I don’t usually approve of altered images but this is hilarious. A friend of mine told me about it yesterday. Someone took the picture of Trump rudely walking ahead of Queen Elizabeth and added golf clubs to it.
I don’t know who did this originally so I can’t credit it but I would like to. If anyone knows, I will certainly add the credit.
“Don’t Do It” by The Band (1971) is one of the rare instances where the rock cover is better than the Motown original. Marvin Gaye’s 1964 record “Baby Don’t You Do It” just doesn’t have the intensity of The Band’s version.
“Oh Well” is a Fleetwood Mac song from 1969. The two parts are very different. The first is a short loud blast of guitar-based rock while the second is a lengthy acoustic instrumental that seems totally unrelated.
“Hippy Hippy Shake” was originally recorded by Chan Romero in 1959. The version I know best was by The Swinging Blue Jeans which was popular in 1964. The Beatles performed it on the BBC in 1963.
I recently watched the newest Batman film (2022) and the earliest one (1966). (There were two serials in the 1940s.)
The Batman (2022) reminded me of the Christopher Nolan Batman films – dark and gloomy. No sunshine and lots of rain. It left lots of room for a sequel. My favorite scene was a confrontation in jail between Batman and the Riddler – no CGI or action, just fine acting.
The 1966 Batman: The Movie was released in-between seasons one and two of the TV show which was very popular but only briefly. It was even on twice a week. I had never bought superhero comics but I did after watching the show.
It’s much lighter than any of the subsequent Batman films. It’s just good, clean, campy 1960s fun. The villains are especially outrageous.
We had a black and white TV back then so this was the first time I had seen Batman, Robin and the villains in color (and except for Batman, the colors are very bright). The supplements on the Blu-ray have interviews worth seeing.
In this scene, Batman is bitten by a shark while from a helicopter. Robin has to leave the copter to give him the anti-shark spray. Who’s flying the helicopter while Robin is on the ladder? They don’t answer that.
Many are quick to blame Biden but look at other countries.
“Gimme Shelter” (1969) is my favorite Rolling Stones song. It’s one of the best rock songs ever. It’s the first track on one of their best albums, Let It Bleed. Merry Clayton sang on the record with them. Playing for Change covered it.
“Gimme Shelter” was recorded during a time of extreme stress and unrest. In 1968, Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy were assassinated. The war in Viet Nam was unpopular. There were other songs in 1969 that were grim – “Bad Moon Rising: by Creedence Clearwater Revival and “Look Out Cleveland” by the Band both warned of weather disturbances.
Sad! 