Speaking of the Wayback Machine, here are some thumbnail views of the site’s homepage, going back to before it was a blog, when I was laboring with Front Page and gave up after a dozen painfully static pages. Click to enlarge, of course.
Babba Looey, Waterlooey!
Set the Wayback Machine for 1975, Sherman!
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Breech birther
It was fun watching nutty birther believer Orly Taitz last night, clinging to her delusion that, like herself, President Obama wasn’t born in the United States.
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I am not John Galt
The two topics on today’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook on WBUR/Boston provide a brilliant contrast of Capitalist idealism vs. realism. The first hour was about Ayn Rand…
[audio:http://audio.wbur.org/storage/2011/04/onpoint_0427_1.mp3|titles=On Point WBUR – Ayn Rand]… and the second hour was about Bernie Madoff.
[audio:http://audio.wbur.org/storage/2011/04/onpoint_0427_2.mp3|titles=On Point WBUR – Bernie Madoff]Prue Bury, by Ringo Starr
It’s Easter, and a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the lovely and wonderful Prudence Bury. As promised, here is a very special picture of Prue. It was taken by Ringo Starr on the set of A Hard Day’s Night.
The caption reads, “This gorgeous girl is Pru Berry. She plays my girlfriend in our movie. Too bad it’s only make believe!” Amen to that! Ringo was actually paired with Tina Williams for the famous hair-combing publicity photos, and Prue was with Paul. She was 22 at the time, and Prue says of this portrait, “I love it, I look grown up!!” (Oh, the lure of evil ciggies to make one appear grown up!)
Prue had told me that Ringo was “snap-happy” with his camera during the filming of A Hard Day’s Night, and she said that he had taken some snapshots of her. (The sequence where Ringo went “parading” around town was built around him taking pictures.) Prue and I have been wondering if Ringo’s pictures had appeared anywhere, and the answer is yes. They’re in Ringo’s Photo-Album, published in 1964. Hover over the image below to see the back cover.
I have scanned the entire magazine and it’ll be featured later. My thanks go to noted Rock journalist Marcus Gray, for finding this treasure. I’ve seen many Beatles-related items, but I’d never spotted this one before. Marcus is the leading expert on The Clash, having written two books on the legendary British Punk Rock band — one a comprehensive and authoritative biography, the other a definitive study of their landmark album London Calling. Having been a Clash fan myself, I have both tomes and they are in my must-read stack. Marcus is also, to his credit, a Prue fan.
Guster is good for you
Originally from Boston, the guys of Guster ask, Do You Love Me? I liked this immediately, no waiting.