Whoever added the Boots Randolph sound track to this car chase gets our respect.
In 1964, The Beatles wrote “Stairway to Heaven.” [Found here.]
Clark Terry’s classic scat “Mumbles” [from M @ Blogmocracy].
Gotcha some Buckwheat Zydeco with a cover of Lee Dorsey’s “YaYa.”
Might have posted this before, but I like the song. Originally recorded by Richard and Linda Thompson, it still kicks. Have a great weekend, folks.
And boy is KayKay pissed, having to drag that sucker around from now on. Or maybe it’s heartworm he picked up while wading barefoot through the swamps of the Hamptons. Either way, he’s got my pity.
[Found here.]
I like these guys, but there’s just too damn many of them.
(Barranquilla, Colombia)
If I were younger and single, I’d hang out with her. She’s fun.
(Barranquilla, Colombia)
The Wave: Here’s how they do it in Ovar, Portugal.
Rio de Janeiro has a large population of diminutive people, and they built a floating recliner just for Jennifer Lopez. She’s a goddess down there.
[Hundreds of awesome photos of Carnival from around the world, starting *ahem* here.]
[Found here.]
How do’ folks, and Happy VietNamese New Year!
Little Saigon, in Westminster California, comprises the largest population of VietNamese ex-patriots of anywhere in the world. The community was founded by those who escaped the communist invasion that followed the fall of Saigon in 1975.
[More photos after the break.]
Bug a bug: Annoying a praying mantis. [Found here.]
I want this. It would make clothes dryers and salad spinners obsolete. [Found here.]
Leon Redbone is in a class all by ourselves.
Lonnie Mack and SRV with “Double Whammy,” for preview only.
Lonnie Mack with Albert Collins and Roy Buchanan, “Further On Up The Road.” Whatta classic lineup.
“Nah. That’s just a zebra with a tumor. Keep looking.”
[Found at Crappy Taxidermy. We assume that the zebra is the preserved specimen, otherwise it’d kinda be wrong.]
There are exactly two books that I’m gonna pre-purchase with cash. Before I take them off the shelf they will have increased in value and I’ll sell them back at double what I paid for them.
Then I’ll do it again.
[Found here.]
Tacky Raccoons 