Apparently someone’s daddy doesn’t like the President:
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Month: December 2020
Fallaciloquencial Hot Links
“In this era of rampant Fake News, Smudge has called out BS time and time again, ususally in response to something said by a volatile blond woman.”
Chinaman Blues, Erskine Tate’s Vendome Orchestra (1923) OkehThe band played live music during and between silent films in movie theaters, and featured a young Louis Armstrong.
Ave Maria. Or not…
The First Follower is important.
The Saga of Taylor and Smudge.
Tracked by a Pirate, or the Adventures of a Young Sponge-Hunter.
[Top image from here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Saturday Matinee – Christmas Songs from the Bands of the USN, USA, USAF, USCG & USSF
United States Navy Band featuring
Senior Chief Petty Officer Keith Arneson, banjo
Petty Officer 1st Class Joe Friedman, guitar
This bluegrass medley by the United States Army Band featured
SFC Dean G. Woods, vocals, guitar
SFC Marlisa D. Woods, vocals, fiddle
MSG Michael J. Ford, vocals, harmonica
SFC Kristopher C. Armstrong, string bass
CW5 (ret.) Charles Vollherbst, banjo
The United States Air Force Band jazzed it up a bit. None of that hillbilly crap for them (even though they’re all rednecks).
The United States Coast Guard Band played one of my favorites. Kinda.
The United States Marine Band did a good job with this one.
The United States Space Force Band is still in it’s infancy, but this works as a placeholder.
Have a great weekend, see you back here tomorrow if I’m not at the mall.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 660 – Kitty Licker, Doggiecise & Balongerie
Everyone’s Invited to the Christmas Potty
[Found here.]
Everything You Should Know About The Vietnamese Mossy Frog
The Smithsonian’s Natioal Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute has some great information:
Vietnamese mossy frogs greatly resemble a clump of moss. the Vietnamese mossy frog lives in Vietnam.
[Image found here.]
Houston Aerial Transp’t Co. 1925
Maybe it’s Transparent or Transplant. I’m going with Transplat.
Oh wait…
[It was known as] C.C. Cannan Field since 1918 and as an informal flying field and race track before that. In 1925 the field was purchased by Vince Hays for his Houston Aerial Transport Company. It was on this field that Shorty Walker and Guy Hahn made and flew their airplanes and aircraft engines. [Source]
[Top image found here, 1923 C.C. Cannan Field article found here, 1923 Detroit Free Press ad here.]
Remember Always – 7 December 1941
[Image from USNI Proceedings January 1961. Related posts here.]
Quingentumvirate Hot Links
Dynaflow Blues, The Johnny Shines Blues Band (1965) Vanguard Johnny Shines (1915-1992) played with some of the greatest bluesmen of his time, including Robert Johnson. He recorded sporadically from 1946 with little success, and in 1952 sold his equipment and returned to construction. Vanguard Records found him in 1965 and revived his career.
[Top image found here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Saturday Matinee – Gillian Hills, Delbert McClinton, The J. Geils Band & Bobby Womack
“‘Tut Tut Tut Tut’ is indeed the Franco-phonetic way of imitating a busy signal. In the course of this two minute song, Hills huffs 7 TUTs in a row, four different times for a total of 28 TUTS. Then she adds another 15 or 20 during the fade. Who doesn’t love her TUTS?”
The song is featured in the 2020 TV miniseries “Queen’s Gambit” starring Anya Taylor-Joy, but Gillian Hills recorded “Tut Tut Tut Tut” in 1960, featured in the movie Beat Girl. An English version, Busy Signal was recorded by The Lollipops in 1965.
[Update – Corrected factual error. That is Gillian Hills in the video.]
“McClinton sounds EXACTLY like Peter Wolf!” – video comment
Delbert McClinton is the sound of Texas soul, and has the credentials, backing the likes of Sonny Boy Williamson II, Howlin’ Wolf, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and Jimmy Reed. Eventually he had a national hit, playing harmonica on Bruce Channel‘s “Hey! Baby” in 1962.
“Wolf sounds EXACTLY like Delbert McClinton!” – video comment
The J. Geils Band on The Old Grey Whistle Test 1973 (before all that garbage they put out in the 80s). They also covered this song:
Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2009, Bobby Womack was slowing down by the time of this 2013 performance, and he passed away the following year at age 70. He first recorded “Lookin’ For A Love” with his brothers as The Valentinos.
Guess that’ll do it for now. Have a great weekend while you can, see you back here for dessert.
Tacky Raccoons 