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While I was away…

I should take more time off from the blog. October has been the third busiest month this year for hits!

While I was away, to my utter amazement, lo and behold, those kooky ladies from Belgium, K3, finally went to #1 on the blog hit list! I suppose that must be due to the interest in the new girl, who was introduced at a live show in Holland a few weeks ago. Her name is Josje, which begs the question, how can they still call the group K3?

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(BTW… Karen Damen is pregnant.)

Paper cutback

On June 1 the Boston Globe raised its weekly rate for home delivery by 50%, to $12.25. That’s over $600/year. With my home delivery subscription up for renewal, I decided to cut back to the Thursday-Sunday plan, at the same $8/week rate I had been paying for a full seven days.

A while ago I installed some software, run on Adobe Air, that downloads the Globe and saves a week’s worth on the hard drive. The Globe is available online, of course, but on my netbook I like using the reader, despite the fact that not all of the paper’s contents are included (adding the comics would be nice). Navigation is easy, the layout is cleaner than on the Web pages, and the ads are much fewer and less obtrusive.

The reader automatically adjusts for the screen resolution. So, for example, on the netbook’s 1024×600 display there aren’t as many photographs embedded in the stories as on my desktop’s 1280×1024 monitor. This is a screen shot of how the player looks on the 9″ netbook screen. The story is, ironically, about the most recent drop in circulation for the two Boston papers.

Globe Reader

A Hitch in time

This video clip is from an installment of “Alfred Hitchock Presents.” Take note of the character actor playing the bartender. He looks like he could be James Gandolfini’s father.

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Four years after his appearance on Hitch, the actor playing Uncle Leo would be heard on TV again, and his voice has been ever-present ever since; even today, 32 years after his death. Listen carefully to the audio. He’s doing another character here, but he played somebody you’ve heard a thousand times.

Status: hiatus

After a great deal of thought, I have decided to put the blog on hold. At the moment I can’t go into why this is necessary.

I don’t know when I’ll start posting again, but if I can get some photos from Prue Bury’s Beatles Weekend appearance in France, being held one month from now, I might be able to return at that time. Meanwhile, I’ll continue to moderate comments and reply to mail.

Sorry about this being such an abrupt announcement. Thank you for being there.

A Hair Day’s Night

In this video, hair dresser Betty Glasow talks about working on “A Hard Day’s Night.” Note: it starts with a clip that includes Jimmy Nichol, the temporary touring drummer who filled in for Ringo, while he was having his tonsils taken out.

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These pictures show Betty setting the hair of beauteous Prue Bury. (Prue’s name is pronounced like “blueberry.”)

Betty Glasow setting Prue Bury\'s hair

Betty Glasow setting Prue Bury\'s hair

The next picture is a truly delightful one of Prudence, taken before filming started of the scene with her and Pattie Boyd. Click to see a 1024×768 scan.

Pattie Boyd, Prue Bury, John Lennon
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See how Prue still has the clips in her hair? The newspaper next to Prue says “the Beatles” and if you look at the paper John Lennon is holding it says, “she’s with it! she’s got it!” That is so perfect. Prue is still very with it and she’s definitely still got it. I’m fairly sure that Ringo was sitting across from John.

And this is Betty Glasow getting Prue’s hair camera-ready for that day’s filming.

Betty Glasow and Prue Bury

Betty Glasow and Prue Bury

The finished product.

AHDN

AHDN

By the way, Prue’s regular hair stylist was Vidal Sassoon. Not one of his people, but Sassoon himself.