While you’re waiting for it to burn, here’s an arbitrary mix of tunes, all previously posted, and in no particular order. Cheers!
[Image from here. More playlists in these posts.]
Author: Bunk Strutts
Boogah Boogah.
Catalectic Hot Links
Green Eggs And Ham, Not Bob Dylan (1997) In 1997, a 30-something music producer from Houston, Texas, produced a mashup of Bob Dylan and Dr. Seuss titled Dylan Hears a Who, a parody album that went viral online. IIRC, the estate of Dr. Seuss issued a cease and desist order based on copyright infringement, and the album / website disappeared (but not before some of us snagged it).
“AHOOOO!”
“WOO-WOO!”
Alena Shymchonak spreads the oil.
Listen to Wikipedia [via Memo Of The Air]
Godzilla: The Official Cookbook [via Mme. Jujujive].
Saturday morning with Peggy and Chuck [via Bunkerville].
[Top image found here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Saturday Matinee – The Dirtbombs, Al Green & The Hard Times, The Chase Walker Band and Chicago Blues Union
Motor City afropunk:
“Since the band’s inception in 1992 The Dirtbombs have won over dozens of fans. In more recent years, they’ve been named Spin magazine’s #10 best live band in the world.” – YouTube description (2009)
Al Green & The Hard Times (aka Piper & The Hard Times) mixes roots rock, blues and soul performed by “pro-level players covering bass, guitar, keyboard/organ, and horns for a big rootsy vibe,” and fronted by Al “Piper” Green on vocals.
The Chase Walker Band is a blues roots rock and soul band from Riverside, California. Despite his young age (26 as of this posting) Walker has already attracted the attention of many in the industry, and he’s going places.
Straight outta Hungary: Chicago Blues Union is a project of T. Rogers & Jenő Fekete as a tribute to the 50’s and 60’s Chicago electric blues scene. ( I couldn’t find much solid information about them, other than that Fekete is on guitar and vocals.)
The Labor Day weekend is upon us, so do Labor Day things on Labor Day. Tomorrow we’ll be attending to our regular duties on the porch, watching the world go fry. See you then.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 869 – Rammer Rider, Bat Diva & Sky Jump
The Roof Ninja
“It’s not for everybody, it’s not even for me.” – The Roof Ninja
I sometimes watch police bodycam videos for amusement – someone gets pulled over for a minor infraction, then escalates the encounter into multiple felonies and jail time.
This one intrigued me.
Midland Michigan Police were called to evict a woman who had been living on a grocery store rooftop in a sign access space for about a year. From the YouTube description:
On April 23, 2024, police were dispatched to the Family Fare grocery store in Midland, MI, to investigate a suspicious incident. The store manager reported that a contractor working on the roof had stumbled upon a 34-year-old woman, known as the ‘roof ninja,’ residing inside the store’s rooftop sign. The sign had been transformed into a mini-apartment, containing items such as a printer, pantry, desk, and coffee maker. It was subsequently discovered that she had been residing there for quite a while.
The policewoman was impressed, noting that the attic was clean, and she could smell a whiff of garlic. The Roof Ninja offered the officers some non-alcoholic ginger root beer before leaving most of her possessions behind in the attic. The police presumably issued a trespass (that if she returned to the property she’d be arrested) and her possessions were ultimately returned.
Full video:
https://youtu.be/osTeKSTvtC8?si=91JjrkvAB3FHb7Zh
Short version:
https://youtu.be/R28ZSY2Sc2A?si=NUE1UjX37TDwZ6fK
Space Bimbos III
Hasil Adkin’s Contribution To The World
“We salute one of the great outsiders in R&R: Hasil Adkins was born in Boone County, West Virginia on April 29, 1937, where he spent his entire life. He was the youngest of ten children of Wid Adkins, a coal miner, and Alice Adkins, raised in a tarpaper shack on property rented from a local coal company. Born at the time of the Great Depression, Adkins’ early life was stricken by poverty. His parents were unable to provide him shoes until he was four or five years old. Some reports say he attended school for a very brief time, as few as two days of first grade.
His genres include rock & roll, country, blues and more commonly rockabilly, and because of his unusual playing and singing style, he is often cited as an example of outsider music. He generally performed as a one-man band, playing guitar and drums.
Adkins was born during the Great Depression and grew up in poverty. His spirited, unusual lifestyle is reflected in his music. His songs, which he began recording and distributing locally in the mid-1950s, explored an affinity for chicken, sexual intercourse, and decapitation, and were obscure outside of West Virginia until the 1980s. The newfound popularity secured him a cult following, spawned the Norton Records label, and helped usher in the genre well known as psychobilly.”
[Found here via here, and there’s a documentary trailer here.]
Nothing Much Happened Today.
According to Jim Strachan, there are 319 beans and eight sausages in a can of Heinz Beanz & Pork Sausages; however, Mr. Strachan is incorrect. There are 320 beans.
Detumescent Hot Links
B-Gas Rickshaw, The Raybeats (1981)
The Raybeats were an instrumental “no wave” surf rock band from New York (1979-1984). From their album Guitar Beat, this song is a remake of Jan Berry‘s “B” Gas Rickshaw (1964).
Daddy sang bass [via IDHMGO].
To Catch A Thief [via Bunkerville].
Storytime With Mr. A [via Mme. Jujujive].
The 180th Annual Vankleek Hill Agricultural Fair.
Those zany DC superheros! [via The View From Lady Lake].
I ranked at turtle level on the CPS Test [via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image: Illustration by R. Crumb for Charles Bukowski‘s Bop Bop Against The Curtain, Arcade – The Comics Revue #3 (Fall 1973).]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Saturday Matinee – The Fearless Flyers, Manou Gallo & The Steady 45s
The Fearless Flyers showed how to make a music video in 2018. The quartet was a spinoff / side project of funk group Vulfpeck (who recorded the quietest grooves ever on Sleepify).
Afro Groove Queen Manou Gallo is a singer, songwriter, bandleader and 5-string bass slapper from West Africa, and plays a variety of regional and world music styles.
The Steady 45s are a retro reggae / rocksteady / ska group founded in Los Angeles in 2012. I like this groove, better than the original.
Glad that the DNC finally had their party so we can get back to the important things in life, like quality porch time. See you tomorrow.
Tacky Raccoons 