Category: Hot Links

Ligyrophobic Hot Links

She Drives Me Out Of My Mind, The Swingin’ Medallions (1966)
  The Medallions formed in 1962 in South Carolina, and became Swingin’ in 1965 when they recorded their hit Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love).

Lanai.

Coin toss.

STD news.

Some kid…

Busta Cean.

A stork story.

Master Tingus.

The Squawk Off.

West Side stories.

Eulogy of the Dog.

The Diefenbunker.

Show him the panda.

Animals on the brink.

May 4 1970 Kent State.

Norty Blues Episode 114.

Bubblehead [via Bunkerville].

Dogs and food [via Everlasting Blört].

“Give Him a Ticket!” metal version [h/t Gord S.].

1953 Spartan Manor trailer [via Feral Irishman].

Still life with woman, tea and letter [via Memo Of The Air].

Netherlandish Proverbs, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1550).
Interactive key map here.

[Top image found here, h/t Charlene J.]

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Fabaceous Hot Links

Ooh Poo Pah Doo, Taj Mahal (1996) Cover of Jesse Hill’s 1960 classic. It was originally performed by a New Orleans pianist known only as “Big Four”. Reportedly Hill wrote down the melody and lyrics while hearing it live and began performing it with his own band.

Bench.

Stand By Me.

The Overcrowd.

Message in a bottle.

The Speech Jammer.

Cool carpentry trick.

Etsybirds [via My OBT].

Norty Blues Episode 113.

Public Opinion 1935-1946.

Tasting Surströmming.
Discussing Surströmming.

2+ years of boring weather.

The Flu vs. ‘Rona smackdown.

Fkkn Jeff [via Feral Irishman].

The French invented car theft.

Four Decades of CBGB & OMFUG.

The Infanticiser [via Bunkerville].

Kerry Hyde’s science fair project (2021).

YouTubes’ 20 year anniversary Top Ten.

Pickle lovers always insist on a proud pickle.

Listen with your teeth  [via Memo Of The Air].

American polyglot learns bonabo [via Everlasting Blört].

[Top image: The Crow, digital art by Sigi Kolbe  ca. 2009 found here.]

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Metopomancing Hot Links

ALL PEEPS ARE GO

T-Model Boogie, Rosco Gordon (1951)
Rosco Gordon had a long career with several major hits including Booted (1952), No More Doggin‘ (1952), and Just a Little Bit (1960). His simplified boogie-woogie piano style emphasized the back beat, and was the inspiration for ska, the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Like many other artists of the time, he was cheated out of a lot of royalties.

“Sorta.”

The Herds.

Flatmobile.

The hand-off.

Junior Samples.

The Shoplifter.
More shoplifters.

Speaking Hadza.

Aluminum colony.

A shrimp’s daily routine.

Norty Blues Episode 112.

The Blob of Barry Nowlan.

The Penny-Farthing Tank.

The 1980s: Dangerous Times.

A lonely EB [via Everlasting Blört].

If your phone doesn’t ring, it’s me.

Trimming Bennies [via Bunkerville].

The Disease Formerly Known as Monkeypox.

The 1958 Grundig Party Boy [via Memo Of The Air].

How to play a Chromatic Audience [more at My OBT].

Conducting business with Chinese companies (2019).

[Top: .Gif found at This Isn’t Happiness.]

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Vectitating Hot Links

Lobster Pot Provincetown, oil, Robert Abele III 2017.

Big Ugly Wheels, The Beat Farmers (1990)The Beat Farmers (1983–1995) were a great band from San Diego, California (best experienced live) and featured the late Country Dick Montana. According to their website, they’ve since reformed re-formed with a new lineup.

Hold on…

Chew this.

Spacepoop.

Toast Malone.

Hell of a woman.

Property values.

Alan and Denise.

Folklore Music 8.

Ce n’est pas pizza.
C’est une pizza.

G.I. Jive with G.I. Jill.

“Do NOT call me ‘Roo’.”

Write like an Egyptian.

Norty Blues Episode 111.

The Briden-Roen Sawmill.

Sesame Street Wargaming.

Evel Knievel home movie clip.

The War Between The States.

Dogs and horses [via Bunkerville].

Who put Luebella down the wych-elm?

Bailong Elevator [via Everlasting Blört].

“Can we keep him?” [via Thompsonblog].

Electric throat guitar?! [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: Painting by Robert Abele III, found at My OBT.]

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Ecdemomaniacal Hot Links

Hot Dog Dooly Wah, The Pyramids (1959) Not to be confused with the surf band from CA, or the reggae group from the UK, or the R&B group from Detroit, or others, these Pyramids appear to be songwriter Vince Catalano (who also disguised himself as The Acorns).

PSVR.

Lunchtime.

Planting poop.

A Whole Lotta.

Pull the turnip.

“Hey you guys!”

The Girls of Etsy.

Disgruntled liars.

The US Debt Clock.

Penguins can’t spel.

Amusement Park Land.

Norty Blues Episode 110.

Which show set him off?

The History of Neil Young.

Catspeak [via Bunkerville].

The Covid-19 History Project.

“Even crime fighters must eat.”

Purple paint laws (like this one).

Want a surplus 1911 M1911A1 pistol?

Experience Regina [h/t Gord S.].
Reminds me of The Great Barrington playlist.

Sara’s danceoff round  [via Everlasting Blört].

Painted chickens [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image found on FB [h/t ZJJ]. Gargoyle is located at the La Porte de la Reine (The Queen’s Gate), Aigues-Mortes, Camargue gardoise, Gard, France.]

