[Found here and here, and the 2nd was culled from a video of pumpers in Mali.]
Category: Bizarre
How Hot Was It?
Peregrine Trifalcon
[h/t Dina S.]
Nina Payne 1925
Dancer Nina Payne with a dance mask in the Nelson revue “Confetti”, Nelson Theater Berlin, 1925. Photos: Atelier Binder.
Titubating Hot Links
Grunion Run, The Hollywood Persuaders (1963)Paul Buff was a Marine veteran who was making parts for guided missiles when he decided to go into the recording business. A multitalented musician and recording engineer, he needed a flip side for his band’s 45 of Tijuana Surf, so he contacted a 20 year old guitar player named Frank Zappa.
Meep.
Just in time for summer.
[h/t Bunkerville]
42 Butterflies of North America.
A small disruption in a magnetic field.
Rhapsody In Blue (1924) visualized [via].
Superimpose photo of your product here.
[Top image: Rotated, cropped & inverted the colors of the original (below the break). I don’t recall where I found it or why I did it.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 734 – Dogwash, Frozen Dinner & Turtle Trot
The BROWN
Charles looked over the barren, desolate plain as the sun slowly set. He knew he wasn’t going to get much sleep tonight. Too many foot prints. There was blood in the air. He just hoped Linus was having more luck at his end. Snoopy grumbled anxiously at his feet. He knew it was time to move on. He hoisted his worn and mangled pack higher on his back, squared his shoulders and took a deep breath.
“Good grief,” he sighed.
The piece was created by three artists: The colors were done by Sean Ellery, the pencils by Max Dunbar, and the inks by Vitali Iakovlev. (Circa 2015)
Block Squatter
Bloons
Balloon sculptures are the work of artist Masayoshi Matsumoto.
Batraquomancing Hot Links
I Won’t Tell, Tracey Dey (1964) Very pretty song about a girl cheating on her boyfriend with his brother – her sister’s boyfriend – and lying to both of them.
Nora Ferrari (aka Tracey Dey) was a college coed when she recorded a demo tape that found its way to the ears of Bob Crewe, producer and songwriter for The Four Seasons and others. Dey released nine solo singles 1962 through 1966; several made the Billboard Top 100 beginning with Teenage Cleopatra.
Some serious damage from an AR-15.
You GOTTA hear this bird. [h/t Bunkerville]
Commuting in Stunt City. [h/t Mme. Jujujive]
Outhorse Your Email: “Let the horses of Iceland reply to your emails while you are on vacation.” [h/t Philosopher Mouse]
[Top image from USNI News.]
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