Very odd video. I like it.
Elvin Bishop goes fishin’. Guy has an amazing history, and I’m surprised he isn’t a full-fledged Rock God by now. His website www.elvinbishopmusic.com is back up and running.
We lost another great bluesman recently:
Lee Baker, Jr., aka Lonnie Brooks (1933-2017).
Lonnie Brooks was another classic bluesman with an interesting background.
Have a great weekend, folks. We’ll be back here tomorrow, whether you like it or not.
[Found here.]
Although [Yoneji] Inamura created several sculptures out of beetles, he spent 6 years in the 1970s constructing this one, which has become his masterpiece and the largest sculpture he ever made. When it was done he donated it to the city.
The sculpture, made from rhinoceros beetles, winged jewel beetles, drone beetles, longhorn beetles and other types of local beetles, depicts the senju kannon bosatsu (1000-armed bodhisattva), a popular Buddhist deity in Japan.
[Click on the smaller images to enlarge. More here, found here. Somewhat related posts here.]
Johnny Rotten weighs in on Briexit… and Donald Trump.
Roger Daltrey weighs in on Briexit… and Donald Trump.
Earliest known definition of “cocktail” as a beverage appeared in 1803. The actual origins of the word are disputed; here’s one analysis.
Groucho Marx once hawked cocktail napkins.
Ever wonder why cocktails are served in different glasses? Me neither.
No idea what the 1927 Jiggling Chair was supposed to remedy.
Attempted Escape of the Maniac from The Wild Witch of the Heath, 1841.
This is mildly amusing. Move your curser, then do it real fast.
From the You Gotta Be Kidding Me Department:
Cloned Woolly Mammoths are planned to be introduced to an Arctic Siberian park in order to stop “global warming climate change.”
Horrific April Fools Day pranks of the 19th Century, and some were lethal. More pranks here.
[Top: Original image of the TV-HiFi console hottie found here.]
Clever animation from Billy Blob: Two radiation particles travel to Earth with a mission and a cool soundtrack.
Origins of some common superstitions [via]. They missed the obvious. Walking under a ladder is dangerous because you might dislodge it, or whoever’s working up top might accidentally drop something on you. I’d guess that the business about stepping on a crack likely has to do with walking on thin ice. Seven years of bad luck for breaking a mirror? Not so sure about that one.
Stevie Wonder, live at Sesame Street, 12 April 1973. What a killer groove. I liked this one even better:
Yeah. That. Head-bobbin’ trad-blues-funk at it’s best.
Have a great weekend, folks, and we’ve got more cool stuff coming soon.
“I will tell you this much however, that the rays of the Sun and Moon and Dew must be collected in a clean Jar or Vessel, separated from Rain and dirt, stench, smoke, and also from flying and wandering animals. The ways of attraction are many, but it is as well at home, as in an open place in the wind. As also a most fit and convenient Receptacle.”
Alchemist Johann Friedrich Fleischer‘s invention is described in his paper Chemical Moonshine, published in 1739. A subsequent publication in 1797 included the illustration above, by Sigismund Bacstrom, for its frontispiece
[Image found here.]
Tacky Raccoons 