CARBON COPY is a sculpture by Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garrett, installed in the Brewery District of Edmonton, Canada, in 2018. The lights of the 1988 Plymouth Caravelle glow, and a laser in the front seat scans the pavement every 20 seconds.
“CARBON COPY transforms an unremarkable suburban car into an illuminated obelisk, a monument to North America’s car-centric culture.”
Honky, The Ho-Dads (1963) The Ho-Dads were formed by Lou Josie (aka Jimmy King) of Medina, Ohio.
Bark.
Crawfish [h/t Corinne L.].
Minnesota ice [via IDHMGO].
David Byrne’s cheerful reasons.
Arid flicks [via Everlasting Blört].
Cat score is playable! [h/t Jaime G.].
Check your messages [via Memo Of The Air].
1969 Dodge Charger Hellcat [via Bunkerville].
30 minutes of helicopter crashes [h/t Possum whose cats like watching helicopter crashes].
[Top image: If you don’t know you probably shouldn’t be here.]
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Clarence Gatemouth Brown, backed by Canned Heat, one of the greatest blues revival bands ever. Gatemouth Brown was a rare talent, played multiple styles, and if you told him a 10 penny nail was a musical instrument, he could play it.
Joe Louis Walker has recorded with Ike Turner, Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, and Steve Cropper. Per Billboard, his style “blows all over the map…gutbucket blues, joyous gospel, Rolling Stones-style rock crunch, and aching R&B. Walker’s guitar playing is fine and fierce.”
Welsh guitarist Kim Simmonds (1947-2022) was the founder, primary songwriter and sole constant member of the British blues rock band Savoy Brown. Very underrated band.
Fires are still burning in the west, Arctic temperatures in the east, and we’ve got a whip-cracker in DC. Very interesting year so far, and if this keeps up 2025 is going to be in rehab by March. Keep your eyes open, your heads down, and we’ll see you tomorrow for porchtime.
[Top left is an AI morph of my impenetrable Covid protection from January 2021. 2nd down on left was culled from the lower right corner of my June 2020 WebEx meeting notes. Old man at upper right was created from the pair of stereoscope photos previously posted. Sluggo ghosts were lifted from this Nancy strip.]
“Artvertisement” photo of a late 80’s Porche 911 Carrera by Scottish artist Chris Labrooy (ca. 2020, rotated). No damage was done as the engine was high and dry in the rear.
[via Daily Timewaster.]
[Still image from The Patriot.]
Timebomb, Tommy J Stewart (2024) Tommy J Stewart is a singer/songwriter/guitarist from Dublin, Ireland (not to be confused with the American drummer of the same name).
Ayup.
The cobra roars [via Bunkerville].
Chiropractor’s spinal massage gun.
Rhombic dodecahedron holoscope.
Hair of the 70s [via Memo Of The Air].
Onion sandwich [via Everlasting Blört].
Johnny Reb Cannon [via Feral Irishman].
Man With A Wine Lamp, Tiffany Velázquez.
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From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
HeavyDrunk: “Sippi Dupree was my bus driver when I was a kid. He helped me through an emotional crisis when I was in 3rd grade, and became my friend. He disappeared the next year. This is his story.”
Nuno Mindelis (aka “The Beast from Brazil”) is an Angolan-born Brazilian blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. (His website’s bonky, gotta scroll down.) This song is sung in Kimbundo dialect according to the Utoobage notes, Google Translate says it’s Zaptotec, and it seems to be about bears.
19 Twenty is a roots blues / rock / punk band from Australia with a sizeable fan base who know all the words to Tramp Stamp.
Fires are still burning in California, people are still recovering from Hurricane Helene in North Carolina, news of just about everything is breaking hourly, and I hope 2025 stops dicking around and shows at least some respect. Meanwhile, I’ll be on the porch talking to dogs, see you at half past whenever you show up.
Tacky Raccoons 