Author: DOuG pRATt

New Petula Clark CD, Interview

THEN AND NOW - THE VERY BEST OF PETULA CLARKIf you happen to live in England, you’re in for a bit of good luck, because a new Petula Clark CD is about to be released, including five new songs! It’s called “THEN AND NOW – THE VERY BEST OF PETULA CLARK”, and it will be out on June 16th. It’s listed on Amazon’s UK site, but not yet here in America. The new songs are described here, on the new Petula Clark blog.

Petula fan Dave Moncur, our DogRat reader in Scotland, wrote to say that the Times Online has posted a new interview with Pet, Not Just Anybody: Petula Clark. The questions are funny and unusual, and I daresay some of them are the sort that only another woman would ask of her. Unfortunately, at the moment the dimensions of the photo of Pet on that page have been distorted. The JPG is here in its original and unmodified form, just like Pet herself, who assures us she’s never had any plastic surgery.

Where Is Prudence?

It was Pattie Boyd who got to be inside of the baggage cage with the Beatles in A Hard Day’s Night; but as noted previously I think Prudence was the real beauty among the girls on the train. This video was taken from a 20-year-old Laserdisc, played on an equally old LD deck. Back then, it was the only format with the songs from the movie in digital stereo.
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The Comics Journal ‘Schulz and Peanuts’ Roundtable

The Comics Journal #290The online edition of The Comics Journal #290 has been published, featuring an in-depth look at the Schulz and Peanuts biography that was the focus of attention here for quite a few postings. There’s a free preview of The Comics Journal’s coverage at this link, including an extended excerpt of Monte Schulz’s essay. I’ll try to hold out for the print edition, but I may subscribe to the online edition.

A New Petula Clark Blog

Last year there was a short-lived Petula Clark blog. There was some synergy between my Petula posts and “Petula Clark: Driven by Emotion,” but that blog met an untimely and abrupt end. Petula Clark’s UK fan club has just started a new Pet blog, that you can see by clicking here.