergraduate News and Current Affairs course at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

Yesterday marked the anniversary of my first post on the Beatles blog Blog, Blog Me Do, and what a year it's been.

In that year
* we have had 18,000 unique visitors to the site,
* recorded over 842,000 page views,
* posted 500 entries,
* attended the Chicago Beatle Fest,
* and been named the "Top Beatles Blog On The 'Net" ( Read more... )

Out of the blue just had a call from a producer at KXYL-FM Talk Radio. They want to do a live on-air interview with me tomorrow afternoon about Before They Were Beatles.

My mutterings on the Fab Four's early days will be available to a select audience across Central Texas on 96.9 FM at 5:30pm CT.