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Ep. 236 | Ringo Live in 2025!
Riverside.FM is proud (neither legally nor officially) to present (allegedly) Chuck Swirsky and The Untitled Beatles Podcast! Brought to you (someday?) by Westmontās incredible Blue Village Vinyl.
And when not spending gobs of sweet improv cash in Chicagolandās many fine vinyl establishments, you can often find the UBP Two doing the next best thing: seeing Ringo Starr And His Approximately Infinite All Starr Band, live in Chicago!
Every ārealā Beatles fan is aware that the Chicago Theaterās most famous moment was when Donny Osmond pranced the stage nightly in a coat of many colors back in 1995. (Trivia: Thatās what killed a ton of old people that summer. #HeGone) But not anymore. Because Ringo Starr in 2025 has never sounded better, supported by a loyal, accomplished band who still rocks hard. Sometimes, for too long!
So join Tony, T.J., Ringo, some true all-stars, a replacement player (e.g. āscabā) or two, and a few great UBP listeners, for some spirited/spirits-filled conversation, and highly illegal concert audio that can rather easily be traced back to the phone on which it was recorded. LOL! So in the interest of free speech, and praying our billion dollar merger with Sinstar Media goes through, letās ignore dumb legalities/norms and instead misdirect with inane questions, like:
šØš„ Is the original āgaslightingā when Aerosmith released the exact same #1 song 17 times in the 90ās?
šš¤ Do people with CDS (Calderstone Derangement Syndrome) know theyāre actually in a cult, cruelly brainwashed by Big Apple?
āš Would the Average White Band have been more successful if theyād stopped being so damn bossy all the time?
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Ep. 235 | The Beatles at White Sox Park (1965) with Fred Ciba!
F**kād up world, aināt it Untitled Beatle People? Like all rational weirdos, weāre fed up with the fascism that (as of this writing) has removed Jimmy Kimmel from the airwaves. We stand with a fellow comic and avowed Beatles/Letterman stan, and against both censorship and emotionally crippled, diabolical jag bags.
Fortunatelyā¦ we have the perfect antidote to the state of the world, as we go back through the mists of time (cue āThe Long & Winding Roadā from āTripping The Live Fantasticā)ā¦to a time they call the 60ās (ā¦more magic piano blues noodlingā¦) and welcome a die-hard, O.G. Beatles fan and Chicago legend, āBeatleā Fred Ciba!
From being at the Beatles historic Chicago shows to shopping at the Apple Boutique and visiting the original Cavern Club, Fred experienced it all, in real time. Join us as Fred provides a fascinating glimpse into the exhilaration of Beatlemania, as heard on Chicagoās bygone, legendary rock radio stations like WLS, WIND, and WCFL.
Fred also puts up with a fair amount of unnecessary, and, arguably, outright disrespectful nonsense from T.J. (YA SHOCKED?) as the Gab Two also ask:
š¦¶ Will the standalone vinyl of āAnthology 4ā feature āNow & Thenā (Dave Clark Remix)?
š (Angry Chicago Guy, heās wearing a fake LaMarr Hoyt jersey): How come the Herbie Hancock building aināt named after no talking car no more? And how come I aināt never met no other white guy named LaMarr?
šŖ UBP JOKE WORKSHOP ALERT: If a bunch of jerks listen to The Cyrkle, does that make them (wait for it) The JerkCyrkles?
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Ep. 234 | The Beatles "Help!" (1965 Film) Part 3
Their second film is fab and gear! Untitled Peedles, Have No Fear! 2025, what a year! And our final look at āHelp!ā has arrived! #WeDidntWriteNoPoetry
Tony, T.J., and producer P3Z-Casz put the Finnishing touchers on their āHelp!ā deep-dish, with a side of extra kvetching, as old, sad, deranged people do. Who doesnāt want to hear that? Are U a fan or not, pal? And, while weāre here, are you a fan of these questions?
š (Angry Chicago Guy, heās up late, hoping MeTV will show ONE MORE āHoganās Heroesā before sunrise:) āHow come Tony thinks he can name so many improv scenes on āThe Bear?ā Does this jagbag think heās Del Charna? (#Runaway) And how come Mike Myers never made no movie about Del that I read about in the Reader back when Borders was on Diversy and Clark and Diane aināt dead?ā
š¤¦āāļø Why didn't T.J. get to his āsuper importantā, underlined note about a āshockingly differentā Paul vocal track in the heavily edited āThe Night Beforeā scene? The guys recorded for like six hours, what the hell?
š“ What about your fatherās horse?
