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Fun Listen

Revisado: 04-20-25

Cool discussion of info useful for trivia and the like. It’s was very enjoyable and the reader does a good job.

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Engaging

Revisado: 04-13-25

After reading this book, the old saying comes to mind, “People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” That about sums up Scott’s book. Only that the rough man in this story is kind, conscientious, empathetic, and introspective. Great audiobook.

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Great Story

Revisado: 04-10-25

The San Francisco time is very interesting. So did MKUltra work? And if so, who were the test subjects? Van Hooten, Atkens, Watson? Manson?

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Very Well Presented

Revisado: 03-08-25

Very balanced presentation. Lots of material; lots of facts, but never any over the top apocalyptic rhetoric.

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Good

Revisado: 12-14-23

It’s very thought-provoking. Unfortunately, we as a society may be past the point of no return. 

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Fascinating

Revisado: 11-27-22

An extremely interesting story. While Fbi wasted time on Miller, Hanson went hog wild for 20 years.

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Listened to It 2x Back to Back

Revisado: 03-12-22

I can say that I have read or listened to most every Beatle book there is: from Spitz, Lewisohn, and Doggett, to Asher, Davies, McDonald, and Womack. And this book is the best one.

At first I was hesitant about purchasing this audiobook. Especially when the description described it as the personal opinion of the author and what The Beatles meant to him. I usually don’t want to read or hear about what the writer has to say about his own feelings and how the Beatles affected him. And then when I started to listen, the first thing I hear is a beatlesk song that in some far and remote world sounded like Day Tripper (but wasn’t). At that point I thought I made a big mistake. But not wanting to lose my audio credit I persevered and boy am I glad I did.

The author, who does a great job reading his book, tells a fantastic story that is both historic and personal; taking you along his discovery of the Beatles and his opinion of what they mean to us. Maybe I’m a little prejudiced in favor because his introduction to the Beatles was the same as mine — discovering an older sister‘s “Help” album and playing it over and over and over again. (Heck, I even can whistle the instrumentals on the American album.)

And just like me, when he got his hands on the 1987 CD RELEASES (the real albums and not the Capitol Records cut ups), his confusion and dislike of the “new” was right on the mark; (like waiting for the James Bond intro to start the American album that I grew up with.) And yet even when he realized the horror of what Capital did to their albums, he still reminisces over the American records that we grew up listening to. The author does a great job of describing this feeling that I am sure every American Beatle fan went through in 1987.

And as far as listening to the audiobook, the author does a great job reading the material. He has a nice voice and his inflection really makes the book come alive. In one chapter when he describes the Beatlemania scream, you can almost hear it in the background as he reads the chapter. And when he talks about the songs, you stop the book, open up iTunes, and play the song so you can see and understand what he is describing.

I’ve been a Beatle fan since I was six years old and half a century later there isn’t much left to be surprised with and the author manages to do just that.

Several times listening to this story I found myself going back to the beginning of chapters just to hear the story a second time. And when I was finished, I immediately went back to the beginning of the book and started listening a second time.

Every three or four years I go through my Beatle phase where I listen to all of the music again and read two or three new (to me) books. So began this year‘s phase. Unfortunately, I do not believe I’m going to find a better book than this one. I did listen to Robert Rodriguez’s book about his opinion that the real masterpiece in the Beatles catalog is Revolver and not Sergeant Pepper.

If I was stranded on the moon with only one book, this one would be it. Bravo Mr. Sheffield. Bravo!

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Great Story

Revisado: 01-20-22

I’ve always wanted to read about the Black Dahlia but because it’s so infamous and ubiquitous, I just figured I would get around to it. And then when I would have time, it was always “which book?” So many authors and theories. And then I saw this podcast and it was great. Mr. Laux gives the reader a wonderful ride. Down one road so convincingly only to hit a wall; and then about face, and start down another more convincing than the previous. And at the end you see how a person can go around and around and never get anywhere. However, this podcast takes you somewhere and also tells you about all the other significant stories along the way. Overall this is the one to listen to.

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Outstanding Book

Revisado: 11-15-21

This was the best book I read/ listen to about the trial. As an attorney it is often the case that legal stories are missing a great deal, or too dramatic, or they are profoundly unreadable due to the author’s attempt to sound legal. Not this book. It’s very balanced, easy to follow, and gives the reader a good feel for the legal issues facing the parties without being overly technical. if there is a better book on the Nuremberg trials, I am not aware of it. Bravo!

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THIRD TIMES THE CHARM … BUT

Revisado: 05-13-21

Well, the third time at it and I finished the great American novel. Yet, the same things that prevented me from finishing the book in HS, and again in college, were the final chapters. Melville’s ranting on and on about the whale, its anatomy, the entire history of the whale, every whale, etc., was so monotonous that it almost derailed me again. Maybe because I listened to it this time instead of reading it allowed me to day dream when the final chapters rolled in. But the ending was powerful and really drew the story to a close. Great I am not so sure. But good definitely.

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