Saturday Matinee – The Detonics, Wolf Mail & Shinyribs

Founded in 2014, The Detonics won the Dutch Blues Challenge in 2016 and wound up representing Europe in the 2017 International Blues Challenge. That same year they were semi-finalists at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis.

Canadian-born guitarist, singer-songwriter Wolf Mail began playing at the age of fourteen and has recorded eight full-length internationally distributed albums and has toured in over twenty-six countries. Backing Wolf is John Rinkevich / bass, Alex Polovinkin / drums, and Alexei Sechkin / keyboards.

Based in Austin, Texas, and fronted by Kevin “Shinyribs” Russel,
Shinyribs defies genres as a sonic melting pot of Texas Blues, New Orleans R&B funk, horn- driven Memphis Soul, country twang, border music, big band swing, and roots-rock.”

Whoa. What a week, and it’s not over yet. More food and visitors are on their way (along with more rain) but it’s all good. Porch might be crowded tomorrow but we’ve got spare benches. If we see you, we’ll see you.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 935 – Doggo Under Glass, Free Samples & The Winter Washer

[Found here, here and here.]

Christmas Morning 2025

Peace on Earth & Goodwill Towards Men

Christmas Eve Rock


A random selection of tunes to wrap presents by.

Bonus: Previously posted Christmas tunes can be found here.

[Caveat: No copyright infringement is intended; songs posted here are for entertainment purposes only.]

Japanese Christmas Trees

[Found here via Everlasting Blört].

Victorian Christmas Greetings

[Found in here, with more.]

The Night Before Christmas Eve Eve Eve Hot Links

Sleigh Ride, The Ventures (1965) Straight outta Tacoma, with over 110 million records sold worldwide, The Ventures are the best-selling instrumental band of all time.

Yulesville.

Stay warm.

Amish AAA.

It’s 9 o’clock.

Waymo bricks.

Equine paranoia.

1921 killer robot.

The Gibson Girls.

Makin’ the beans.

A Band of Karens.

Digging up a river.

Sanctuary School.

Edibles for children.

They gave it their all.

An ominous warning.

This was THE topper.

The Christmas Closet.

Who were the Belgae?

Understanding Children.

Hunter T.’s Christmas tree.

BOING [via Everlasting Blört].

Christmas in 1964 Appalachia.

Another of Spock’s juvenile pranks.

Facebook’s “Race-Blind” Algorithm.

15 multiplanes [via Memo Of The Air].

Nevermind the Bollards [via Thompson, blog].

[Top image: Santa’s Time Machine, modified from the cover of The Time Machine, Classics Illustrated (1958).]


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Saturday Matinee – SKAyway, Krakin’ Kellys & Joe Bonamassa

SKAyway is a band from Makati, Philippines, that plays “punkSKAdelic music twisted with reggae, blues, swing and rock.”

Krakin’ Kellys is a Belgian Celtic punk pub brawl band that has generated a lot of attention since their formation in 2017 for their mix of traditional Irish tavern sounds with skate punk energy.

Joe Bonamassa‘s Merry Christmas Blues album (2013) is still free for download. Every song is a good one.

Just a few more days to get stuff wrapped and to the post office so gifts don’t arrive really late. I was thinking about doing it tomorrow, but the porch is calling. You know the drill. Noonish o’clock. There. Be.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 934 – Rockin’ Pup, Dino Damage, Santa’s Camels & Vincent’s Present

[Found here, here, here and here.]

Ho… Ho… Ho…

[Found hereand there’s more.]