Month: March 2016

Nothing Much Happened Today.

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My grouper needed a bath.

[Found here.]

Pro Anti Hot Links

MongoosePlay

1915 Bigass Lobsters.

Everybody’s Marty Feldman [via].

Catboat.

What’s an OODA Loop?

Lizardoggie.

St. Kitts and Nevis. After the Spanish Conquest, mongooses were introduced to hunt and kill rats and snakes, but then they began going after chickens and became vermin themselves.

The Mongoose Play is a piece of folk theatre from Saint Kitts. The play is based around a battle against mongooses, who threatened the island’s chickens, an important food source, after having been imported to exterminate the then-raging snake and rat population. The Mongoose Play involves both dance and music performed by costumed masqueraders.

One would think that a “then-raging snake and rat population” might eventually take care of itself unless it were in equilibrium and self-supporting.

Saturday Matinee – The South Memphis String Band, Bascom Lamar Lundsford & The Allman Bros. Band

The South Memphis String Band is a bit traditional and a bit unorthodox in their approach to country bluegrass and blues. Here’s their version of “Jesse James.”

“Jesse James” was first recorded by Bascom Lamar Lundsford in 1924. He played and promoted traditional Appalachian folk music and styles from the previous century.

The Allman Brothers‘ version of “One Way Out,” recorded live on 2 November 1972 in Hempstead, New York:

“Ain’t but one way out baby,
Lord I just can’t go out the door;
Ain’t but one way out baby, and
Lord I just can’t go out the door;
‘Cause there’s a man down there,
might be your man I don’t know.”

Here’s a brief history of the song with links to earlier recordings.

Have a great weekend, folks. More fun is on the way.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 429 – Manufacturing Matchbox Cars in 1964

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[This collection of .GIFs was found here. More on Matchbox here.]

Happy Maewyn Succat Day!

St. Patrick Stained Glass

aka Saint Patrick.

[Image found here. For more St. Patrick’s Day stuff, click here and follow the links.]

Another Great Gift Idea: Invisibility Socks

Invisibility Socks

[Found here.]

“Pardon me, Sir. Is this yours? He’s bein’ a dick.”

Racoon and Kitten

[Image found here, h/t coopernumpy.]

Go Make Me A Sammich.

Make Me A Sammich

Poof. You’re now a sammich. What’s your next request?

[Found here.]

Hot Links Of The Apocalypse

Captain Beefheart

Meatball Parade has earworm potential.

The Mumble Song by the Charioteers.

Clark Terry mumbles the best. (Wait for the punchline.)

This is a big crack.

If someone calls you a punk, brat, jerk, dunce, fool, rube, bum, barbarian, cretin or a bunghole, he/she probably doesn’t know the source of those terms of endearment.

Flibberty Jib describes this Presidential Election cycle perfectly.

Captain Beefheart’s Ten Commandments.

Saturday Matinee – Dog Looks, Skatalites, and others

YES. Dogs do this, especially with a nice soundtrack [via].

https://youtu.be/O9HyXc4e7Qc

Dedicated to all the Social Justice Warriors out there.

Have a great weekend, folks. See you back here tomorrow for more inanity.