Month: November 2024

Saturday Matinee – Béla Fleck & the Flecktones, BIG DEZ, Joe Louis Walker, and Jackie Venson

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, featuring Victor Wooten on fretless bass, his brother Roy “Futureman” Wooten on Drumitar. Alto saxman  Jeff Coffin joined the trio in 1996.

Nice laid back groove. BIG DEZ was formed in 1996 by Phil “Big Dez” Fernandez (guitar) and Bala Pradal (keyboards). They spent most of their time rehearsing in a cabin in the suburbs of Paris, and after adding Lamine Guerfi (bass) Archibald Ligonnière (drums), graduated to the bar scene, then moved on to the big time. [More here.]

Joe Louis Walker, a Blues Hall of Fame inductee and six-time Blues Music Award winner, NPR described him as “a legendary boundary-pushing icon of modern blues.”

Jackie Venson: “Singer-songwriter Jackie Venson’s version of the blues – with its R&B, psychedelic rock – has invigorated Austin’s music scene with its refreshingly electric sound.” — Rolling Stone

Dang. It’s almost December already. Porch time has been scheduled for whenenever you get here. See you tomorrow.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 882 – Cold Twerky, Gate Bonks & A Lot Of Roadwork

[Found here, here and here.]

18 Songs that have nothing to do with Thanksgiving

Songs above are somewhat ordered from oldest to newest, all have been posted previously; more playlists here. Image at top found here.

[Caveat: No copyright infringement is intended; songs posted here are for entertainment purposes only.]

Fungal in the Jungle

The Nido de Quetzalcóatl, Naucalpan, Mexico. Javier Senosiain, Architect.
The main body of the Quetzalcoatl’s Nest offers ten apartment units in a structure that coils around a manicured park. Javier Senosiain, Architect.

[Found here, story here.]

Living in the Retro Future

[Artwork by El Gato Gomez found here.]

Thanksgiving ca. 1923

I presume the families are of Irish ancestry, dates and locations unknown.
The images are leftovers from messing with Xwitter’s Grok AI generator (click to enlarge).

Teichoscopic Hot Links

Girl Of My Dreams, Ike Quebec (1945) An accomplished dancer and pianist, Ike Quebec switched to tenor sax as his primary instrument in his early 20s, and quickly earned a reputation as a promising player. His recording career started in 1940, with Count Basie’s Barons of Rhythm.

Drain flies.

Saxodrone.

Sugar Serif.

The Skipper.

Campertime.

Stairs of Death.

The Sloopy Girl.
The real Sloopy.

Carlton Cummins.

Greg on X (sound up).

No place for mistakes.

Norty Blues Episode 91.

Estee Palti’s greatest hits.

Frog flops [via Bunkerville].

From the Dream Collection.

Michigan looks like a mitten.

First date / fast food survey.

The Hog Killin’ [via Feral Irishman].

Deathcalator [via Memo Of The Air].

“What would you say to the Pilgrims?”

How to move a gemsbok without getting killed.

[Top image: A GROK- generated image with the prompt “Create a photo of an American family in the 1920s sitting at the dinner table with a large potato.”

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

Saturday Matinee – The Walkers Blues Band, Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters, Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado

The Walkers Blues Band cover Slim Harpo’s Te Ni Nee Ni Nu. I couldn’t find details about the group other than they made their debut in 2015 at the Festival Internacional de Blues de Asunción, Paraguay.

Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters need no introduction. Fun fact: Ronnie Earl (aka Ronald Horvath) was born in Queens, NY, and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Education & Special Education from Boston University.

Since their beginnings as a Copenhagen bar band, Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado have been dubbed Denmark’s premier roots-rockers. The septet has performed in Scandinavia, Europe, Canada, the US and Asia for the past twenty years.

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and right after that comes the best part: leftovers. The porch shall open promptly at noonish tomorrow for weather observation. Be there.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 881 – Extra Hot Sauce, Dancing Home & The Rapture

[Found here, here and here.]

Driving While Moth

Police: “Face away from me and flutter back to the sound of my voice.”

[Found here.]