[More images at the source.]
Russian Trolley
Month: October 2020
Humuhumunukunukuapua’a Hot Links
Hapa Haole Hula Girl (My Honolulu Hula Girl), Alfred Apaka with Danny Stewart’s Hawaiians (1951) Decca Records“Alfred Aloha Apaka (1919–1960) was one of the influential performers in the history of Hawaii’s popular music. Although he recorded for less than a decade, Apaka set the standards for modern Hawaiian music with his joyful, baritone vocals and highly entertaining performances.” (BTW, “hapa haole” doesn’t translate to “Honolulu,” and is also a style of music.)
NASA/NOAA prevented Global Cooling.
Binaural beats are considered auditory illusions.
“This is the best game of hide-and-seek ever.” [via]
Kiddie board games imagined as horror flicks. [h/t Nate L.]
Escaping through a predator’s butt can be a lifesaver [via].
[Top image: artwork by Derek Yaniger.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Saturday Matinee – Android 207, Talking Heads, Tito Larriva, Johnny Nash & Krosfyah
Android 207 is a fun stop-motion from Carrotkid (Paul Whittington). In 2007, the film received the Best Film, Best Technical and People’s Choice awards at the Vancouver Island Short Film Festival. I’ve posted it before, and it’s still one of my favorites.
Classic Talking Heads video won “Best Group Video” at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1987. I probably posted it before also – I couldn’t find a live version of …oh wait, just found one.
Tito Larriva plays Radio Head in the movie TRUE Stories (1986). Larriva was a founding member of The Plugz.
Lost another great talent this week. Johnny Nash (1940-2020) was born in Houston, Texas, but moved to Jamaica in 1965, where rocksteady was big and reggae was just beginning to gain in popularity. Video is from Dick Clark’s American Bandstand, 1968.
Krosfyah‘s single Pump Me Up (1995) was a hit in Barbados, went gold in Canada. Great Soca.
That’s a wrap, at least for now. See you tomorrow and we’ll mess with stuff.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 653 – Armadillo Pillow, Trippy Tree Topping & The Stars of Salar de Uyuni
Let’s Meat In The Park.
Face Rump 33¢ per lb.
That’s A Real Mannikin.
[Found here.]
“They warned me that the home was wallpapered in beer cans…and I thought to myself, ‘Well, I wonder where in the world they found beer can wallpaper.'”
Jaculiferous Hot Links
Riff City, Slim Gaillard (1946) Bel-Tone RecordsGaillard could play several instruments and managed to turn the performance from jazz to comedy. He would play the guitar with his left hand fretting with fingers pointing down over the fingerboard (instead of the usual way up from under it), or would play credible piano solos with his palms facing up.
Lord of the Paddle [sound up].
Naked chicks rocking out. No, really.
Be careful where you park in Brazil. [Story here, h/t Nancy H.]
60 years ago: The first episode of The Andy Griffith Show aired on October 3 1960. Titled “The New Housekeeper,” Opie meets Aunt Bee.
[Top image of Slim Gaillard in a spacesuit-a-roonie from here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Saturday Matinee – Andrea Motis & friends, Stéphane Grappelli w/ Bill Coleman, Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks
Spanish singer and Jazz trumpeter Andrea Motis does Dizzy.
On the Saturday afternoon of the 6th Jazzing Festival, September 2019, there was a concert at the Bar Colombia in Sant Andreu town centre (a district of Barcelona, Spain) with Joan Chamorro, Andrea Motis, Carla Motis and Josep Traver plus some of the Sant Andreu Jazz Band including Joan Marti, Alba Armengou, Elia Bastida, Alba Esteban, Pablo Ruiz and Anastasia Ivanova (their guest from Moscow) here performing ‘On the Sunny Side of the Street.’
Bill Coleman (1904-1981) & Stephane Grappelli (1908-1997) ca. 1976. Great stuff for early morning forty miles to East Jesus road trips, or just sitting on the back porch watching the world go by.
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks (with the Acoustic Warriors) 1989 reunion concert on Austin City Limits. Hicks had a solid fan base, but he got into alcohol and drugs, pissed off a lot of people. Years passed before he cleaned up his act and started over. DH&HHL came onto my radar in 1978 with (what my ears heard as) “Crazy Cuzzie Iz.” Thought he was singing about a family member.
Let’s do something tomorrow. See you then.
Tacky Raccoons 