[Found in here; unaltered penguin noise here.]
Category: Bizarre
Daytime Nighttime
The “Star Seeder” is a statue in Kaunas, Lithuania. During the day it goes unnoticed, but when night comes the statue justifies its title.
[Images & caption found here.]
Acatalepsic Hot Links
The Stars, The Ocapello’s (1966 & 1972)A rare recording – a 45rpm in mint condition might fetch you $100. Little can be found about the group with the stray apostrophe except that they came from East Orange, New Jersey, and evolved from two other local groups (The Crowns and The Cameos), and that the lead singer may or may not have been Bobby Kline who may or may not have been black.
Must have. Shark Puppet.
Very cool drop. [h/t Jim. W.]
Little Steven’s Underground Garage.
[h/t Taminator013]
City map generator omits pesky road names [via].
Shelter dog went on a squeaky toy bender. Story here.
US Senate SCOTUS confirmation hearings show blatant racism.
[Top image found here.]
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The .Gif Friday Post No. 722 – Colorado Slider, Little Bat Flaps & ABBA-Ka-Dabba
Stretchy Pets
[This fine collection was found here.]
Carminative Hot Links
Seven Day Weekend, The New York Dolls (1973)Recorded live in New York City, 11 August 1973, and if you close your eyes they sound exactly like the 1962 original by Gary Bonds & The Church Street Five.
Dude got spooked [via Bunkerville].
Daylight Saving: Spring Forward (2014 trailer).
Breaking News. Suspect let loose minutes before arrest.
Maslenitsa, Nikola-Lenivets Park & the Tower of Babel.
Sound-powered telephones have been used since at least 1944.
[Top image: Phicoon found on FB, or maybe here.]
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The .Gif Friday Post No. 721 – Pixelburg, A Surprise Guest & A Swallow
Dental Office Plushies From Hell
How to instill a lifelong fear of the dentist in children.
[Images found here. It’s a Russian website with mostly funny stuff. Sort of like the Bored Panda of Moscow.]
Paludicolous Hot Links
Fatty Patty, Lee Pickett & The Screamers (1958)Lee Pickett (rhythm guitar and slap bass) joined up with Marvin Ross (lead guitar) and Paul Jennings (drums) and recorded Fatty Patty and She Left Me With The Blues in a Denver basement. Marvin recalled, “We only used ‘Lee Pickett & The Screamers’ for that one record & a few promotional bookings. Jolt Records picked the name for us, but by then we had taken the name of the Blue Rhythms.”
I can’t explain this illusion.
Non-newtonian fluid on speakers.
Live report from Hoover Street [via].
Send your name to the moon on a thumb drive.
[Top image found in here, which links to this, and that’s all I know about it.]
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Tacky Raccoons 