Category: Music

Parlez-vous Bed-in?

A few posts ago, Petula Clark explained a personal crisis she experienced in 1969. Performing a bilingual show in Montreal she tried, and failed, to please both the French and English speakers in the audience.

Reduced to tears, on a whim Petula visited with John and Yoko at their infamous Montreal bed-in. She explained the cause of her distress and John’s advice was, “fuck ’em!”

John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Sally “Petula” Clark, June 1, 1969, Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal

The split between French and English language music in Quebec in mid-1969 can be heard in the two most recent ’88 Rewound’ programs on WMBR, the MIT radio station.

French Playlist
https://www.track-blaster.com/wmbr/playlist.php?id=59020

English Playlist
https://www.track-blaster.com/wmbr/playlist.php?id=59104

What’s a TLA?

I like today’s installment of Dennis the Menace, but can’t legally embed all of it. So, follow the link below.

https://comicskingdom.com/dennis-the-menace/2026-01-04

Drawing by Ron Ferdinand

Also good from King Features today:

https://comicskingdom.com/dustin/2026-01-04

Drawing by Jeff Parker

https://comicskingdom.com/hagar-the-horrible/2026-01-04

Drawing by Gary Hallgren

I wonder if King Features retains some rights to the Beatles’ Yellow Submarine?

Petula Trumps Donald

77 WABC sure isn’t what it was when I listened to the station as a kid. Recently, an interview with Trump was featured. Tonight, Cousin Brucie will restore civility to the WABC airwaves and chat with Petula Clark. I’ll record it and post the audio below.

I’ve read, and recommend, Petula’s autobiography. It’s an honest and open telling of her life, minus a few personal details. The title is something that John Lennon said, as explained in this preview.

Here’s Petula with Cousin Brucie. Hey, WABC: You’re playing only one channel of stereo recordings.