Yesterday there was a celebration of Petula Clark’s career. Highlights are presented at the start of the video.
After a review of past revues, Petula offered some memories.
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Loud and Soft
More viewing on HBOmax. There was quite a contrast between watching this one night…
… and watching this the next night but, unlike the trailer, in Japanese with English subtitles.
https://youtu.be/x0ZrjocXVJ4
Only Yesterday is as quiet and gentle as Godzilla vs. Kong is the opposite of that. 1966 was the highpoint of their youth? Why yes, mine too.
Prue ’65
In celebration of Prue’s birthday, here is an item from The New Yorker during her first few months in the Big Apple. The author took a rather bemused tone regarding the proceedings. I heard from Prue today and she’s okay, avoiding Covid in Spain.
Selfie Deception
A discussion on NPR’s The Pulse of the imagined condition suffered by Charles McGill, played by Michael McKean in Better Call Saul.
Jamaica, Mon
One of the tracks featured in the HBO Watchmen series is Desmond Dekker’s hit “Isrealites,” produced by Leslie Kong.
Debuting on May 17, 1969, the single cracked the Billboard Top 10 at #9. I heard it on WRKO-AM radio in Boston. I love YouTube videos like this one, with a budget record player. It sounds fantastic, and proves the magic is in the grooves, not the gear.
The reference in the song to the groundbreaking 1967 movie Bonnie and Clyde presages the premise of Jimmy Cliff’s The Harder They Come.
So Much For Medical Tourism
Anyone hoping to have hip replacement surgery done in India will have to look elsewhere.