First they came for the BBQ.
[Image & story found here, h/t Eaglesoars]
Author: Bunk Strutts
Boogah Boogah.
Omoplatoscopical Hot Links
They Wonder Who I Am, Lightnin’ Hopkins (1955)Samuel John “Lightnin” Hopkins (1912-1982) was 8 when he was introduced to the blues by Blind Lemon Jefferson and was inspired to make a cigar box guitar. Jefferson later tutored him and reportedly never let another guitarist accompany him.
Shooting pool on a rolling sea.
[h/t Bunkerville]
His lawnmower wasn’t manly enough.
The story behind Todd Rundgren’s Hello It’s Me.
[Facebook link h/t Octo.]
The Arctic is having the coldest summer on record.
[Top image: Found in Bad Postcards.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Saturday Matinee – DoodleChaos, M. Shadows, Shadows Nepal & The Shadows
“I’ve synchronized The Flight of the Valkyries (by Richard Wagner) to 8 Line Riders racing down the track for victory. Choose your team color and cross your fingers. All lines were drawn by hand.” [Link found buried in here.]
M. Shadows screams about something for half a minute.
The Shadows Nepal, from Narayangadh, Chitwanrock, have been performing for over 20 years and have a large following, both in Nepal and around the world. Dharma appeared on their 2nd album, Hidne Manche Ladcha, released in 2006. More about them here.
The Shadows in a clip from the 1961 movie The Young Ones, complete with their typical choreography (and some overdubbed not-quite-Beatlesque screaming girls).
I can’t remember if I’ve got big plans for the weekend or not, but I know I’m supposed to do something. See you back here whenever.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 735 – Hedgehog Rex, Pump It Up & A Wreck Roll
How Hot Was It?
Stuff I Do When I’m Bored
Peregrine Trifalcon
[h/t Dina S.]
Nina Payne 1925
Dancer Nina Payne with a dance mask in the Nelson revue “Confetti”, Nelson Theater Berlin, 1925. Photos: Atelier Binder.
Titubating Hot Links
Grunion Run, The Hollywood Persuaders (1963)Paul Buff was a Marine veteran who was making parts for guided missiles when he decided to go into the recording business. A multitalented musician and recording engineer, he needed a flip side for his band’s 45 of Tijuana Surf, so he contacted a 20 year old guitar player named Frank Zappa.
Meep.
Just in time for summer.
[h/t Bunkerville]
42 Butterflies of North America.
A small disruption in a magnetic field.
Rhapsody In Blue (1924) visualized [via].
Superimpose photo of your product here.
[Top image: Rotated, cropped & inverted the colors of the original (below the break). I don’t recall where I found it or why I did it.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Saturday Matinee – Weapon Brown (trailer), Perch Creek & Deak Harp
Badass Chuck found here.
The Perch Creek Family Jug Band (since renamed Perch Creek) are four siblings plus a stray from Northern New South Wales, are currently based in Melbourne, Australia.
Deak Harp jams outside Deak’s Mississippi Saxophones & Blues Emporium in Clarksdale, Mississippi (2014). Guy got his bonafides by following James “Mr. Superharp” Cotton up and down the east coast before getting a job driving Cotton’s van (and THIS is a Mississippi Saxophone).
Lotta things going down these days, but that’s not news to anyone. In the meantime, have a great weekend and maybe we’ll see better things tomorrow. See you then.
Tacky Raccoons 