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Jaculiferous Hot Links

Riff City, Slim Gaillard (1946) Bel-Tone RecordsGaillard could play several instruments and managed to turn the performance from jazz to comedy. He would play the guitar with his left hand fretting with fingers pointing down over the fingerboard (instead of the usual way up from under it), or would play credible piano solos with his palms facing up.

Black hole stuff.

Supernova stuff.

Wait for the beep.

Creole vs. Cajun Jambalaya.

Lord of the Paddle [sound up].

Does this ever happen to you?

Naked chicks rocking out. No, really.

Be careful where you park in Brazil. [Story here, h/t Nancy H.]

60 years ago: The first episode of The Andy Griffith Show aired on October 3 1960. Titled “The New Housekeeper,” Opie meets Aunt Bee.

[Top image of Slim Gaillard in a spacesuit-a-roonie from here.]

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

The .Gif Friday Post No. 652 – The Trade Up, Elsie & A Roomful of Rodneys

[Found here, here and here.]

My WebEx Meeting Notes – August & September 2020

Pen on paper, 8-1/2 x 11, 6.25 square inches per meeting.

Business has slowed down for the folks I’ve been doing consulting work for and so has my participation in the daily phone convos. In fact, I’m looking for work, or some semblance of a cash flow. Other things are in the mix, and one of these days I might post about them. Or not.

Hopefully the ‘vid mongers stop this shut down insanity soon, but the big money is still skittish. The election poses more uncertainty, not so much for the outcome, but for the probability of more violent mayhem caused by the unshackled terrorists and a cesspool of governors and congressmen who sold their souls a long time ago.
Guess we wait and see…

[Previous WebEx meeting notes here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 651 – Feral Hairball, Puddle Princess, Basketball Jonie & Ice Buckethead

[Bottom three found here, here and here. I misplaced the source for the hairball.]

NEW OFG C UR H NCR ST

[Found here.]

Pan Demonic

[More panorama photo fails here.]

Thalerophagous Hot Links

Ain’t Much Good in the Best Of Men Nowadays, Bessie Brown (1926)

Learning Italian.

Under the asphalt.

Shaq Has A Donut.

They walk the walk.

This is NOT Elwood.

This is NOT a forest fire.

Every Political Ad Ever.

I just ate an egg from here.

Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet.

Punnett Squares of the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium.

[Top image from here.]

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

Saturday Matinee – Poderosa AAINJALA, Rising Appalachia; Kitty, Daisy & Lewis; Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats

Poderosa AAINJALA – 150 Tambores

Roughly translated from the indigenous Wuayuunaiki language of Bogotá, Colombia, AAINJAA means “to do, to elaborate, to manufacture, and to build.” More about this popular massive ensemble here.

Rising Appalachia plays roots-based music righteously. Leah Smith (aka Leah Song) plays banjo, bodhran; Chloe Smith plays guitar, fiddle, and banjo. Name of the song is Greasy Coat.

Kitty, Daisy and Lewis Durham perform Polly Put The Kettle On live at the 2012 Pickathon Pumphouse Sessions in Portland, Oregon. Kind of a quirky family group ~~with an unknown surname~~ from London, but they’ve got an aura of cool retro going – more about them here. This song’s a cover (~~written by A. Miller~~) but dang if I can find the original artist.

[Update: Sonny Boy Williamson recorded it as Polly Put Your Kettle On in 1947, and is credited as the writer on RCA Victor 29-2521-B.]

Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats are awesome, even if some of their song patterns are a bit familiar. Wasting Time fits my mood these days.

See you tomorrow, rain or shine, and maybe we’ll do something.