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Christine Feldman-Barrett

@feldmanbarrett.bsky.social
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Mod scholar, youth culture historian, Beatles expert, American academic in Australia. Author of A Women's History of the Beatles (Bloomsbury 2021).

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My Favourite Beatles Song @myfavebeatles.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
New episode! Beatles scholar @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social explores the mystery, storytelling and sitar-soaked brilliance of Norwegian Wood, and why it still feels so modern. Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1820033/epis... #beatles #thebeatles #beatlesforever
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Let's continue this important conversation about women in the #Beatles story - and as connected to the 2028 biopics. Thanks to Times journalist Lisa Verrico for reaching out to me for comment. www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...
thetimes.com
Will the women behind the Beatles finally come out of the shadows?
As four key roles are cast in Sam Mendes’s Beatles biopics, our critic says it’s time to tell the real story about the women in the Fab Four’s lives
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
What a thrill and honour to speak with internationally acclaimed Irish author Colm Tóibín for RTE's Culture File Presents: The Confort Zone. We talked women and the Beatles through the lens of the Beatles '64 doco and my book.
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Beatles 64: with Christine Feldman-Barrett XXXL Edition
Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone. Beatledemic Christine Feldman-Barrett joins Luke Clancy and Colm Toibin to watch the latest in a long line of Beatlementaries, and talk about Taylor Swift, fan...
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
RIP Terence Stamp. He was one the very best. I will be playing "Waterloo Sunset" in his honour today. ❤️
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Live Aid was 40 years ago today! Hard to believe it happened so long ago. U2's "Bad" was the stand-out moment for me and my friends. ✨️ youtu.be/HvBgRSSlVBA?...
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U2 - Bad (Live Aid 1985)
YouTube video by Live Aid
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Happy 83rd birthday to the always brilliant and beautiful Sir Paul. ❤️✨️👍🙏
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys' story reflects the best of US culture during the 20th century: the drive to creativity, representing local experience, and connecting with the wider world through music. Thank you, Brian. You channeled and manifested something truly special. ❤ ✨️🙏
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Lovely! So nice to be mentioned in such illustrious company. Thank you for the acknowledgement and I'm really looking forward to reading your book, @stuartmaconie.bsky.social. I'm hearing great things!
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
So pleased to hear this news!!! blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/22/f...
blockclubchicago.org
Former Wax Trax! Records Building Is Now A Chicago Landmark
The Lincoln Park building housed the record label and store that was a cultural hub for Chicago’s punk and alternative music scenes in the ‘80s.
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Thanks for the positive mention of my book in this article, @ladymissbarton.bsky.social. It's disappointing, though, that you don't see me as a Beatles expert. Seems to add to the problem you are pointing out. Don't think you realised... www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
independent.co.uk
The Beatles biopic is being brought to us by a trio of white men – how boring
As three male writers are announced as the people behind the new, four-part Beatles biopic – along with director Sam Mendes and stars including Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan – Laura Barton asks why wo...
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Lovely news! Congratulations, Amy @smallmegapixel.bsky.social!
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Do check this out if you have some time! ✨️
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Wow!
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
The Conversation kindly asked me to write a review of David Sheff's biography of Yoko Ono. Here it is.
theconversation.com
Yoko Ono, ‘the first female punk rocker’, is an artist of benevolent magic
Yoko Ono has long been abused as a homewrecker – and worse. A new biography celebrates her joyful positivity in adverse circumstances – and celebrates her as an artist.
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
So sad you had to leave us, Clem. Loved your drumming and Mod style. You also seemed like the nicest guy. 💖
theguardian.com
Clem Burke, Blondie’s drummer and ‘heartbeat’, dies aged 70
Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, founding members of the new wave hitmakers, pay tribute to their late bandmate
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I can't think of a more iconic garage rock anthem than The Standells' "Dirty Water." It was wonderful to have the opportunity to see a Standells reunion show in Vegas in 2000. Very sorry to hear that Larry Tamblyn has passed away. Heartfelt condolences to his nearest and dearest. ❤️
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
For all my German-speaking Beatle People: A podcast called "100 Songs" produced for Austrian radio with an episode about "My Sweet Lord." Yours truly and Beatles biographer Philip Norman chime in. Link below.
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Luddite teens! A very interesting article about youth who are not keen on the hyper-connection of smart phones and tech overall in everyday life. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/s...
nytimes.com
Now in College, Luddite Teens Still Don’t Want Your Likes
Three years after starting a club meant to fight social media’s grip on young people, many original members are holding firm and gaining new converts.
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Beat surrender. 💔 Very sad news for the Mod community today. RIP Rick Butler. www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrit...
mirror.co.uk
The Jam legend dies as heartbroken bandmates announce sad news
The Jam drummer Rick Buckler has died at the age of 69, his former bandmates Paul Weller and Bruce Foxton have confirmed in separate statements issued to fans recently
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Popular Music & Beatles academics: Would you like to join me as part of the editorial board for The Journal of Beatles Studies? If so, do apply! ✨️ liverpooluniversitypress.blog/2025/02/10/t...
liverpooluniversitypress.blog
The Journal of Beatles Studies: Call for Editorial Board members
The Journal of Beatles Studies invites applications for Editorial Board members. We welcome applications from academics and researchers globally, particularly encouraging those from under-represent…
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
adored this collection about record stores (edited by @ginanarchy.bsky.social & @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social & co.), using individual shops to pivot between local scenes & broader histories in UK, north carolina, portugal, NZ, lagos, dublin, paris, hamburg, & more. www.bloomsbury.com/us/life-deat...
book: The Life, Death, and Afterlife of the Record Store: A Global History
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Thirty years ago, a dear friend gave me Marianne Faithfull's memoir and it's not an exaggeration to say the book changed my life. Her incredible writing about the 1960s made me want to become a cultural historian about that time. Hers was an important voice. ✨️
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
From Indie Rock Chanteuse Christine Darling in the 20th century to Beatles Scholar Christine Feldman-Barrett in the 21st... 👇✨️💗💫 Photo 📷: Daniella Gleeson
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Thanks again, Huw! Hint, Hint: I'm now here on Bluesky. 👋
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Music is magical, isn't it? 💫Listening to Redd Kross on vinyl tonight just like I did when I was a teenager. The album is new but the joyful feelings are the same as back then. Really loving that the Redd Album is on red vinyl, too! Very cool. 💖
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Dear Beatle People, an important question: What Beatles or Beatles-related books would you most want to see out on the market? So many great ones with cool angles have come out the last few years and there are certainly more yet to be written. What say you? 💫
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Samira Ahmed's forthcoming book on A Hard Day's Night is sure to be excellent! I'll be very keen to see what she writes about the women that populate the film. I do love this scene at the club. The women look so cool and mod!
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Many thanks again to @smallmegapixel.bsky.social for this excellentwriteup about my 90s band Hussy. ✨️
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Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Hello all! I've done the thing. Am just starting to reach out to folks who I know from my other socials. Do you like it over here?
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