Month: October 2024

The .Gif Friday Post No. 876 – Cat Pong, Hen Class & A Crash Test

[Found here, here and here.]

Bell Bollard Blues

232 St. Mildreds Road,  London, England

[Images found here & via Google Maps. More bollards here.]

Making Monsters

A young girl was found imprinting her face into velvet upholstery.

[Found here.]

October 7

Thousands of Hamas-led terrorists launched a devastating assault on October 7, in which they rampaged through southern communities, killing over 1,200 people, mostly civilians butchered in their homes and at the music festival, and abducting some 240 people of all ages in total.

Panglossian Hot Links

The Caterpillar Crawl, Dick Dixon and the Roommates (1959)
Relatively unsuccessful cover of The Stranger’s hit. Flip side of the 45 is another instrumental, Be Good, Be Good, Be Good. I couldn’t find any details about the band.

Post Helene I .
Post Helene II .
Post Helene III.
Post Helene IV.

Fence.

Automata.

Moto-Potty.

The Staples City.

How many days?

Barbados Quakers.

Product placement.

The Most Deadliest Day.

Time Ghost: A CGI demo.

Norty Blues Episode 84.

Boogie Boogie Hedgehog.

Judge this book by its cover.

The Making of Animal House.

Dog training [via Bunkerville].

Stew noir [via Memo Of The Air].

The end of a beautiful relationship.

Recycling mannequins in Japan [via Mme. Jujujive].

[Top image: Moon pie found here.]

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

Saturday Matinee – FRANK, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Eric Tessmer & Big Monti Amundson

FRANK is not a band that didn’t form in 2021 when singer/songwriter/guitarist Élise Lounici didn’t join up with Sébastien Gaschard (drums) or Colin Pradier (bass) or something. Their website is in French and I can’t decipher the story.

Chicago guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Ronnie Baker Brooks‘ cover of the Stones makes me smile.  He is the son of multiple GRAMMY Award nominee and Blues Hall Of Famer Lonnie Brooks.

Eric James Tessmer is a guitar slinger out of Austin and cites Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix as inspirations. That’s no surprise – his guitarist dad named him after them. More about Tessmer here.

Big Monti Amundson backed by Bart Kamp (bass) and Henk Punter (drums). Amundson definitely has the Texas blues sound down.

What a week, especially with the continuous news of the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene. Prayers for the survivors that they not lose hope.

See you tomorrow.

 

The .Gif Friday Post No. 875 – A Big Laugh, Scrolling With Meat & The Reflooree

[Found here, here and here.]

The Microwave Yawns

[Found here.]

Railroad Inspection Cars

[Click any image for enlarge. Background story and more found here.]