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Ep. 233 | The Beatles "Help!" (1965 Film) Part 2
Help! I need somebody once told me the world is filled with Kaili, but some folks call her Kylie instead. (#SmashMinogue)
What does any of this have to do with the āHelp!ā film? Good point, Buck O(wens); but, then again, what does anything in āHelp!ā have to do with āHelp!ā? I mean, the boys are skiing, theyāre fighting villains at restaurants, they legit own multiple vending machinesā¦ Talk about privilege! #DefundTheBeatles
60 years on, āHelp!ā presents some of the most iconic scenes and songs in any Beatles-related film not named āBroad Streetā. And gentlepeople, this week, Tony & T.J. have got the tapes on āHelp!ā- specially, the original MPI VHS - and they begin to break down the Fabās second movie. They also break down emotionally, as they ponder:
š¬ Does P3Z-CASZ represent a dystopian future, or merely a few (legal) edibles?
š£ (Angry Chicago Guy, after a few Malorts and general sadness because he hasnāt seen Diane since the series finale of āERā): HOW COME THE LONDON HARRODS DONāT SERVE NO FRIED CHICKEN LIKE THEY DO AT THE HARRODS CHICKEN SHACK ON SOUTH WABASH? AND HOW COME THESE BEATLE BOZOS MAKE SO MANY DUMB JOKES ABOUT REGIONAL CHICKEN RESTAURANTS BUT DONāT GOT THE BALLS TO SOLVE NO BROWNS MURDERS?
šøT.J. here - real Untitled Beatle Peedles have already streamed ā13 GREEN POTATOESā, the new kick-ass album from our very own MENDOZA that just dropped, right? RIGHT? Donāt make P3Z-CASZ find you! (See below for link!)
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Ep. 232 | Hot Beatle News! Anthology 2025 and Power To The People
BIG BREAKING BEATLE NEWS (from like a week ago):
T.J. finally scored Ringo's VH1 Storytellers cassette from Psychic Records in Brooklyn.
Lots to react to, between this development and some business about a new Anthology release and Power to the People box set.
Open up those wallets and get geared up for all the grumps and gripes, as the Gab Two (+ Casey!) give Angry Drunk Chicago Guy a run for his money, with the hard hitting questions like:
š°š„ WHERE'M I SUPPOSEDA GET 400 BUCKS FOR ANTHOLOGY VINYL WHEN I ALREADY SOLD MY WEDDING RING FOR A MACCA TICKET?
š°š„ HOW COME THESE APPLE JAGS ARE MAKING ME BUY ANTHOLOGIES 1-3 ALL OVER AGAIN? AND REVOLVER SUPER DELUXE? AND PEPPER SUPER DELUXE? AND WHITE ALBUM SUPER DELUXE? AND ABBEY ROAD SUPER DELUXE? AND LET IT BE SUPER DELUXE?
šæš„ WHEN'S UNTITLED H.R. GONNA FINALLY STEP IN TO END THE BULLYING CAMPAIGN AGAINST TONY MENDOZA? IF LOVIN' THE SAXOPHONE IS WRONG, MY GUY DON'T WANNA BE RIGHT.
(We'll resume our "Help!" deep dish as soon as we get this out of our system. Thanks for your patience.)
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Ep. 231 | The Beatles "Help!" (1965 Film)
āHelp!ā Itās the second smash film, from the biggest band in the world, released when Beatlemania was still at its peak. Itās filled with great - and in a few cases, top-tier - Beatles music. Its cast includes well known actors, and the director was an expert in maximizing the boys comedic, personable on-screen talents. It satirizes the burgeoning Bond franchise and, itās in color! (Take that, Boxing Day 1967 UK airing of āMagical Mystery Tourā)
And yet the question must be asked all these years later: is āHelp!ā a classic? A great movie? Merely a good one? And in the grand scheme of Beatles excellence, whatās wrong with that?
UBPās Medved and Maltin (which oneās which??) ask these questions, and also ponder:
ā Is Poisonās āEvery Rose Has Ken Thorneā the most famous power ballad about the āHelp!ā incidental music composer?
šæ Are The Skitles Obertauernās most famous skiing-themed band? No? Cool, go ahead and name a few more, since you seem to know so much about ski-bands from Obertauern. Weāll wait.
š¦ (Angry Chicago Guy): HOW COME MACCA DEEP CUT āZOO GANGā DIDNāT GET NO LOVE AS THE THEME SONG TO ED ASNERāS SHORT LIVED 1987 NBC DRAMA, āTHE BRONX ZOOā? AND HOW COME CBS DIDNāT GIVE MARTIN MULLāS āDOMESTIC LIFEā MORE TIME TO GROW AN AUDIENCE BACK IN ā85? AND HOW COME WOR SUPERSTATION OUT OF NEW YORK DONāT SHOW āDOMESTIC LIFEā NO MORE LATE AT NIGHT AFTER MARTIN MULL DIED AND DIANE STILL AINāT HOME FROM BOWLING LEAGUE?
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Ep. 230 | All-Star Beatle Batting Orders
WHEW! What a Fest that was! This week, the gents are catching their breath. So join us in the bleachers with a cold one, as we revisit a summertime classic.
