Okay, that’s not the name of the trio, but that was the first name that came to mind when I saw the album cover. Looks can be deceiving when we’re talking about crappy album covers. These lovely ladies are The Castro Sisters, and you can hear them rocking out here.
[Found here.]
Visit Rose at The Coffee Shop and sit next to the virtual fireplace.
Via the Transnational Pupshaw Association, this is Problematic. Click through for the vid.
Abandoned Paintings – the Classics depopulated.
Oh, man. They wasted Periwinkle.
“It’s a kite!” “No, it’s a camera!”
Francis Alÿs‘ animations.
Top image: Ana Gloria and Ronaldo, Havana, 1957. (Click the pic for a bonus.)
Chaetopterus pugaporcinus aka the pigbutt worm.
Cool exhibition of Conway’s Game of Life here.
Nice collection of Living fossils.
Nan goes Christmas shopping in Singapore.
If you’re going to run over your own kid, do it with a Landrover.
A Twinkies inker exposed.
It’s a girl, my lord, in a flat bed Ford. Winslow Arizona trompe l’oeil. (Only criticism – there oughtta be a Jackson in the upper window instead of an eagle.)
Cutting a torus – The Möbius Bagel [via].
On Anthropogenic Global Warming, this is a fun read, and educational, too.
For those who think this blog is about Raccoons, here ya go. [h/t A.U.]
In compliance with Stacy McCain‘s Rules Numbers 2 & 5 on how to get a million hits on your blog, we took a vote and figured why the hell not.
Top image found here.
[First and Third found here and here.]
The middle one was my own experiment with MS Paint. Doodle, click, save, repeat x 86, then plug it into JASC and see what happens. Note that it was all done by right-hand mouse-clicks, even though I’m a southpaw. It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes I’m just entirely too bitchin’ for words.
Imelda May is way cool. That’s her version of Buddy Holly’s “Looking For Love” which was also covered by The Stray Cats. It was never covered by Andy Tielman as far as I know, but here on The Saturday Matinee, one vid and three links just don’t make the nut.
Yep. That’s Jimmy & The Rackets as if I had to tell you, but now I’m torn between two more vids to post. I’ll resolve the dilemma by posting them both, back-to-back, because each of them made me smile for different reasons. Have a great weekend folks, and we’ll see you back here tomorrow.
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Actresses featured in the Moriarty playing card series issued in 1916 by the Movie Souvenir Card Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The back of each card is a reproduction in multiple-colors of the painting “The Chariot Race.” The ad card within the pack proclaims: “Get a few packs of “Movies”–A Veritable Picture Gallery of the celebrities of the Movie World, treated with such a genius that it is the greatest novelty ever made in Souvenir Playing Cards, and is complete for playing all card games.”
I pick 3, 10 & Q diamonds, 8 & 10 clubs as if it matters. (5 hearts is an obvious slut. Don’t mess with her for more than one night.)
[Found here.]
White walls, fender skirts, glass packs and tuck ‘n roll upholstery. What more do you need? Blues, burgers and beer, babe.
Click on the image for a bonus and rock out. That’s for you, Lily.
[Found here.]
Michael Jackson’s 1993 Patent is cool, but he likely got the idea from this guy.
Hominid will creep you out. [via]
Nothing but Plague Doctors. Prior to medical/scientific knowledge about the causes of The Black Death, Plague Doctors risked their lives attempting to treat the infected while trying to protect themselves from the “miasma.” The very sight of a Plague Doctor terrified people as he was a harbinger of death, and due to his specialty, a Plague Doctor was often forced to be a recluse himself.
I missed the debut of the The Butter Dance, but inadvertently featured it here. Don’t try this at home, or anywhere for that matter. After all *ahem* Melati Suryodarmo is a professional. [h/t kdub]
Retro Pron – 1890s. Drool away me laddies. Drool away.
[via]
Chameleon frightened by a technological thingie.
Where do we go from here? I’m not gonna post Boy George, and the Utoobage offering of a band called “The Chameleons” held little interest for me. Oh wait. I got it.
The Lounge Lizards, 1988, “The Voice of Chunk.” This experimental group never quite hit, but they had a point. Some might axe me, “Bunk, do you really like this crap?” and my emphatic response is, “No, but at least they tried.”
This is the stuff that I like. Keith Ferguson formed The Tail Gators after he left The Fabulous Thunderbirds, so there’s the lizard link. Big guitars. Yep.
I like this stuff, too, maybe even better:
The Persuasions are an awesome a capella group. Vid from 1971, about the time that they signed their first recording contract, courtesy Frank Zappa.
Have a great weekend folks, and we’ll continue the summer sleigh-ride tomorrow.
Right Click For The Tacky Map!
We’re all Fuldkommen Gak now.
Fight Blogslutting. (Psst. Hey, buddy. Got a Buck 4 a Bunk? A dime a day keeps the meerkats away. Cutesy little standy-uppy weasel-lookin' bastards.)
