Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler!
[Caveat: I don’t own the copyrights to any of these recordings. They are presented here for entertainment purposes only.]
Heureux Mardi Gras!
Carnivore Fusion
[Found here.]
Panomphaean Hot Links
Short, Fat and Ugly, Lucy Malheur (2021) Lucy Malheur is a German singer/songwriter/producer who, with very few exceptions, only publishes her own songs.
Mystery Pickle Jar; story here.
Moonstone [via Memo Of The Air].
Water & sewer bills: $20K [Scroll up].
Quitting flipbook [via Everlasting Blört].
Making famous faces [via Miss Cellania].
Little Miss Foamface [via Thompson, blog].
The trouble with radiators and heater cores.
How to uglify a house and become famous anyway.
IMO the Bourbon Street live webcams get better after midnight.
[Top image: Nordic sphere retreat found here, via This Isn’t Happiness.]
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Saturday Matinee Pre-Mardi Gras Edition – Tuba Skinny, Dr. John, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band & The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Trad jazz band Tuba Skinny features bandleader Shaye Cohn on cornet. Performing and recording for over a decade, they’re branching out into jug band music, spirituals, country blues, string band music, ragtime, and New Orleans R&B.
Malcolm John Rebennack Jr., aka Dr. John (1941-2019), was known for his mix of jazz, blues, R&B and soul flavored with New Orleans Mardi Gras, swamp rock and a pinch of voodoo. Gitcha gris gris gumbo ya ya.
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band formed in New Orleans in 1977, playing traditional jazz mixed with bebop, funk, R&B and soul, and resurrected classic Second Line rhythms.
New Orleans’ famous Preservation Hall Jazz Band was founded by Pennsylvanian Allan Jaffe in the early 1960s as a dixieland revival group, aimed at reviving the careers of the early jazz greats and preserving traditional jazz.
Nope, I didn’t forget. Here’s a story of Valentine’s Day in 1933.
While the missus is knocking down the remaining little heart-shaped confections tomorrow, I’ll be knocking back you know where.
Porch Time commences at porch time.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 942 – Ninaface, Say Wot? & A Power Puffer
An Unexpected Visitor
[Found here.]
Bebop Teapot
Posneg Cat
[Found here.]
Be a Practical Motorist
First published in 1934 by George Newnes, British car magazine Practical Motorist became an essential guide for generations of car owners who preferred the “do-it-yourself” approach to vehicle maintenance.
[…]
More than just a technical manual, Practical Motorist captured the spirit of post-war motoring culture, fostering a community of enthusiasts who took pride in the grease under their fingernails and the reliability of their well-maintained vehicles.
[Click for larger pics. More practical covers here via Memo of the Air.]
Tautochronous Hot Links
Moonlight Shuffle, Les Elgart & His Orchestra (1959)
After successful runs with several big bands of the 1940s, Les Elgart and his brother Larry formed their own orchestra with a distinctive brass-heavy sound. Their most recognizable recording, Bandstand Boogie, became the theme song to Dick Clark’s American Bandstand television show.
Ice.
The polar bears are doing just fine.
Bruce Lee vs. a Navy Seal instructor.
Ideal Astrobase [via Everlasting Blört].
The art of the hole [via Memo Of The Air].
New Hampshire and Maine prepare for war.
Calve’s Head dressed Turtle Fashion & other recipes
[via Thompson, blog].
Postcards of the Russo-Japan War [via Nag on the Lake].
[Top image: flipped Waffle found here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Tacky Raccoons 