[Found here. This spider monkey was the source of many photoshop challenges circa 2020.]
‘Sup Babe.
[Found here. This spider monkey was the source of many photoshop challenges circa 2020.]
Category: Bizarre
Bird Beds
Brachymetropic Hot Links
Jive At Five, Count Basie and his Orchestra (1939)
Written and composed by Harry “Sweets” Edison, the band lineup was:
William J. “Count” Basie, piano, directing; Lester “Shad” Collins, Wilbur “Buck” Clayton and Harry “Sweets” Edison, trumpets; William “Dicky” Wells, trombone; Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Ronald “Jack” Washington, baritone saxophone; Freddie Green, guitar; Walter Page, bass; Jonathan “Jo” Jones, drums.
81 Soap Faces [via Everlasting Blört].
Lion vs. bird vs. snek [via Thompson, blog].
Watermelon wings, the faces of polyphony, and a funky sheep
[via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image: Photo titled Kathryn Von Marks In Larissa′s Lap by Sara Small found here.]
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The .Gif Friday Post No. 973 – Latte Acapella, A Happy Generator & Pinniped Rotation
Garbage City
Manshiyat Naser district, Cairo, Egypt
It is famous for the Garbage City quarter, which is a slum settlement at the far southern end of Manshiyat Naser, at the base of Mokattam hills on the outskirts of Cairo. Being Cairo’s largest concentration of “Zabbaleen” garbage collectors, its economy revolves around the collection and recycling of the city’s garbage.
Although Manshiyat Naser has streets, shops, and apartments as other areas of the city, it lacks infrastructure and often has no running water, sewers, or electricity.
[Photo from 2009 found here.]
Five Bugs and a Snail
OH, wonder I much about what this book contains !
Can Insects talk and do they have brains ?
I always thought that these queer little things
Were made up entirely of legs, wings and stings.
[From Comic Insects by The Rev. F.A.S. Reid, illustrated by Berry F. Berry, London, 1872. Found via here; click for larger images. ]
Paranoia Street
[Found here, colorized by Grok.]
Helminthological Hot Links
Oh My Angel, Bertha Tillman (1962) “R&B singer Bertha Tillman was born in Texas, but moved to San Diego where her career started. She only recorded a few singles, including her cover of the oldies staple “Oh My Angel” and a song called “I Wish” (released as Bertha Tillman & The Killers), both appearing on Bob Shad‘s New York label Brent Records. She died in San Diego on May 31, 1993, at the age of 50.”
A counter in the hood.
Another counter.
Flashed Face Distortion Effect.
Gov. Gavin & Jake T. went fishing.
Slinky heaven [via Everlasting Blört].
Pointer pointer [via Memo Of The Air].
Compound Pejorative Frequency Chart.
US-101 plays itself [via Thompson, blog].
A gated community [via this isn’t happiness].
[Top image: Sonny’s Discount Grocery, 1034 S. Main St., High Point, NC. In 2013, Sonny’s sold other things besides groceries, and it appears to be under new ownership. Found here.]
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The .Gif Friday Post No. 972 – Whap Whap Whiff Whiff, the Clappers & the BouncyCam
Barfitecture
Tours Aillaud, Paris, built in 1976, designed by Architect Émile Aillaud.
“Without respect for the body as it is, social memory as it stands, there is no such thing as a workable or humane architecture. And that’s why a place like this – La Defence outside Paris, is experienced by everybody, including those who live in it, as a piece of social scar tissue, gimmicky, condescending alphaville modernism. Stick ‘em in concrete boxes and give them some concrete to play on, and then paint it all bright colours because that’s what the kiddies like, and if the kiddies don’t like it, they can write to the minister!”
Robert Hughes, art critic 1980.
[Found here.]
