Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 444, which is one hundred and eleven more exciting then Episode 333! This week: Off-season awards; Dave’s controversial tweets; acceptance; unfunny groove; our Return of the King; Peter Jackson ruined; Hobbit forming; Core values; immersive nostalgia; terrifying old ladies; mean machines; Pixar horror; It’s the pits; viewer as the victim; Top 10 Stephen King films; hobbling minority; the Big Ben of America; throwing money at an invisible wall; 30-year...

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 410 of the podcast that never ends. This week: name change; let’s get to the bottom of this; nervous making; pet guilt; winter is coming; comediennes; Phyllis Diller and her unsupportive husband; Batman villains are all made up; storyboards; low-key tiger; animated movies diss; sexy rodents; Canadianisms; political relief; where would you live; back to schooldays; sandwich travel; defensiveness; swearing in context; confronting Dave’s past; Seventies...

Hello, fellow music fanatics, and welcome to Episode 24 of our little podcast in which we celebrate mixtapes and all the wonderful music that has found its way onto those precious cassettes. This week Mary returns as host to bring you side two of her own mixtape project – designed to help pass the working hours, cleaning toilets and making beds. (A big ask for a mixtape!) So, make yourselves comfortable in the Listening Party lounge – curl up with a nice warm blanket and bring...

Well, Beatles fans, this is it: the final episode of Compleatly Beatles. We have to say we’re a little bit sad, but also pretty proud of this series. We know some of you wanted us to keep the show going into the solo albums, but we felt like that was not the core mission of the show – which was to look at and discuss every Beatles album from Please Please Me to Abbey Road and that’s exactly what we did. You’ll be glad to know that we answered some of your questions – hopefully all of them,...

Hello, Beatle fans. On this episode of Compeatly Beatles, Ian and Dave take a look at all the Beatles films: A Hard Day’s Night, Help!, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine and Let It Be. As usual, there is lots of background and history, but there is lots of discussion about the films. Which is their favourite? And which is their least favourite? As usual, they do not agree, but you’ll have to listen to find out the answer! Oh, bee tee dubs, Clara Bow was the “It” girl, not Mary Pickford,...

It’s the end of the road (see what I did there?) for Compleatly Beatles‘ look at all the Beatles’ albums – song by song, album by album. We did it! We hope you enjoyed this journey from Please Please Me – an album recorded in one day – to Abbey Road – an album with one song that took six months to complete! Which song? Well, you’ll just have to listen to Ian and Dave as they take a long (a very long) look at the Beatles final album: Abbey Road. It’s almost like they couldn’t say goodbye. But...

On this episode of Compleatly Beatles, Ian and Dave take a look at Get Back/Let It Be, the Beatles most turbulent album, recorded at a particularly unhappy time for the band – George Harrison himself called the recording sessions “hell”. There is so much history and drama to this album that the historical context almost overwhelms the song by song analysis, but it’s all very interesting and we’re sure you will enjoy it. So sit back and let’s Get Back (PS. We know that Let It Be officially...

Well, everyone, it seems like it’s time to take a look at the red-headed stepchild of the Beatles’ catalogue and give a quick once over before we move on to more important albums, but Dave says not so fast. He thinks it’s time we re-evaluated this much-maligned record and remove what he calls “The Curse of the Yellow Submarine Soundtrack”. And he makes a pretty darn convincing argument too. Perhaps you’ll agree with him; perhaps not – but join Ian and Dave as they take another look at some of...

Welcome to the second half  of our coverage of The Beatles (also known as The White Album). Any of you listeners out there who asked for even longer shows, this one is for YOU! For anyone who didn’t want the show to get any more bloated than it is, WE’RE SORRY! But there is just SO MUCH to talk about!  To switch it up a bit, Dave and Ian are joined by friend and local Vancouver music legend David M. of No Fun who is probably an even bigger Beatles nerd than Dave and has the advantage of...

