Month: June 2025

Spider Feets

[Found here via The Science Llama.]

Gifts for Dad

[Found here, h/t Pam M. & Sol R.L.]

Rotocratic Hot Links

Sloozy, G.E. Smith & The SNL Band (1992) Best known as the leader of the Saturday Night Live Band, G.E. Smith is one of those rare talents who never called attention to himself while at the same time being a ubiquitous guitarist, songwriter producer and band leader.

“SPANKO!“

Save the chili.

Dance, Elaine.

Doggo vs. deer.

On 5 June 1989.

Camping of yore.

Chiseled flowers.

Shari’a don’t like it.

Belgium wind theft.

Shoes & power lines.

Margaret’s cowbells.

Something happened.

“No fkkn taco cheese.“

Norty Blues Episode 119.

Strepsiptera.
“Look! There’s one now!“

A satisfying five minutes.

Big Bird meets Hitchcock.

Fred Lynn & The Chuck Ups.

The Evolution of Snow White.

Kullman Dutchess prefab diner car [via NOTL].

Automotive eyeopeners [via Everlasting Blört].

Coches de Madera PUJILÍ 2025 [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: NE CEDE MALIS, 12″ × 12″ acrylic on wood, Tony Philippou 2014.]

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

Saturday Matinee – The Danielle Nicole Band, Funky Mojo Daddy & Laurie Wright

“Nicole brings it, bakes it, and serves it up blazing on a silver soul-rocking platter.” –Blues Music Magazine
From Kansas City, Missouri, southpaw bass player Danielle Nicole has some pipes. She was inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame and has been the recipient of Eight Blues Music Awards.

Blues, funk/soul and roots rock group from Gary, Indiana, Funky Mojo Daddy‘s cover of Robert Johnson is a good ‘un.

Laurie Wright went from an alcoholic crackhead street bum to a sober rocker. If Johnny Rotten could shred guitar and had a tight backup band, this is him.  (The Beeb covered Wright’s recovery in April 2020 during the covid lockdowns.)
[h/t Chuck S.]

Let’s see… what’s on the itinerary for tomorrow… oh yeah. Porch Time. We can sit and discuss the latest Xwitter soap opera, or we can just sit. See you at sometime o’clock.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 908 – Down In Front, Battlefeets & The Violent Ems

[Found here, here and here.]

The Mighty Oak

[h/t John McL.]

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs

Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs – Carl Von Binzer (1873)

Identify them all. Hint: Snow White is the one pretending to be asleep.
[Found here.]

The Follyphone

Mr. Lewis Sydney playing his Follyphone, September 1912.

The Follyphone appeared on stage in London during the fall of 1912 during orchestral concerts conducted by H.G. Pelissier. And all of the newspaper accounts from the time make it sound like an interesting prop to deliver a message about anticipation, elaborate planning, and ultimately disappointment.

[Image and more about the Follyphone found here.]

Morosophical Hot Links

Rocking Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu Part 1
Huey ‘Piano’ Smith and The Clowns (1957) Rocking Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu Part 1 earned a spot in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock & Roll; the flip side of the Ace Records 45rpm, RP & the BWF Part 2, did not.
In 1944 at the age of 15, Huey Smith began working in clubs around New Orleans and recording with partner Eddie Jones (later known as Guitar Slim). By 1955 he was a session musician, playing piano for Little Richard, Lloyd Price, Earl King and others. Smith’s mix of boogie woogie, blues and jazz piano styles became the sound of New Orleans.

Peabun.

Mugshot.

Bumstead.

Tubermail.

Can I do it?

Mirth in Space.

So long, Loretta.

Florida Bushman.

Florida Gatorman.

He’s got a big one.

Tommy Emmanuel.

Leonard Emmanuel.

Pop it like you mean it.

Song of the Cork Rider.

Norty Blues Episode 118.

How to fill a Klein bottle.

Something smells in NYC.

Dragon tail tale [h/t Amy D.]

Still my favorite puzzle video.

Tim, Michelle, Rosie and John.

This is probably an emergency.

The incomplete lives of AI generated actors.

Springfield Bushman [via Everlasting Blört].

Life inside a bag of corn chips [via Memo Of The Air].

Dawna Kaufmann discusses the late Paul Reubens, aka Pee Wee Herman. [Jump to 21:44 for interview. Unfortunate commercial interruptions.]

[Top image: Mona LisAI,  Peter McClard, 2025.]

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