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Episode 99- Gimme Some (More) Truth

Glass Onion: On John Lennon

Release Date: 02/15/2024

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Glass Onion: On John Lennon

For our latest bonus episode, we offer a diversion and a trip back to the past as your humble host is interviewed about his and other people’s music by a friend in Madrid in 2016. Topics touched upon include songwriting, creativity, performance, recording and (no surprise) The Beatles and John Lennon. Preceding the interview are Antony's thoughts after a reread of the Ray Coleman revised and updated 'Lennon' biography. The next regular episode will be out at the start of November Enjoy!   Feedback to   Support the show at OR   Facebook page   Twitter handle  ...

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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, the cancelling and virtues of the Lennon-penned Beatles song ‘Run For Your Life’, May Pang’s 2022 documentary ‘The Lost Weekend: A Love Story’, the work of Mike Williams and his theory on the impossibility of the recording of ‘Rubber Soul’ (Antony gets tied in knots at this point negotiating his position in the middle ground of the mainstream-conspiracy continuum!), and an...

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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, the cancelling and virtues of the Lennon-penned Beatles song ‘Run For Your Life’, May Pang’s 2022 documentary ‘The Lost Weekend: A Love Story’, the work of Mike Williams and his theory on the impossibility of the recording of ‘Rubber Soul’ (Antony gets tied in knots at this point negotiating his position in the middle ground of the mainstream-conspiracy continuum!), and an extended look at the 2000 ‘Gimme Some Truth’ documentary.

Finally there’s a look at the recent Apple TV documentary ‘John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial’ and David Whelan’s new book ‘Mind Games: The Assassination of John Lennon’, both of which naturally focus on the grisly events of December 8th 1980.

There are multiple audio clips as ever and what is probably a record number of links in the show notes.

Episode 100 will appear in March

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episode links

John Lennon Real Life childhood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P3crKoa8tg

 

Antony’s ‘white reggae’ song ‘New World (Order)’

https://antonyrotunno.bandcamp.com/track/new-world-order

 

Mike Pachelli guitar lesson for ‘Run For Your Life’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMLC8Hhb13s

 

‘The Lost Weekend: A Love Story

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19812518/?ref_=tt_urv

 

Tony King as the Queen of England

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx-DNpoKfVg

 

Julian Lennon - Saltwater

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7vdP0VZ3dE

 

Mike Williams on the impossibility of ‘Rubber Soul’ and other theories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccEhmQ0M4FY&list=PLAW3gU1yflm_lFhOhwLoIQRXg8ZHLhevX

 

Olivia Harrison- ‘Hello Billy’ or ‘Hello babes’?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO1Q8qkVf6c

 

Ably House play ‘I Feel Fine’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkugg_tWV0Q

 

What did John Lennon play on George Harrison's songs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtd-sug3i8c

 

Trailer for ‘John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial (on Apple TV)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnSnkvGKuyI

 

David Whelan’s Substack page

https://substack.com/@davidwhelan

 

David’s ‘Mind Games’ book

https://freepress.org/article/book-review-mind-games-assassination-john-lennon

 

David on the ‘Something About The Beatles’ podcast

https://somethingaboutthebeatles.com/2024/02/09/275-anomalies-in-the-assassination-of-john-lennon-with-david-whelan/

The Man Who Shot John Lennon (1988 documentary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J8aMKRZZwQ

Dr Stephen Lynn squirms!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkw25rVcn84