Saturday Matinee – Mardi Gras & St. Valentine’s Day Combined: Smoking Time Jazz Club, Grampa Eliot and Doreen’s Jazz

“Percolatin’ Blues” courtesy of Smoking Time Jazz Club.

Grampa Eliot sings the truth.

Doreen’s Jazz is entirely awesome.

Have a great weekend, folks, remember the Presidents who afforded us our freedoms and those who assist in taking them away, and be back here tomorrow for more stuff.

Oh, and this and this. Do it.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 377 – Break Dance Bear Classic, Morticia & Gomez Dance Hard & Buster Keaton Escapes From Himself.

Break Dancing Bear
Dance Hard 24
Buster Keaton Escapes

Yeah, that be some classic retro stuff from top down.
[Found here, here and in here.]

You Have A Secret Valentine

Mixed Reactions

This image encapsulates everything I ever felt about Saint Valentine’s Day when I was that age.

“Yeah. I kinda like you. I like you a lot. I love you. Kinda. Now go away. Now come back. I still like you. Kinda. Don’t tell anybody. I hate you. Okay, not. Sorta. Go away. Come here. Yeah, I kinda like you.”

[Image and story found here, and it had nothing to do with Saint Valentine’s Day until now. Click on the image for full effect.]

The Bug That Wasn’t A Bug But Was.

1942 Renault 4CV Prototype front

1942 Renault 4CV Prototype rear

Take a guess as to what it was – the answer’s below the break. Continue reading “The Bug That Wasn’t A Bug But Was.”

Piglet Squid

Piglet Squid

The piglet squid would seem to suggest that evolution’s medications are working. Possibly a little too well.

[Image and caption found here.]

Mr. Google ca. 1960

Mr. Google ca1955

[Found here. Related post here.]

Aztec Death Whistle

Replica Aztec Death Whistle (with typical cross section).
Replica Aztec Death Whistle (with typical cross section).

It sounds exactly what my daughter’s boyfriend listens to. At first I thought it was a hoax, but apparently it’s not.

[Found here, via here.]

Saturday Matinee – Temptations, Tee Tones & PMJ

The Temptations lip-synch “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg” from 1966. Awesome collars & peg pants.

The Tee Tones are better known as occasional backup singers for these folks:

And Postmodern Jukebox makes me smile.

Have a great weekend, folks. See you back here tomorrow.

The .Gif Friday Post No.366 – Ice, Fire & Beer

Snowball Pwnd
FirePaint
Robotics & Beer
[Found here, here and in here. Manually unjitterfied the first one, and the 3rd is from this.]

Be My Valentine

Vintage Valentine's Day Card

All that’s missing is a blood-spurting aorta sticking out of her temple. [Found in here.]