Category: Cool

The Editors are Anxious. They Need Our Help.

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[Source for Girl Stalker Magazine is here;  top image was stitched from pages 34 & 35.]

Land of 1000 Hot Links

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17 Gods, from Hanuman, and only one of them is not pissed at you.

25 Greatest Calvin & Hobbes Strips.

Probably no one will attempt to fight. [Via Nurse Myra.]

“Future Schlock” by P.J. O’Rourke is worth a read.

How could you miss it?  WEASEL PUKE.

And just in case you missed this, ya gotta see this worm.  It pukes itself up.

Speaking of coffee, Rockhoppers has a radio ad.

“We’ve seen just a skyrocketing autism rate.  Some people are suspicious that it’s connected to the vaccines. This person included.” More scientific ignoramuses here.

James Burke’s excellent series “Connections” is required viewing. Here’s Part 3 of Episode 1.  I’d forgotten about the show until Mr. GAB reminded me.

The Ocapellos were the greatest singing group ever if only because Frank Zappa took their song “The Stars” and mooshed it into “Fountain of Love,” recorded as Ruben & the Jets.

Speaking of Frank Zappa, one of his greatest influences was one Edgard Varese.  John M. of Uncertain Times found some great gems and posted them here.

[Like the Hot Links?  More here.]

Saturday Matinee: Nana, Pink, Eric & Ma

This video sums up my attitude for the last few weeks. Thank God that there are people like  raincoaster to find and approves gems like this.  Okay. Next.

Pink Floyd was at their best in the early/mid 1970’s, at least until “Animals” came out.  Speaking of Animals…

Eric Burdon was a classic.  What a gloriously depressing  song of frustration and hope against reality and cool chord patterns and stuff. [That was snarkasm.]  Gotta deal with what’s coming down, y’all.

Okay, I could fill up this post with a big ‘ol honkin’ wad of Eric Burdon and the Animals, Eric Burdon & War, but you can easily googoyle them for yourselves.  Lets talk about one of their 1967 hits, “See See Rider” instead.

It was a ripoff of Ma Rainey/others.  C.C. Rider, according to Bunk’s sources, referred to the Chitlin’ Circuit bluesplayers’ route through the south.

Couldn’t find Ma Rainey’s version of C.C. Rider, but here’s this excellent and nasty “Booze & Blues.”

Oh Yeah! I’m Here! This is Where I Wanna Be!

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Yeah! Play that song again! You know!  I LOVE IT! Yeah! 96 TEARS! Milk-Bones all around!

Dogs are so simple and awesome without even trying.

[Image from  AmyOops.]

Growing Dogs: Part 2 – Culling

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Un-culled old growth from Minnesota’s Labrador Retriever Farms.

[Related posts here. Image from here via here.]

Russki Babeski Magnetski

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Nothing screams “BABE MAGNET” like a genuine Russian NyetMobile painted in puke greeen, with pink and yellow highlights.

Nevermind the exhaust pipes/mufflers/after-burners that keep the rear quarter panel aluminum trim from overheating, and ignore the rear mudflops  an inch above the pavement. (Yes, I called them mudflops.)

What makes this a genuine Babe Magnet is not the tumor growing from the rear boot, nor the tumor monitor mounted just inches away.

It’s not the surfboard rack either, although Comrade Pav’s ride certainly gains some serious Babe Magnetage points there.  Look closer for the REAL love bait… closer… closer…

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Woop! It’s either a lion with it’s paws spewing stinky vapors, or it’s THIS GUY.  You be the judge.

After analyzing the image in detail, we conclude that this vehicle reeks with Pure Efficient Genius,  and thus meets the criteria to be declared a genuine IABM (Instant Awesome Babe Magnet).

[Image from the always excellent HERE.  Don’t miss The World’s Most Amazing Collection of Babe Magnets HERE.]

Saturday Matinee: Potpourri

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Johnny “Dizzy” Moore passed on in August of 2008, so as a late tribute,  here are the Skatalites:

Biographical info on Dizzy Moore can be found at this site (which has it’s own ska track auto play by the way.)

Joe Bennet & the Sparkletones’ “Black Slacks.”

Intermission.

Trailer for “MANtage,” coming to a theater near you. [Great find, FinPeng.]

Back by popular demand, the J. Geils Band’s version of the Marvelow’s classic “I DO.”

Pretty Faces

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[Many more interesting faces found here, via Ugly Overload, via Neatorama.]

God Bless the Birds and the Congressmen.

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[Image from here.]

The 1932 Helicron: Steampunk Hoax?

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These images were sent to Tacky Raccoons HQ by a genuine decent sort via email.  The colors and the concept caused my antennae to quiver “FRAUD!”  But I’m not so sure.  Snopes has nothing on it, yet, and there are too many google links to the 1932 Helicron.

Either it’s a VERY elaborate hoax, or it’s the real deal.  We think it’s the latter.

At least there is video proof that it works in concept, but it gives the term “roadkill” a more gruesome visage…

Anyone recobanize what airplane the cowling came from?

[Tip ‘o the tarboosh to Dan S. who sent the images via email.]