Queering the Beatles: AKOM Talks w/ Caleb Nichols

SUMMARY

AKOM welcomes Caleb Nichols to discuss their new album Ramon, a Beatles-inspired rock operetta. 

Caleb, Daphne and Phoebe chat about The Gay Agenda, Brian Epstein, Bisexual John Lennon, Queering History and the special influence of Queer people and culture on the Beatles Story and Universe.

PLAYLISTListen to the Beatles CALEB NICHOLS (2022)Ramon CALEB NICHOLS (2022)Captain Custard CALEB NICHOLS (2022)Mustard’s Mood CALEB NICHOLS (2022)Jerome CALEB NICHOLS (2022)

SOURCES“Caleb Nichols on Queering the Beatles” Talk House (July 22, 2022)https://www.talkhouse.com/what-made-mr-mustard-such-a-mean-old-manCaleb’s website: https://www.calebnicholsis.gay/on-tour"Caleb Nichols’ ‘RAMON’ Gives The Beatles’ Mean Mr. Mustard Respect" by Adam Sobsey (June 24, 2022) https://www.popmatters.com/caleb-nichols-ramon-reviewThe Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story by Vivek J. Tiwary (October 25, 2016) Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary by Sasha Geffen (April 7, 2020)Blotto Beatles Episode 47 “Rob Boys (feat. Caleb Nichols)A League of Their Own (film) by Penny Marshall (1992)A League of Their Own (tv series) by Will Graham and Abbi Jacobson (2022)Abbi Jacobson “Showing More Stories on a League of Their Own” Daily Showhttps://youtu.be/T8pylHidIYERamon video https://youtu.be/ZsaGxpLH2N8

Jerome video https://youtu.be/UBA0Kzl1EYA