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Month: August 2020
Mostly Peaceful Hot Links
Have A Good Time, Big Walter Horton, Cobra Records (1956)
Horton was also known as “Mumbles,” and “Shakey” because of his head motion while playing the harmonica.
¡Mirale! ¡El Ladder Luchador! [via]
Best lipsynch of Little Richard I’ve seen.
House cat on a drilling rig with high seas.
How women think men use the bathroom.
Puppy ate one of the last woolly rhinos in existence.
[h/t Paul Y.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
[Top image: Bunk as Flash Basbo Space Explorer, back from the Planet of the Mindgobblers.]
Saturday Matinee – Skywatch, Fundo de Quintal OFC, Grupo Fundo de Quintal & Planet Drum
When two outcast teens hack into a ubiquitous drone delivery system to pull a prank on their neighbor, they accidentally crash-land a dangerous prototype – and find themselves entangled in a life-and-death conspiracy.
Apparently it’s scheduled to be made into a TV series produced by Seth Macfarlane [via]
“Life in the countryside is not an easy life,” says Simão, explaining how the band shaped their unique sound. “Here there is nothing, no access to singing lessons, theater, or a place to buy instruments. So we are going to beat our improvised little things.”
Fundo de Quinal OFC is a lot of head-scratching fun. [Found here. More info here.] They took their name from these guys:
Grupo Fundo de Quintal or simply Fundo de Quintal (Backyard Group, roughly) is a Samba band which appeared in Rio de Janeiro in the late 1970s. Smooth rhythms.
Mickey Hart & Planet Drum revamped the Grateful Dead classic Fire On The Mountain. If you don’t have it in your collection, get this.
Have a great weekend, folks, watch out for The Stupids, and we’ll see you back here tomorrow just for the hell of it.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 649 – Four Swallows, Grouper Grab & Fast Food Dash
Mr. Tomato is disheartened.
[Found here.]
DEVO 1977
A Roger Miller fan lives here.
[Found here.]
Let’s Not Go There.
Totally Tubular Hot Links
I Don’t Care Who Knows, Harold Burrage, Cobra Records (1957)
Personnel: Odie Payne (drums), Willie Dixon (bass), Jody Williams (guitar), Harold Ashby (sax), Harold Burrage (vocals, piano). Burrage died of heart failure in 1966 at the age of 35.
Schrödinger’s cat in real life.
Best headlines of the Internet.
A dog meets Alan Turing statue.
What’s YOUR weapon of choice? (h/t Jaime G.)
What will YOU do if you find yourself in a similar situation?
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
[Top image: Late 70’s vintage postcard I found in an old file cabinet.]
Saturday Matinee – Little Remy & The Flying Rockers, Michael Kiwanuka & Willy DeVille
Little Remy & The Flying Rockers – Shadoogie (1962)
Indorock band uit Den Bosch
Ad Boeren – Drums; Rinus Huismans – Slag Gitaar; Guus Silooy – Solo Gitaar; Cees Vermeulen – Bas Gitaar.
Willy (Mink) DeVille had an unusual sound for the late ’70s scene, and Moon Martin‘s Cadillac Walk was one of my favorites. (I didn’t know that Mink DeVille was one of the original house bands at CBGB, but that explains a lot.) h/t Immortal Jukebox.
Michael Kiwanuka‘s One More Night is a cool groove with a quirky video stapled onto it. Can’t quite put my finger on what this reminds me of, but it’s a real smooth combination. Born and raised in London, Kiwanuka is the son of Ugandan parents who escaped the brutal Amin regime.
Have a great weekend, folks, stay cool and don’t let the ninnienannies get to you. Be back here tomorrow and we’ll do stuff.
Tacky Raccoons 