Category: Bizarre

Saturday Matinee – The Marshall Tucker Band, Sam The Sham & James “Super Chikan” Johnson

In the late 70s, there was a shift away from hard rock, pop, disco, and other over-produced gag-inducing genres, and I took a liking to Country Rock Jazz fusion. The Marshall Tucker Band caught my ear with “The Last of the Singing Cowboys,” one of the prettiest songs ever written, featuring one of the greatest country rock vocalists ever: Doug Gray (and yeah, that’s one silly-ass hat on the guitar player.)

Domingo “Sam” Samudio is still live and howlin’ in this vid from 2000. IIRC, Sam took his nic “The Sham” because he only knew 3 chords. “Little Red Riding Hood” is probably my favorite STSATP song – even in elementary school we got the innuendo. “Oh, That’s Good” was fun due to our juvenile misinterpretation of the lyrics: “He operated on my 3rd leg…”

Okay, um, let’s move on.

Never heard of James “Super Chikan” Johnson? Crank it up.

Have a great weekend, folks. See you back here tomorrow for more inanity.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 549 – First Lemonade, Good Throw – Good Catch & Trigglypuff Drum Solo

Original Trigglypuff Spazzout April 2016

[Found here, here and here. Related source video re “Trigglypuff” & story here.]

Here’s Looking At You, Squid.

That one is 14-feet long. Giant squid can grow to over three times that size.

[Found here. Related posts here.]

Homemade Storage Containers For Sale

One size fits all.

[Found here.]

One-Eyed One-Horned Flying Purple Hot Links

Dude’s tired. Literally.

The Oogum Boogum Song.

From The Don’t-Touch-It Department:
Man touches it and is fined $1,500.

Brilliant *ahem* political analyses from Thing 1 and Thing 2.

I went to WalMart to buy drugs. I stuck around because I heard this.

Joey DaPrince hears Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” for the first time.

Mongolian throat singing AND eefing is one scary combination [h/t Octopus].

Lemon Merangue on the Window Sill is 20 minutes of pure insanity with cicadas [h/t Octopus].

Brooklyn Judge LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall instructed new citizens to disrespect the United States Flag and the National Anthem during a citizenship ceremony. Puke.

Mr. Smith from Bangalore India warns that your Barclays debit card may spontaneously combust “and create a pocket fire at any given moment, burning your legs and stomach terribly.”

Fun Facts To Know And Tell:
Shelby Fredrick “Sheb” Wooley (1921-2003)

Recorded the 1958 No. 1 hit “The Purple People Eater.”
Recorded many songs as Ben Colder.
Was a character actor with roles in High Noon, The Outlaw Josie Wales and many other movies.
Co-starred as scout Pete Nolan in the TV series Rawhide.
Credited as the voice behind the Wilhelm scream stock sound effect heard in hundreds of movies and countless TV shows, but received no royalties from it.

[Top image – Jacky Ke Jiang. I love the style.]

[Confidential to Randy L. – Thanks for your generous contribution.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 548 – Black Bloops, Water Hazard, Kibuki Magician

[Found here, here and here.]

Somewhere in ‘Straya.

[Found here.]

Do NOT tell this dog to “Fetch.”

[Found here.]

Oh, Hi! Fancy Meeting Me Here!

I gotta start carrying around a bag of self-adhesive googly-eyes.
Just gotta.

[Found here. Related posts here , here, here and here.]

Infraterrestrial Hot Links

Dude’s got balls.

Gone With The Wind in 1 minute.

Guy got fired for doing what comes naturally.

What The Heck Is It? The Giz Wiz dares you to guess.

Like early 20’s-30’s jazz? Free public domain downloads here.

Ever review the Socialist Party USA Platform? Everything is free except for freedom.

Yank the plastic straw out of the sea turtle’s left nostril and sell it to China = RECYCLING!

Dust in the foreground, stars in the background. This .gif of the surface of a comet (67P?) may or may not be amazing.

This is possibly The Best White House Press Conference you’ll ever hear.

[Top image: US Navy Hurricane Hunters, 1960, found here.]