Category: Cool

Saturday Matinee – Dolen Ffermio / Ugandan Women’s Music Group, 8 Ball Aitken Band & The 45s

Ugandan cover of Midnight Special?
Dolen Ffermio (Farming Link) is a Welsh charity that supports projects in Uganda. 30 women from the Llanfyllin area supported 30 Ugandan women by buying them Adungus (bow harps) and paying for training.

8 Ball Aitken Band is out of Brisbane, Australia, plays Aussie blues and country. Good stuff.

The 45s are a self-described “60’s Beat, Soul and R&B of a certain vintage” group from Carlisle, England. The band formed in 2012 when they were only 14 years old; they released their first single, It Ain’t Over, two years later.

Another weekend, another eclipse, another reason to sit on the porch with the dogs. See you when you get here.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 823 – Bollard Burgle, Trash Dance & Sky Troll

[Found here, here and here.]

Chameleon

[Cropped still from this cool video.]

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

Dexiotropic Hot Links

Black Dog Blues, Bayless Rose (1930) Guitarist and singer Bayless “Bailey” Rose’ recordings have been included in both white country blues and black ragtime anthologies. He was a Melungeon according to Mildred Justice, daughter of Dick Justice, another guitarist of the same era.

Camperness.

“Ah caint skip.”

In Dependence.

Can’t take it off.

Speed funk bass.

In a goth nightclub.

A life saved [via Bunkerville].

The Fried Egg [via Mme. Jujujive].

Starship Size Comparison Chart [via The Daily What].

Polar Bears – A Netflix Documentary [via Feral Irishman].

A big driftwood finger (and more nautical-themed works of Etsy).

Three young women eating spaghetti on inflatable mattresses at Island of Capri, 1939.

[Top image found here, colorized.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.

Saturday Matinee – Stalecracker, The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Justin Johnson & Shaye Cohn

“Growing up in South Louisiana, my Paw Donald would add cayenne pepper to his dishes and he called it Da Cajun Two Step. We wanted to create the perfect spice blend that can be used to step up any dish. This is it and it can be used on anything and EVERYTHING!!! Put it on a Cracka, dude!”

“Stalecracker” (aka Justin Chiasson) is a Tiktok legend who cook him up da cajun food, dood. He’s also a Louisiana State Trooper.

Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band is always entertaining (despite the shaky video).

Justin Johnson cools the fire with the swampslide.

Shaye Cohn, cornetist and director of New Orleans based jazz band Tuba Skinny, joins her dad Joe Cohn (guitar), Zaid Nasser (alto sax) and Rob Adkins (bass).

Had a busy week, kinda wiped out, but we’ll be up and about by the time you get here tomorrow. Have a great weekend.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 822 – Smiling Faces, Come At Me Bro & The Spin-N-Splat

[Found here, here and here.]

Update: Early Wednesday morning WordPress had some problems and was shut down for a few hours, leaving this Friday .Gif Post scheduled prematurely. I couldn’t bear to let such an embarrassing error stand, so I hung my head in shame and rescheduled it for the proper time slot.
Lo siento un poco.

Woolson Morse’s Contribution to the World: Mechanical Elephant Head 1891



DIAGRAM OF THE ELEPHANT’S HEAD
A. Wheels for the eyes.
B. Wheels for the trunk.
C. Cord for drawing trunk inward.
D. Cord for drawing trunk outward.
E. Leather thongs for operating wheels.
F. Hook from which head is suspended.

[Full story here.]

Umbrella Jellyfish Can-Can Horsebutt Ibis

African Sacred İbis (Plegadis Falcinellus)
Photographer: Hisao Kanno (2020?)

[Found here. The image also appears here.]

Owl and Pony Show

Posted on Facebook by Eric Lind of Eureka, Illinois on 13 October 2022.

Current situation at my parents house…..the young neighborhood owl has stolen this stick horse and is flying around the neighborhood with it. Hilldale/Forest Park/Ridge lane neighbors…if your child is missing their stick horse, you’ll have to talk to the owl!!

Edit: for those of you questioning if the owl is hurt or “entangled” in the stick horse….we have no reason to believe this is the case as we witnessed the owl moving the horse around and even changing it’s grip on it at one point….this owl is part of a family of owls that have been in the neighborhood for about 6 months now, and this is one of the young owls…if someone sees that the owl is in danger or believes it is hurt, I’m sure the proper authorities would be contacted…

The story was picked up by the UK Daily Mirror [h/t Serafina D.].