Author: Bunk Strutts

Boogah Boogah.

Papuliferous Hot Links

Bliz-aaard Ball Sale, David Hammons, 1983.

Come On Let’s Go, Girl In A Coma (2010) Joan Jett sings Richie Valens backed by The Ramones. From their album Adventures In Coverland, this is a fun mashup from the trio from San Antonio.

Oakland.

VW Busblast.

The Lockout.

Never Forget.

Elvis had a belt.

1896 calendar girls.

Recycled taco holders.

Bollards rock. And roll.

In the Pits [via Bunkerville].

Rat Selfies [via Mme. Jujujive].

Perpetual 1-Day Blinding Stew.

Four fuzzy things drinking coffee.

The village beneath New York’s Central Park.

Dead in Vegas [via The View From Lady Lake].

Look at this tardigrade [via Memo Of The Air].

Interview with Adele Morse, creater of Stoner Fox.

Freebird guitar solo on harmonica [via The Feral Irishman].

[Top image: “One of David Hammons’ most famous works is his 1983 performance Bliz-aard Ball Sale, in which he stood on the sidewalk in Cooper Square, selling snowballs. Each snowball cost $1 and they were arranged neatly according to size.” Found here.]

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

Saturday Matinee – Luther ‘Snakeboy’ Johnson, Big Guitars From Memphis & The Radiacs

Luther Snakeboy Johnson (aka Snake, Georgia Boy, Little Luther & Luther King) was born in 1941 in Davisboro, GA, and taught himself guitar while still in grade school. He served in the US Army, and after discharge performed with a gospel group before heading to Chicago. In the late 50s, he played regularly with Otis Spann and Elmore James before joining Muddy Waters’ band in 1967. This video is from a 1973 French television show; three years later he succumbed to cancer at the age of 34.

Big Guitars From Memphis show their chops in this video, recorded for Mugz, an indi film that was scheduled for 2010 but never released. (They don’t sound like Memphis because they aren’t from Memphis).

Doing 90 on the 90, The Radiacs are/were a psychobilly quartet formed in 1987 in Sheffield, UK. Can’t find much about them, but it appears they were active through 2011.

Got a lot to think about these days, and I think sitting out on the porch with a couple of dogs is a damn fine idea. See you there tomorrow.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 839 – The Tumblestomper, Spidergordo & Driveaway Drive

[Found here, here and here.]

Volkswagen All Terrain Camper

[Found here. I don’t care if that’s A.I. I want one.]

X-Rays

[Found here.]

Hell’s Snow Angel

[Found here.]

Monkey Pastry Chef

“When wound and the start/stop pull actuated, the incredibly detailed and realistically modeled standing monkey chef begins his performance by looking left then right whilst opening and closing eye lids as mouth moves to speak, lowering head slightly to indicate his latest culinary creation…”

This mechanical wonder (ca. 1880) sold for over $36k in 2014, and was presumably purchased by someone to keep their little brats and pets in line.

[More photos and background story here and here.]

Pallasethesial Hot Links

Monsterburger, Stratsburg, Ohio (closed 2003)

K-Jee, The Nite-Liters (1971)
 The Nite-Liters were formed in 1963 in Louisville, Kentucky by Tony Churchill and Harvey Fuqua.  After recording two albums in the early 1970s, the group morphed into the 17-piece ensemble New Birth.

The Aria.

Camperocity.

It’s time o’clock.

Sound up. Way up.

Doin’ the squeege.

Baby goats in slo-mo.

A Thin Layer of Slugs. Eep.

“We’ll be sharing a cubicle.”

Another morning in Failville.

The Syllabus of Frankenstein’s Monster.

Techno unplugged [via Memo Of The Air].

Van Morrisson & the contractual obligation.

Escape From Pooky Park [via Mme. Jujujive].

The tides of the Korean War [h/t Bunkerville].

Rogue waves slam Roi Namur Island restaurant.

[Top image: AI-generated fast food venue found here, via here.]

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

Saturday Matinee – There I Ruined It, Matteo Mancuso, 8 Ball Aiken & The Gary Hoey Band

In Memory of Country Music: Every fake accent 2-part harmony bro country song crammed into 1-1/2 minutes of ear torture from There, I Ruined It. The comments on the Utoobage vid are fun, and if that’s not enough for you, there’s this mashup.

Django Reinhardt and Les Paul meet Weather Report: Italian guitar prodigy Matteo Mancuso plays cool jazz fusion blues and more.

8 Ball Aiken is an Australian singer and songwriter from Brisbane, plays blues, swamp-rock, alternative country, and Americana music. At one of his early gigs in a rough pub, a fight broke out over a pool table. The 8 ball landed on stage and his bandmates gave him the nickname.

Underrated guitar thrasher Gary Hoey shreds the blues. He’s been compared to Robin Trower, early Clapton, SRV and others.

So there you go, and no, I’m not going to apologize for the first one. It’s like an aural vaccine so you never have to listen to country pop again. Have a great weekend, see you tomorrow, porch time is noonish.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 838 – Fentzing

[Found here, here and here.]