Nothing Much Happened Last Night.

Quiet Party

[Found here.]

Saturday Matinee – Rocky Roberts & The Airdales, Georgia Satellites, & Rickie Lee Jones

Rocky Roberts & The Airdales’ “T-Bird” 1965.

The Georgia Satellites‘ “Railroad Steel.”

Rickie Lee Jones‘ “Last Chance Texaco” 1985.

Sorry for the short terse post – been kinda busy lately, so this’ll have to do for this week’s edition of The Saturday Matinee. Have a great weekend folks.

The .GIF Friday Post No.292 – Binocular Soccer, Bouncing Baby Bison & Wembley Stadium Flood

Japanese Binocular Soccer

bison tramp

Wembly

[Found here, here and here.]

ШАГАЁТ, ШАГАЁТ, ШАГАЁТ…

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“STEP, STEP, STEP…”

1971 Soviet Stepwalker, apparently from a hobby magazine.

[Found here, with more cool stepwalkers.]

Karmann Ghia Rat Rod

Karmann Ghia Rat Rodjpg

[Found here. More rat rods here.]

Discover Ruth Buzzi’s Comfort

Ruth Buzzi's Comfort

Marketing genius or clever disturbing satire? You be the judge.

[Found here.]

We Need More Of These. Lots More.

Head Demagnetizer

[Found here.]

Leapin’ Lizards!

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Sky Lizard

THAT’S NOT A PHOTOSHOP. The lizard’s big as a Buick, and it’s going after a transformer.

[Found in here. Word of caution – It’s a Russian website, and they don’t police their internet for viruses very well. I think it’s clean, but you can acquire some nasties if you’re not careful.]

Tacky Raccoons’ 6th Year: The Top 11 Posts

We’ve featured the Top Posts for each year since this blog was whelped in 2007. The numbers indicate ranking for the previous 12 months followed by last year’s, and we’ve added a third for all-time rank (August 2007 – August 2013).  NR indicates Not Ranked.

Click on any image and it’ll take you to the original post.

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No. 11/nr/22  Death Row Barbie & Other Science Fair Projects

Animated Scales

No. 10/nr/72 – The .gif Friday Post 65: Animated Scales

Dude. Awesome.

No. 9/nr/69 –  The .Gif Friday Post No.204 – DUDE. AWESOME.

No. 8/7/6 – Amy’s Motivational Poster Collection

Giant Isopod

No. 7/nr/31 –  “Wow, Giant Isopod, Did You See That?”

No. 6/9/24 -The .Gif Friday Post No.104 – Catsup

No. 5/8/18 -Babe Cannon

No. 4/4/12 – 10:11:10 11/10/11

No. 3/6/5 – Giant Woolly Bear Caterpillar Discovered Near Las Cruces, NM, Predicts Global Warming for Decades to Come

No. 2/5/11 – 10/10/10 10:10:10

And the Number One Post for the past 12 months is:

Capybara Lapwarmer!

This bit of furry awesomeness was Number 2 in August 2012, down from Number 1 in 2011, and Caplin Rous is back in the top slot for most views with a score of 1/2/3. Congrats!

Thank all of you who visit, follow & link to Tacky Raccoons, and I hope you’re at least mildly amused at what our intrepid webminers have produced on a daily basis for the past six years. — Bunk

P.S. If you haven’t done so already, visit

The Official Cutting Edge Tacky Raccoons Store

for trendy and stylish acoutrements. If you don’t see what you like, or you want something a bit different, leave a comment or use the “Write Bunk” link in the sidebar.

The .GIF Friday Post No.291 – Awesome Owls

Owl Rat Eating

owlmock

Usually we post more than two animations for The .GIF Friday Post, but these two stand alone. Top .gif was posted previously; related post here.
[Found here.]