Month: August 2024

Hail Storm A-Comin’

[These images (and more) found here.]

Eileen sits here.

[Found here. Related post here.]

Turtleman, Penguinman & more

 

[Book display found here, description here. Illustrations by Satoshi Kawasaki. Click to enlarge.]

Vauclusian Hot Links

Pm3 – PKP designation of a German express steam locomotive with aerodynamic lagging, produced in 1939–1941 for German railways (German series 0310).

Good, Good Lovin’, The Blossoms (1966)
 The Blossoms were probably the most successful unknown group of the ’60s, and the most well-known lineup was Darlene Love, Fanita James and Jean King. Their biggest hit was not even credited to them: producer Phil Spector was in a rush to get He’s A Rebel to the market, and since his top group was on tour at the time, he named The Crystals instead.

2A memes.

Dizzy Dishes.

Beatin’ rhythm.

This begets This.

In the stone zone.

Catchin’ some ZZZs.

Norty Blues Episode 77.

Flight of the bumblebee.

Brian Wilson does things.

Excellent horror B-movies.

Monkeypox by the numbers.

“Why am I laughing so hard?“

Careful with that dog, Eugene.

Walrus whistle [via Mme. Jujujive].

Bridging the gap [via Bunkerville].

The OSU Marching Band TubaCam.

The 1964 Zambian space program.

Pearl Jam sings names of LinkedIn.

1971 Emoryville scrap yard [via Memo Of The Air].

Some disturbing thoughts about lab-grown sentience.

[Top image: WWII era German built steam locomotive, PKP National Railway Museum, Warsaw, Poland. Image source unknown.]

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

Saturday Matinee – BALTHVS, Johnny Rawls & Dan Patlansky

BALTHVS is a Colombian psychedelic funk surf rock group consisting of Balthazar Aguirre / guitar; Johanna Mercuriana / bass; Santiago Lizcano /drums. Four albums and over three dozen singles in only four years, plus world tours makes for a busy schedule and a lot of spacey retro vibes.

Johnny Rawls is a true soul-blues renaissance man. He’s been recording and performing for over fifty years, winning many awards in the process. Ten of his recordings have been nominated for Soul Blues Album of the Year and two of them won in that category (which didn’t exist until Rawls showed up).

Dan Patlansky was voted the No. 4 Best Guitarist in the world and remains the only artist with two worldwide No.1, and two worldwide No.2 Best Blues Rock albums to his name, as voted by Blues Rock Review USA.

Great googly moogly, the weekend his here already. Too many time flies buzzing about, and that means we have some serious porching to attend to. See you tomorrow.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 867 – Bovine Boots, Happytime Dog & The Final Lap

[Found here, here, and modified the swimmer found here.]

Geometricities

A state prison guard found this in a cell. Apparently it was drawn by one of the prisoners who suffered from schizophrenia.

[Image and caption found here, Revelations 21:17 here. Background story unverified.]

Kodak Time

All images from Square America, an excellent collection of random vintage photos.

Goldilocks

Montpelier, Vermont, 2010

[Found here.]

X-Rays of Taxidermy

Prints of taxidermy X-rays are available for purchase here. Be careful with that site or you may be busy for a while. Bottom right is Baby Lilly, from an “X-Ray Your Toy” event held at the Conservation Centre, National Museums Liverpool, England, found here.