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Hey folks. welcome to a special episode of the projection booth.

I'm your host, Mike White.

On this episode, I'm talking with Steve Mateo.

He is the author of Act Naturally, the Beatles on Film.

It is a great look at the handful of movies that the Beatles were in.

More than just looking at those movies, he really looks at the history behind them, the influences, really terrific book, highly recommended, and perfect for the holiday.

Thanks so much for listening, and I hope you enjoy the interview.

Stephen, tell me, how did you even become a music journalist?

I've always really been into music since I was a little kid. I grew up with the radio.

That was like your world in suburbia. I was always into music. And then I really thought

radio was what I wanted to do. I grew up

during the sort of heyday of FM radio. But that really started to change a lot. And the radio

starts to become very tightly programmed. And I just felt that writing about music gave me more

freedom to write about whatever I wanted to write about.

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