Month: April 2023

Easter

Saturday Matinee – Propellerheads w/ Shirley Bassey, Harry & The Howlers, and (the other) Roy Rogers

Propellerheads, with Shirley Bassey, the Welsh vocalist known for her renditions of themes to three James Bond movies.

“Propellerheads were a British big beat music band, formed in 1995, from Bath made up of electronic producers Will White and Alex Gifford. The term ‘Propellerhead’ is Californian slang for a computer nerd, and when Gifford and White heard a friend from California drop this into conversation, they thought it the perfect name for their band.”

From Birmingham, UK, Harry & The Howlers features what Harry (Haley) Jordan calls “sleaze-fuelled rock and roll.”

Roy Rogers is one of those guitslingers who doesn’t need a backup band to sound good, but give him one and the results are amazing.

Have a blessed Easter.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 796 – Three Gasholes

[All three .gifs stolen from Bitter Ben.]

Platybot

[Original image found here.]

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

Top left: An enhanced photo of a weathered balsa wood airplane rudder I found in my weeds that when mirrored becomes the Coptic Shroud of Turin Crown of Bastet that the astute and observant Pam M. pointed out.
Bottom right: My pet moss balls Toshi & Toshita captured in a sun beam.

All images were previously posted elsewhere.

Break for Temporary Internet Outage

Wind blows and Spectrum service  goes into the hidey hole. It went out last night, just came back up a few minutes ago.
I’ll have something new up tomorrow – Bunk

Black Cat Door

[Found in here.]

Lambitive Hot Links

You Can’t Make Me Doubt My Baby, Bunker Hill (1963) In the late 1950s David Walker joined a traditional gospel group, the Sensational Wonders, who would later become The Mighty Clouds of Joy. Walker used the pseudonym Bunker Hill to avoid conflict of interest trouble but they found out anyway and Walker was booted. As Bunker Hill, Walker also recorded with Link Wray (with brother and manager Vernon Wray).

CLICK

In Reality.

What are you?

Rock-a-bye baby.

Robbie the Robar.

A letter to a centenarian.

Robopigeon [via Mme. Jujujive].

Jammin’ the bar codes [via IHSTWOTI]

What we have that they don’t [via Feral Irishman].

Buy ’em by the sack [via The View from Lady Lake].

Explained: Netherlandish Proverbs, Bruegel the Elder, 1559.
[h/t Memo Of The Air]

Flight 5390 in flight photos; story here. [h/t Bunkerville]

[Top image found here. I think those are young emus.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.

Saturday Matinee – Bill Plympton’s Boney D, Elise LeGrow & Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra

Boney D. (1996) by Bill Plympton & Jonathan Lee . Better than computer animation, and Plymptoons always made me smile.

Elise LeGrow‘s unusual take on Fontella Bass’ 1965 hit Rescue Me is sultry and sleazy, yet still respectful to the original.

Boogie woogie master Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra head over to Fat Freddie’s Place. Don’t know who the soloists are in this lineup, but that trumpet player melts it.

Fun times this week, and I’m getting a bit tired of it. See you back here tomorrow and we’ll cook up a big ‘ol pot of drudgery. Have a great weekend.