AKA “The Ace of Spades.”
[Found here.]
Category: Cool
Hot Links with Octothorpes
A study in character development.
Time-lapse of blooming fungi and slime molds [via].
“The sawmouth bridoon may be attached to a snaffle…”
Pamphlet from 1928 touted an elixir: Radioactive water. Here’s a double-sided .pdf of the same if you want to recreate the pamphlet as a color pamphlet and leave it on your boss’ desk as a purchase request. [h/t Carl L.]
“Das Walliser Schwarznasenschaf” mentions that sheep with horns were common in the region of Valais 5000 years BC. [Source, via here.]
2.2. Art der Zucht: Leistungszucht
Hauptleistungsmerkmal:
Fruchtbarkeit
2.3. Erbfehler:
Fisch- und Saumaul
2.4. Zuchtmängel:
Spreizklaue
Hauptleistungsmerkmal:
Fruchtbarkeit
2.3. Erbfehler:
Fisch- und Saumaul
2.4. Zuchtmängel:
Spreizklaue
Crosley Field was a wood-framed ballpark stadium, smelled like popcorn, beer and cigars, and I believe it lasted so long due to decades of layers of enamel. It was replaced by Riverfront Stadium in 1970.
Paper Airplanes [via]. In High School I came up with a slow glider similar to the “Water Plane.” I launched one from the balcony of Riverfront Stadium. It dived, then stalled and dumped its payload of confetti (IBM punchcard chads) over the pricey seats below, righted itself and glided slowly into the end-zone for the win. Eventually an usher came by, told me to cut it out because the people below were complaining – those IBM chads were oily…
Controlled demolition of Riverfront Stadium 2002.
Saturday Matinee – Vulfpeck, Lettuce Funk & Curtis Mayfield
Vulfpeck has a cool funk/jazz groove, reminds me of Weather Report, except these guys make ridiculous “I’m About To Pop A Nut” faces while they jam.
Lettuce [aka Lettuce Funk] combines retro funk with retro future funk, and it works.
Jump to 5:08 for the Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie / Led Zeppelin funk mashup. (I hear some of Zappa’s “I Am The Slime” in there, too.) Lettuce even had the cojones to cover Curtis Mayfield, and they did him right.
Poor video quality, but the audio is good. Here’s Curtis Mayfield’s original “Move On Up” (with German subtitles).
Have a great weekend, folks, and Move On Up wit yo bad sef. See you back here tomorrow.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 569 – Happy Music
[All three .gif animations by Stas Santimov found here via here.]
The audio clip dates to 1921: “Don’t Tell Your Monkey Man.”
Tim Brymn & His Black Devil Orchestra were an all African-American 70 piece musical unit that represented the 350th Field Artillery Regiment during World War I. Tim Brymn’s band was described at the time as “a military symphony engaged in a battle of jazz.”
Holy crap. It’s The Mothership.
[Found here.]
Mr. Otto’s Dicycle ca. 1880
No idea how this works, how to steer, how to brake, but it was touted as a safety bicycle for people unable to handle a penny farthing. I’m guessing that if you came to a quick stop, you’d be either thrown face-first onto the pavement, or you’d rock back and forth until your lunch suddenly appeared on your lap. Once you started pedaling, the same rocking thing would happen again with the same result, only messier.
I want one.
Super Blood Wolf Full Moon Hot Links
Yep, there’s a Super Blood Wolf Full Moon on tap for tonight, and that’s its launch pad. The fun starts about 10:30PM EST / 7:30PM PST. [Image found in here.]
If I find the time, I’ll swing a wood at it and post the .gif.
Instant Karma [Film at 11, via here].
Victim of “Toxic Masculinity” speaks out.
Who is Dan Getkin & Who Are The Twelve Six?
I arbitrarily Googled “rock nose green” and found this. Here’s a sample.
Want a pet that can give you nausea, fever and intense pain with just one bite? Here you go.
Man distracts hungry polar bear from its prey, wastes its time and energy, just to make a video of his faux bravery. Meh.
On 14 January 2019, CNN’s racist legal analyst Areva Martin claimed radio host David Webb benefits from “White Privilege.” There’s just one little problem.
Saturday Matinee – Steel Shredder, Egg Cracker, Android 207, Tom Waits & Pink Floyd
Not sure why, but this kind of stuff fascinates me.
Egg-breaking machine complete with egg-breaking porn soundtrack found here.
I ran across Paul Whittington‘s Android 207 a coupla years ago. Seems to fit.
Tom Waits‘ self-accompanied masterpiece “Clang Boom Steam” also seems appropriate.
From the Utoobage description: “The iconic video was created by Gerald Scarfe initially as a backdrop film for when the band [Pink Floyd] played the track on its 1977 In the Flesh tour.”
From the Utoobage comments: “Imagine having to wait 40 years to watch your favorite band’s official videoclip.”
Have a great weekend, folks, and don’t forget that astronomy is gonna happen tomorrow night.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 568 – Cock Walk, Creepers & The Dog Knows
“Oh Hi! Fancy Meeting Me Here!”
[Found here.]
Tacky Raccoons 