VW Frankencopter

From the comments section:
“I had hoped to see a video of this copter in flight. Alas, it’s never going to fly! Here’s more info I located on Instagram:
Aircraft maintenance expert Chuck Jurgen Teschke from Alberta, Canada, is creating a unique hybrid by combining a classic VW T1 Bus with parts from an Airbus H125 helicopter. This project, known as the ‘Frankencopter,’ is a static art installation designed to resemble a helicopter, though it is not intended to fly. The build features a modified VW Bus shell integrated with helicopter components, including landing skids and a tail boom, resulting in a striking visual piece that blends automotive and aviation elements.”

[Image and description found here.]

Childhood Nightmare

Pontchartrain Beach, New Orleans, 1962.

[Found here and here.]

Batrachivorous Hot Links

I Can’t Stop Dancing, Archie Bell & The Drells (1968)
 Soul / R&B group from Houston, Texas, Archie Bell & The Drells had a string of hits in the late 60s-70s. They are best known for their 1968 dance hit Tighten Up which shot to No. 1 on the charts while Bell was recuperating from a leg injury he suffered while in the U.S. Army.

AiDA.

Poor Luna.

Interference.

Don’t do this.

Two seasons.

One small step.

Downtown Troy.

Blizzard timelapse.

Blowin’ in the wind.

Magnetic Mountain.

Because they said to.

Stations down under.
Bear down under.

Dads, kids & bicycles.

Housing the homeless.

Bedroom rollercoaster.

All-purpose storm tracker.

“How did your husband die?”

Lyrics to Hocus Pocus by Focus.

Limping devils and their vejigas.

Machines [via Everlasting Blört].

Warming up the car [Thompson, blog].

Happy blogoversary to The View from Lady Lake.

Morgan James sings Floyd [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: Snow couch found here.]

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Saturday Matinee – Luna Lee, Bywater Call, Alastair Greene & Danny Bryant

Born in Seoul and trained in traditional Korean music, expert Gayageum rocker Luna Lee became interested in western music while still in college. More about her here.

Bywater Call is a Toronto-based group formed by singer Meghan Parnell and guitar player Dave Barnes. They were nominees for the Southern Rock & Soul Independent Blues Awards in 2021. In 2024 they were nominated for International Blues Artist of the year (UK Blues Awards).

Born in Santa Barbara, CA, and now in Austin, TX, Alastair Greene was inspired to pursue a career in music by his grandfather, Chico Alvarez, a trumpeter in the Stan Kenton Orchestra in the 1940s-50s.

Danny Bryant was born in Hertfordshire, England, was playing professionally by 18, formed Danny Bryant’s RedEyeBand with his father, Ken Bryant, on bass. His dad retired in 2013, but the band continues on.

Hope you’re all hunkered down for the Winter Wallop – a big white frozen nasty from what I can tell. As a former Buckeye, it looks like beer and Euchre weather. As a now-spoiled west coaster, it looks more like porch time to me. I’ll be thinking about ya.

The Friday .Gif Post No. 939 – Squirrel Happens, Fruit Frost & An Endless Corner

[Found here, here and here.]

Inverted Holland

[Original un-inverted stock photo found here.]

Stray Couches

[Found in here, more at the link, click images for full view. Previously posted couches here.]

Scream of the Forest

Lasu Krzyk – Arkadiusz Dalak

“Lasu Krzyk” – winter aerial view of a frozen pond in Łódź’s Arturówek.This is one of the largest forest areas within city limits in Europe (1,205.45 ha). When this shape appeared on the screen of my controller, I couldn’t believe my own eyes! It immediately reminded me of one of E. Munka’s works. Nature managed to create such images by itself! It’s as if the forest wanted to tell us something, or perhaps scream? With this post, I wanted to draw attention to nature. So that we look at it with wider-open eyes and care about it more. ©Arkadiusz Dalak.

[Found here; translation from Polish via GROK.]

199 & 201 Henry Street

Henry Street, 1980 – © Brian Rose / Edward Fausty

In 1980, photographers Brian Rose and Edward Fausty conducted a photo survey of derelict NYC, particularly the Lower East Side. This image is of 199 & 201 Henry Street, with a 1967 Chrysler Town & Country wagon at the curb.

199 & 201 Henry Street, Manhattan, NYC (Google Maps 2024)

According to a recent comment on FB,  Apartment No. 3 at No. 199 Henry Street is now a 1 bedroom / 1 bath and rents for $2,600 / month.

[1980 view found here, 2024 screencap via Google Maps Street View.]

Advesperating Hot Links

Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Halloween, Chicago, circa 1950

Slow Down, Larry Williams (1958)
From Wiki: “Lawrence Eugene Williams (May 10, 1935 – January 7, 1980) was an American rhythm & blues and rock & roll singer, songwriter, and pianist from New Orleans. He is best known for writing and recording some rock & roll classics from 1957 to 1959 for Specialty Records, including Bony Moronie, Short Fat Fannie, Slow Down, Dizzy Miss Lizzy (1958), Bad Boy and She Said Yeah (1959).”

Chili.

90 years.

A little fire.

All that time.

Bang – Zoom.

New ringtone.

+Zoom -Zoom.

Dave’s not here.

The Boney Fjord.

Josephine Baker.

Rolling with Grok.

Meet the Hoppers.

Hidden Melbourne.

Acoustic Weapons.
Example.

You know, the drills.

An hour of Appalachia.

Missing Fish & Yemana.

The Sierpinski Triangle.

Mining without machines.

The Great Chicxulub Tsunami.

Trolling Valheim [via Neatorama].

Dentalheads [via Everlasting Blört].

Remembering Jonathan and Darlene.

Two cats, two theremins [Thompson, blog].

Try these for openers  [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: Street fighter ca. 1950 (colorized) found in here.]

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