…is the guy crossing the road at the end. 
Frank Sinatra In The Studio: “It Was A Very Good Year” (1965).
Composed by Ervin Drake in 1961 and originally recorded by Bob Shane of The Kingston Trio, “It Was A Very Good Year” is my favourite Frank Sinatra song and one of my favourite songs in general.
You can close your eyes and go back in time with that song.
Someone once told me that Sinatra nailed the performance in only two takes.
I can believe that.
Here’s a rare glimpse of the man himself in the studio during the recording and listen out at the end for the killer line, “4.12? That’s longer than the first act of Hamlet!”:
Lennon’s Poster.
Here’s a very interesting (and very short) film about the recreation of the now famous Victorian circus poster which inspired John Lennon to write one of my favourite Beatles tracks, Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite:
The full text of the original Pablo Fanque‘s Circus Royal poster is:
- PABLO FANQUE’S CIRCUS ROYAL
- TOWN-MEADOWS, ROCHDALE
- Grandest Night of the Season!
- AND POSITIVELY THE
- LAST NIGHT BUT THREE!
- BEING FOR THE
- BENEFIT OF MR. KITE,
- (LATE OF WELLS’S CIRCUS) AND
- MR. J. HENDERSON,
- THE CELEBRATED SOMERSET THROWER!
- WIRE DANCER, VAULTER, RIDER, etc.
- On TUESDAY Evening, February 14, 1843.
- Mssrs. KITE and HENDERSON, in announcing the following Entertainments ensure the Public that this Night’s Production will be one of the most splendid ever produced in this Town, having been some days in preparation.
- Mr. Kite will, for this night only,
- introduce the
- CELEBRATED
- HORSE, ZANTHUS!
- Well known to be one of the
- best Broke Horses
- IN THE WORLD!!!
- Mr. HENDERSON will undertake the arduous Task of
- THROWING TWENTY-ONE SOMERSETS,
- ON THE SOLID GROUND.
- Mr. KITE will appear, for the
- first time this season,
- On The Tight Rope,
- When Two Gentlemen Amateurs
- of this Town will
- perform with him. Mr. HENDERSON will, for the first time
- in Rochdale,
- introduce his extraordinary
- TRAMPOLINE LEAPS
- AND
- SOMERSETS!
- Over Men & Horses, through Hoops,
- over Garters and lastly through a
- Hogshead of REAL FIRE!
- In this branch of the profession Mr. H challenges THE WORLD!
- For particulars see Bills of the day.
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Stop-Motion Animation …On A Vinyl Record!
By Danish designer Michael Hansen, this is one of the greatest ideas for vinyl record design I’ve ever seen!
“An album cover for the modern classical composer Allan Gravgaard Madsen. My idea was to translate Allan’s sensorial music into a visual experience with elements of sensuality. The two pieces of music is separated on the records two sides. There is not an A- or B-side. Each piece has its own front page; Waves is a visualisation of the music performed by nine trompets. I made it as simple as possible with nine circles on a line. Crystal Tapestry is a pattern of crystals that has no front or back end, it refers to a crystal that merge into it self. Inside I made a visualisation that combines the two sides, a crystalized wave. On the record i created patterns that gives the design a visual sensuality. I made an analog animation with a 50 Hz strobe lamp and made it interact with the music.”
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The D.I.Y. Knight Rises…
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