Glass Onion: On John Lennon

Glass Onion: On John Lennon


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Episode 99.5- Paul Is Dead
April 01, 2024

We felt it in poor taste to add show notes at such a sad time for the world...

Episode 99- Gimme Some (More) Truth
February 15, 2024

In the last episode before we notch up our century, Antony flies solo to muse on and discuss various items of Lennon interest. In order, these are the 40th anniversary of the Milk And Honey album, t

Episode 98- John Lennon And Me
December 19, 2023

We round off Glass Onions 5th year with a personal episode. Antony explores further his origin story with John Lennon and the ongoing relationship and fascination with the subject of our show (yes, i

Episode 97- John Lennon in 1967 with Tony Green (Part 3 of 3)
December 06, 2023

We conclude our 1967 odyssey by picking up from mid-June and detailing all the main Lennon and Beatles events for the rest of 1967. The Beatles are linked by satellite to hundreds of millions, they

Episode 96- John Lennon in 1967 with Tony Green (Part 2 of 3)
November 03, 2023

In this episode we start to work our merry way through the Lennon/Beatles events events of this most swinging of Beatleyears, reaching mid-June. The Fabs start off by releasing what could be their

Episode 95: John Lennon In 1967 with Tony Green (Part 1 of 3)
October 16, 2023

1967 is a year that has gone into legend for various reasons. Was it the year of peace and love? Was there any real love in it at all? Or was it just like any other year, a heady mix of everything goo

Episode 94- Shake It Up Baby!- The Beatles and 1963 with Ken McNab (Part 2 of 2)
September 26, 2023

Ken McNab and I complete our discussion about his new book 'Shake It Up Baby!: The Rise of Beatlemania And The Mayhem of 1963' and the general atmosphere and events of that breathless year. This time

Episode 93- Shake It Up Baby!: The Beatles and 1963 with Ken McNab (Part 1 of 2)
September 22, 2023

Following the shows on 1962, we seamlessly move to 1963 with the welcome return of Ken McNab to talk about his new book 'Shake It Up Baby!: The Rise of Beatlemania And The Mayhem of 1963'. After Ken g

Episode 92- John Lennon In 1962 with David 'Ghosty' Wills (Part 3 of 3)
August 29, 2023

We complete our deep dive into 1962 in the outer world and in the Beatles family psychodrama, picking up from late July with Beatles events including a historic change of drummer, John Lennons marria

Episode 91- John Lennon In 1962 with David 'Ghosty' Wills (Part 2 of 3)
July 27, 2023

In this episode, Antony and Ghosty start discussing the Beatles/Lennon events of 1962, covering January to June. Particular focus is put on the Pete Best issue and the death of Stuart Sutcliffe, not t