Author: DOuG pRATt

Take a Sad Film and Make it Better

Ah, 1968. A unique, transitional year in popular music, with some of the best-ever Adult Contemporary records.

Like this one…

… and this one, from later that year.

To me, the piano opening of the second song seems to owe something to the start of the first song. Also, take notice of the picture quality of the Beatles video. England’s PAL television system had significantly better detail than America’s NTSC system.

The big Beatles news today is that Peter Jackson’s re-imagined and extended cut of ‘Let It Be’ will be out later this year, and it’s rumored to have a more balanced and happier view of the band in its final year. The announcement coming from Disney has me recalling the early Beatles song ‘Do You Want to Know a Secret’, that John Lennon said was inspired by a line in Walt Disney’s first cartoon feature, ‘Snow White’.

Shop Talk With Colleen Doran

Standing between Superman and Wonder Woman is Supergirl, in her glasses-wearing secret identity of artist Colleen Doran.

Colleen’s Patreon page is accessible under my “Links” header and, yes, I am one of her supporters. I have always enjoyed watching people drawing and talking about drawing, which is what Colleen does in this video she posted a few days ago.

This painting is Colleen’s wraparound cover for ‘The Aria’, Book 3 of ‘A Distant Soil’, her self-described space opera. The original hangs in my living room.