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PopaHALLics #60 Get Back


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"Get Back"
All you need is ... 8 hours to tell the story of the Beatles' recording sessions for the album "Let It Be" and their famous rooftop concert, the last time they played in public together. Steve says Peter Jackson's documentary on Disney + is a shade too long but it's thrilling to see the Beatles create songs that are now part of our pop DNA. Dad and daughter also discuss:

Streaming

  • "The Wheel of Time," Amazon Prime. Jeff Bezos tries to find the next "Game of Thrones" fantasy epic in Robert Jordan's much-loved series of books.
  • "tick ... tick ... BOOM!," Netflix. Lin-Manuel Miranda directed this a musical biopic about playwright Jonathan Larson, who would create "Rent." Andrew Garfield stars.
  • "The Harder They Fall," Netflix. All the principal characters are black in this stylish, violent revisionist Western with a fantastic cast.
  • "Hawkeye," Disney +. The archer (Jeremy Renner) from the Avengers reluctantly gets a young partner (Hailee Steinfeld) in this new miniseries.

Books

  • "The Song of Achilles," Madeline Miller.
  • "The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music," Dave Grohl.
  • "The Book of Magic," Alice Hoffman.

Popahallics #60 Playlist
Why "let it be" when you can have a playlist chock full of musical greatness! Our latest features the Beatles, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, and numbers from the "tick ... tick ... BOOM!" soundtrack. Listen.

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PopaHALLicsBy Steve & Kate Hall

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