Down memory lane
Published 10:50 pm Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Today’s Herald celebrates 50 years of producing color photos. Thus began the golden age of smudgy fingers. It seems we’re not the only ones in a nostalgic mood:
Friends are sad to say goodbye to a woman who’s worked at an Everett Safeway since the 1970s. A sampling of grocery prices back then:
John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics to “Give Peace a Chance” from 1969 are going up for auction. They could be worth $400,000.
Meanwhile, Ringo Starr’s lyrics for “Octopus’s Garden” can be had for $1.65 on eBay. Always the fourth Beatle …
And a Jimi Hendrix sex tape has surfaced, 38 years after his death. Of course, video sellers are helpfully offering to let people share the Jimi Hendrix … um … experience.
“Experts” were called in to authenticate the footage. The experts didn’t believe it until they saw him do something amazing with his Stratocaster.
