Saturday Matinee – Pathé Luxury, Leon Redbone, Tuba Skinny, Kelly Finnigan & The Atonements

From Wiki:
The Pathé Brothers of France went into the photographic business in 1896. In the early 1900s, Pathé became the world’s largest film equipment and production company, as well as a major producer of phonograph records. In 1908, Pathé invented the newsreel that was shown in cinemas before a feature film.
[The future of the past found here.]

Leon Redbone could scat-sing better than almost anyone, and there’s proof with his cover of Tommy McClennan’s Bottle Up And Go (aka Step It Up And Go recorded by Blind Boy Fuller and many others). If someone in the audience pulled out a camera to take his photo, when the flash went off, he’d stop the song, jump for his camera and take a shot of them. He’d wait as the Polaroid image developed, (“Hmmm. Not a bad likeness”) and pick up the song right where he left it. He kept those photos, too.

Tuba Skinny plays Blind Boy Fuller‘s Untrue Blues.

Kelly Finnigan & The Atonements resurrect the ghost of Otis Redding. Great soul R&B.

Tomorrow is only two days from yesterday, so we’ll see you back here then. Have a great  weekend and stuff.

 

The .Gif Friday Post No. 702 – A Little Shuttuppery, A Wet Stripper & A Reindeer Cyclone

[Found here, here and here.]

 

Hand Lettered Font

Clever and icky at the same time. Now what should I write…
[Found here via here.]

Some people just never grow up.

[Absurdities culled from the nice collection here.]

The .Gif Post No. 701 – 1965 Headbangers, Bollard Checkmate & Making a Bowl

[Top .gif from the intro to this; 2nd & 3rd found  here and here.]

Songs that made the Hit Parade…

[Found here.]

The Stare.

[H/t Mme. Jujujive. Original image below the break.] Continue reading “The Stare.”

Coffee

PPG Tower, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
[Top image found here; bottom here.]


Update: Here’s my brew for comparative purposes only.

Capelocratic Hot Links

Gotta Get Up Every Morning, Jr. Brown (1996)In 2020, Rolling Stone Magazine’s listed 50 Country Albums Every Rock Fan Should Own and honored Brown’s  12 Shades of Brown (1990). That same year, Brown and his wife began hosting The Junior & Tanya Rae Brown Show on Facebook.

Red wind.

Inspiring

School shoes.

Catch & Release.

Finding Beyhan.

Eclipse rides the bus.

The reason for the internet.

What bears do in the woods.

Testing a 20,000 watt light bulb.

Nice guy but his neighbors hate him.

[Top image (cropped and inverted) from here.]


From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.

Saturday Matinee – Babylon Bee, Rag’n’Bone Man & Sonny and his Wild Cows

The Babylon Bee stings again!

Don’t ask my opinion, don’t ask me to lie, then beg for forgiveness for making you cry.
Rag’n’Bone Man does heavy duty soul.

Live from Budapest, Sonny and his Wild Cows rock it. A popular band in Hungary (and across Europe) they cover 40s & 50s American blues, R&B, rock & roll, rockabilly, swing and country. Free music download at their awesome website, too.

Well looky here. It’s the weekend. Have a great one, and we’ll see y’all back here tomorrow, rain or shine.