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Nemorivagant Hot Links

You’re Losing Me, Barbara Lynn (1968)
Barbara Lynn (aka Barbara Lynn Ozen, Barbara Lynn Cumby) is a well-known blues / R&B singer, songwriter and electric guitar player with an impressive discography. She was only 19 when she began her recording career with Give Me A Break in 1961, and the following year she scored her biggest hit You’ll Lose A Good Thing. Many years and many tours later, sharing the stage with almost every big name in the business, she’s still performing.

Stuff it.

Zoetrope.

I remember.

Camperage.

The Romance.

Hey hey. Ho ho…

Goodbye, Waffles.

Crime in Barbados.

A pangolin love story.

Movie posters of yore.

Quick Quack Car Wash.

Almost that time again.

Norty Blues Episode 109.

Volleydog [via Bunkerville].

Shark in the Box [h/t Paul Y.]

Thomas the Tank Engine Beatbox.

Rubber City Blimps [via Everlasting Blört].

Translating Star Wars [via Memo Of The Air].

The Raid at Son Tay is soon to be a movie [h/t Kirk W].

The world’s largest artificial reef [via The Feral Irishman].

Take Five: The Sachel Studios Orchestra [via Wheels within Wheels].

Photos and videos of 7.7 earthquake, Thailand & Myanmar, 18 March 2025.

[Top image found somewhere. More space bimbos here.]

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Dolichocephalic Hot Links

Any Way The Wind Blows, Los Brujos (1996)
From Unmatched – Tributo A Zappa Vol. 1, a collection of covers of Frank Zappa songs, de grupos y artistas españoles. There are 9 such compilations in the series.

No.

Proof.

Froghorn.

In the way.

Sync or swim.

Bill’s Records.

…and 80% don’t.

Cats and lizards.

Phyllobates terribilis.

Someone calculated 161.

Norty Blues Episode 108.

The science is deafening.

The Anti-Social Media Project.

Doggos gonna have nightmares.

Something completely different.

A stacka ‘eaters [via Bunkerville].

Operation Wrong Exit [via Xenophilic].

First there was Radio Garden. Now there’s TV Garden
[via Memo Of The Air].

R.I.P. Kenneth Pluhar (1961-2023) [via Feral Irishman].

Walking in Havana. Many other cities to choose from, with walking, driving and flying options. Sound up. [h/t Everlasting Blört].

[Top image found here.]

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Kapnographic Hot Links

Mumbles,  Clark Terry (and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1964)
Reportedly Richard Pryor’s favorite song, Mumbles was also known as Pookie’s Theme for The Soupy Sales Show.

Bubble fun.

Adam Rainer.

Headbangers.

Billy the AI Fish.

Giant Crab 1969.

Plant City sunset.

Custom modification.

Norty Blues Episode 107.

Now about that manicule…

Canada’s stealth weapon.

Paintings of paper and glue.

Catlines [via Everlasting Blört].

Pedestrian crossing in Vietnam.

Another reason for the internet.

The moment punk rock was born.

The Mirror Dance [via Bunkerville].

Name that tune [via Feral Irishman].

Flailing hoses [via Memo Of The Air].

Breakfast, dinner, tea & supper 1912.

It’s 2am, SR412 West, 147 miles from Tulsa.

Queen Hepzibah’s favourite Bajan Calypsonian.

The Dual Primate Console [via Sloth Unleashed].

What Did He Say? (The Mumble Song) by The Charioteers.

[Top image: Who Can Sleep, Gérard DuBois (2025) found here.]

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Dies Paschae Hot Links

Love Is All Around, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts (1996)
Probably the best version of one of the most cloying songs ever – Theme to The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Vitiligo.

Sitzfleisch.

This doggo.

What a beach.

Three little pigs.

Watch your step.

Before The Scream?

Slug Dub [h/t Jason M.].

20 minutes of DAYYUM!!

Norty Blues Episode 106.

Elena is one tough woman.

Short haulers [via Neatorama].

Kwan Yeuk Pang’s watercolors.

The Gell-Mann Amnesia effect.

Doloresaurus [via Everlasting Blört].

White trash troubles. More details here.

The women of Brooklands [via Bits & Pieces].

No more P00P [via The View From Lady Lake].

Wait for The Horned Screamer [via Bunkerville].

The astonishing depravity of the Adélie penguins
[via Nag on the Lake].

The Malling Hansen Writing Ball [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: Ancient A.I. found here.]

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Homichlophobic Hot Links

(There’s Gonna Be A) Showdown, New York Dolls (1973)
 This seminal proto punk band took their name from the New York Doll Hospital, a doll repair shop.

R.I.P. David Johansen.
R.I.P. Roberta Flack.
R.I.P. Gene Hackman.

Quiet.

Greasy.

PB Mona.

Street art.

Light’s out.

Goop Scoop.

I got nuthin’.

Lowe’s Cabin.

The Fun Police.

Choctaw Bingo.

Bajan Rock Cakes.

Flightless fearing.

How March comes in.

The Colonel is pissed.

Norty Blues Episode 105.

M.C. Escher film collection.

Metal detectable bandages.

Hagfish slime [via Bunkerville].

Space X and the Coastal Commission.

European box beds [via Everlasting Blört].

Mantis ate the whole thing [via Ephemera].

St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada.

“Hey Joe. Where was your cousin’s apartment?”

Do Something Cool in Slo-Mo [via Memo Of The Air].

Lyonel Feininger (1871 – 1956) [via this isn’t happiness].

[Top image: Ceramic art by Sergey Isopov, found here.]

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