Saturday Matinee – Cyriak & the Four Seasons, Trombone Shorty, TUOOGB & Ted Yoder

In 2007 Cyriak captured the essence of FV & the FS.

An amazing 13 year old Trombone Shorty played with Wynton Marsalis in 2000 and almost blew a cheek. Great stuff.

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain does a lot of amusing covers, but this one is worth the listen: Jelly Roll Morton‘s recording of King Oliver‘s Dr. Jazz Stomp (1926).

This ethereal version of Tears For Fears‘ 1985 hit by Ted Yoder on hammer dulcimer makes me want to bang pots and pans, but I like it.

That’s a wrap. Be back tomorrow and we’ll mess around some more.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 709 – Into the Drink, Inside the Wave & Down to the Bottom

[Found herehere and here. h/t Rightymouse for the surfer & the tramp to pool.]

Decisions.

[Found here.]

Today Happened.

Media Bias

Images reposted from here and here for commentary on news media’s frequent use of Lying By Omission only, and has nothing to do with the conflict between Antinous and his attack on Odysseus.

Top image (uncolored) found here, with story: Continue reading “Media Bias”

Manikin School

[Found here.]

A Little Something Just For You

“Hello, Mr. Camel. I brought you a token of my esteem. Eat it.”

Bet this looks odd from the camel’s perspective. Indiana Jones Temple of Doom stuff.

[Found here.]

Elephantasm

[Medieval zoological artistry culled from video found here, and Mme. Jujujive beat me to it.]

Malacophilous Hot Links

I Love You Darling, 11 Year Old Faith Taylor & the Sweet Teens (1959)According to Luky 1966:
Faith Taylor was born in Dumas, Arkansas, in 1948. She began performing at the age of four and won her first amateur contest in Little Rock. She came to Chicago with her family in 1957 and continued her music career by singing at small club affairs. She also worked in a few combos, including that of Muddy Waters. In June 1957 she entered and won the ‘Morris B. Sachs Amateur Hour‘ on WGN-TV. The following year a friend of Taylor, Charles Jones, was assembling a vocal group and brought her in as the lead. Other members of this group were alto Yvonne Waddell (17), tenor Saundra Long (16), soprano Mary Collins (17), and bass Curtis Burrell (17). Most of the group came from two South Side high schools, DuSable and Dunbar. Faith Taylor and the Sweet Teens were unlike most ‘teen tenor lead’ groups in being mostly comprised of females. From that start, the group was not going to be a ‘girl group’ but one patterned after Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers.”

There’s a rumor that Sun Ra backed the Sweet Teens for some performances.


SNAIL.

400 HP = 16,807 DP.

Cold Cup O’ Noodles.

Teen girls’ CD pics in 1994.

Late 1960s Haight Ashbury.

Dominican Republic barrio tour.

The Mayflower (and other airships).

The Columbo Statue in Budapest, Hungary.

Cherilyn Sarkisian mugshot [via]. She was 13 when she “borrowed” her mom’s car. She’s better known as Cher.

[Top image found in here and I have no idea what it means. The Culter & Proctor Stove Company made cast iron stoves in the late 1800s in Peoria, IL.]


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Saturday Matinee – Avner the Eccentric, Khruangbin & Raskahuele Estridente

That’s some class clowning. While street performing in Paris,  Avner Eisenberg (aka Avner the Eccentric) was once arrested for buffoonery in public.

Space surf funk jazz mixed with world music = Khruangbin.
The name is Thai for “aeroplane,” and they make their recordings in a barn in  Burton, Texas (pop. 300). There’s more about them here than on their cool website.

Formed in 2004, L.A.’s Raskahuele Estridente is sort of a latino version of Fishbone, and I like their style.  Their song topics include socio-political / immigration issues mixed in with fun stuff.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend, fight for the leftovers, and we’ll see you back here tomorrow.