Month: January 2025

The .Gif Friday Post No. 891 – Cat on Ice, Water War & The Dance Off

[Found here, here and here.]

Capy & Friend

[Found here.]

Bloor was a Jerk.

[Found here. More about Bloor here.]

Palm Frolic

[Found here, location unknown. Definitely needs a hammock.]

Sliced Caravelle

CARBON COPY is a sculpture by Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garrett, installed in the Brewery District of Edmonton, Canada, in 2018. The lights of the 1988 Plymouth Caravelle glow, and a laser in the front seat scans the pavement every 20 seconds.

“CARBON COPY transforms an unremarkable suburban car into an illuminated obelisk, a monument to North America’s car-centric culture.”

[Found via here and here.]

Hekistothermic Hot Links

Honky, The Ho-Dads (1963) The Ho-Dads were formed by Lou Josie (aka Jimmy King) of Medina, Ohio.

Bark.

BB Cat.

GO ELGSES!.

Pigs penned.

Gord’s prints.

Who can sleep?

Little Big World.

Roadtrip ruined.

And Dali howled.

Men Into Space Part 1.

Pain slinky deployment.

Norty Blues Episode 100.

Splodey Head Syndrome.

Crawfish [h/t Corinne L.].

The Dynamic Distortions.

Commuter train efficiency.

Minnesota ice [via IDHMGO].

Unidentified seismic object.

Nobuhiko Obayashi’s House.

David Byrne’s cheerful reasons.

Arid flicks [via Everlasting Blört].

Cat score is playable! [h/t Jaime G.].

Check your messages [via Memo Of The Air].

1969 Dodge Charger Hellcat [via Bunkerville].

30 minutes of helicopter crashes [h/t Possum whose cats like watching helicopter crashes].

[Top image: If you don’t know you probably shouldn’t be here.]

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

Saturday Matinee – Clarence Gatemouth Brown w/ Canned Heat, Joe Louis Walker, and Kim Simmonds / Savoy Brown

Clarence Gatemouth Brown, backed by Canned Heat, one of the greatest blues revival bands ever.  Gatemouth Brown was a rare talent, played multiple styles, and if you told him a 10 penny nail was a musical instrument, he could play it.

Joe Louis Walker has recorded with Ike Turner, Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, and Steve Cropper. Per Billboard, his style “blows all over the map…gutbucket blues, joyous gospel, Rolling Stones-style rock crunch, and aching R&B. Walker’s guitar playing is fine and fierce.”

Welsh guitarist Kim Simmonds (1947-2022) was the founder, primary songwriter and sole constant member of the British blues rock band Savoy Brown. Very underrated band.

Fires are still burning in the west, Arctic temperatures in the east, and we’ve got a whip-cracker in DC. Very interesting year so far, and if this keeps up 2025 is going to be in rehab by March. Keep your eyes open, your heads down, and we’ll see you tomorrow for porchtime.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 890 – Slo-Mo Pop, Induction Melt Plop & B-52s

[Found here, here and here. More about magnetic induction coils here.]

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

[Top left is an AI morph of my impenetrable Covid protection from January 2021. 2nd down on left was culled from the lower right corner of my June 2020 WebEx meeting notes. Old man at upper right was created from the pair of stereoscope photos previously posted. Sluggo ghosts were lifted from this Nancy strip.]

Curious Alien

“Artvertisement” photo of a late 80’s Porche 911 Carrera by Scottish artist Chris Labrooy (ca. 2020, rotated). No damage was done as the engine was high and dry in the rear.

[via Daily Timewaster.]