We begin by reviewing Tommy's Beatles fortune cookies before we read some fan mail; offer an a-PAUL-ogy, Becker's Papa's feelings on our weak ability to crack nuts and Tommy in general; Tommy's feelings on Papa's inability to restart a modem; our amazing guest and punk rock stalwart, Mikey Erg; recording records with Steve Albini; mastering records at Abbey Road; missed connections with Robert Plant and Giles Martin; pubs in the basement of Abbey Road; bullying Donovan; homework from Jeff Tweedy; RB blowing our minds, as usual; Tommy bringing up Shakespeare...again; and the royally-themed White Album gem, "Cry Baby Cry."

Make sure to check out Mikey's new record, Love at Leeds! Need one song as a starting place?  Mikey suggests "Almost Like Judee Still."

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See the canonical, argument-ending list of Beatles songs we are assembling here: https://www.blottobeatles.com/list; listen to it on Spotify here.

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Peace and Love.

Hosts: Becker and Tommy
Guest: Mikey Erg (IG: @mikeyerg; Twitter: @mikeyerg)
Executive Producer: Scotty C.
Additional Musical Supervision: RB (@ryanobrooks)
Associate Musical Supervision: Tim Clark (@nodisassemble)
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