Category: Bizarre
“A Tumble-Weed Ball (From A Photograph)”
[Found here.]
Electrical Experimenter Magazine 1918
Carphologic Hot Links
Old Man River, Ronnie Cates and The Travellers (1962) The lead singer sounds familiar, but I could find little more than a discography for this group.
It’s hot [via Bustednuckles].
Harry Rocks and Handfast Point.
Men and women think differently.
“Pumpkin pie gave me the beetus!”
20 ways of Fiddlin’ [via Memo Of The Air].
Soccer coach Marcelo Gallardo has big brass ones.
[h/t Pam M.]
The Nature of Democracy (needs bongos and a flute).
[via Bunkerville]
Babies playing in the womb in 1512AD [via Mme. Jujujive].
Juliane Diller (nee Koepcke) has an amazing story of survival.
[h/t Paul Y.]
[Top image found in here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Almost Lunchtime
[Found here.]
Hey babe.
Flagitious Hot Links
Easy Rockin’, Sam Butera & The Witnessess (1960) Louie Prima‘s backup band. Sam Butera was already a rising star at the age of 18, playing sax for Ray McKinley‘s orchestra, and later for Tommy Dorsey‘s band.
CRUMAR [via Mme. Jujujive]
If you’re happy and you know it…
The origins and methods of Woke.
Zookeeper stories [h/t eaglesoars].
Are you left brain or right brain dominant?
(No you’re not.)
Steam powered Gramophone [h/t Bunkerville].
The Motor Cycle magazine covers [via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image: Mr. T‘s Maimdozer found here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 812 – Wakeup Machine, Testing the Hitch & A Fluster Cluck
[Found here, here and here. The Wakeup Machine is the work of the amazing Simone Giertz, inventor and breaker of things.]
Blair Witch Stair
One day, the old woman who lived in a shoe just snapped.
[Original unmodified image from here, h/t Pam M.]
The Muskegon Streetcar Riot of 1919
The Muskegon Traction Company raised the ride fare by 1 cent in August of 1919, it began a riot that lasted through the night, destroying streetcars and causing chaos in the city.
Workers refused to pay more than 6 cents per fare ($1.06 in 2023 dollars).
[More here. h/t Pam M.]
Tacky Raccoons 