Although I can appreciate the talent and effort, a couple of those look better without the noisy artistry. Click any image to enlarge.
[These and more Trompe-l’œil found here.]
Blank Canvas
Author: Bunk Strutts
Boogah Boogah.
Nostopathic Hot Links
Shake ‘Em On Down, Mississippi Fred McDowell (1970) Excellent cover of Bukka White‘s Shake ‘Em On Down (1937).
“If you pay attention, what I sing, the guitar sings, too, and what the guitar says, I say.” – Fred McDowell
Flower squeezin’s [via Bunkerville].
Dog-Faced Pony Soldier – the trailer.
When the track bunny fails [h/t Possum].
Although Christmas is behind us, you gotta hear this.
1955 Chevrolet Corvette EX67 [via Memo Of The Air].
They’re cracking down [via The View From Lady Lake].
2024 Calendar of Extremely Accurate Birds [via Mme. Jujujive].
OMG! The Musical Meme Man (found in this video compilation).
Restaurant owner Chino Yang was forced to apologize for this benign video because he called the Mayor of San Francisco a clown.
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Saturday Matinee – Gogol Bordello, S.M.N. & GJS
“It’s one of the very few songs I wrote for a girl. I just moved in with my girlfriend in New York. We had a neighbour: an old woman who was always dressed in purple head to toe. She was clearly bonkers. So whenever my girlfriend and I had an argument and she would start screaming at me, I would say: you might as well start wearing purple now”. – Eugene Hütz
Gogol Bordello, fronted by Ukranian-born Eugene Hütz, is a multinational American punk band from Manhattan, known for gypsy/romani/punk theater. More about them here.
Formed in 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan, S.M.N. (Slackers Make Noise) consists of high school classmates Hiroaki Yokoyama / guitar, Mah-bou / drums, Kosuke Nishimura / bass.
Here’s something to cool your eardrums. Gentry-Jones is Nil Jones and Tony Gentry, here with Mr. Sam (Sam Fallie) in 2014. Old soul line dancing at its smoothest. More on GJS here.
Whoop, look what time it is. Gotta go, got an appointment with the porch tomorrow. See you there.
The Friday .Gif Post No. 835 – Let’s Do The Cat Warp Again, Enter Raccoon & The Door Cam
Sir Dagwood of Hamburg
[Found here.]
Photo Oops 2
SABOTAGE!
New Years Day 2024
Happy New Year’s Eve 2023 – End of Year Playlist
Thought I might do something different this New Years Eve. Buried in the Archives are over 100 tunes that deserve a replay, at least in my opinion. Some are pure awesome, others are eye-rollers, but all are songs that pleased my earballs in 2023. Each set is in no particular order, one click and you’re off to the races. Have at it.
Set 1 – January, February, March
Set 2 – April, May, June, July
Set 3 – August, September, October, November & December
And one more thing: Happy New Year!
Auld Lang Syne Boogie, Freddie Mitchell Orchestra (1949)
[Caveat: I don’t own the copyrights to any of these recordings. They are presented here for entertainment purposes only. Apologies for the typo in the first track – That’s Stéphane Grappelli.]
Saturday Matinee – Tuba Skinny, Lucky Chops, Timo Gross & Skatune Network
Tuba Skinny, featuring bandleader Shaye Cohn on cornet. Although we were in NOLA last May, I didn’t get a chance to see them because I was too busy chillin’ on a balcony with the dogs.
Formed in 2016, Lucky Chops began as a group of subway buskers from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, New York City, and now they perform world-wide.
German bluesman Timo Gross has been around for a while but he’s relatively unknown in the US; I had to run his Wikipedia entry through Google Translate.
One man ska band JER / Skatune Network rang in the New Year in 2016 and somehow I missed it. Turnitup!
Yep, it’s almost time to turn the calendar ahead again, but before we do, we have a porch that needs sitting on. See you there.
Tacky Raccoons 