Category: History

Saturday Matinee: Rays

The Ray Beats had a great album, “Guitar Beat.”  Get it.

The Rays: Silhouettes, 1957.  Another great Chess Records group.

Ray Price. His Cherokee Cowboys included the likes of Willie Nelson, Roger Miller, and Johnny Paycheck, so quit snickerin’ y’all.

THE RAY.

Okay. This kinda stuff is obnoxious and completely unnecessary in Bunk’s opinion.  Sort of like taking your favorite beer, wine, champagne, brandy, whiskey, bourbon,  gin and tequila, dumping it all in a plastic trash can, and declaring the resulting cacaphony great.

But there ARE some greats on that stage, including  Ray Charles, James Brown, B.B. King, Little Richard (who tells everyone to go home), Bo Diddley, Fats Domino (?), and Jerry Lee Lewis (whose microphone should have been left turned off).

Who else did I miss in that awesome lineup?

The Dawn of Efficiency

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And boy was Dawn efficient.  According to her husband, she was a regular filament-winding prodigy.

[Image with caption from the master of Captionland,  Fengtastic.]

Exclusive Photos of the Inauguration

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[Images from here, via here.]

The.Gif Friday Post No. 64: Lenticulations

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Want to make your own 3D images and .gif’s?  Directions and cool links here. Another thingy here.  A nice, tasteful and odd collection of .gif animations here.

[Found via The Presurfer.]

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[Image from here.]

Miss Prattle

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Miss Prattle, consulting Doctor Double Fee about her Pantheon Head Dress, has a very unusually shaped bottom that always points very very slightly to the southeast of her chamber pot in her chamber.  What does it mean?

I don’t know, Babs, but I do know this.

Bunk’s outta work, and may slow down his posting for a while.  Lo Siento.  Of course, maybe I’ll work for free, cleaning up the mess in the back yard and stuff.  Or maybe I’ll work for free messing around here while I drum up some busyness.

I decided that if I’m gonna be unemployed, I might as well make it worth my while and delve into savings.  If I delve frugally enough, I’ll have enough to pay for my own office while I scrounge for additional projects.  All I need is to hold my breath while the C and D students eat it.

Unfortunately for us, the C and D students run the world, but all I have to do is beat the dregs.  Meanwhile, lemme know if y’all want your windows washed.

[Image from NM/GH.]

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.]

News from Baghdad

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Must read stuff.

http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/2008/12/on-the-hunt-in.php

Found at LGF.

Saturday Matinee – Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart

As I arrived at TR HQ today, I found a CD sitting all alone.  Turns out the lovely Mrs. Strutts scored a copy of Slim Gaillard’s “Slim’s Jam.”   Better yet, the missus got it for nothing.   WOW.  “Flat Foot Floogie” for free.  Good God, I’ve heard this guy’s stuff.  He played lead guitar when guitar was looked down upon as a mere rhythm instrument.  Gaillard was WAY ahead of his time. (Listen for his pre-Chuck Berry licks on the second video.)

You ever wonder where Little Richard came up with “Tutti Frutti?”  It was from Gaillard’s  advanced musical tublications.  FACT.

“R-A-G-G-M-O-P-P RAG MOP”

[Just a few years later, it looked like this, from Uncertain Times.]

Liberty Schaefer

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According to THIS excellent source,  Germany “Liberty”  Schaefer stole 2nd base, and then stole 1st.  He attempted to steal 2nd again on the next pitch.

Perfectly legal in 1911 Baseball.