Buh-Bye, Boston Globe

Effective August 16, I will no longer be a subscriber to The Boston Globe. I have cancelled not only home delivery of the print edition, but digital access as well. The paper’s association with China Daily is the reason why.

Publicity Propaganda Department

Whether or not the Globe’s subscriber group on Facebook was the “appropriate” place to complain, I received no reply, so I’m taking action. As I told the customer service rep on the phone, who offered me a discount, this isn’t a money decision, it’s a protest.

If I want to read the Globe, I’ll have to be one of those retired people seen sitting in the reading room at the library.

Other papers are also losing readers!

Voices Gone But Not Forgotten

The audio from my copy of THE VOICES OF MARVEL flexi-disc is being featured on Boing Boing. Sadly, everyone who is heard on the record is now gone.

https://boingboing.net/2022/07/12/listen-to-a-rare-flexi-disc-record-of-stan-lee-jack-kirby-and-the-voices-of-marvel-from-1964.html

The scripted and rehearsed recording was made in 1965, during Wally Wood’s brief stint working for Stan. Steve Ditko was still at Marvel, but he isn’t heard. Jack Kirby later regretted participating, despite his apparent enthusiasm at the time. Joe Sinnott didn’t return to the Bullpen until a few months later.

I know that one of my audio transfers was used for the video shared on Boing Boing, because of the “thump” heard while artist Don Heck is talking. The audio was captured lovingly and with careful attention to detail, using high-quality audio equipment, as I explained here fifteen years ago.

The MMMS Records Remastered

Send for Clarence

Hmm… where have I seen that celestial grouping before?

https://www.wral.com/Classic-film-Its-a-Wonderful-Life-features-angelic-galaxies/18849527/

No Old House

The house across the street is getting a major addition, along with renovations to the existing structure. I told the 30-ish homeowner that when he gets to the front steps, walkway, and driveway, he would do well to hire the same contractors that I did.

As we were discussing the extensive work he is having done, I mentioned This Old House. “What’s that?” he asked. “Uh, the PBS TV series… ?” No reaction. “… on GBH?” Still nothing.

Who doesn’t know about This Old House? A lot of people, it seems, especially Millennials.