To celebrate our 400th episode, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo welcome back two past co-hosts, Steve Marinucci and Al Sussman, for a look back at some of the show’s history and a discussion of social media, podcasts and other ways of exploring the Beatles legacy, and its effect on the world of Beatles scholarship, fandom and the Beatles popularity in 2023. Here are the links for several items that were mentioned in the news segment this time and in recent shows: Denny Laine’s Go...

In episode 399 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo have a chat with the producer, engineer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Bruce Sugar about his work with Ringo since “Ringo Rama,” and offer their reactions to Ringo’s new EP, “Rewind Forward.” During the news segment of the show we promised links for Denny Laine’s Go Fund Me page as well as the ticket page for a benefit concert for Denny Laine. Here are the links: Denny Laine: Go Fund Me...

In episode 399 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo have a chat with the producer, engineer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Bruce Sugar about his work with Ringo since “Ringo Rama,” and offer their reactions to Ringo’s new EP, “Rewind Forward.” During the news segment of the show we promised links for Denny Laine’s Go Fund Me page as well as the ticket page for a benefit concert for Denny Laine. Here are the links: Denny Laine: Go Fund Me...

In episode 398 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo take a look at John Lennon’s “Mind Games” album on the 50th anniversary of its release, and remember John on what would have been his 83rd birthday. During the news segment of the show we promised links for Denny Laine’s Go Fund Me page and the All You Need Is Love Beatles Tribute Tour. Here they are:   Denny Laine: Go Fund Me...

In episode 397 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo talk to Steve Matteo about his new book, “Act Naturally – The Beatles on Film.” During the show we mention a few people or subjects we’ve also covered in other episodes, so if you missed those, here are the relevant links: Episode 337:  Our interview with Dr. Bob Hieronymus & Laura Cortner discuss their books about “Yellow Submarine,” – “Inside The Yellow Submarine” and “It’s All In the Mind – Inside the...

            In episode 396 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo discuss Ringo’s new track, “Rewind Forward,” Dolly Parton’s new cover of “Let It Be” with Paul and Ringo, and the freshly liberated recording of the Beatles at Stowe, April 4, 1963 – and that’s just the news section. The rest of the show is Wrack Our Brains, an idea we borrowed from our colleagues at Talk More Talk, in which each co-host poses two opinion questions that the others haven’t heard in...

            In episode 395 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo choose their favorite and least favorite tracks from each of the Beatles British albums. It was harder than we expected, particularly selecting “least favorite” tracks, since let’s face it, the Beatles were the zenith of Western Civ and there are no actual bad tracks. (Hey…I heard that. No. There aren’t.) As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We...

            In episode 395 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo choose their favorite and least favorite tracks from each of the Beatles British albums. It was harder than we expected, particularly selecting “least favorite” tracks, since let’s face it, the Beatles were the zenith of Western Civ and there are no actual bad tracks. (Hey…I heard that. No. There aren’t.) As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We...

In episode 394 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo reconvene for another chat with Mark Rivera, the saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist who has been the music director of Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Bands since the 1990s, as well as being a member of Billy Joel’s band since 1982, having worked with many other artists as well. This time we continue our discussion with Mark about working with Ringo, and also discuss with Mark the (mostly Beatles) tracks on which...

            In episode 393 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo have a chat with Mark Rivera, the saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist who has been the music director of Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Bands since the 1990s, as well as being a member of Billy Joel’s band since 1982, and having worked with many other artists. We had such a good time – but had so many questions left when we ran out of time – that we’ll be speaking with Mark again for our next show, so...

            In episode 392 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo celebrate Paul McCartney’s 81st birthday (on June 18) by choosing one favorite song of his from each decade he has been working – from the 1960s to the present.             In the news segment, Ken noted the passing of Chas Newby, who played bass for the Beatles very briefly at the end of 1960. Here is a link to the Things We Said Today episode in which Ken and Steve Marinucci interviewed Mr....

            In episode 391 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo discuss George Harrison’s “Living in the Material World” album – Ken’s favorite album of all time – on its 50th anniversary (along with a quick overview of what George got from the “Bhagavad Gita,” and what he was telling us about it through the album). As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of...

              In episode 390 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo revisit “The Beatles 1962-1966” (the “Red” Album) and “1967-1970” (the “Blue” Album) on their 50th anniversary, each adding (and in some cases deleting) tracks to make updated 2023 versions. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email...

            In episode 389 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo speak with Denny Seiwell, who played drums on the RAM album and became the first drummer for Wings (1971-3). The subject is mostly Red Rose Speedway, released 50 years ago this month, but Denny discusses other aspects of his time with Wings as well.             As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or...

            In episode 388 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo celebrate the 60th anniversary of the release of the Beatles first UK LP, “Please Please Me” by looking at various aspects of the album and its individual tracks. (Plus a rare cameo by Yoda, one of Allan’s cats.) As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email...

            In episode 387 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo speak with the composer and author Albert Glinsky about his new book, “Switched On – Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution,” and the use of the Moog by the Beatles, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and other pop musicians (and films and TV shows).             At one point, Ken mentions an isolation of the Moog and string parts in “Here Comes the Sun.” Here is a link that clip:...

            In episode 386 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo celebrate what would have been George Harrison’s 80th birthday by each choosing five deep cuts – tracks that we feel should be better-known and better-appreciated than they are – as well as our top five Harrison albums (not counting “All Things Must Pass,” which we are assuming is at or near the top of everyone’s lists). As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any...

            In episode 385 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo celebrate Yoko Ono’s 90th birthday with a discussion about her life and work with Dan Richter, the actor, author and longtime assistant to John and Yoko, and Madeline Bocaro, the author of the important new Yoko biography, “In Your Mind – The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono.” As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments...

            In episode 384 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo each discuss some of their favorite covers of Beatles tracks by other artists – some of them rare, out-of-the-way tracks that you may not know, but should, because they’re inventive and fun. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email...

            In episode 383 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo have a chat with Gary Burr, a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who, besides having written hits for Juice Newton, Lady Antebellum, Garth Brooks and many others, collaborated with Ringo Starr on about three dozen songs over the past 20 years, and played guitar and bass as part of his recording (and occasional concert) band, the Roundheads. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode...

            In episode 382 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo discuss their favorites among the songs the Beatles wrote (or simply gave) to other artists, both during the group’s active years and in the 53 years since they broke up.             As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address...

            In episode 381 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo review Mary McCartney’s documentary about the Abbey Road Studios, “If These Walls Could Sing,” and then each discuss their favorite Beatles releases and events from 2022, and look ahead to 2023. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email...

In episode 380 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels and Darren Devivo interview Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair about their new book, “The McCartney Legacy, Vol. 1, 1969-1973,” the first in a projected four-volume series that offers an in-depth look at Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles life and art.

            In episode 379 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo commemorate the 21st anniversary of the passing of George Harrison by each assembling a two CD compilation of what they consider his best or most essential work.             At the end of the show, we mention a charity raffle to benefit Martin House Children's Hospice in Boston Spa, England. A £2 ticket buys you a chance to win one of three signed copies of “The McCartney Legacy, Vol. 1,...

            In episode 378 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo look at the new Giles Martin-Sam Okell remix, as well as the surround mix, of “Revolver." (The outtakes were covered in the last edition.) Also lots of news, including some thoughts about Paul’s new singles box. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email...