Alphitomancing Hot Links

Abandoned cars, Old Car City USA, White, Georgia. Photographer unknown.

Go Away Baby, The Baby Dolls (1960) “Hi I am an original Baby Doll who is flattered by the positive comments and that our records are being played and recognized by the many viewers of websites. Just a little history on us. The Baby Dolls were a young Black female group that consisted of two sisters. and 2-3 friends that got a record deal with Maske records. I learned that our records were being played on various websites a few months ago, and was surprised that anyone remembered us, but honored that they did.”  –  Rebecca Warren, via YouTube comments, 2014.

Balcony.

Bird calls.

Mr. Atomic.

Marco Time.

Photobooth.

Royal inbreds.

How to wallow.

Only one monk.

Capt. Ignorance.

Lady of the night.

Medieval cat bombs.

…in mysterious ways.

The Indifferent Stars.

Jeeves, dead at 30.
R.I.P David Allan Coe.
R.I.P. Nedra Talley Ross.

Popeye the Sailor Moon.

Really really tiny things.

Where crabs come from.

Fujifilm X-T3 vs. Smartphone.

For want of coconuts and fish.

Canadian military fights itself.

Real men smoke Lucky Strikes.

Roman boiler [via Thompson, blog].

Thunk the Fabric Pet Rock [via Everlasting Blört].

THE Pulp Magazine Archive [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: Abandoned cars at Old Car City USA found here.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.

Saturday Matinee – The Dirty Rotten Vipers, Buck & Evans, and The Dirty Weather Blues Revue

Formed in 2023, The Dirty Rotten Vipers is a New Orleans 12 piece gutter jazz street band busking at Royal & St Peter most afternoons.

Buck & Evans are a Welsh blues rock duo consisting of guitarist/songwriter Chris Buck and vocalist/keyboard player Sally Ann Evans. Their paths crossed in 2013 via overlapping connections with their managers and guitarist Slash of Guns N Roses (who referred to Buck as “a fu*king awesome guitar player“).

The Dirty Weather Blues Revue is an electric blues roots rock quartet from Bristol. After touring the UK and Europe they released their debut single in February of 2026. They don’t appear to have a website or recording label… yet.

Another assassination attempt foiled, the King of England had high tea in D.C., Iran is toast, the SCOTUS ruled against racist gerrymandering, and the marxists are doing their May Day hey hey ho ho performance art again. Flavorful news indeed, and we’ll mix in some quality Porch Time to top it off. See you tomorrow at the appropriately unscheduled hour.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 953 – Tossing the Batweights, Lava Lamp HQ & Beat on the Brain Cushion

[Found here, here and here.]

BIRD

Greater Adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius)
This enormous prehistoric-looking stork grows to five feet tall with an eight foot wingspan and eats small unsupervised children. It is considered an endangered species and is called an adjutant because it walks funny.

[Image found here.]

Just Cut It Out

Circa 1955, an original box goes for upwards of $200 on auction sites (like this one). Top images found here.

Laundry Day for Bluto

[Found here.]

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

Nancy found Aunt Fritzi’s LP collection

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.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.

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.]