Let’s get caught up on what Petula’s doing. She had a nice chat with Lauren Moraski on CBS TV.
Here’s an extra bit with Petula talking about her Grammy wins.
And also from CBS News, of which I am an honorary family member, last night on the way home from work I heard this report on the WBZ radio, which carries the audio to the CBS Evening News.
It’s viral video time. For spoiled teens who want to skip school, there is this public service commercial from Australia, graphically illustrating the fate that awaits all slackers. Caution: I’m not kidding about it being graphic.
There’s another Kelly besides Larissa to talk about. “Good Ol’ Freda,” the documentary about Beatles Fan Club secretary Freda Kelly, gets my best possible recommendation and it is now streaming on Netflix. Here’s Freda talking to CNN.
While Larissa Kelly’s fans await her return to “Jeopardy!” during the week of March 31 – April 4, the show is receiving attention because of Arthur Chu, a player who has won four games by betting more on strategy than breadth of knowledge. Chu was on today’s “Here and Now” radio program on WBUR in Boston. Whether or not Chu’s success continues won’t be known until after this week’s 1980’s Battle of the Decades.
This 1956 educational film from RCA explains the process of recording, producing, and manufacturing vinyl records. Stereo recording was a very new innovation at the time, and stereo records as we know them weren’t available until 1958. Note that 12″ LP’s were introduced by Columbia, not RCA, which developed the 7″ 45 rpm format for singles.
