Category Archives: Media

The Absences of “Yesterday” (a world without Beatles)

Posted on September 1, 2019 by mediawally

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Remembering Dinner with Dick Gregory

Posted on August 21, 2017 by mediawally

“Excuse me while I have my dinner.” As I remember, with that observation Dick Gregory (on stage) reached for a glass of what we’d now call a smoothie and demonstrated how his form of solid food fasting was anything but … Continue reading →

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Adam West: The Batman Who Mattered

Posted on June 19, 2017 by mediawally

Adam West saved Batman. At least, for me. As a young viewer and comic book fan, I saw the Adam West Batman series from episode one and was thrilled as one of my favorite heroes made the leap from the … Continue reading →

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Micky Dolenz solo concert: Victory Lap and Bucket List

Posted on June 14, 2017 by mediawally

Micky Dolenz knows what makes a performance tick. For his Chicago show at City Winery (June 13) Dolenz reached way back to his Monkees audition number (“Johnny B. Goode”) and carried on through to his latest tunes (“You Bring The … Continue reading →

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The Rolling Stones Exhibitionism: Five by Five

Posted on June 9, 2017 by mediawally

The more you know going into The Rolling Stones Exhibitionism the more you’ll take out of it. It’s at Chicago’s Navy Pier, with tickets on sale through July. Here are a handful of items to spark your navigation, including a … Continue reading →

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Behind a Fabricated Beatles History

Posted on February 22, 2014 by mediawally

For stories about the Beatles, the line “It was 50 Years Ago Today” is destined to serve as a repeated hook for the better part of this decade. Most immediately, it was, in fact, also the title of an international … Continue reading →

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The Untold Story of the “Untold Story” of the first Beatles recordings (by Harry Castleman and Walter J. Podrazik)

Posted on February 22, 2014 by mediawally

Suppose, for the sake of a better story, you chose to deliberately ignore “inconvenient” facts and details that “got in the way”? In the case of the Beatles, that has happened repeatedly over the past fifty years. With professional pride, … Continue reading →

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The Beatles on TV, Live in Your Living Room

Posted on February 5, 2014 by mediawally

The musical dam was already breaking when The Beatles stepped onto The Ed Sullivan Show stage on February 9, 1964. On Billboard’s charts, the group had the country’s top single (I Want To Hold Your Hand). A pair of albums … Continue reading →

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Something Bigger, Better, and Live: The Tonys

Posted on January 6, 2014 by mediawally

The television watching theatre lover in me took great delight in the 67th annual Tony Awards program on June 9, 2013. Live from Radio City Music Hall. In particular, for the opening number, producer Ricky Kirshner, director Glenn Weiss, and … Continue reading →

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Through the MBC Prism, Forward via the Past

Posted on January 6, 2014 by mediawally

In its first full year after cutting the ribbon to a new permanent home in downtown Chicago, the Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC) hosted events and personalities from all slices of media history. Looking forward, through the prism of the … Continue reading →

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