Month: October 2025

Saturday Matinee – Black Pumas, JP Soars’ Gypsy Blue Review & The Jimmy Vivino Band

Black Pumas is a psychedelic soul band based in Austin, Texas, led by singer/songwriter (and former busker) Eric Burton and guitarist/producer Adrian Quesada. Since forming the band in 2017, they’ve won critical acclaim, made numerous television appearances, and won their first Grammy in 2020 for Best New Band.

JP Soars’ Gypsy Blue Review plays an eclectic mix of blues, rock and southern soul, and features the amazing violinist Anne Harris. J.P. Soars is no slouch either – he also performs as JP Soars & The Red Hots.

The Jimmy Vivino Band: Jimmy Vivino on guitar; bassist Rick Reed; Tony Braunagel on drums; and, Luca Neroni on guitar. Vivino has played with artists including Al Kooper, Charlie Musselwhite, Michael McDonald and many others. He is best known as guitarist, arranger and music director for Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

This weekend is the annual church fair, and that means the missus is gonna fetch a bucket of vietnamese eggrolls. Stop by tomorrow at porch time o’clock and she might let you smell them. See you there.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 925 – Ride the Wall, The Blobbo Shakes & The Boxman



[Found here, here (via here) and here.]

Treble & Bass

Czech midget showman Baron Richard Nowak, 19, stands 19 inches high & weighs 17 lbs., while posing on pedestal on the midway at the Hamid-Morton Circus next to one of the band’s tuba players. Location: Trenton, NJ, US. Date taken: July 1940. Photographer: John Phillips.

[Top image (uncolorized) found here; caption and bottom photo found here.]

A Call to Something or Other

I dunno, Babs, but I do know this. It’s better with the sound off.
[Found here.]

Nothing Much Happened Today.

[Found here. Related posts here.]

Decrudescent Hot Links

Do I Worry, Ernie Andrews (1981) Jazz/soul singer virtuoso Ernie Andrews (1927-2022) worked with Harry James, Cannonball Adderley, Gene Harris, Lionel Hampton, the Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra and Kenny Burrell.

HST.

Pilzhaus.

Infrared Park.

Hunting dogs.

Jen was a rebel.

Bad karma boots.

Land o’ Lakenens.

Conditional Logic.

Typing landmarks.

Wet Plate Collodion.

“They call me Mr. B….”

Colonel Stuart Mosby.

How the Mayans did it.

Name an animal: _ _ _

Playing with expression.

Norty Blues Episode 136.

Glass slugs in a box and more.

Zooms on the USS Enterprise.

“No More Walking On Eggshells.”

DIY dentures [via Everlasting Blört].

Diffusing a bad situation [via Thompson, blog].

Easy side hustle [via The view from Lady Lake].

“Gilbert’s got some grapes.” [via Bustednuckles].

There’s a window in the bathroom [Bits & Pieces].

The 1910 Henri Coandă turbo-propulseur motor-jet sesquiplane
[via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image found here. From the comments: “It is a wheel balancer, used to place wheels or other objects on to ensure they are balanced to run correctly. For example, you can place lawnmower blades on it to ensure they run true.”

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Saturday Matinee – Guy Verlinde, The Cinelli Brothers w/ Connor Selby, Jay Hooks, and Robert Randolph & The Family Band

Belgian guitarist Guy Verlinde covers Hound Dog Taylor. He’s best known as a solo artist and as front man for The Mighty Gators and The Houserockers. There’s not much of a bio on his website other than a link to his Facebook page where there’s not much of a bio either.

Winners of the 2024 UK Blues Band of the Year, The Cinelli Brothers (Marco and Alessandro) revive 1960s – 70s vintage electric blues, R&B and soul with a modern vibe. Guest guitarist Connor Selby is no slouch either, having been named Traditional Blues Artist of the Year (2025).

In the 1990s, Texas bluesman Jay Hooks kickstarted what promised to be a successful career, but he burned out in 2005 due to unspecified personal troubles. 15 years later he began from scratch, reinventing his music and performing in bars; Hooks returned to the studio in 2024 to make his comeback official.

Robert Randolph & The Family Band – In 2010, Rolling Stone ranked pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph 97th in their list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.

Big news this week: this year’s Super Bowl halftime show is gonna suck again, the word tardigrade offends some people, sombrero memes are racist, and I got a chair on the porch with my name on it. There are others available on a first come first sit basis, so see you there.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 924 – Beatin’ the Eggs, An Odd Routine & West Side Snappers

[Found here, here and here.]

Considering a Third Option

[Found here.]