Laundry Day for Bluto

[Found here.]

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

Just a pile of random unrelated stuff.

Lendrumbilated Hot Links

Sam’s Pizza and Hamburgers, a San Francisco landmark (1974)

A Hand Fulla Gimme, Dizzy Gillespie Sextet feat. Alice Roberts (1946)Alto Saxophone – Sonny Stitt
Bass – Ray Brown
Drums – Kenny Clark
Piano – Al Haig
Vibraphone – Milt Jackson
Trumpet & Writer- Dizzy Gillespie
A brief search of the internet provided no info on vocalist Alice Roberts.

Strategy.

Postcards.

Godzillita.

Impromptu.

Quiet pizza.

NYC whizzers.

Don’t tell Dad.

Lawnchair Larry.

Perth is different.

Her brother’s edits.

It’s a Kuppenheimer.

Pawpaw’s best shot.

Thiess of Kaltenbrun.

A wild and crazy time.

Rooftop Koreans rock.

Melbourne miscellany.

A downside of teamwork.

Little robot gets the blues.

Swivel-O-Matic Astronauts.

Saved by karma [via Thompson, blog].

The Bouali System [via Memo Of The Air].

Greek Revival subway vent [via Everlasting Blört].

[Top image: Sam’s Pizza via Dancing Wombat.]


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Saturday Matinee – Les Big Byrd, Sue Foley & Big Head Todd and The Monsters

[STROBE WARNING]
Les Big Byrd is something from Stockholm, Sweden. I kept waiting for an eruption of Surfin’ Bird.
“Jocke Åhlund and Frans Johansson have been fixtures in the music business for many years. As central figures in the Stockholm scene, they have played in various formations, traversing a veritable garden of musical genres. In their project Les Big Byrd, space rock and psychedelic pop boldly intertwine with great drive—all while the indie disco ball spins right along with them.” [source]

Sue Foley is amazing. From her bio: “Raised in Ottawa, Canada, Foley was drawn to the guitar at 13 and performing professionally by 16. After relocating to Austin, Texas in her early 20s, she signed with Antone’s Records—home to legends like Stevie Ray Vaughan—and released her 1992 debut, Young Girl Blues, to widespread acclaim. She has since toured internationally and shared stages with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, and Billy F Gibbons, earning her place among the top tier of modern blues artists.”

Big Head Todd and The Monsters formed in Colorado in 1986 and consists of Todd Park Mohr / vocals, guitar, keys, sax, harmonica, Brian Nevin /drums, Rob Squires / bass, vocals], and Jeremy Lawton / keyboards, lap pedal/steel guitar, vocals. BHT&TM always have an interesting mix of alt-rock, blues and country.

This weeks news barrage produced a combination of disgust, aggravation, relief and amusement, and they seemed to rotate hourly. There are some good omens in the mix, but I’ll wait until the horizon gets here.
Porch time? Yup. See you tomorrow.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 952 – Shake Shake, Stair Runner & Little Ventilator

[Found here, here and here.]

Lake Street

[Image of the Houston Tax Day Flood, 17 April 2016, found here.]

Toy Collections

USA, Austria, China & Ukraine, click to enlarge.
Found here, here, here and here.]

Wally’s Burgers

[Found here.]

Nothing Much Happened Today.

Bosch Parade, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, 2019. Ben Niehuis photographer.

[Found here, via Memo Of The Air.]

Blesiloquent Hot Links

ASKO Beer, 50 Country Artists (2025) Compilation lifted from There I Ruined It: “I made a song entirely from 50 country artists singing ‘cold beer.'” [Related song here.]

Bicycle.

AI or Die.

Read fast.

Sound UP.

Squeezins.

Carol Lang.

Hidden art.

Altar attack.

Buying Fats.

Self-defense.

Invisible scars.

US Pipe Factory.

Because internet.

Stop interrupting.

Project Nightengag.

Fact checking Robin.

Amy Stewart’s glass.

Painting the windows.

Tom Waits as a blender.

Jackie Chan’s elephant.

Student loans vs results.

Rik Boa says you look good.

Don’t bring your dog, whitey.

About Industrial Sea-Foam Green.

Jumping Dave [via Everlasting Blört].

How bad was it? [via Thompson, blog].

Now they must cryCry, cry, cry.
But why do they cry? [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: 7-pack of ASKO Beer created by Grok per my request.]


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