Category: Music

Brideshead Revisited Revisited

I greatly admire the superb television production of Brideshead Revisited, that I first watched on a 19-inch black & white TV when it originally aired in 1981. Brideshead is as far from British Kitchen Sink Realism as it gets, this side of Shakespeare.

The series was co-directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, whose name was heard often a year ago when Disney released The Beatles: Get Back. Lindsay-Hogg directed Let It Be, and his original reels of film were used by Peter Jackson for his project.

The complete Brideshead series is here, although the playlist has the eleven episodes out of order. I’ll leave it to you to sort them out from the drop-down menu.

Sixty-Seven Minute Man at 67

I’ve finally returned to running for more than an hour straight. The pace isn’t what it was in my younger years, but I’m very pleased with being able to go the distance without ankle trouble. I’ve been carefully working my way back up to this since Daylight Saving Time.

Here’s a bit of what Jim Dawson says about “Sixty Minute Man” in his book, What Was the First Rock ‘N’ Roll Record: 30th Anniversary Edition, Updated and Revised.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1947521969

Why important: It was the first raucous, bluesy R&B hit to cross over to the pop charts, the first shamelessly double-entendre pop it, and the first million-seller by a formative R&B vocal group.

They Said They Said

Click the pic to hear an interview with John and Paul from August ’66, upon the release of Revolver, although the album is not even mentioned by name. You’ll hear some cover versions of Beatles songs you probably haven’t heard before. The BBC will expire this link in one week.

Paul McCartney and John Lennon during rehearsal for “Saturday Club” on 21st December 1963.

P.S. The sound on this tape is in pristine condition. With headphones, even a clock ticking in the background at Paul’s house is clearly heard.