In America, the Beatles were a phenomenon that lasted from their arrival in New York, February, 1964, until Paul’s breakup announcement in April, 1970. Just six short years.
I retired six long years ago, and with a click I can instantly return to that time.
“Time Passages” by Al Stewart is another song I remember well from my stint working in radio.
Best buddy Denro gifted me with a new turntable mat to add to my growing collection of rotating fun felts.
An original 1967 Mono LP that I “borrowed” from my sister and “forgot” to return.
Denro and I were at the Albany Comic Con today. We were flipping through a portfolio of Spider-Man comic strip original art belonging to our pal, Joe Sinnott’s son Mark, who told us the run of syndicated reprints is coming to an end. On my phone I opened the Washington Post app and brought up today’s reprint.
At that moment Denro landed on a piece of original art and said, “Hey, I think this is it!” Indeed it was.
Most of the originals in the portfolio were autographed by Stan Lee, but not this one, because Stan had passed away the previous November. Losing Stan knocked the wind out of Joe’s sails, and King Features deciding to let the Spider-Man strip die with Stan didn’t help, leading to Joe having some assistance when completing the final batch of strips.
Word is circulating among comic book fans that Barry Windsor-Smith suffered an Ischemic stroke in May. He reportedly spent about a week in a hospital.
The Leader
The Follower
In 1951, Jeanne Crain and Jean Peters appeared together in the fluffy film Take Care of My Little Girl. When I see Jeanne I think she was more beautiful than Jean, and when I see Jean I think she was more beautiful than Jeanne. When they’re together I can’t make up my mind.
Jeanne and Jean became close friends. They looked as though they could have been sisters, and in a bit of casting that was equally obvious and inspired, they played sisters in Vicki, from 1953.
As a murder mystery Vicki isn’t a great movie, but it’s fast-paced and entertaining. Along for the ride with Jeanne and Jean there is Richard Boone before Have Gun Will Travel, Carl Betz before The Donna Reed Show, and Aaron Spelling before he became a TV producer.
