D-Day 06 June 1944

The Daily Mail posted an interactive timeline of the D-Day, the Invasion of Normandy, 80 years ago today.

Robot Archie

Robot Archie had “ARCHIE” emblazoned on his chest plate to make him easier to identify.
[Artwork by Ted Kearon found here. Click for uncropped images.]

Baby’s First X-Ray


That is a Pigg-O-Stat Pediatric Immobilizer.
[Images found here and here. Order yours today!]

Horrorchids

[Images found here, here and elsewhere on the internest, h/t Jaime G.]

Notonectal Hot Links

Tut Tut Tut, Gillian Hills (1965)
Tut Tut Tut was a French cover of The Lollypops‘ song Busy Signal (1965), and was featured in the excellent Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit (2020).
Music video of Gillian Hill’s version here.

Sound up.

Doodletown.

Huggin’ Molly.

Nerve-wracking.

Running in circles.

Trees eating things.

Harmonized sirens.

The pace of the race.

A long pregnant pause.

Norty Blues Episode 66.

Electoral College Forecast.

Pretty little flapping things.

The Carpet Explorers [via IDHMGO].

A 1905 pet shoe [via Memo Of The Air].

We were all wrinkly and pruny and shit.

The Half Hour National Lampoon Radio Hour.

Loud music alarms striped eel catfish [via Bunkerville].

[Top image by Gerald DuBois.]


From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.

Saturday Matinee – Marcus Armitage (That Yorkshire Sound), Witchita Trip, Los Straitjackets & Sue Foley

“A hand drawn animated documentary, following the rhythms of a day in Yorkshire. It captures the sound of Yorkshire, from its multicultural and bustling cities like Bradford and Sheffield, to the delicate sounds of birds in the country side and the hypnotic rhythm of the motorways and train tracks.”

That Yorkshire Sound by Marcus Armitage [h/t Nag on the Lake].

In 2014, Witchita Trip covered Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn:
“Ya, it has a better groove. That’s Wichita Trip. The two singers and I have played together for about 15 years. There’s no country bars so we end up playing with rockabilly and blues bands, it’s not a great fit. Barb and Rupert have been singing together for about 30 years.”Gorehound, guitarist

Los Straitjackets play definitive roadtrip cruisin’ music and more.
“The funny thing about this band is when the band started I thought it was just going to be for fun,” says founding guitarist Eddie Angel. “I thought we’d play once a month in Nashville and our friends would come out and laugh at us. Ironically, all the other bands I was in, the ones I took seriously, crashed and burned and the one I thought was just for fun became my job.” – Houston Press
[h/t Taminatorpgh]

Austin blues rocker Sue Foley plays one mean Texas shuffle.

Been a short week all around for me, starting with Memorial Day on Monday, then waking up on Friday convinced it was Saturday until about 3pm, so  I got two 3-day weekends in a row by accident. See you on the porch around the crack of noon and well discuss time travel.

The .Gif Post No. 856 – The Sentries, A Birdfeeder & Martian Walkers

[Found here, here and here. Added the Curtain Lady to the first one.]

Tilting Toidy

[Image h/t Pam M. via FB. Somewhat related posts here.]

El Rey

Rey Mysterio in a lucha libre “Mask vs. Hair” match in 2010.
Mysterio, aka Óscar Rubio, was one of the greatest luchadores of all time.

During 2010’s Smackdown, The Undertaker was pushing 50 years old. He had been wrestling since the ’80s and was getting on in years. It’s unclear whether he was still in the ring for the cash or because he still loved the work. His opponent at the time was Rey Mysterio. They were qualifying for the Fatal 4-Way. At one point, Mysterio hit the Undertaker directly in the face, fracturing his orbital bone. The good news is that the Undertaker won the match. The bad news is his injury prevented him from competing in the 4-Way. Who took his place? Mysterio, of course.

[Images from video of the 2010 match; story found here.]

Vince Eastwood

[Found here.]