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Night Crossing
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Vulpecular Hot Links
Shine, Stéphane Grappelli (1990)“The grandfather of jazz violinists,” Stéphane Grappelli (1908-1997) continued playing concerts around the world well into his eighties. The jazz standard Shine dates to 1910, and the lyrics are about racism.
August is John Lee Hooker Month.
What you want and when you want it?
Filter lets you see yourself without glasses.
Robert Wardlow compared to Shaquille O’Neill.
Earliest known audio of ZZ Top. [R.I.P. Dusty Hill.]
@WorldBollard has 28.2K followers on Twitter. It’s about bollards.
Create a Circle Infographic of who you (or anyone else) have most interactions with on Twitter.
Saboteur who destroyed the warship USS Bonhomme Richard has been arrested. (I posted the link on Facebook with a two-word comment. “Hang him.” That earned me a 3-day suspension for hate speech or something.)
[Top image: “Each Finger Pointed Towards The Open Way In Front” – Illustration by John Augustus Knapp, from John Uri Lloyd’s Etidorhpa (1895). “Etidorhpa” is the backward spelling of the name “Aphrodite.”]
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Saturday Matinee – The Great Ottowa Outbreak, Improv Everywhere, Pomplamoose & Widespread Panic
Straight Outta Gondwana: The Great Ottowa Outbreak of 2016 recorded on video. [Related post here.]
This is a fun one, and Improv Everywhere didn’t need much of a flash mob. More info here. [h/t Jonco]
“It’s such a shame that you became such an issue. Oh dear Johnny, I’ll miss you.”
Breakup songs can be so sad when a family is involved. Pomplamoose is a husband-and-wife team: singer-songwriter and bassist Nataly Dawn and multi-instrumentalist Jack Conte (CEO of Patreon).
Widespread Panic Stop Breaking Down Blues, Orpheum Theatre, Memphis, TN, October 19, 2014. [Jump to 01:12 to skip the noodling.]
That’s a wrap for this edition of The Saturday Matinee. See you tomorrow and we’ll do laundry.
The .Gif Post No. 691 – Two Sliders and Two Splats
Nothing much happened today.
Own The Cake
[Found here.]
Stuff I Do When I’m Bored [updated]
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UPDATE: This was accidentally posted ahead of schedule. Oh well, I’ll leave it as-is. Feel free to steal and share. Or not.
[More here.]
The Boys Are Back In Town
Radiology Pron
These radiology techs were obviously having some break-time fun, but I think the xrays are of a woman not pictured.
[Images screen-capped from video found here. Click on any image for larger view, you perv.]
Blennophobic Hot Links
No More Doggin’, Roscoe Gordon (1952)One of the original Memphis “Beale Streeters,” Roscoe Gordan‘s breakout hit Booted made No. 1 on the R&B singles charts in 1952; No More Doggin‘ made No. 2 the same year. Gordon (and Fats Domino) influenced Jamaican pianist Theophilus Beckford, and Gordon’s back-beat style is credited as the foundation of Jamaican ska, bluebeat (Jamaican R&B) and reggae.
25 new buses lasted four years.
Dan Akroyd explains Bass-O-Matic.
Clay Head with Turkey, Cheese and Ants.
Go taste-tripping with synsepalum dulcificum. Everyone should try a “miracle berry” at least once.
[Top image from here.]
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Tacky Raccoons 