An early prediction, sans peanuts, Cracker Jack and beer.
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Category: Cool
Acolouthic Hot Links
Blue Star, The Shadows (1961) Pre-Beatles instrumental group The Shadows had 69 UK chart singles from the 1950s to the 2000s, 35 as The Shadows and 34 as Cliff Richard and The Shadows.
“Nice magazine. Want to sell it?“
The Chelsea Hotel doors auction.
Typhoon Yagi & a cashless society.
The worst movie death scene ever.
Steampunk river town [via Memo Of The Air].
Tomorrow’s kitchen of yesterday [via Bunkerville].
[Top image: Semyon and Anna Zhimulevsky with their domestic gravity carp. Vadim Solovyov 2024.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Breech Baby
[Found here. More at the NCW Awards.]
Fissiparous Hot Links
We Are Alive, Key Frances (2007) “I was born in Seattle in Kings County Hospital. I’m six months younger than Jimi Hendrix. Don’t do the math, I want to be younger than somebody and I am six months younger than Jimi. He was born in the same hospital as I was.” – Key Frances
*squish*
Miss Sukey feeds a swaddled cat.
Terrifying Satellite Jumping Shoes.
Margaret Watts Hughes’ visible voices.
The Golden Age of Radio [via Memo Of The Air].
Solving California’s energy shortage [via Bunkerville].
On the road to Black Rock [via The View From Lady Lake].
[Top image: Screencap from live Starlink video.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Stuff I Do When I’m Bored
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Catalectic Hot Links
Green Eggs And Ham, Not Bob Dylan (1997) In 1997, a 30-something music producer from Houston, Texas, produced a mashup of Bob Dylan and Dr. Seuss titled Dylan Hears a Who, a parody album that went viral online. IIRC, the estate of Dr. Seuss issued a cease and desist order based on copyright infringement, and the album / website disappeared (but not before some of us snagged it).
“AHOOOO!”
“WOO-WOO!”
Alena Shymchonak spreads the oil.
Listen to Wikipedia [via Memo Of The Air]
Godzilla: The Official Cookbook [via Mme. Jujujive].
Saturday morning with Peggy and Chuck [via Bunkerville].
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From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Saturday Matinee – The Dirtbombs, Al Green & The Hard Times, The Chase Walker Band and Chicago Blues Union
Motor City afropunk:
“Since the band’s inception in 1992 The Dirtbombs have won over dozens of fans. In more recent years, they’ve been named Spin magazine’s #10 best live band in the world.” – YouTube description (2009)
Al Green & The Hard Times (aka Piper & The Hard Times) mixes roots rock, blues and soul performed by “pro-level players covering bass, guitar, keyboard/organ, and horns for a big rootsy vibe,” and fronted by Al “Piper” Green on vocals.
The Chase Walker Band is a blues roots rock and soul band from Riverside, California. Despite his young age (26 as of this posting) Walker has already attracted the attention of many in the industry, and he’s going places.
Straight outta Hungary: Chicago Blues Union is a project of T. Rogers & Jenő Fekete as a tribute to the 50’s and 60’s Chicago electric blues scene. ( I couldn’t find much solid information about them, other than that Fekete is on guitar and vocals.)
The Labor Day weekend is upon us, so do Labor Day things on Labor Day. Tomorrow we’ll be attending to our regular duties on the porch, watching the world go fry. See you then.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 869 – Rammer Rider, Bat Diva & Sky Jump
The Roof Ninja
“It’s not for everybody, it’s not even for me.” – The Roof Ninja
I sometimes watch police bodycam videos for amusement – someone gets pulled over for a minor infraction, then escalates the encounter into multiple felonies and jail time.
This one intrigued me.
Midland Michigan Police were called to evict a woman who had been living on a grocery store rooftop in a sign access space for about a year. From the YouTube description:
On April 23, 2024, police were dispatched to the Family Fare grocery store in Midland, MI, to investigate a suspicious incident. The store manager reported that a contractor working on the roof had stumbled upon a 34-year-old woman, known as the ‘roof ninja,’ residing inside the store’s rooftop sign. The sign had been transformed into a mini-apartment, containing items such as a printer, pantry, desk, and coffee maker. It was subsequently discovered that she had been residing there for quite a while.
The policewoman was impressed, noting that the attic was clean, and she could smell a whiff of garlic. The Roof Ninja offered the officers some non-alcoholic ginger root beer before leaving most of her possessions behind in the attic. The police presumably issued a trespass (that if she returned to the property she’d be arrested) and her possessions were ultimately returned.
Full video:
https://youtu.be/osTeKSTvtC8?si=91JjrkvAB3FHb7Zh
Short version:
https://youtu.be/R28ZSY2Sc2A?si=NUE1UjX37TDwZ6fK
