Saturday Matinee – Kay Kyser, John & Adrian, The Wheelgrinders & James “Super Chikan” Johnson

Kay Kyser (& his Kollege of Musical Knowledge) performed one of the strangest compositions I’ve heard recently. Invented in 1939, the Sonovox (or Talk Box)  was featured in many advertisements, and used for the voice of the talking train in Disney’s Dumbo. [Found here via here.]

Possibly the best lip sync  of Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs ever.  (That’s John and Adrian according to the YouTube post notes.) Whoop, la-di-dah.

The Wheelgrinders are three hep cats from Vancouver B.C. cranking some entirely bitchin’ roots rockabilly. [h/t Gord S.]

Famed Mississippi bluesman James “Super Chikan” Johnson plays a mean butterfly diddley bow.

Glad this week is over.  The wind is picking up, so keep an eye on the weather forecasts. Have a great weekend – be back here tomorrow just for the helluvit.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 719 – Sheeptrap, Cold Hoops & A Ceramic Bowl Blooper

[Found here, here and  here.]

 

Bots wanna bot: As a US citizen, I believe that we have 85 Jessicas

Jessica sure gets around. More AstroturfBots here and here.

Update: Forgot this:

Nothing Much Happened Today.

[Found in here.]

Well, shirt.

[Found in here.]

Update: Oopsie. That wasn’t the correct link, but those pics have appeared many places all over the internest. Thanks to Corrine L. for the alert.

1970s Mardi Gras

[Most of the pics above found here. Click below for more.]

Heureux Mardi Gras!

He pressed the red button…

When you take a photograph of a frog just as it activates its hyperspace drive

[Image from July 2015 found  here via Tineye, caption found all over the internest. h/t Nate L.]

Urosthenic Hot Links

Hee Haw Breakdown, Nolan Cormier & The L.A. Aces (1971)From  Lousiana Cajun Music Special, Swallow Records 1988:
“Cut in 1971 at the first recording session of Swallow’s last recording studio, this Cajun ditty became an instant hit regionally, and then skipped over the Atlantic to become a popular Cajun hit in England as well.”

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Selkies.

Cajun math.

On restrictions.

Stan, the Bridge Man.

Encountering a feral Humpty [via].

Marimokkori is just creepy. Marimo is not.

Sharks are smooth as hell [Twitter thread].

Interactive live map of Russian invasion with linked sources.

[Top image: US Track and Field sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson‘s left index finger.]

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

Saturday Matinee – Quatermass & The Pit, Big Guitars From Texas, Don Leady & His Rockin’ Revue and Bottleneck John

The Quatermass & The Pit [1967].
Gonna have to check this one out (h/t Possum).

Big Guitars From Texas Do the Dootz ca. 1985: Evan Johns, Don Leady, Denny Freeman, Frankie Camaro, Keith Ferguson and Mike Buck.
Buck (drums) and Ferguson (bass) were original members of The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Leady & Ferguson were also members of The Tailgators, Leady, Buck & Johns were with The LeRoi Brothers.

Don Leady with Alberto Telo (drums), Gil T (bass) and a 13 year old Jack Montesinos (guitar) cover Sonny Fisher in 2015.

Johan “Bottleneck John” Eliasson (Resolian guitar) with Oskar Arhusiander Stefan Swen (harp) and a 1920 Midwest Utilitor (rhythm) live from Sweden in 2011.

Today is happening and tomorrow is expected to arrive on schedule, so have a great weekend and we’ll see you then.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 718 – The Most Annoying Girl on Giphy, Dismissive Owl, Twirly Girly & Shots at the Dog Bar

[Annoying Girl found on Giphy by accident. Owl found here, Twirly Girl here and Dog Bar courtesy Rightymouse.]