Sex, Death and Progressive Nostalgia: AKOM Talks w/ Dr. Richard Mills

SUMMARY: Dr. Richard Mills joins Phoebe and Daphne for a chit-chat about all things fandom: slash fiction, Beatle novels, murder, conspiracies, tribute bands, horny editors, biopics, Superfan authors and anything else that pops up! 

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Dr Richard Mills is an Associate Professor in English Literature and Popular Culture at St Mary’s University, London. He has been programme director for the Film and Popular Culture, Cultural Studies and Irish Studies degrees. He has published extensively on popular music, Irish literature and culture, film, fashion and British television. Mills is the author of The Beatles and Fandom: Sex, Death and Progressive Nostalgia (Bloomsbury 2019). He is co-editor of Mad Dogs and Englishness (Bloomsbury 2017) and The Beatles and Humour (Bloomsbury 2023). He is author of the forthcoming The Beatles and Black Music: Post-colonial Theory, Musicology and Remix Culture (Bloomsbury 2025). Richard is a regular contributor to BBC4’s Last Word, Sky News, RTE, Portobello Radio and BBC Live. He is also on the editorial board of The Journal of Beatles Studies.

FURTHER READING Understanding Fandom by Mark Duffett Dancing in the Streets by Barbara Ehrenreich The Historian and the Beatles by Erin Torkelson Weber A Woman’s History of the Beatles by Christine Feldman Barrett Beatleness: How the Beatles and Their Fans Remade the World By Candy Leonard Shout, John Lennon: The Life and Paul McCartney: A Life by Philip Norman Tune In by Mark Lewisohn Revolution in the Head by Ian McDonald Beatlebone by Kevin Barry The Barracks by John McGahern Memoir by John McGahern Snodgrass and Other Illusions by Ian R. MacLeod Across the Universe: Tales of Alternative Beatles by Michael A. Ventrellla and Randee Dawn

The Funkles! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwEuWt_Ow_w