GROK says: “The coin appears to be a worn hammered type, possibly a 17th-century silver piece like a Charles I shilling.”
[Very old friend’s coin found here.]
Author: Bunk Strutts
Boogah Boogah.
Me and Sal
[Found here.]
Old News
[Colorized photo by Antonio Castellano found in here.]
Trash Animals
Trash Animals are the work of Bordalo II, aka Arturo Bordalo, a self-described street artist and “artivist” from Portugal.
[Photos and more found here. Click to enlarge.]
UPDATE: Here’s another one, previously posted in 2021.
Uropygium Hot Links
Can I Change My Mind, Tyrone Davis (1968)
In the 1950s, Davis was a popular R&B singer in the Chicago area, began recording in the late 1960s. A DJ friend in Houston played the the B-side of one of his singles on the air, and Can I Change My Mind made both the Billboard R&B and Top Pop charts. It eventually sold more than 1 million copies and his career took off. (In 1969, Joyce Jones recorded Help Me Make Up My Mind as an answer song.)
It was a dark and balmy night.
The many worlds interpretation.
Happy Bloggleversary, Miz Beth!
Shoplifter [via Everlasting Blört].
Antarctica poop [Thompson, blog].
ALIEN concept sketch [via Bits & Pieces].
Magnetic distraction [via Memo Of The Air].
Flicks in the Public Domain [via Neatorama].
VERY COOL interactive tessellation generator [via Nag on the Lake].
[Top image found here. That’s Cricket, a baby rhesus macaque who lives at the Safari Zoological Park in Caney, Kansas.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Saturday Matinee – Curtis Salgado, Mike Benjamin & The Bend In The Road Band, and Billy Branch & The Sons Of Blues
Curtis Salgado began with The Nighthawks, later joined The Robert Cray Band, led Roomful of Blues, inspired the Blues Brothers and formed Curtis Salgado & The Stilettos.
Mike Benjamin & The Bend In The Road Band perform a blend of Americana, New Orleans funk, Delta blues and classic rock. Benjamin began as a Boston busker, moved to the New York club scene, became a session musician (vocals/guitar), and recorded hundreds of national commercials from Coca-Cola and Clorox to Budweiser.
Billy Branch & The Sons Of Blues
A three-time Grammy nominee, Branch is a roots blues promoter and historian with a direct link to Willie Dixon. He’s considered to be a member of the “New Generation of Chicago Blues”.
Seems we’ve entered dropping jaw season early this year. It’s more than just a clean up on Aisle 3 – the whole damn parking lot is a mess and the two lane is backed up all the way to Paducah. On the plus side, our stray tom likes his new box on the stoop, and the porch will be open by the time you show up. See you then.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 937 – C-Walk Fail, The Answer & Splashy Sloth
Watercolor
[Mural in Marijampolė, Lithuania, by New York artist Ray Bartkus found here.]
Parmesan Warehouse
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- Pictures you can smell. I smell feet.
- Unlike Parmesan, Edam is made backwards.
- That’s a really sharp image. I think it’s grate.
- Imagine all the cows and calves who died for this.
Credito Emiliano, a bank in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, offers loans in exchange for uniquely Italian collateral: golden wheels of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.
Housed in a high-security complex surrounded by barbed wire, the bank, known locally as Credem, holds some 430,000 wheels of Parmigiano-Reggiano made by farmers in the area. The stacks sit 20 wheels high and are carefully monitored. Credem staffers regularly clean, rotate, prick, and even taste each wheel.
All told, these assets are reportedly worth around €190 million.
[Image with more cheesy jokes found here.]
New Old Future Cars
AI images by graphic artist Alphonse Marcel found here.
[h/t Charlene J.]
Tacky Raccoons 