{"id":38521,"date":"2026-10-01T14:01:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/?p=38521"},"modified":"2026-10-01T14:01:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:01:26","slug":"almost-as-good-as-the-real-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/blogs\/afternoons\/2026\/10\/almost-as-good-as-the-real-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost As Good As The Real Thing!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am so excited for the chance to experience Beatlemania TONIGHT at The Imperial Theatre.  One of my favourite bands of all time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My mom introduced me to the Beatles as a kid when she played Twist &amp; Shout and we danced and laughed in the living room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve collected a large amount of Beatles albums over the years and have found some really great ones!  Not just the big ones, but interview albums, live albums and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recent find was from their early days, The Beatles Live At the Hollywood Bowl.  To listen to them talk to the audience in between songs is one of my favourite things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a chance to feel what the audience must have felt.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can&#8217;t wait for the full Beatles live experience tonight.  If you&#8217;re going to the show, let me know. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And let&#8217;s chat tomorrow about what we all thought!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Liverpool 4 40 second Promo\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vwszR_xrTnM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I am so excited for the chance to experience Beatlemania TONIGHT at The Imperial Theatre. One of my favourite bands of all time. My mom introduced me to the Beatles as a kid when she played Twist &amp; Shout and we danced and laughed in the living room. I&#8217;ve collected a large amount of Beatles","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":36400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[5662,1220,124,442],"class_list":["post-38521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afternoons","tag-beatlemania","tag-beatles","tag-imperial-theatre","tag-sarnia"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-08 17:14:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/foxfm.com\/blogs\/afternoons\/2026\/10\/almost-as-good-as-the-real-thing\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38522,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38521\/revisions\/38522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}