
[Fine fine artwork found here; Smudge lore here.]

Stop Overlooking Me, The Cairos (1966)Founded in 1964, folded in 1967, Shrine Records is considered the rarest of the soul labels.
“Miss Ray, Barry Gordy‘s second wife, started Shrine Records with her new hubby after both bounced from Motown. Shrine (located in D.C.) issued the peppy “Stop Overlooking Me” b/w “Don’t Fight It” in 1966; it flopped just like the other 18 singles bearing the Shrine logo.”
Some people have super powers.
House of Hands [via Mme. Jujujive].
Right Now in the Life of a Bald Eagle.
Possibly the best “About Me” page I’ve read.
Great camera shot from the 2022 Olympics [via].
Para-Lex Radio – the precursor to High-Fi Radio.
About those numbers:
The article includes data that refutes its own headline.
[Top image of a Keith Richards dried apple head cropped from here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Cat City (2017) by Vewn.
“I wanted to portray a world where a character’s experience in the physical world is a reflection of their emotional turmoil. In a way, it parallels my own experience of growing up and leaving home to pursue what I thought was my dream, and then slowly realizing it wasn’t what I thought it would be.”
-Victoria Vincent
Joe Willie “Pinetop” Perkins (1913-2011) passed on a year after this performance. A long time member of Muddy Waters‘ band, he recorded Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie (1953), a song originally written and recorded by Clarence “Pinetop” Smith in 1929.
Woman Don’t Lie & Somebody Loan Me A Dime – Luther Johnson, with Sonny Thompson on piano (1973). The second [3:50] is a cover of a Fenton Robinson song.
Have a great weekend, more to come tomorrow.

[Photo essay by Nei Valente found here via here.]

The Last Meal, Hurricane Harry (1956)A singer, pianist and songwriter, Hurricane Harry (aka Earl Burrows, Early S. Burrows, George Stone ,T.T. Tyler, and stage name Jack Hammer) was born Earl Solomon Burroughs (1925-2016). He co-wrote Great Balls of Fire.
The earbone’s connected to the…
Pittburgh bridge collapse photos.
Collapse was imminent in DECEMBER 2018.
Bioaerosol generation by raindrops on soil.
Cool interactive art in the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.
[h/t Mme. Jujujive]
[Top image: Altered detail of Small Cow House, Jeff Shelton Architect, 2005.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Very nice animation of Elysian Fields‘ Alms For Your Love. (Ignore the “You Can’t Watch It From This Link” garbage. Just click it.)
Bombskare did some a capella whoopin’ on Rory McLeod‘s Love Like A Rock.
Steve Karla & Leo Johnson (of SpaceHeaters) go street busking Django style.
Long intro, but song starts at about 0:2:10. Mike Zito from August 2018.
Looks like some of you are in for some global cooling this weekend. If your house seems chilly, just step outside for five minutes and come back in – it’ll warm the house up good. Hunker down, and we’ll thaw out something fun for tomorrow.



Electric MIMIC e-bike design by Russian designer Roman Dolzhenko.
Nope nope nope nope and f’n nope.

[Found here.]

Big Ugly Wheels, The Beat Farmers (1990)From their album Loud, Plowed and Live, The Beat Farmers (featuring Country Dick Montana) were a great bar band from San Diego. Dan McLain (aka Country Dick) died onstage of a heart attack in 1995 at the age of 40.
The Greatest Chef of the Inland Swamps.
15 fake truths & true fakes. [h/t Eaglesoars]
Hidden Netflix search codes. [also h/t Eaglesoars]
Jellyfish & the Portuguese Man ‘O War [via Bunkerville]
Young, pine-cone-rich squirrels are children of privilege.
[Top image: 1954-55 Ford Chickens found here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
In 2020, the world stood still… in the movies too.
The End is an experimental narrative short film, in black & white and color, made only with movies gifs with a perfect loop, more than 500.
The End is also a tribute to the cinema, from silent films to now.
Music by Enrico Morricone. [h/t Mme. Jujujive]
The Brothers Comatose with AJ Lee covers Neil Young – and do it better.
Justin Johnson‘s style mashup works.
23 year old Kingfish Ingram has already recorded and/or performed with Rick Derringer, Samantha Fish, Eric Gales, Guitar Shorty, Buddy Guy, Bob Margolin, Keb Mo, Mr. Sipp and the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Amazing.
Whoa. It’s the weekend already. Lotta time flies these days and we’ll see you tomorrow sooner than you think.