Note that the shop advert is a screen; the windows are visible. It’s around the corner down the street somewhere (or was). Presumably the building shown is (or was) on Bowery Street. Original photo by Tom Webb found in here, overlaid colorized portion by unknown. [Related post here.]
Arlington National Cemetery, L’Enfant Drive, Section 41.
Memorial Day is a time of remembrance, reflection, and reunion with friends and families. For your festivities, here are some unrelated tunes, chosen at random and ordered by year of release.
[Previous Memorial Day posts are archived here.]
[Caveat: I don’t own the copyrights to any of the recordings. They are presented here for entertainment purposes only.]
Tear Drops, Soul Brothers Inc. (1967 Salem Records) 1960s northern soul group from Christiansburg, Virginia, with vocals by brothers Earl and Marshal Carter. A copy of this rare 45rpm can fetch as much as $5k. (Not to be confused with Soul Brothers Inc. from Houston, Texas, or S.B.I. / Soul Brothers Inc. Records.)
Hanta photoshoot.
Hanta can do what??
Eggshell [via Memo Of The Air].
NYC bag dogs [via Everlasting Blört.]
100 year old Marenghi Organ Smashmouth.
Aug(de)mented Reality 2 [via Miss Cellanea].
Your Internet Radio Dial [via Thompson, blog].
Free healthcare, clothing room & board for $1.
[Image at top: Impressionist graffiti (aka “deep fried graff”) by ForzaNokia (Belgium 2026) found here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
BoDeans formed in 1986 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and they’re still at it. Described as “one of the most successful, and best known, bands to come out of the Milwaukee area,” BoDeans is included in a permanent installation on artists from the Midwest at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Video was recorded at the Stoughton Opera House, Stoughton WI in 2024.
Formed in Bristol circa 2013, The Terraplanes Blues Band were shortlisted as one of the top 20 blues bands in the UK by the UK Blues Federation, and awarded the prestigious Emerging Blues Act of the Year at the 2023 UK Blues Awards.
1984 jazzy blues jam by Tom Principato and Danny Gatton (1945-1994).
From YouTube comments: “This song is Tom’s Samba, not How’s Your Sister. Sister was performed on the same studio taping, but is more of a Bill Doggett blues shuffle. Danny originally recorded Sister as a member of the Soul Mates band around 1966 when they worked on a Potomac cruise ship. The 45 is extremely rare.”
Lotta news a-poppin’ this week, with fires and chemical spills, Ebola outbreaks, UFO files and Memorial Day sales. Good time for a three-day weekend, and we’ll discuss it all at porchtime tomorrow. See you there.
[Found in here.]
Looks like there’s a small concrete mixer in the back, too.
[From Reddit, via Bustednuckles.]
Moon Baby, Bo Diddley (1961) The amount of time to compose and record this song must have taken almost an hour. It was the last track on Side 1 of Bo Diddley is a Lover (reissue, ca. 1961). It also appears on retro compilations (like this one).
The Age of Purity
& Victor Davis Hanson.
Multiply by 9 for 2026 dollars.
Furniture [via Nag on the Lake].
Unraveling AI’s Knitting Bullshit.
Dungeons & Dragons according to Scripture.
Preggo texts to punk [via The Feral Irishman].
Trucks parking on a boat [via Thompson, blog].
A large angry dude jumping into a crowd of punks is art.
Datsun/Nissan pickup truck evolution [via Memo Of The Air].
[Image at top: Leviathan, Hirusuke Yabe (2020) via Everlasting Blört.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Tacky Raccoons 