Author: Bunk Strutts

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Neotenical Hot Links

Brazil, Geoff & Maria Muldaur (1970) In 1939, Ary Barroso was stuck in his house during a rainstorm, so he wrote Aquarela do Brasil.  Three decades later, multi-talented musician Geoff Muldaur and his wife Maria (nee D’Amato) recorded it as Brazil. In 1985, Terry Gilliam adopted the song for his cinematic vision of a retro-future dystopia, and now it’s immediately recognizable as the Theme to Brazil.

Live Bat cams.

Alpine football [via].

Charming the worms.

Pre-WWII smoke screen.
[h/t Bunkerville]

Mr. Hitler, Leadbelly (1942).

Rocket cats from the 16th century.
[via Mme. Jujujive]

It’s legal in Brazil to kill motorcycle thieves.

“I have turned into Moira Rose, Queen of the Crows.”

[Top image:  László Löwenstein, aka Peter Lorre, in promo for movie Crime and Punishment, 1935.

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

Saturday Matinee – Salut Salon, Trix ‘O’ Treat & 1000mods

Antonio Vivaldi’s “Sommer” wird zum Schauplatz eines musikalischen Wettkampfs. Salut Salon fechten ihn akrobatisch aus, und mit viel Humor – ein Klassiker des Hamburger Quartetts. Ein Konzertmitschnitt aus dem Film “Salut Salon. Der Film” von Regisseur Ralf Pleger.

“We are Rockabilly & Country & Rock ‘n’ Roll band of Thailand.”

Bangkok’s Trix ‘O’ Treat has a cool mix of retro flavors with a bit of punk thrown in, and Billy Move is now my favorite song so far today. [Nice shirt at 1:09].

“Dude’s bass is lower than my parents’ expectations for me.”
– Youtube comment

Wikipedia describes 1000mods  as “a stoner metal band from Chiliomodi, Greece, formed in 2006. [..] The name of the group is a pun linked to the village in which they were formed, as ‘a thousand’ is pronounced ‘chillia’ in Greek.”

Have a great weekend, see you back here tomorrow for no reason at all.

The .Gif Post No. 742 – Labradork, Cruisin’ With Froggie & Horse Rockers

[Found here, here and here.]

Nothing Much Happened Today.

[Found in here.]

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

Some of these are dated, and yeah, that was our experience with The Omigodmicron. The one at bottom right was an experiment – I took an arbitrary section of my recent WebEx Meeting Notes, ran it through a photo-morph and the alien from Planet of the Mufflers appeared.

Frogger

[Found here.]

Suddenly realized something was missing from this blog – a Frog Stuff archive – and the shameful oversight has been remedied.

Random Mug Shots Arkansas State Prison 1915-1935

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[Found here, via Hanuman.]

Pagophagial Hot Links

Funbar, Deerpeople (2013) I heard this song years ago (on Atomic Flash Deluxe Hi-Fi Radio) but didn’t know the title or the band name until recently. Formed in 2012 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, Deerpeople were described as psychedelic folk rockers. One day they just stopped performing and recording for no particular reason, but reunited to officially disband in 2019.

Chorizo In Space.

Checkpoint Jumbo.
[h/t Bunkerville]

Magnetic vibrations.
[via Memo of the Air]

Catch the Chameleon. Great soundtrack.

Watch out for pedestrians.

The War of Human Cats by Festus Pragnell.

98 year old found out how old he is. [NSFW]

“In America if it is worth doing it is worth overdoing.”
Here’s proof.

It’s a multipart saga about earplugs in space: Surprise Visit (Part I).

[Top image found here.]

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

Saturday Matinee – Cleverly Brand Alpaca Products, Marion & Sobo Band, The Mustangs, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears

Digger Cleverly (frontman for the five member trio The Cleverlys) talks about his alpaca ranch.

Marion & Sobo Band does 1930s-era gypsy / Hot Club pretty well. Nice quirky video, too.

The Mustangs, is a famous western surf instrumental band from Finland. They’re so famous I can’t find anything about them.

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears bring back the Stax/Volt soul sound without a Hammond B3 organ.

Have a great weekend, stay cool, and be where you belong. See you tomorrow.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 741 – The Pretty Girls II

Gonna have to click on them to see the uncropped versions. Or not.

[Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.]