Suffarcinating Hot Links

Funny, The Contours (1961)This is my favorite song as of now.

Have some salt!

WAHLCOME WAHLCOME!!

A trip to Jo-Ann’s Superstore.

Cool model trains (h/t @Gus_802).

Shamate don’t understand the world.

Wall of Death: Let me take my chances.

World Testicle Cooking Championship.

What to do if you’re stuck on an escalator.

Child Protective Services works a lot like this.

Need a reusable mask? I’m getting this one.

Jarvis Diner is open 24/7, has some good reviews.

Make your house smell just like the Colonel’s house.

The Great Covid Class War. Interesting read, with links.

Restrooms backwards is “smoortser.” Google Translate says it’s Afrikaans for “smoortser” (click for pronunciation).

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

Saturday Matinee – Boston Dynamics, The Contours, RT n’ The 44s, Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys & Roomful of Blues

Our whole crew got together to celebrate the start of what we hope will be a happier year: Happy New Year from all of us at Boston Dynamics. http://www.BostonDynamics.com.

Over 18M views and 97K comments since 29 December, and you’ve probably seen it already. I wonder what The Contours think of it.

The Contours‘ chart-topping 1962 hit Do You Love Me became a major hit again in 1988. I bet it scores a third time.

RT n’ the 44s has a laid back retro vibe with a large dollop of Johnny Cash. They’ve been described as “a vintage country band with dark obsessions.”

Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys have been jammin’ it since 1988, and here’s their cover of Colin James‘ Jumpin’ From Six to Six.

One of the best big brass blues bands in the land is Roomful of Blues. More than 50 musicians have played in the band since its inception in 1967, and I’m not sure of this 2013 lineup.

Have a great weekend, folks, because there’s more on the way. See you tomorrow.

Happy New Year I think.

 

 

 

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New Year’s Eve 2020

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Ramones Time

12:00am December 31

2020 24 Hours To Go

Pendulum Wave – Complete Cycle

Simple Pendulum wave animation. You can see the wave go from travelling waves, to standing waves, to a (briefly) beating pulse, and then chaotic motion, and back to travelling. Perhaps its just me, but this is clearer on the real thing.

“This animation may be subject to floating-point errors.”

But it’s beautiful. | credit to Jeff Irwin

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Heavy Church

“Located in Borgloon, Belgium, ‘Reading Between The Lines’ is a nearly transparent steel church designed by Belgian architect studio Gijs Van Vaerenbergh. The 10-meter high structure consists of 100 evenly spaced steel layers stacked in the form of a steeple and seems to dissolve into the landscape when viewed at certain angles.”

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The Fuzzy Wonder Goat… & More!

The DeMoulin Bros. Co. supplied hazing equipment for fraternal organization initiations in the early 1900s. Some of the gaffes were truly bizarre.

Apparently the company is out of the fraternity prank business and has moved onto other products: scary marching band uniforms.

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Bonus: Here’s a restored “Fuzzy Wonder” (and a “Spanker”).

Ingeniculational Hot Links

House Rent Boogie, John Lee Hooker, from Endless Boogie (1971).Homeschooled and illiterate, Hooker ran away from home at the age of 14. He used various pseudonyms throughout his career (including John Lee Booker, Johnny Lee, John Lee, John Lee Cooker, Texas Slim, Delta John, Birmingham Sam and his Magic Guitar, Johnny Williams, and the Boogie Man) to evade low-paying recording contracts.

Fish fight.

Knowlege is Power.

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Bioluminescent Nudes.

Welcome to Maintenance Mode.

How Canadian children are born.

20 Brilliant Ways To Organize Your Cats

Download the Hazard Fraught Tools catalog [via].

Never heard Dominick the Donkey until yesterday.
Thanks a wad, 2020.

Original Stack O’ Lee Blues (1927) by Long ‘Cleve’ Reed and Little Harvey Hill – the Down Home Boys.

An amazing thing happened when a non-communicative dementia patient heard the music of his youth.

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

Saturday Matinee – Floorboarding, The Paul Whiteman Orchestra, The Jubalaires & A Burberry Ad

Great animation followed by “the making of” [via].

Paul Whiteman was known as the King of Jazz, and no one as yet has come near carrying that title with more certainty and dignity. – Duke Ellington

Remastered footage from the 1930 movie King of Jazz (filmed entirely in two-color Technicolor) featured the Paul Whiteman Orchestra performing Happy Feet. Some amazing dance moves in that clip.

The Jubalaires – Orville Brooks, Ted Brooks, J.C. Ginyard & George McFadden – were a gospel group who recorded in the 40’s & 50’s. This version of Noah has a unnecessary modification towards the end, but it sorta works.

Singin’ in the Rain is one of the better ads I’ve seen, and I’m still not sure what they’re selling. [via].

I guess that’s eclectic enough for this edition. Have a great holiday weekend, see you tomorrow for the the post-Christmas sales.