Any idea who this is? As an adult, her face became the most famous in the world — not one of, but the most. Even knowing who she is, I can’t say identifying her from this photo is easy, but as far as I can determine the snapshot is genuine.
Hover over the picture and you’ll see that it’s Diana Spencer as a child.
Do I have anything good to say about the late Allen Klein? No, I don’t. He was an opportunistic, dishonest, unscrupulous scumbag. Eric Idle and John Belushi were dead-on with their Ron Decline parody in “The Rutles”. Hey look, there’s Al Franken, the new senator from Minnesota, with his old comedy partner Tom Davis.
The first LP I ever bought with my own money was “Let It Be” the day it was released, and I immediately noticed that Apple Records had become “an abkco managed company”. Even as a kid of fourteen I was suspicious of what that meant.
In this picture the second scan is from an 80’s British LP copy of “Let It Be”, and you’ll notice that the name Harold Seider is missing. Seider was Klein’s attorney, and later he was John Lennon’s lawyer.
Since “Let It Be” I have tried to avoid Allen B. Klein Company products, with the only exceptions being on vinyl. As a consequence, my Rolling Stones collection is minimal. One of the exceptions is the Stones outtakes LP, “Metamorphosis”. I bought it for a couple of bucks in college as a cut-out, only a year after its release in 1975.
“Metamorphosis” has a some tracks worth noting, including the Dylan-influenced “Memo From Turner” and a good alternate version of “Out Of Time”. The best song, I think, is “Each and Every Day of the Year”. Unfortunately, it’s in fake stereo that includes phase shifting as well as frequency separation, so it sounds lousy if forced into mono.
[audio:http://www.dograt.com/Audio/2009/JUL/EachAndEveryDay.mp3]Happy 99th birthday to Gloria Stuart! Next year she’ll be the same age as the elderly character Rose, who she played in “Titanic”. James Cameron wanted Gloria to have the role after hearing her audio commentary for the LaserDisc edition of the 1932 film, “The Old Dark House”. Watch the video (taken from LD) to see a little of what inspired Cameron.
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Gloria’s story about having to change clothes is funny. One obvious reason for doing that was James Whale, who was gay, simply thought it was a good idea to show her off for sex appeal. Being the age that she is, Gloria isn’t shy about speaking freely, as you can see at this link . You can hear Gloria’s commentary for “The Old Dark House” in the DVD edition of movie. Note: The last real-life survivor of the Titanic disaster, Millvina Dean, died about a month ago.
If you search on Google for “Prudence Bury” you’ll find my entries for her, of course, but you will also see this…
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RatDog is the site of Bob Weir and his post-Grateful Dead band.
The Wall Street Journal has an excellent article about Netflix, including confirmation of my assumption how the tiny and superb Roku Video Player came to be. If you have trouble reading the article, click here.
One of the best of the many memorable vignettes in “A Hard Day’s Night” is the exchange between John and “Millie,” played by the wonderful character actress Anna Quayle. In this video is the full scene, followed by Quayle a few years later in an episode of “The Avengers”, and then in a brief role from the 1981 production of “Brideshead Revisited.” Nickolas Grace is the outrageous Anthony Blanche, with a performance that’s over-the-top, yet more reserved than Tim Curry probably would have done it. I end the clip with Anna Quayle talking about her part in AHDN.
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