“A local helps a reveler with his costume made from beer and soda cans during the ‘Bloco da Latinha’ street party Carnival parade in Madre de Deus, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres).”
“Carnival revelers in northeastern Brazil ‘s Madre de Deus heard the aluminum can street party before spotting it: More than 30 paraders decked out in cumbersome outfits made from hundreds of beer and soda cans clanged their way around the island in Bahia state’s Bay Of All Saints.”
fluckyducky – 23 August 2018
“This isn’t from 1960, I made it this morning while I drank my coffee. I posted it on my facebook page at about 10:45am, which was a couple of minutes after I finished making it. That’s my watermark, ‘Clarington Shpoo Imagification’, next to the french fries. It’s a joke, a parody.”
[Spotted on Xwitter, found on Reddit.]
[Update: That’s the work of artist Cris Shapan.]
Hymn to Nikal, unkown Hurrian composer (ca. 1400 bc)
This hymn is the oldest known musical melody. The ancient musical fragment dates to 1400 BC and was discovered in the 1950’s in Ugarit, Syria. [Performed by Michael Levy on the lyre.]
Mission Temple Fireworks Stand.
The Gunfighter [via Memo Of The Air].
Extreme droning [via Mme. Jujujive].
The Great Ovine Flood [via Bunkerville].
Meth mouse, danger chicken, sky raisin, and more.
The Third-Term Panic of 1874 [via The View From Lady Lake].
[Top image: Urartu Sphinx, 9th-6th century BC, found here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Born in Brooklyn in 1951, Mitch Woods began playing classical piano at eleven, but his real initiation into blues and boogie piano had already been assured at age eight. “My mom would hire this superintendent of the building, a black man, Mr. Brown, to take me to school, and we stopped off at his cousin’s house, where somebody was playing boogie-woogie piano. It really hit me.”
Mitch Woods (without his Rocket 88s) makes it look easy on the streets of New York.
The Bruce Katz Band features Bruce Katz on Hammond B3, Aaron Lieberman on guitar and drummer Liviu Pop (whose snare mic got disconnected in this song).
Singer, songwriter and guitarist Tas Cru is an eclectic, performing original songs that mix roots rock, blues and gospel. Good stuff.
Some interesting historical events transpired this week, and now we’re in the danger zone – a lot can happen between now and January 20.
Good news on the home front. I attended a laser show that lasted two minutes, cost me a few clams, and now my left eye can spot a red tail hawk before it spots me. The porch will be open for business tomorrow as usual, see you there.
[Found here.]
Illustrations from The Function of Colour in Factories, Schools & Hospitals, Jenson & Nicholson Ltd., 1930, found here.
She’s Gone, GA-20 (2021)
Cover of Hound Dog Taylor & The House Rockers. Great authentic electric blues with respect.
The Hand (1966).
R.I.P. Peanut & Fred.
(There’s more to the story.)
Moving plates [via Memo Of The Air].
1965 Polaris Sno Traveler Super Pacer.
Cabbie shelters of old London [via Mme. Jujujive].
Everyone knows what he had for lunch [via Bunkerville].
[Top image: Electronic artwork found here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
The Errol Linton Band plays a cool ska to reggae blues mashup, described as “funky stuff, blues with a reggae tinge and jazz flavours, Black British music with roots in Mississippi and New Orleans, Kingston and London.“
Self-taught guitarist from the UK, Aynsley Lister learned by copying the sounds of Peter Green, Albert King, Eric Clapton and Paul Kossoff. (I hear some Robyn Trower in there too).
Gary Clark Jr.‘s influences and collaborations range from B.B. King, The Jackson 5 and Muddy Waters to Alicia Keys, Dave Grohl and Childish Gambino, and there are good reasons why he’s a four-time Grammy winner.
Only three days until The Great Election, and I expect fireworks regardless of the outcome – and not the good kind either…
In any case, the porch will be open for business as usual. See you there.
Tacky Raccoons 