Saturday Matinee – Mark Hummel’s Golden State / Lone Star Revue, Henrik Freischlader & FUZZRIDER

From the website: Mark Hummel’s Golden State / Lone Star Revue is an all-star, cross-country melding of musicians from California – Mark Hummel (harp-blower, vocalist, bandleader and Grammy nominee), R.W. Grigsby (bassist) – and Texans Anson Funderburgh (guitarist and Rockets bandleader), Mike Keller (Double Trouble, Fabulous Thunderbirds) and Wes Starr (famed Austin drummer who has played with a who’s who of Texas music royalty).

German blues guitarist, singer-songwriter, producer and self-taught multi-instrumentalist from Wuppertal, Germany, Henrik Freischlader plays all flavors of the blues.

FUZZRIDER is a relatively new heavy blues super trio from Athens Greece: Jim Lord / guitars and vocals, Nick Giannoulis /  bass and Brian Velentzas / drums.

Lotta news flying around and splattering all over the pavement. No point in listing it all here, you’ve heard most of the official contradictory reports by now. Seems like tomorrow might be a good time to watch dogs from the porch and let things sort themselves out. See you there.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 944 – Pool Predator, Catfish Road & Three Cups Trick

[Found here, here and here.]

Open 25/7

[AI Mickey D’s found here.]

“The vane squeaks,” said Reverend Paul. “Fix it.”

Church of St. Bartholomew (aka Saint Bart’s) is in the town of Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England. The church’s origins date back to the medieval period.

    • The first mention of the church appeared around 1220AD.
    • The earliest surviving part is the tower, which dates from the 13th century.
    • The main body of the present church was largely built around 1300AD (early 14th century in Early English Gothic style), with the spire added in the early 14th century, and other parts (like aisles) from the later 14th century.

[Image found here.]

Bastard Chairs


“The hybrid, vernacular seats seen in Hong Kong’s backstreets and in mainland China are known as ‘Bastard Chairs’. These improvised seats have been assembled and repaired by local residents using whatever materials were available. There are plastic backs grafted onto wooden stools, and metal legs bolted into mismatched frames.
German photojournalist Michael Wolf (1954-2019) spotted them.”

[These (and more) found here.]

The Roadtrip

[Found here.]

Fucivorous Hot Links

Emotional Weather Report, Tom Waits (1975)

Cat Paw.

Noisy walls.

Duck Radio.

Lucky Allen.

Coen Circles.

Tabulating farts.

2008 Idiotmobile.

Fun Fact No. 5793.

Cocoa gets the blues.

A new telephone poll.

Making the Honda Cog.

A desiccated carrot flower.

Non-Essential Commentary.

Truancy, wilding, Kroger & ICE.

Termite Town [via Thompson, blog].

Slinky Heaven [via Everlasting Blört].

This is not a cup [via Memo Of The Air].

The Elephant Stables of Hampi [via Miss Cellania].

[Top image: Somewhere, photo by Brett Beaudry (ca. 2025) found here.]

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Saturday Matinee – Eric Johnson (w/ Kyle Brock & Tommy Taylor), Ana Popović, and The Sonics

Eric Johnson with Kyle Brock and Tommy Taylor in 1988. Lot of technique packed into a pretty instrumental.

Born in Serbia and now residing in the US, Ana Popović has earned seven Blues Music Award nominations and performed as the only female guitarist of the 2014 -2018 all-star Experience Hendrix lineup, a nationwide tour celebrating the music and legacy of Jimi Hendrix.

In 2015, The Sonics  performed at the KEXP studio to record a set of their proto-punk garage band classics (along with some covers). Four of the five original members were there: Gerry Roslie / vocals, keyboard; Larry Parypa / Guitar; Andy Parypa / Bass; and Rob Lind / Saxophone. The entire session can be heard here and it’s pure awesome.

We had some actual weather this past week, with high winds, thunder and lightning, sheets of rain, avalanches, starvation, disease, pestilance. Now I hear that there are extra terrestrials on the way so we’ll have a surplus if we don’t waste them. I think there’s room in the shed.
See you porchtime-ish.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 943 – A Scary Ride, Lizard Hand & The Shy Guy

[Found here, here and here.]

To Be T or Not To Be T

[Found here, foo.]