Steven C
@stevenc63.bsky.social
Co-host of Nothing Is Real … a podcast about The Beatles.
www.nothingisrealpod.com
www.nothingisrealpod.com
Hugely enjoying this book, racing through it, and just came across a detail I'm curious about. Wilson says the Beatles offered to play at the Brazil squad's hotel in Liverpool during the 1966 World Cup but the Brazilian directors rejected them. I've never heard this before.
January 3, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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George Martin in one of the most delightful scenes in Get Back. He would have been 100 today.
January 3, 2026 at 8:06 AM
George Martin in one of the most delightful scenes in Get Back. He would have been 100 today.
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We're going to need a bigger Hague.
January 3, 2026 at 9:51 AM
We're going to need a bigger Hague.
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Remembering Sir George Martin, born #OTD 100 years ago. Truly the Fifth Beatle?
I think so.
(Also, there’s an episode for that ..)
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@beatlespod.bsky.social @stevenc63.bsky.social
#SirGeorgeMartin #TheBeatles
I think so.
(Also, there’s an episode for that ..)
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/n...
@beatlespod.bsky.social @stevenc63.bsky.social
#SirGeorgeMartin #TheBeatles
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Remembering Sir George Martin, born #OTD 100 years ago. Truly the Fifth Beatle?
I think so.
(Also, there’s an episode for that ..)
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/n...
@beatlespod.bsky.social @stevenc63.bsky.social
#SirGeorgeMartin #TheBeatles
I think so.
(Also, there’s an episode for that ..)
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/n...
@beatlespod.bsky.social @stevenc63.bsky.social
#SirGeorgeMartin #TheBeatles
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George Martin would have been 100 today. Here he is characteristically being both musical and stylish.
January 3, 2026 at 8:33 AM
George Martin would have been 100 today. Here he is characteristically being both musical and stylish.
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Sir George Martin was born 100 years ago today. He and the Beatles lucked into their glorious partnership and humankind is the lasting recipient. I was privileged to work with George and hoped to mark the centenary by touring a theatre show about his life & work – but I must stay focused on writing.
January 3, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Sir George Martin was born 100 years ago today. He and the Beatles lucked into their glorious partnership and humankind is the lasting recipient. I was privileged to work with George and hoped to mark the centenary by touring a theatre show about his life & work – but I must stay focused on writing.
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We are now a lesson to the Democrats on how not to do things.
Wrote about the Labour Party's failed popularist experiment as feckless quant-brain U.S. liberals toy with the idea of a popularist agenda in 2026 and beyond: badfaithtimes.com/a-blaring-wa...
A Blaring Warning For The Democratic Party
Democrats don't have to wonder if popularism will fail. It already has.
badfaithtimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:34 AM
We are now a lesson to the Democrats on how not to do things.
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The boys cook up perfection in tight and contained forms. For instance, we have Sugaree without an extended, meditative run in the latter half and a six-minute Playin’ that somehow contains all the energy and electric excitement of a twenty-minute version. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/01-02-1972
Dead of the Day: January 2, 1972
Winterland Arena in San Francisco, California
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January 3, 2026 at 2:34 AM
The boys cook up perfection in tight and contained forms. For instance, we have Sugaree without an extended, meditative run in the latter half and a six-minute Playin’ that somehow contains all the energy and electric excitement of a twenty-minute version. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/01-02-1972
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Today's inspirational message:
January 2, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Today's inspirational message:
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I watched the “One to One: John & Yoko" documentary. Really enjoyed it. Love the collage editing with no contemporary narration or interviews. No "what you have to understand is at that time..."-talking-head-cliches. Biggest surprise? Their June 1973 trip to Cambridge MA!
January 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
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Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.
futurism.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
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"Tonight on Not Worth Owning, our firsrt guest is CD2 of Anthology 4."
January 2, 2026 at 4:21 PM
"Tonight on Not Worth Owning, our firsrt guest is CD2 of Anthology 4."
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Polly is as always quite right. As I said elsewhere this morning, the problem isn't that the government is having fights, it's that it's having fights it doesn't intend to have about things it doesn't understand. Here she suggests some fights it ought to pick.
January 2, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Polly is as always quite right. As I said elsewhere this morning, the problem isn't that the government is having fights, it's that it's having fights it doesn't intend to have about things it doesn't understand. Here she suggests some fights it ought to pick.
