What is hip? Tokyo Groove Jyoshi is. They’re a groove band formed in 2018 by three session musicians:
Juna Serita – Bass
Emi Kanazashi – Keyboard
Yuriko Seki – Drums
w/ Shinobu Kawashima – Shamisen
[h/t Feral Irishman]
Blind Boy Fuller‘s Step It Up and Go (1940) as covered by blues roots historian Edward Phillips.
New York retro-rockers The Raunch Hands were underrated and overrated at the same time. [h/t Gord S.]
Hope you have a wet weekend and we’ll check the rain gauge tomorrow.
[Found here.]
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Freddie’s Boogie, Freddie Mitchell And His Orchestra (1953) Saxophonist Freddie Mitchell was among other things “a session musician and bandleader for multi-artist rock shows held by Alan Freed. Mitchell had previously recorded Moondog Boogie named in honor of the disc jockey and the two of them appeared together in the 1956 film Rock, Rock, Rock.”
Rock, Rock, Rock was the first video cassette tape I ever bought; spotted it in a bargain bin for a couple bucks. My next purchase was a video player.
Icecoasters [via Mme. Jujujive].
The Celtic sport of ferret legging.
R.I.P. Wayne Shorter (1933-2023).
Um, better stay out of Earl Orkin’s room.
The angels’ share and the devil’s fungus.
This cheeseburger costs over $21 per ounce.
Czar Peter the Great, Amateur Dental Surgeon.
[via Memo Of The Air]
Meerkats. Cutsey little standy-uppy weasel-lookin’ bastards.
[h/t Bunkerville]
[Top image: Mao money mockery found here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
“It looks like vomit.”
“I’m so scared to try this.”
“It looks like a chopped up ferret.”
Born in Yakutia, Russia, Olena Uutai (Olga Podluzhnaya Uutai) pulls unearthly sounds from a khomus, a type of jaw harp once played by tribal shamans of the far east. [h/t Pam M.]
Reverend Peyton got hold of a groovebox in 2018.
The Terraplanes Blues Band shows us yanks how to play Delta Blues.
It’s later than usual for this time of year, hope it’s still early where you are. See you tomorrow, and if I’m not here, start without me.
[Found here, via Not the Bee. Click the links for all 46 U.S. Presidents. Related post here.]
Tacky Raccoons 