Julio Lafuente was a Spanish architect who worked mainly in Italy. This is a summer cabin he built with structural engineer Gaetano Rebecchini on Capocotta Beach near Rome in 1965.
Month: December 2021
Ombrophilous Hot Links
You Sure Can’t Do, Buddy Guy (1958)An homage to Guitar Slim‘s The Things That I Used to Do.
Band lineup:
Buddy Guy – Guitar and Vocals
Ike Turner – Guitar
Willie Dixon – Bass
Odie Payne – Drums
Harold Burrage – Piano
Carlson Oliver – Tenor Sax
Eddie Jones – Tenor Sax
Jackie Brenston – Baritone Sax
Pops Coffee on the Four Leaf.
Beetle wing embroidery (tutorial).
Signs found on Google Street View.
Rationing of food, petrol, etc., ended in Britain nine years after the end of WWII. [h.t Possum]
A 23 year old auditioned for the Monkees on 7 October 1965. R.I.P. Michael Nesmith.
[Top image: I wasn’t shopping for socks but I found those here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Saturday Matinee – Andrey Bakhurin, Haruka Kikuchi /w Stephen Walker & Michael Nesmith
http://https://youtu.be/hhHw_v2l56w
Just rediscovered this 2008 Russian compilation of animations done with Post-It Notes (by Andrey Bakhurin).
http://https://youtu.be/adEGLFmlhm0
“Welcome to ‘Trombone Talk’ and today’s guest is Stephen Walker (I call him Steve). He is one of my old friend since I’ve been here, we used to hang around at the YUKI Izakaya on Frenchmen Street (they closed down in October 2016), and yes, great Trombone player.”
Haruka Kikuchi has earned the title of Queen of the Tailgate Trombone.
http://https://youtu.be/ki51FYjioHk
One of the prettiest songs ever written.
R.I.P. Michael Nesmith.
Hope y’all have a great weekend and we’ll be here all day tomorrow.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 710 – Christmas Fun
Mask Up? I Say Fram It.
It’s slightly better than the cloth sieve you’ve been wearing, but mine is still the best.
[Found here.]
Wilder Mann – Pagan Christmastime monsters
“In 2010 the French photographer began traveling to rural farming villages in over a dozen European countries to document people, pictured mostly alone, out in the wilderness, wearing homemade costumes used in celebratory events marking the solstices, the harvest and coming of winter—calendar dates that, after millennia and the ‘civilizing’ of Pagan populations, eventually mutated into Christmas and Easter. The costumes referencing human/animal hybrids are cobbled-together, yet visually astounding.”
Traditional European Christmastime monsters photographed by Charles Fréger. Other images found here, caption from here.
80 Years Ago Today – Pearl Harbor
Campanological Hot Links
Theme to Barbarella, Bob Crewe & The Glitterhouse (1968)Composer/producer Bob Crewe (aka the Godfather of Easy Listening) invited New York-based group The Glitterhouse to provide the “But Hey” style vocals for the title song of the cult classic Barbarella.
Abe Lyman (1927).
Circus Peanuts – a Twitter Exposé.
An elephant, a dog and a cow walk into a green tube.
[Top image found here.]
Saturday Matinee – Cyriak & the Four Seasons, Trombone Shorty, TUOOGB & Ted Yoder
http://https://youtu.be/qN3kC_4xURA
In 2007 Cyriak captured the essence of FV & the FS.
http://https://youtu.be/k9YUi3UhEPQ
An amazing 13 year old Trombone Shorty played with Wynton Marsalis in 2000 and almost blew a cheek. Great stuff.
http://https://youtu.be/e8OxWMVvwbU
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain does a lot of amusing covers, but this one is worth the listen: Jelly Roll Morton‘s recording of King Oliver‘s Dr. Jazz Stomp (1926).
http://https://youtu.be/E6QOr-oCTwU
This ethereal version of Tears For Fears‘ 1985 hit by Ted Yoder on hammer dulcimer makes me want to bang pots and pans, but I like it.
That’s a wrap. Be back tomorrow and we’ll mess around some more.
Tacky Raccoons 