Two weeks ago, a short article was published about a TYF Beatles podcast involving myself (David Plumer) and an outside contributor. The podcast itself, reviewing The Beatles’ debut, Please Please Me, was posted a few days later. With reasons ranging from…
TYF Reviews The Beatles!
The Young Folks’ David Plumer and off-site contributor, Liam Butler, are reviewing every Beatles album ever from Please Please Me to Let It Be . . . but not Yellow Submarine. Who needs Yellow Submarine anyways? While there are no…
GRAMMYS: A Subjective History of the Album of the Year Winners
[tps_header] A subjective history of the Album of the Year Grammy, in reverse. By Ryan Maffei [/tps_header] [tps_title]2015 -2000[/tps_title] 2015 — Beck beats Beyoncé (absolutely ridiculous), Pharrell (probably somewhat ridiculous), Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran (well). Verdict: RIDICULOUS 2014 —…
From the Record Crate: The Beatles – “Beatles for Sale” (1964)
On Facebook today, I saw a fellow music writer—one of my favorite music writers, in fact—say happy birthday to The Beatles’ Rubber Soul. That’s strange, because Rubber Soul’s birthday was yesterday and it was only turning 49. Beatles for Sale,…
The Film Canon: A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
On July 6th, 2014, Richard Lester’s rock n’ roll musical comedy, A Hard Day’s Night, starring The Beatles turned 50 years old. On July 7th, 2014, Ringo Starr turned 74. Today, I saw A Hard Day’s Night digitally restored on the big screen. I…
Read of the Week: The Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah Ockler
Jude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but the most important thing is this: The Vargas brothers are notorious heartbreakers. She’s seen the tears and disasters that dating a Vargas boy can cause, and she swore an oath—with…
Read of the Week: Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt
When Mallory’s boyfriend, Jeremy, cheats on her with an online girlfriend, Mallory decides the best way to de-Jeremy her life is to de-modernize things too. Inspired by a list of goals her grandmother made in1962, Mallory swears off technology and…