Category: Hot Links

Embrocated Hot Links

In My Gremlin, The Rave-Ups (1985) The Rave-Ups formed in 1979 at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After some lineup changes and a relocation to Los Angeles, they hit the indie rock scene of the 1980s with some success. Their appearance in the 1986 movie Pretty In Pink gave them nationwide exposure, but problems with record company promotion and distribution stifled their career.

Puphole.

The Match.

The Message.

Parrot people.

Heinz’ New Cap.

Norty Blues No. 53.

A buncha old trains.

Rotating waterslide?!

Solar Eclipse Inflation.

King Ludwig II’s Castle.

Brian Eno’s Turntable II.

You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere.

Roy Sullivan, Spark Ranger.

“Willy’s Chocolate Experience”

When a rebound is not a rebound.

Slug vs. Venus Flytrap [via Bunkerville].

The Snore Dog Song [via Memo Of The Air].

William Yeldell Cosper [via The Feral Irishman].

{Top image: Mystery Movement. Congrats to Ms. Donna /  My OBT on her 10 year blogiversary.]

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Dentiloquent Hot Links

Fans watch Elvis Presley perform at the Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston. Texas, October 13, 1956.

Radioactive Flesh, Los Sinners (1964) From the nightclub scene in Luis Buñuel’s film Simón del Desierto (1965). St. Simon Stylites is sitting at a table with the Devil and asks “her” for the name of the dance. The Devil replies, “Radioactive Flesh.”
[Scene begins at 41:18.]

Yay Timmy!

Camperage.

The Dumb Ages.

My new ringtone.

Ozzy is not based.

Norty Blues No. 52.

Animaux en papier.

Grandma’s pierogis.

Dance of the Cruise Ships.

This video AND those comments.

Crêpe [via Mme. Jujujive]. Sound up.

Useful inventions [via Bunkerville].

“Mercy on us!” [via The View From Lady Lake].

Miss Frozen Rabbit Meat [via Memo Of The Air].

Decommissioned nuclear reactor guts [h/t Paul Y.]

[Top image: Houston Elvis fans, story here.]

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Cebocephalic Hot Links

Sanitation car, Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona.

Pearl, Pearl, Pearl, Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1963) Flatt & Scruggs, veterans of Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys, recorded the song and also performed it “live” on The Beverly Hillbillies TV show as an ode to Cousin Pearl Bodine.

THIS COW.

Old trains.

Splashers.

Scallop eyes.

PRESS START.

Can You Feel Me.

The rising decline.

Norty Blues No. 51.

Rogan Brown’s papercraft.

An homage to The Good Rats.

Snow blowers [via Bunkerville].

His old man’s a groovy old man.

The Magic Boy [via Memo Of The Air].

Reconstructing Florence. (Click the links).

YouTube 10th Anniversary video compilation.

Things that people slept on [via Mme. Jujujive].

You are not a fingernail, and other truths from Banter Republic.

[Top image: Poop car found at Bits & Pieces.]

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Super Bowl LVIII Hot Links

Job Opening (For an Experienced Heart Mender) Pts. 1 & 2, Del-Larks (1967) This 45 rpm record is one of the most sought after Northern Soul records in the U.K. The Del-Larks almost made The Ed Sullivan Show, but  according to group leader Sammy Campbell, “We were ghetto guys. We were talking that street language among ourselves and using a lot of profanity. The [Sullivan] director walked in the room and heard that profanity. He said ‘Ms Gregory, take them back and teach them some manners.’ I knew when they did that, we were in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

Campin’.

A Close Call.

Aubry Plaza.

Pure awesome.

Burning Match.

Wienies wanted.

Snails’ dinner party.

1967 teenage acid eater.

Lake of Bones [h/t Pam M.].

Just NO [via Mme. Jujujive].

The 1904 Olympic Marathon.

A Superbowl LVIII prediction.

Spiral diopter / optical vortex.

A Murmeration [via Bunkerville]

The Best of Stella Leaf Jumps Volume 1.

Cowboy Adam pays tribute to Toby Keith.

Lichtenstein’s House [via Memo Of The Air].

EV sales are down because of Rowan Atkinson.

David “Avocado” Wolfe is an a-hoe [h/t Ian Collins via FB].

Il Duce bath towels sold here [via The View From Lady Lake].

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Papuliferous Hot Links

Bliz-aaard Ball Sale, David Hammons, 1983.

Come On Let’s Go, Girl In A Coma (2010) Joan Jett sings Richie Valens backed by The Ramones. From their album Adventures In Coverland, this is a fun mashup from the trio from San Antonio.

Oakland.

VW Busblast.

The Lockout.

Never Forget.

Elvis had a belt.

1896 calendar girls.

Recycled taco holders.

Bollards rock. And roll.

In the Pits [via Bunkerville].

Rat Selfies [via Mme. Jujujive].

Perpetual 1-Day Blinding Stew.

Four fuzzy things drinking coffee.

The village beneath New York’s Central Park.