On this episode of Compleatly Beatles, Ian and Dave discuss the first two sides of the Beatles only double album, The Beatles (aka The White Album. They also discuss the first of two singles released before The Beatles, “Lady Madonna” and its b-side “The Inner Light”. We’ll hear about The Beatles trip to Rishikesh; we’ll hear about the steady disintegration of the Beatles as a band; and we’ll hear about their struggles to complete their greatest achievement – the delightful, infuriating,...

This week on Compleatly Beatles, Sneaky Dragon’s Ian Boothby and David Dedrick join The Beatles at the height of their psychedelia and go on a Magical Mystery Tour. Join them as they discuss the songs, the stories behind the songs and a little bit of the history of the Magical Mystery Tour project. They also bid a sad farewell to the first and maybe greatest pop music manager, Brian Epstein. Dave has been looking forward to this one since the album contains probably his favourite Beatles...

This is it! The jewel in the Beatles crown; the ne plus ultra of pop music. There will never be another quite album like Sgt. Pepper’s and Ian and Dave are all over it. Songs are discussed; production is explained; and trivia is thrown around like so much confetti. Join Sneaky Dragon’s Ian Boothby and David Dedrick as they celebrate one of The Beatles’ greatest achievements. Once again, this episode went a l-i-i-i-ittle long, but, come on! Sgt. Pepper’s…

Here is the episode Dave was waiting for: Revolver – his favourite album by The Beatles! The Beatles take a giant step into the musical pantheon with one of the most imaginative, innovative and important albums ever made – not to mention one of the all-time greatest singles in Paperback Writer with Rain – arguably one of – if not the – greatest B-side of all time. Ian and Dave break it all down in  minute detail for all you Beatlemaniacs. We apologize right off the top for the excessive...

This week on Compeatly Beatles, we look at the fantastic 1965 album Rubber Soul as well as the first double A-sided single “Day Tripper” and “We Can Work It Out”. It’s another long episode, but there’s just so darn much to talk about as the Beatles begin the next phase of their recording career and leave behind their Beatlemania era-style. There is also a little controversy as David defends and Ian condemns John Lennon’s “Run for Your Life”. Don’t worry though; they were still talking at the...

Join Ian Boothby and David Dedrick from the Sneaky Dragon podcast for a -sometimes humorous – look at The Beatles’ album Help!. They had lots to say about the album this week – some criticism and some praise – and Dave gives a quick overview of The Beatles North American albums. Thanks for listening.

On this episode of Compleatly Beatles, Ian and Dave take a look at the very underrated Beatles’ album Beatles for Sale and their revolutionary single, “I Feel Fine” b/w “She’s a Woman”. After the little masterpiece that is A Hard Day’s Night, The Beatles came back down to earth for Beatles for Sale, a rushed recording schedule coupled with an insane amount of touring meant it was back to covers for a band that barely had time to play their own songs live. What do Ian and Dave make of all this?

This week we’re joined by David’s cousin Jason Dedrick to talk Beatles, Beatles, Beatles! And this week there was much to discuss: the single I Want to Hold Your Hand and its B-side This Boy, the album A Hard Day’s Night and the only EP to contain non-album tracks Long Tall Sally get a thorough talking over. Thanks for listening!

  This week, Sneaky Dragon’s Ian Boothby and David Dedrick look at the Beatles second album, Please Please Me, as well as their third and fourth singles, “From Me to You” and “She Loves You”. Ian finds his own narrative on the LP; David gives George Martin his props and discusses John and Paul’s writing methods. There is also the usual general silliness.

Here is a new podcast we hope fans of Sneaky Dragon will enjoy. We seem to spend a lot of time discussing the Beatles on the show – we all know that Dave is a super-fan – so we thought we’d spend some time discussing each album – in order – and each song – ma-a-aybe in order – and get down to what is really right, which is that the Beatles were the greatest band OF ALL TIME! The show will be appearing here and on iTunes every two weeks until we run out of albums. This week, we begin at the...