Prue says that Ringo was the “snap-happy” Beatle, taking pictures on the set of A Hard Day’s Night. He took this one of her.
That was in March, 1964. Until that month it was Paul who had been the shutterbug.
Snap-Happy Beatles
Author: DOuG pRATt
Invitation to Invasion
Mars invaded Earth twice in 1953. In War of the Worlds the Martians blasted us into submission. In Invaders from Mars their plan was to subvert us from within. These are two of my very favorite movies.
I have Invaders From Mars on a LaserDisc from Image, restored to the best possible quality at the time. They later released a 50th Anniversary DVD edition of the title.
A new restoration has been completed and Invaders from Mars is now available in 2K HD and 4K UHD. I have invited those wily Martians to invade my house by ordering a Blu-ray copy.
All the Way With LBJ
LBJ, dead 50 years ago today, at only 64 years old. Johnson was president for barely more than five years. Incredible, considering the profound changes that swept through America. There was Viet Nam and Civil Rights riots, but what a time it was to be a kid, with comic books and music!
App Hazard
Another First World Retired Guy complaint. Everybody who has more than one Internet device knows that online services have different options, depending on the application playing them. For example, SiriusXM on a Web browser isn’t that same as on Roku, and the Roku app has a “view all segments” option I haven’t noticed before when playing a podcast.
It’s called a segment but also called a chapter, which shows a lack of consistency. Worse, when using the segment feature it’s easy to lock up the app. This is my big complaint about new features. They are often added at the expense of stability and, worse, security. “Let the users be the beta testers” has become standard in the industry.
Oh, well. Back to the Web browser. It’s proven itself to be solid and reliable…
… and it works with Chromecast.
Echo of the Bunnymen
Bunnyman mourns the Pentium II, discontinued by Intel almost 20 years ago. Today, the package is comparable to the size of a phone!
From Coming of Age to Midlife Crisis
Tom Courtney as an angry working class lad in rural England. Burt Lancaster as a depressed upper class New York suburbanite. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and The Swimmer are 1960’s films that were adapted from short stories.
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
The Story
The Movie
The Swimmer
The Story
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