Author: Bunk Strutts

Boogah Boogah.

Owl and Pony Show

Posted on Facebook by Eric Lind of Eureka, Illinois on 13 October 2022.

Current situation at my parents house…..the young neighborhood owl has stolen this stick horse and is flying around the neighborhood with it. Hilldale/Forest Park/Ridge lane neighbors…if your child is missing their stick horse, you’ll have to talk to the owl!!

Edit: for those of you questioning if the owl is hurt or “entangled” in the stick horse….we have no reason to believe this is the case as we witnessed the owl moving the horse around and even changing it’s grip on it at one point….this owl is part of a family of owls that have been in the neighborhood for about 6 months now, and this is one of the young owls…if someone sees that the owl is in danger or believes it is hurt, I’m sure the proper authorities would be contacted…

The story was picked up by the UK Daily Mirror [h/t Serafina D.].

Formivorous Hot Links

Potrzebie, Alfred E. Neuman & His Fershlugginer Five (1959) MAD Magazine published a number of recordings over the years, some included as tear-out  vinyl 45s in various issues. Potrzebie was the B-side of the truly awful What Me Worry? From Google Translate:
Polish – “Potrzeba” (poat-seh-bah) translates to “need”
“W potrzebie” (poat-seh-byah) means “in need of”.
[h/t Memo Of The Air]

Campering.

Hello Froggy.

1 possum per hour.

THE Best Sandbox.

Painting with Legos.

A fishing reel diddley bow.

It’s worse than we thought.

BBC News in pidgin [h/t Possum].

“Have you heard dis information?“

The coming darkness of October 14.

Percussion solo [via Feral Irishman]

Different dogs get weighed at the vet.

Messin’ with the skid [via Bunkerville].

The Memory of a Mighty River [via Memo Of The Air].

Happy 23rd Blogiversary to Everlasting Bloort & the Queen of the  Illustrated Link Dump Mme. Jujive. May the Meepzorp be with you.

[Top image:  Colorized still from The Wild Party (1929) starring Clara Bow and Frederic March, via The View From Lady Lake.]

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

Saturday Matinee – Cyriak, R.L. Boyce, The Delta Saints & The Lachy Doley Group

CYRIAK dropped a new one. Turn it up and annoy the neighbors.

Born in Como Mississippi in 1955, R.L. Boyce was a protégé of Mississippi Fred McDowell, R.L. Burnside and others who played at his parents’ weekend-long  house parties. Boyce says his initials stand for “R.L.”

The Delta Saints gots the bourbon-fueled bayou-rock swamp smokes.

Lachy Doley is the Jerry Lee Lewis of the Hammond C3. Lazy Onions is a mashup of  Deep Purple’s Lazy with Booker T. & The M.G.s’ Green Onions. Free download of Best Of The Lachy Doley Group album is available at his website. (Side note: The Hammond C3 organ is the same as a Hammond B3 but has a case instead of legs for support.)

Have a great weekend, and tomorrow maybe we’ll do something.
See you then.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 821 – The Magic Wand, The Heckling & 190 Degree Skritchies

[Found here and here. Crow pics from here, mashed up with the possum from here.]

Home Insection

[Found here.]

Spiny Stuff

Bunkessa had an x-ray recently. I messed with it.

Colorized with Palette, sharpened with an old PhotoSuite 4.0 program, then ran it through Deep Dream Generator.

Collect Them All!


“These stickers are not easy to drop off; they’re non-reflective and even waterproof. I’m willing to call them the most successful invention of 2023!”

Some Chinese news outlets credited the unexpected popularity of belly button stickers to Chinese traditional medicine, which states that the lower abdomen must be kept warm to preserve the overall health of the body. By keeping the fake navel exposed, users can wear high-waisted pants that cover much of the stomach, while still rocking garments like crop-tops.

ONLY 1/2¢ PER BB!
A pack of 96  3/4″ x  1″ Chinese belly button decals for only 50 cents is one helluva deal. Confuse people by moving them around, or wear several at the same time and claim as many birthdays as you want. So many possibilities.

[Images and story found here.]

Ode to NANCY

For some unexplainable reason, I’ve been collecting random Nancy panels for a while, many culled from this fine collection. I have only one paper copy I clipped long ago from the Sunday Funnies because it’s so Zen; the others were all found online by accident. I messed with one or two…

[Click on any image to enlarge. Previously posted Nancy, Sluggo and Aunt Fritzi Ritz stuff here.]

Enantiopathic Hot Links

Pachamama,”an androgynous being that is omnipresent, omnipotent and can procreate itself.”

Love Shock, Sonny and his Wild Cows (2012) From Budapest, Sonny and his Wild Cows is fronted by “Wild Cow Sonny” and plays American blues, R&B, rock & roll, rockabilly, swing, and country western with a 1940s-50s retro style. [Free download of their 2012 album The Berlin Session here.]

Yassify Bot.

Plan ahead.

Bring Back Apu.

The Campering.

The jam was epic.

Entrumpreneurs.

The Gay Pirate Plate.

 ABELEEDAWEEWOWEH

Manbuns v. Stop The Knot.

The skull of Sultan Mkwawa.

What the F-35 sounded like.

This policewoman’s response…

Ambigrams, Logos & Word Art.

Celebrating 100 years of StarWars.

Splashy splashy [via Mme. Jujujive].

Get Aht-a Tahn and more  yinzerspeak.

SoKno Kroger has great deals [h/t Pam. M.].

Opening an 18th century safe [h/t Bunkerville].

The spy plane that was so stealthy it didn’t exist.

Tight dirndls of Oktoberfest [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: Pachamama,”an androgynous being that is omnipresent, omnipotent and can procreate itself.” Artwork by Kurimalai.]

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

Saturday Matinee – Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Cedric Burnside, and Robert Bryant & The Bo-Keys

Robert Randolph and the Family Band teamed up with the North Mississippi All-Stars to form the blues supergroup The Word.

When he was only 13, Cedric Burnside was already touring as a drummer with his grandfather, renowned bluesman R.L. Burnside (1926-2005).

Don Bryant & The Bo-Keys. In 1998, bassist Scott Bomar wanted to preserve the Memphis Sound and formed the Bo-Keys. The group’s name is a hat-tip to the session groups The Bar-Kays and The Mar-Keys.

“One of the main reasons I started the band is that there were a lot of great musicians from the golden era of Memphis soul who weren’t really getting the work or attention they deserve,” says bandleader Scott Bomar, who formed the Bo-Keys in 1998. “Stax, Hi Records and American Studios all shut down, and the amazing musicians who were part of those studio bands either moved or stayed in Memphis, languishing in obscurity for the most part. I wanted people to know that those players and that sound were still alive and well.”

So there you go. Have a great weekend, see you on the porch whenever you get here.