It’s “Mamdani”.
But you knew that.
But you knew that.
My new year’s resolution is to be more positive, so I report that I have read Zohran Mamdami’s inaugural address abcnews.go.com/US/transcrip...
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January 2, 2026 at 1:03 PM
It’s “Mamdani”.
But you knew that.
But you knew that.
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The word is that I’ve a 'movie' out shortly. It's true. My 2022 theatre show The Beatles / Evolver:62 was filmed, and selections from that + new material shot in Liverpool and London comprise a feature that'll be streaming from Feb 2026. More details to follow, sample here vimeo.com/1023543808?f...
Evolver : 62 Promo
60 sec trailer for the forthcoming feature length documentary The Beatles Evolver: 62 with Mark Lewisohn Director / Camera / Editor: Chris Purcell Producer / Camera:…
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December 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The word is that I’ve a 'movie' out shortly. It's true. My 2022 theatre show The Beatles / Evolver:62 was filmed, and selections from that + new material shot in Liverpool and London comprise a feature that'll be streaming from Feb 2026. More details to follow, sample here vimeo.com/1023543808?f...
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Why is it always ‘Who’s the best frontman of all-time’ when no vocalist has ever - nor ever shall - elevate a band as much as Sandy Denny did Fairport and Fotheringay?
January 2, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Why is it always ‘Who’s the best frontman of all-time’ when no vocalist has ever - nor ever shall - elevate a band as much as Sandy Denny did Fairport and Fotheringay?
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Fab episode with a quick in-depth look at Peter Jackson's Get Back. It's amazing how many boxes Stephen and Jason tick off after watching it once (or twice?): the madness and nothing-is-planned manner of it all, MLH, Dick James, Billy Preston, the songs & the context.
#GetBack25 #NIRAGAIN
#GetBack25 #NIRAGAIN
January 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Fab episode with a quick in-depth look at Peter Jackson's Get Back. It's amazing how many boxes Stephen and Jason tick off after watching it once (or twice?): the madness and nothing-is-planned manner of it all, MLH, Dick James, Billy Preston, the songs & the context.
#GetBack25 #NIRAGAIN
#GetBack25 #NIRAGAIN
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Four years ago Steven and Jason were finally back together in one studio. The occasion almost shook the world: The release of Teatles: The Movie.. ahem.. The Beatles Get Back! Three years in the making, 52 years after the actual events we would finally see and hear what we already knew! #NIRAGAIN
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Four years ago Steven and Jason were finally back together in one studio. The occasion almost shook the world: The release of Teatles: The Movie.. ahem.. The Beatles Get Back! Three years in the making, 52 years after the actual events we would finally see and hear what we already knew! #NIRAGAIN
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Great to see George alluding to @marklewisohn.bsky.social 's research for his excellent "The Beatles Live!" book in episode 9 of the Anthology: "He ran out of beauty competitions to judge!" That's all the Threetles who have joked about it now.
How lovely to have given the Fabs a laugh!
#Beatles
How lovely to have given the Fabs a laugh!
#Beatles
January 1, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Great to see George alluding to @marklewisohn.bsky.social 's research for his excellent "The Beatles Live!" book in episode 9 of the Anthology: "He ran out of beauty competitions to judge!" That's all the Threetles who have joked about it now.
How lovely to have given the Fabs a laugh!
#Beatles
How lovely to have given the Fabs a laugh!
#Beatles
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I’ve never seen a better image of “proud parents” than this of Zohran Mamdani’s parents at his inauguration.
January 1, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I’ve never seen a better image of “proud parents” than this of Zohran Mamdani’s parents at his inauguration.
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“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
January 1, 2026 at 11:43 AM
“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
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I bought two, babe.
January 1, 2026 at 1:33 PM
I bought two, babe.
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I'm rarely happier than when I'm writing and I wrote a lot in 2025. Features for The Times, Uncut, The New World and five cover stories for Radio Times. Liner notes for my two favourite Pauls: Macca and Weller. And my Patreon site. Here are some links to long(ish) reads you may have missed (thread).
January 1, 2026 at 8:31 AM
I'm rarely happier than when I'm writing and I wrote a lot in 2025. Features for The Times, Uncut, The New World and five cover stories for Radio Times. Liner notes for my two favourite Pauls: Macca and Weller. And my Patreon site. Here are some links to long(ish) reads you may have missed (thread).