Bryce Zabel's Blog, page 3
December 15, 2021
Need to Know with Coulthart and Zabel
How Ross Coulthart and Bryce Zabel decided a world that doesn’t need another UFO podcast needed another UFO podcast anyway.
How an Australian Reporter and an American Producer Became Friends Without Ever Actually Meeting
And how Ross Coulthart and Bryce Zabel decided a world that doesn’t need another UFO podcast needed another UFO podcast.
Need to Know with Coulthart & Zabel
How an Australian investigative journalist and an American writer/producer who have never met decided the world needs another UFO podcast.
November 30, 2021
All My Beatles
LIKE MOST TRUE BEATLES FANS, I’ve been completely entranced since Thanksgiving Day by the chance to watch Peter Jackson’s sensational documentary The Beatles: Get Back on Disney+.
Honestly, I should probably be completely written out on John, Paul, George and Ringo. Back in 2018, I authored a book about the band, Once There Was a Way, that went on to win the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. It’s no slouchy award either; other winners include Michael Chabon and Philip Roth. So, yes, that recognition probably was as good a place to stop obsessing about my feelings for their music and their lives as I’ll ever get, but the truth is that I have more to say about the group than ever. Just can’t quit them.
Over the past month, it turns out that it took a trilogy of articles to even begin to lay out my feelings.
The Beatles Didn’t Have to Break UpWhy The Beatles Still MatterImagine a Brand New Beatles AlbumThis output may come as a shock to some of my Medium readers who know my work primarily as it has been featured on the Medium publication Trail of the Saucers. It focuses on UFO news, history, culture and analysis. So, of course, I found a way to combine these two passions, and just completed a three-part investigation into the John Lennon UFO sighting of 1974 in New York City.
There’s UFOs Over New YorkLike a UFO You Came to MeDid John Lennon Imagine His UFO Sighting?I know, I know. Two trilogies in one month on The Beatles is a lot to write and more than most people, even fans, will have time to read.
It would have been so much better if I’d stuck to UFOs. Those mysterious objects have a built-in audience these days, and the readership is surprisingly high for this material. Plus, I’m a working writer/producer in Hollywood, known for its often covert ageism, and writing about a lifetime of fascination with The Beatles certainly doesn’t hide the age thing the way my representatives would probably recommend. Still, a writer’s heart wants to write about what it wants to write about.
For now, though, I really do think I need to watch the rooftop concert portion of The Beatles: Get Back one more time, just to get the total feel of it. Besides, as long as I’m watching and listening to The Beatles, I can take a break from the writing.
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November 27, 2021
The Beatles Didn’t Have to Break Up
It’s been over 50 years since The Beatles called it quits and broke our hearts. They let it be, but they could have worked it out.
The Beatles Didn’t Have to Break Up
It’s been over 50 years since The Beatles called it quits and broke our hearts. They let it be, but they could have worked it out.
November 24, 2021
12 Ways Not to Spoil Santa for Your Kids
Parents need effective tactics to help their kids believe in Santa Claus (if they want to) without ruining the whole thing before its time.
November 21, 2021
Why The Beatles Still Matter
To people who lived through the 1960s, John, Paul, George and Ringo will always be there to help measure the times of their lives.
November 19, 2021
JFK Conspiracy Deniers Are in Denial
Oliver Stone says he is amazed there is any single adult left who could think that Lee Harvey Oswald was the one and only assassin.
Why the Kennedy Assassination Still Matters
The men who murdered the President of the United States in broad daylight didn’t respect the will of the electorate. Sound familiar?
