Month: June 2013

Graffiti – Risky Business

Graffiti bridge 1

[Found here.]

House of Rock

House of Rock

Drina River in Serbia

According its owner, “this house was built in 1968. It was not easy to build then. But I finally made it happen with the help of my friends.” Back then they were just a bunch of young boys who loved to swim in the waters of Drina River and sunbathe on the large rock that now supports the house. Its lumpy surface wasn’t the most comfortable to sit on, so one day they decided to build a proper place to rest. They started bringing in planks from a nearby derelict shed, and before long they had actually built a cosy shelter complete with walls and a roof. It may not look very sturdy, but this wooden home has survived several floods and serious storms.

[Found here.]

Saturday Matinee – Playing With High Voltage, The Mendes Harmónica Trio, James Cotton & Magic Dick

In the U.S., the harmonic frequency of electricity is B Flat. [via Amy Oops.]

Mendes Harmónica Trio – “5ª Sinfonia de Beethoven – Excerto” is pure Portuguese brillance. (If that’s too high-brow for you, click here instead: Borrah Minevitch & His Harmonica Rascals.)

The original WhammerJammer, here’s James Cotton‘s classic “Midnight Creeper.” Compare it with this:

Magic Dick Salwitz with The J. Geils Band is enough to blow your face out for this edition of The Saturday Matinee. Have a great weekend, folks.  Be back here tomorrow for more vapid and awesome enlightenment.

The .GIF Friday Post No.283 – Hodad Beach, Invisible Kiss & Landshark

Full Moon At The Shore

Invisible Kiss

ducklingsharkcatroomba

[Found here, here and here.]

Remember Always – 6 June 1944

D-Day-June-6-1944

The Normandy Invasion: A Huge Gamble With A Huge Price.
God Bless Those Who Gave Their Lives For Freedom
and God Bless Those Who Finished The Job.

Zen Roadtrip

Roadtrip Uncut

That’s not a spliced photo.

[Found here, no source given.]

Update: Waterfowl Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Source – Getty Images.

Waterfowl Lake Canada

Puke.

Puke

Nine adults thought this was a good idea. [Found here.]

Brain Police

Brain Police

[Found here.]

Animal Retro House

Animal House

Delta House: Stork, D-Day, Boon, Bluto, Hardbar & Otter. Hoover’s in front. Photo taken shortly before The Night Of The Seven Fires.

[Image found here. If anyone has a link to TNotSF, first published in the October 1974 issue of National Lampoon, lemme know. I re-read it a few years ago, but the online copies have disappeared.]

Saturday Matinee – Free Range Grains, Animal TV, Chuck Mead, Hubert Sumlin & David Johansen

Free range farm [via].

Animal TV has a great soundtrack. [h/t Phil]

Chuck Mead‘ “Girl On The Billboard.” Thank God for country kickers who compose clever ballads that actually rhyme, and Chuck Mead is one of them.

Hubert Sumlin and David Johansen (New York Dolls) with a killer version of Howlin’ Wolf‘s “Smokestack Lightning.” From the Utoobage comments:

“I don’t know where it came from originally but this is on the extras of the DVD ‘Blues: The Road to Memphis.’

That should do it for another edition of The Saturday Matinee. Have a better than mediocre weekend and be back here tomorrow for mediocrity PLUS.