{"id":95,"date":"2007-08-27T10:38:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-27T17:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=95"},"modified":"2019-06-13T13:52:51","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T17:52:51","slug":"its-beatles-ful-day-in-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/its-beatles-ful-day-in-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s a Beatles-ful Day in the Neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forty years ago today, Beatles manager Brian Epstein died of a drug overdose<\/a>. There would have been no Beatlemania without Brian. He did everything from booking their first big gigs (including the Ed Sullivan show) to designing the matching suits and instituting the coordinated bow. This Washington Post story<\/a> (site requires registration)<\/span> claims “everyone” has forgotten Brian, but while there may be no plaques to him in Liverpool, every real Beatles fan knows who he is. If you want to help Brian get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, click here<\/a>. His ghost-written autobiography<\/a> is out of print, but this book<\/a> sounds promising (as well as more truthful) and is available used for $3.10.<\/p>\n

Brian was gay at a time when homosexuality wasn’t accepted. In a cosmopolitan city like London, gays had more freedom, but Liverpool was a dangerous place.<\/p>\n

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