Month: July 2014

Head Lock 0047

Head Lock

[Found here.]

North Troll

TROLLFACE Troll

It’s cold, we’re snowed in, and someone’s out of beer.

[Found here.]

Saturday Matinee – Johnny Winter (1944–2014)

Johnny Winter 1944-2014

Johnny Winter, legendary guitarist and one of the most recognizable icons of Texas blues and rock passed away at the age of 70 earlier this week after a long career.

In a documentary released this year entitled “Johnny Winter Down and Dirty,” he laughed, “Made my first record when I was 15, started playing clubs when I was 15. Started drinking and smoking when I was 15. Sex when I was 15. Fifteen was a big year for me.”

According to Wiki, at age 10 he and his 8 year old brother Edgar played on local TV in his hometown of Beaumont Texas.  Johnny Winter performed for an astounding 60 years, and he died while on still on tour.



RIP, Johnny. You made our roadtrips a hellalotta fun.

The .Gif Friday Post No.339 – Save Yourself Jam, Cat Splat & Firefly Dress

Save Yourself
Black Cat Beanbag Splat
Fire Fly Dress

[Found here, here and  here.]

Creepy Cat Is Not A Cat

Eucalyptus Cat
Guess what it is first, then click. 😀
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One Ringy Dingy

1910 Toy Telephone

“This full-size handmade toy has a bell mechanism (a cowbell inside which rings when the crank is wound) a hook, a receiver and traces of paint. Made from scrap wood for a child when toys were made at home. Circa 1910.”

[Found here.]

The Death Starlet

Death Star Dress FAIL

Yeah, we’re dumping the “WTF To Do With This Kinda Stupid” files cache. Deal with it.

[Found here.]

The ONLY Veggie Burger that tastes like a Real Hamburger

Veggie Burger

[Found here.]

Update: Apparently that image came from a British humor magazine (Viz) as if that makes any difference. Source here.

R.I.P. Erdélyi Tamás, aka Tommy Ramone

 

Another punk bit the big one.

Erdélyi Tamás, aka Tom Erdelyi, aka Tommy Ramone, assembled and helped create one of the most influential bands ever. The Ramones never had a hit single, despite hiring the legendary (and mentally disturbed) Phil Spector.

Tommy Ramone was not new to the recording industry when he and other Brooklyn friends decided to form a band to provide an alternative to the pre-packaged marketing-department formulaic garbage that infested the airwaves in the mid to late 1970s. The Ramones went back to rock and roll garage-band basics, with a twist – they played louder and faster.

That The Ramones rose to popularity by playing 3-chord rock in an obscure venue in the New York City Bowery district says a lot. Punk was born at CBGB’s, and although The Ramones’ garage-band style never garnered them a hit, their influence was huge.

Their message was, “Screw Emerson Lake and Palmer, Yes, Kansas, Foreigner and ELO! Screw CSN&Y and Boston! Listen to C, F & G!”

And The Ramones were spot on. R.I.P. Erdélyi Tamás, and thanks.

 

Rail Roadtrip = Pure Awesome.

RRoadtrip SEFT-1

Artists Ivan Puig and Andrés Padilla Domene (Los Ferronautas) built their striking silver road-rail SEFT-1 vehicle to explore the abandoned passenger railways of Mexico and Ecuador, capturing their journeys in videos, photographs and collected objects.

Between 2006 and 2011, the artists traveled across Mexico and Ecuador in the SEFT-1 (Sonda de Exploración Ferroviaria Tripulada or Manned Railway Exploration Probe). In a transdisciplinary art project, they set out to explore disused railways as a starting point for reflection and research, recording the landscapes and infrastructure around and between cities. Interviewing people they met, often from communities isolated by Mexico’s passenger railway closures, they shared their findings online, seft1.com, where audiences could track the probe’s trajectory, view maps and images and listen to interviews.

RRoadtrip 1
RRoadtrip 2

RRoadtrip

[Found here. Related posts here and here.]