[Found here, here and here. Other sky dancers here.]
Category: Bizarre
View-Master™ CAROL 1977-78
View-Master™ Collector’s Edition by Sean Tejaratchi of Street Menagerie
This is Robert. He wants to meet you.
[Found here.]
Nothing Much Happened Last Night.
[Found here.]
Abterminal Hot Links
La Cumbia de Spiderman (El Hombre Araña), Patada y COZ (2022)
Twin brothers Gabo and Frank have a following in Mexico, South America and the US, with a number of records available for downloading. In 2016 their recording of El Pasito Perrón (the Big Dog Step) went viral.
The Voices [via Memo Of The Air}.
Kevin the Rooster [h/t eaglesoars].
Turn of the century bicycle stunts.
Reading Ulysses in Montana #625.
The lyrics to The Good, The Bad And The Ugly.
Kim Jon Un’s captive flashmob [via Bunkerville].
The Blue Berg of Happiness [via The View from Lady Lake].
[Top image: Impasto painting by Jason Anderson, found at My OBT.]
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The .Gif Friday Post No. 844 – FU Trash Receptacle, an Urban Geyser, and Boys, Bikes & Beer
Paper Silhouettes
Vehicle Mounted Manipulator 1956
“Popular Mechanics (Sep 1956, p.90) drawing made by Frank Tinsley from designs by Lee A. Ohlinger of Northrop Aviation, Inc. of a robot mechanic for the proposed atomic-powered airplane, a star-crossed project that stumbled through 10 years and $500,000 without ever getting off the ground.”
Other designs were developed based on the concept, including the GE “Beetle” of 1961.
[Images & story found here.]
Embrocated Hot Links
In My Gremlin, The Rave-Ups (1985) The Rave-Ups formed in 1979 at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After some lineup changes and a relocation to Los Angeles, they hit the indie rock scene of the 1980s with some success. Their appearance in the 1986 movie Pretty In Pink gave them nationwide exposure, but problems with record company promotion and distribution stifled their career.
“Willy’s Chocolate Experience”
When a rebound is not a rebound.
Slug vs. Venus Flytrap [via Bunkerville].
The Snore Dog Song [via Memo Of The Air].
William Yeldell Cosper [via The Feral Irishman].
{Top image: Mystery Movement. Congrats to Ms. Donna / My OBT on her 10 year blogiversary.]
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Tacky Raccoons 