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Originally released August 13, 2022
Itās obvious that The Beatles first love was music. But their fabbest love was for the American sport of baseball, with its electrifying foul balls, nail-biting bunts, and contemplative rain delays. And thatās why this week, T.J. and Tony have each compiled a major league set of fab tunes to compete against one another in this All-Star Beatle Batting Order Midsommer Classic.
This Week in Untitled Beatles Baseball:
š„ After a severe brow-beating from Cubs manager Lee Elia, is pinch drummer Jimmie Nicol getting sent down to the minors?
š® Did superstitious T.J.ās ā8-Track Onlyā fast cause him to make a crucial Sgt. Pepper fielding error?
š Should Tony "Bullethead" Mendoza have gotten ejected for trying to doctor the āBungalow Billā?
Plus another edition of Starās Search!
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Ep. 229 | The Beatles Live at Essen (1966)
This week, Tony and T.J. step aside and hand their mics over to Eurotrash broadcast sensations GlĆ¼cklich und Froh, recording LIVE from the Grugahalle in Essen, Mutter Deutschland. Listen along as they dig into the recently surfaced bootleg board recordings from the start of the Beatlesā 1966 world tour.
Was it sloppy? Was it rock n roll? It sure was feelinā dank.
While theyāre at it, the Zwei Zornzwerge wander off the autobahn and wonder:
š„ Which Peter would you take in a fist fight: Brady or Gordon?
š„ Which āGot To Get You Into My Lifeā would you take in a fist fight: Cliff Bennett and the Rabble Rousers, or Blood, Sweat & Tears?
š„ [Angry drunk Chicago guy] How come EMI still aināt released the bootleg board recordings from the St. Peterās Wooltonās Parish Church fete?
DANKE SCHĆN. UND MACH SCHAU BABY. But please vonāt vhistle.
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Ep. 228 | A Beatlefest Preview With Skylar Moody
The 2025 Chicago Fest for Beatles Fans is coming up...like a flower...next Friday, in beautiful, mobbed up Rosemont, IL. To preview the merriment and madness (#ourhouse), the UBP welcomes #1 Beatle Stan, Fab/Gear social media influencer, and friend of the program, Skylar Moody!
Plus, Producer Casey drops by to help preview the 3rd Annual UBP F**k It We'll Do It Live Taping at The Fest! And as piano hero and fascism fighter Ben Folds says, "but wait, there's more!", like...
ā³ļø At which legendary Rosemont dining establishment are the UBP3 (#Cantaloop?) more likely to dine during a union-mandated Fest dinner break: Giordanos, Caddyshack, or that Hyatt bar that used to rotate but no longer does unless you've made mistakes?
š If you can't own a physical copy of "Beatles '64", does it even exist? Do you?
š» Will the UBP's live Tribute to Terri Hemmert be the most memorable event in Chicago media history since Geraldo opened Al Capone's vault?
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Ep. 227 | Untitled Beatles Summer News Extravaganza
When did the news become so awful?
A: 2015.
That was more of a rhetorical question, but youāre 100% correct. It was 2015. So after 10 YEARS of doom-scrolling our collective souls (#shine) into a revolting, malodorous tarpit of human despair (access to misery included for a small monthly surcharge), how can the news be worth our time?
A: When itās SUMMER BEATLE NEWS!!! Thatās why this week T.J. and Tony catch up on a romantic hammock and muse freely on the latest from the Land of Fab. And as they sway to the calm breezes of the Beatleverse, it rocks them to sleep #FileUnderRock, conjuring delightful afternoon visionsā¦
šļø Settling into his fireside armchair, T.J. enjoys an aperitif of Martini & Rossi while cracking into the 26-Volume Encyclopedia of Press To Play by Luca Perasi, with foreword by Danny Zuko from Grease.
š At a White Hen Pantry, Tony tries a new slushie flavor: Lemon Twig, which elicits an acute case of brain freeze. Channeling Sexy Sadie, he recites a MANTRA OF THE COSMOS, and hovers above a display of various Ringo reissues from the 00s. In his trancelike state, Tony pitches/pesters the clerk about selling āTom Green-flavored condomsāā¦for GOATS!
šŗ Itās last call at Ratcatcherās Tavern. There, leaning on the edge of the bar like itās his only friend (it is), the Angry Drunk Chicago guy launches into his latest Ted Talk:
HEY IF HEāS SO SMART HOW KUM DAT MEATHEAD ROB REINERSDORF WASNāT IN DA MOVIE ABOUT MEATBALLS?? (belch) YA KNOW... (fart) DOZ MURRAY BRUTHERSSS OWE ME BIG TIME. CUZ GHOSTBUTLERS WUZ MY IDEA...
And out of nowhere, a Vaudeville cane removes him from the frameā¦
Scroll up for the Untitled Beatles Summer News Extravaganza!!!
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