I am devastated by the loss of my beloved idol and good friend, Marvel Comics Legend Joe Sinnott. I’ll write more about Joe when I can hold myself together.
Rest in Peace, Joltin’ Joe
Progressive Esoterica
What hath J.R.R. Tolkien wrought? Forsooth, Prog Rock!
The Irrepressible Powell and Pressburger
A couple of posts ago I said, “As with most every Powell/Pressburger production, aka The Archers, it’s fantastic and strange, with striking visual designs.”
Stewart-stitious
Before Jimmy Page had Robert Plant fronting Led Zeppelin, his former Yardbirds bandmate Jeff Beck had Rod Stewart.
War Wary
Looking at the previous post, with Vera Lynn and the aircraft behind her, it reminded me of something, then Turner Classic Movies happened to show what it was. A Matter of Life and Death, from 1946.
I wrote about this movie here over ten years ago. Back then just getting a few minutes of it captured and posted as a Flash Video was a big pain, but now YouTube has a complete copy. As with most every Powell/Pressburger production, aka The Archers, it’s fantastic and strange, with striking visual designs.
Richard Attenborough, looking unbelievably young, appears early on. There’s a motorcycle ride starting at 38:45 into the video that was quite obviously borrowed by David Lean for the opening of Lawrence of Arabia.
To the Victor Go the Spools
With the passing of Dame Vera Lynn at 103, World War II slips a little bit further away from living memory. Thanks to magnetic tape recording — an invention perfected in Nazi Germany — this 1950’s re-recording of Lynn’s “We’ll Meet Again” sounds as though it could have been made yesterday.
I should see if Vera Lynn ever commented on this use of her signature song.