Pyrite & Quartz
Nothing Much Happened Today.
Sometimes I sits and thinks
and sometimes I just sits.
[Photo by Leonard McCombe found here, with the caption „Całe życie budujemy mury, żeby potem znaleźć spokój, siedząc na ich szczycie.”]
Rock Harder with Veggies
Spooky Tooth had disbanded by 1976, and Playboy (aka The Men’s Entertainment Magazine) didn’t advertise vegetables. It’s a parody from 2013 by illustrator Cris Shapan, originally posted here.
J.G. Ballard’s Covers
David Pelham was an English artist and graphic designer who came to meet author J. G. Ballard through a mutual friend. Pelham was the art director at Penguin Books between 1968 and 1979 and proposed several graphic artists to design the covers. Ballard insisted he should paint his covers himself.
[Images and story found here, via Everlasting Blört].
Jentacular Hot Links
Underworld, Reg Guest Syndicate (1966)
Pianist, arranger and music director Reg Guest (aka Earl Guest) was Born in Birmingham, England. His album Underworld contains covers of crime/spy/drama themes: “
C-17.
Jerk.
OBEY.
rabbit (2007).
ROTFL [via Thompson, blog].
Star Shanty [via Memo Of The Air].
600 HP Snow Natural Gas Pumping engine.
Everyone knows it’s windy [via Everlasting Blört].
[Top image: AC/DC Lane graffiti, monochrome infrared, Leanne Cole 2026.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Saturday Matinee – Vintage Trouble, Toronzo Cannon & Jonathon “Boogie” Long
Soul / blues / R&B band Vintage Trouble formed in Los Angeles in 2010. Their debut album The Bomb Shelter Sessions (2011) hit number one on Amazon‘s music charts in the UK, and they won the Best New Band prize at the 2011 Classic Rock awards. In February 2024, the group announced an indefinite break “to focus on individual and family endeavors”.
Chicago bluesman Toronzo Cannon didn’t pick up a guitar until he was 22, but he picked it up fast.
“Gary Clark, Jr. declared, ‘Toronzo is a beast. He lights the room up,’ and Joe Bonamassa rightly pronounced, ‘Toronzo’s a great guitar player, excellent vocalist and an amazing personality.’ ”
Jonathon “Boogie” Long
From his website: “He began his career at the age 18, invited by BB King to tour with him. Shortly after, he was awarded Guitar Center’s “King of the Blues”, besting over 4,000 other contestants. Since then, he’s taken the short road to Louisiana legend, already a member of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, and Baton Rouge officially designating January 4th as “Jonathon Long” day.”
R.I.P Chuck Norris, sorry about your legacy Cesar Chavez, nice work Nick Shirley, Gavin Newsom is still a douchebag, and tomorrow is Porch Time.
See you there.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 947 – Terry Gilliam’s Lipstick, Dancy Feets & Speed Choir
Stack o’ Toads
[Found here.]
Girls in Bubbles
French model Simone in the bubble, Bar du Baguette, Saint Germain en Laye, France. Photo by Melvin Sokolsky, from his Bubble Series, 1963.
“The bubble in the series is made of Plastivew and is composed of two hemispheres with a 1/8-inch crack to allow for breathing room. Then the bubble was hung from a very thin, but strong cable. (It could have also held up a Cadillac.) This was probably one of the easiest shoots I’ve ever done in my life because there were no hair or makeup interruptions. No one could touch her in the bubble, so it was just her and I creating the images.” – Melvin Sokolsky
Tacky Raccoons 