In the year 2525, will the only present day recordings to survive be on the discs that are aboard the Voyager spacecraft? The Smithsonian is busy retrieving and preserving records and tapes, and so is the British Library. But even if these recordings from over the past 100 years remain available 500 years into the future, will there be equipment to play them?
I had Stan Lee autograph this page in Marvel Super Heroes #1, a one-shot comic book from the summer of ’66. I’m posting it to bring Stan some good luck, and not to jinx him!
Medical student Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute mile in 1954. Dr. Bannister, who became Sir Bannister in 1975, has died of Parkinson’s Disease.
A BBC radio feature I catch every so often is called “Desert Island Discs.” In 1992 Bannister talked about his favorite music.
Made to order, your very own officially licensed Beatles Sgt. Pepper Jukebox!
Stan Lee is having a tough time. Here’s his message for all of us Merry Marvel Marchers. I’m unsettled by Stan’s weak voice and his somewhat downbeat tone.
https://youtu.be/qL91XrZSwq4
Rock music history continues to look very favorably upon the Electric Light Orchestra, and deservedly so. This hour-long feature analyzes, in great detail, the evolution of Roy Wood’s band The Move into ELO. The lion’s share of credit is given to Wood, but the band’s greatest success came from Jeff Lynne after Wood left ELO to start Wizzard.
