Natalitial Hot Links

Hoy, Hoy, Hoy (Rockin’ on Christmas Eve), The Honeydippers (1997) The band was formed in 1996 by rockers Gary Twinn (guitar) and Danny B. Harvey (guitar), with Clem Burke (drums) and John Carlucci (upright bass).

Look up.

Who rules you?

Cars with eyeballs.

Campers & Trailers.

Chicken, chicken, chicken

Porky Pig does Blue Christmas.

Look at this doggle [h/t Bunkerville].

Oh. Christmas tree [h/t Mme. Jujujive].

Seagulls gonna come. Poke me in the coconut.”
[h/t Bits & Pieces]

Ellen Baker’s Solar System [via American Digest].

Museum of Wonky English [h/t Memo Of The Air].

[Top image found in here.]


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

Saturday Matinee – Terry Gilliam, Oliver’s Boogie, Booker T. & The M.G.’s, and someone named Fran Martin

“In 1968, while learning his trade and working in London as an animator, Terry Gilliam somewhat accidentally created a short film, the project would later take on the working title of The Christmas Card.”

THIS KID.

With only a week until Christmas, Booker T. & The M.G.’s Time Is Tight seems fitting. Have a great weekend. I’m gonna sleep in before things get too busy.

Oh, and just one more thing because it’s awesome.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 780 – Yule Train, Snow Dogs & A Glasshole

[Found here, here and here.]

Santa’s Elves?

Sailors combat a simulated fire during a general quarters drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) on Dec. 8, 2022.

[Found in here.]

Un Pere Noël

[Found in here, alongwith a lotta other cool pasteboard patterns.]

Bus Pug

[Pugly trippy flippy found here.]

Just in time for the Holidays

[Found here.]

Redhibitional Hot Links

Santa Claus Boogie, The Voices (1955) Robert “Bobby” James Byrd sang lead with The Voices, and as Bobby Day, had a hit with Rockin’ Robin in 1958. He had a string of hits writing and singing with a number of R&B groups, including the Hollywood Flames, that usually consisted of the same performers. Not to be confused with Butane James & The Famous Flames member Bobby Byrd.

THIS is amazing.

THIS is criminal.

THIS is how to arrive in port.

Gingerbread NYC

Buck popped a cap.

They ate Lego heads.

BFFs [via Bunkerville].

The King of Christmas.

Annie Lennox noticed.

The Simpsons of Estonia.

Little hunters and gatherers.

Computer girls of yore [via  American Digest].

Shambleau!
[h/t Memo Of The Air for making me DuckDuckGo it.]

[Top image found here.]


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Saturday Matinee – The Avalanches, Otava Yo, The Ape Man, & Abby The Spoon Lady w/ Chris Rodrigues

Fun and surreal, The Avalanches are kinda like a sedated Devo on speed.

The 11th video by Otava Yo. Timonia is a folk song from the Kurskaya district, and filmed in the village of Kuznetsovo, Republic of Mari El, Russia, over the summer of 2020. Captions are helpful, sort of. Nice scenery.

Filmed in 1971 by a 10 year old boy, an ape man terrorizes the neighborhood. [Caution: Disturbing images and graphic violence.]

Pure Appalachia. Abby The Spoon Lady and Chris Rodrigues, busking on Wall Street, ca. 2014.

Yeah, these are kind of surreal for a Saturday Matinee, but it all seems to make sense given recent events. Have a great weekend and we’ll meet up tomorrow for therapy.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 759 – The Heartbeat of the City, Bollard Maneuver & Slush Hour

[Found here, here and here.]