My assessment of the Beatles media glut

All the books seem like genuine ideas, even if they're promoting lame films. The documentaries haven't been widely seen, except for Get Back and the Anthology. - The four films aren't going to make it to the finish line.

Without the songs, they're sunk. Without a director, it's even worse. With Tom Hooper as the caretaker director, they're inching along without the rights. Disney doesn't want to write off what they were planning to make from the takeover. $2 billion is a conservative estimate of Apple Corps/Beatles IP. Buying those buildings in Liverpool would essentially bankrupt Apple Corps. We're still working out how much everyone made from the Imagine Triptych. The suits see Beatles kitsch as an evergreen brand, but they'll kill it. My album is supposed to be a reaction to the cutesy crap. -

The BBC are probably angling for song rights. I didn't intend to make 'Black' covers, but they're influenced by jazz and blues/bluegrass. My philosophy was that Arlen sounded right when he sang songs, so I could as well. They want a take of Boys. I'm sick of doing covers. Woodbine was Chinwe's grandad. Klaus is the one involved with it, so it might be reasonably good.