[All images found here, via Mme. Jujujive.]
[Update: Bonus .gif found here.]
Month: March 2021
OrismologIcal Hot Links
A Little Change, Cam Cole 2019 Demo CDThat’s not a band. He’s one guy, a street performer, with videos.
Gelmerbahn descent in real time.
“Let’s go. You’re singing it wrong.”
Who was known as “the Boss of the Plains”?
Intestines of non-uniform stiffness mold the corners of wombat feces. Duh.
Renowned cold-case detective J. Warner Wallace discusses the credibility of New Testament eyewitnesses.
[Top image is from Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing by Judi & Ron Barrett, 1988.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Saturday Matinee – Utopia, The Nicholas Brancker Band, Bernard “Pretty” Perdie & Co., and The Cleverlys
Utopia (2019) is a short by filmmaker Kosta Nikas. A man lives in a society where citizens police each other with their mobile phones. [Found here.]
The Nicholas Brancker Band plays 60’s-70s spouge, a style that was “Barbados’ answer to ska in Jamaica and calypso in Trinidad.” I’d heard before but never knew it had a name until recently (thanks to Queen H.). Jump to 01:10 for the music.
Tighten Up (Part 1) is a cover of the classic 1968 Archie Bell & the Drells hit. Music starts at 0:40. This all-star lineup features:
Bernard “Pretty” Perdie – drums
Chuck Rainey – bass
David T. Walker – guitar
Sonny Phillips – organ
Bill Bivens – tenor sax
Virgil Jones – trumpet
Pancho Morales – percussion
Lou Donaldson – alto sax
“If Earl Scruggs, Dolly Parton, and Spinal Tap spawned a litter of puppies, it would be the Cleverlys.” – NYT
As long as we’re doing covers, The Cleverlys‘ take on The Proclaimers‘ 1988 song is a good’un. A lot of the songs they cover are parodies of a sort (I expected to hear “pterodactyl” in the refrain) but they play I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) straight… mostly.
There’s a hunderd other things that I can think of to post, but I gotta wrap it up and ship it out. Have a great weekend, and you know what to do.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 672 – Tossing Rice, Pendulum Boy & A Pitbull Ups the Ante
Wanted: Milo, Sawa & Cagwang
Seems a bit steep for a cagwang (flying lemur), but let’s recognize that these prices are in Filipino money. A four foot sawa (python) could run you $1.50 in US money, up to $37.50 for a 28 foot specimen. Here we see two Filipino men holding a reticulated python and a crested serpent eagle.
I presume there’s takeout in the back.
[Image and caption found here.]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Urban Soviet Apartments
Interior design studio Gyva Grafika took photos of “Urban Soviet” apartment buildings in Kaunas, Lithuania and created appliqués for a restaurant.
This made my day.
Do you see what I see?
That nano pot was posted here on 6 April 2010 and the Head of Microscopy at UCD found it useful. The other responses on the Quorum discussion are cool, too.
Haruspicational Hot Links
Atomic Talking Blues (Old Man Atom), Sons of the Pioneers (1950)The song was written by Vern Partlow (1945) as a satirical protest, and was first recorded by Pete Seeger (1948).
Sheb Wooley was the voice of The Wilhelm Scream.
Learning fluent English begins with common phrases.
I keep forgetting that Windows 10 has a hidden video editor.
Ptuey Radio plays 78s and LPs “ripped from attics, closets and estates, a garage sale for your ears.”
[Top: Image of the Barbados Cruising Club is kinda Hopperesque.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Saturday Matinee – A Banana, Бра́во, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones & Cam Cole
This banana comes with a cool Django Reinhardt vibe.
[Found here.]
Marty Robbins goes to Russia? Бра́во [Bravo] was founded in 1983 in Moscow, was one of the most popular underground acts.
Ветер знает [The Wind Knows] sounds just like the real deal. (There’s an English version here.)
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones‘ song intro has been stuck in my head for months and now that I’ve rediscovered it I can finally sleep at night. This live version is from 2011.
Cam Cole, busker, bluesman, rocker, recording artist, and “the most impressive one-man band you will ever see” nails the blues to your forehead and plugs it into your ears. This guy is definitely one to watch for.
Have a great weekend, something else will show up here tomorrow.
Tacky Raccoons 