Fakes news, fake views…
Sculptress of Sound
Once again I turn my attention to the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. BBC Radio 4xtra is repeating a 2010 feature on workshop creator Delia Derbyshire. One point about Delia’s incomparable interpretation of Ron Grainer’s Doctor Who theme that seems obvious, but isn’t mentioned, is that one of the sounds is evocative of a Ben Franklin glass harmonica. The programme is also available on this YouTube video.
A few years after this documentary was produced, Paul McCartney revealed that he had a great interest in the Radiophonic Workshop, and had even made a point of meeting Delia, with the intention of trying an electronic backing to “Yesterday.” Nevertheless, the most experimental Beatles production to be released isn’t by Paul, but is John Lennon’s “Revolution 9.” One of Delia’s recordings in the documentary, with voices and a heartbeat, sounds as though it could have been an inspiration for Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon.”
Moore Cooking
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, no strangers to performing live on stage, landed on Broadway in 1973-74 with their show called “Good Evening.” At its grittiest in the mid-70’s, New York was nevertheless receptive to the duo’s decidedly British comic antics.
Deaf Lennon, Dudley, (and Norm)
At the request of Dudley Moore, John Lennon made several appearances on “Not Only… But Also,” a mid-60’s BBC-TV show by Moore and his “Beyond the Fringe” partner Peter Cook. On November 20, 1964, Lennon and his pal Norm Rossington, from “A Hard Day’s Night,” joined Moore in filming a visualization of John’s poem “Deaf Ted, Danoota, (and me).”
Daily Planet Pushes Fake News!
Well, here it is, the proof that The Daily Planet, Superman’s newspaper, has been practicing yellow journalism and publishing fake news for more than 50 years. Editor-in-Chief Perry White admits it!
As intrepid cub reporter Jimmy Olsen says, “The trusting public will swallow ANY wild story, it seems!” It’s as true today as it was back then, and that’s why there will always be a need for responsible investigative journalism. Facebook’s involvement with Cambridge Analytica, a company associated with right-wing attack dog Steve Bannon, is now under scrutiny, thanks to Channel 4 News in the UK.
It Couldn’t Be Shown On TV!
This comic book panel is from Dennis the Menace #10, May, 1955. Approved by the Comics Code Authority, it shows Dennis’ bare butt sticking out and his parents sleeping together in the same bed.
