The Rebel.

[Found here.]

[Update: The image is from a 2009 BMW Mini ad campaign. See comments for more pics.]

Russian Trolley

[More images at the source.]

Humuhumunukunukuapua’a Hot Links

Hapa Haole Hula Girl (My Honolulu Hula Girl), Alfred Apaka with Danny Stewart’s Hawaiians (1951) Decca Records“Alfred Aloha Apaka (1919–1960) was one of the influential performers in the history of Hawaii’s popular music. Although he recorded for less than a decade, Apaka set the standards for modern Hawaiian music with his joyful, baritone vocals and highly entertaining performances.” (BTW, “hapa haole” doesn’t translate to “Honolulu,” and is also a style of music.)

Schooled.

Dan Getkin.

THIS is disgusting.

A Handful of Phasmids.

NIce woodworking project.

Let’s Talk Dirty In Hawaiian.

NASA/NOAA prevented Global Cooling.

Binaural beats are considered auditory illusions.

“This is the best game of hide-and-seek ever.” [via]

Kiddie board games imagined as horror flicks. [h/t Nate L.]

Escaping through a predator’s butt can be a lifesaver [via].

[Top image: artwork by Derek Yaniger.]

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Saturday Matinee – Android 207, Talking Heads, Tito Larriva, Johnny Nash & Krosfyah

Android 207 is a fun stop-motion from Carrotkid (Paul Whittington). In 2007, the film received the Best Film, Best Technical and People’s Choice awards at the Vancouver Island Short Film Festival. I’ve posted it before, and it’s still one of my favorites.

Classic Talking Heads video won “Best Group Video” at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1987. I probably posted it before also – I couldn’t find a live version of …oh wait, just found one.

Tito Larriva plays Radio Head in the movie TRUE Stories (1986). Larriva was a founding member of The Plugz.

Lost another great talent this week. Johnny Nash (1940-2020) was born in Houston, Texas, but moved to Jamaica in 1965, where rocksteady was big and reggae was just beginning to gain in popularity. Video is from Dick Clark’s American Bandstand, 1968.

Krosfyah‘s single Pump Me Up (1995) was a hit in Barbados, went gold in Canada. Great Soca.

That’s a wrap, at least for now. See you tomorrow and we’ll mess with stuff.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 653 – Armadillo Pillow, Trippy Tree Topping & The Stars of Salar de Uyuni

[Found here, here and here.]

Let’s Meat In The Park.

It’s so nice out I’m gonna leave it out.

[Found here.]

Face Rump 33¢ per lb.

December1940 Bath, Maine – “Grocery store window in Bath, Maine. Food prices do not seem to have gone up as yet but are expected to.”

[Colorized image found in here. *NSFW/NSFK*
Original image from here.]

That’s A Real Mannikin.

[Found here.]

“They warned me that the home was wallpapered in beer cans…and I thought to myself, ‘Well, I wonder where in the world they found beer can wallpaper.'”

“No, ma’am. Beer cans.
Every room is covered in beer cans.”

 

And there’s a bonus offer!

[Found here via here.]

Fun Facts to Know and Tell:
Heineken® was once sold in glass masonry units. Story here.

Jaculiferous Hot Links

Riff City, Slim Gaillard (1946) Bel-Tone RecordsGaillard could play several instruments and managed to turn the performance from jazz to comedy. He would play the guitar with his left hand fretting with fingers pointing down over the fingerboard (instead of the usual way up from under it), or would play credible piano solos with his palms facing up.

Black hole stuff.

Supernova stuff.

Wait for the beep.

Creole vs. Cajun Jambalaya.

Lord of the Paddle [sound up].

Does this ever happen to you?

Naked chicks rocking out. No, really.

Be careful where you park in Brazil. [Story here, h/t Nancy H.]

60 years ago: The first episode of The Andy Griffith Show aired on October 3 1960. Titled “The New Housekeeper,” Opie meets Aunt Bee.

[Top image of Slim Gaillard in a spacesuit-a-roonie from here.]

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