Dead in Vegas [via The View From Lady Lake].

Look at this tardigrade [via Memo Of The Air].

Interview with Adele Morse, creater of Stoner Fox.

Freebird guitar solo on harmonica [via The Feral Irishman].

[Top image: “One of David Hammons’ most famous works is his 1983 performance Bliz-aard Ball Sale, in which he stood on the sidewalk in Cooper Square, selling snowballs. Each snowball cost $1 and they were arranged neatly according to size.” Found here.]

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Pallasethesial Hot Links

Monsterburger, Stratsburg, Ohio (closed 2003)

K-Jee, The Nite-Liters (1971)
 The Nite-Liters were formed in 1963 in Louisville, Kentucky by Tony Churchill and Harvey Fuqua.  After recording two albums in the early 1970s, the group morphed into the 17-piece ensemble New Birth.

The Aria.

Camperocity.

It’s time o’clock.

Sound up. Way up.

Doin’ the squeege.

Baby goats in slo-mo.

A Thin Layer of Slugs. Eep.

“We’ll be sharing a cubicle.”

Another morning in Failville.

The Syllabus of Frankenstein’s Monster.

Techno unplugged [via Memo Of The Air].

Van Morrisson & the contractual obligation.

Escape From Pooky Park [via Mme. Jujujive].

The tides of the Korean War [h/t Bunkerville].

Rogue waves slam Roi Namur Island restaurant.

[Top image: AI-generated fast food venue found here, via here.]

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Mulciberian Hot Links

Man Of My Word, Salt & Pepper (1969) Heatwave Records, Alexandria, LA. In 1969, Eddie Mobley (Pepper) and Tony Nardi (Salt) were stationed in Thailand while serving in the USAF, and recorded the song in Bangkok. There few existing copies of an original issue of this 45rpm, and each is likely worth thousands.

No shame…

Camperocity.

Small Worlds.

Hammerspace.

She Loves Z;
She Loves Z Not.

Anger scraping.

Who’s a Good Boy?

Earthship Biotecture.

Mess with 1928 Mickey.

THIS IS FINE – the game (2016).

Magical buns [via Mme. Jujujive].

This kid is the first to beat Tetris.

The ubiquitous & eternal graffito.

Tawny Frogmouth [via Bunkerville].

Loony Tunes backgrounds to play with.

Respect for the fallen. [Related post here.]

Slow day at the music store [via Memo Of The Air].

There’s more than one International Cephalopod Awareness Day.

[Top image found here.]

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Lapidescent Hot Links

New Chataqua, Pat Metheny (1979)
Recorded in Oslo Norway. I used to play this song at sunrise on solo road trips after listening to farm reports and Paul Harvey.

Zappa.

This mouse.

Hot Vernor’s.

Celery stalks.

Camping in B&W.

Look at the clasps.

Just try not to, eh?

Antique baby yeeter.

Meanwhile in Melrose…

The hobby [via Mme. Jujujive].

Police presents [via Bunkerville].

The real Ziggy Stardust [via Memo Of The Air].

Near the fairway [via The View From Lady Lake].

Red hot copper ball in Coke vs Pepsi [h/t Chuck C.]

Complete 1967 biker movie in 6 minutes [h/t Gord S.]

[Top image found here.]

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Nostopathic Hot Links

Shake ‘Em On Down, Mississippi Fred McDowell (1970) Excellent cover of Bukka White‘s  Shake ‘Em On Down (1937).
“If you pay attention, what I sing, the guitar sings, too, and what the guitar says, I say.” – Fred McDowell

This bat.

The Meep.

Old trains.

Online course.

Shrimps is bugs.

Feline force field.

Do the David Byrne!

Honoring one who left.

To those we lost in 2023.

Earthquake history animation.

Flower squeezin’s [via Bunkerville].

Dog-Faced Pony Soldier – the trailer.

When the track bunny fails [h/t Possum].

Although Christmas is behind us, you gotta hear this.

1955 Chevrolet Corvette EX67 [via Memo Of The Air].

They’re cracking down [via The View From Lady Lake].

2024 Calendar of Extremely Accurate Birds [via Mme. Jujujive].

OMG! The Musical Meme Man (found in this video compilation).

Restaurant owner Chino Yang was forced to apologize for this benign video because he called the Mayor of San Francisco a clown.

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Christmas Eve Hot Links

THIS

Adiós.

Our Man?

Big Lizzie.

Milky the Cow.

The Sole Trader.

One synesthete.

Santa Boot Camp.

Veedub Christmas.

Gingerbread houses.

Christmas Missel Toe?

Lowering the Chipmunks.

R.I.P. Kenpachiro Satsuma.

Ice flotilla [via Bunkerville].

Becoming Father Christmas.

Finding Etzanoa [h/t Paul Y.].

Someone is jealous [h/t Pam M.].

Christmas cards Gilliam style [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: This nutcracker baking tin appeared on our kitchen counter last week and it works.]

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