No idea if that photo was staged, but it doesn’t matter because it made me smile. [Found in here.]
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No idea if that photo was staged, but it doesn’t matter because it made me smile. [Found in here.]
Category: Humor
Stalking Stalkers
“Here. Hold my beer. They gotta be out there somewhere.”
[Tip o’ the tarboosh to K. Wolff.]
Catbox Triptych
Freyja & The Skogkatt
From Snorri Sturluson’s Prose Edda:
Freyja is the most famous of the goddesses. She has in heaven a dwelling which is called Fólkvangr, and when she rides to the battle, one half of the slain belong to her, and the other half to Óðinn… When she goes abroad, she drives in a wagon drawn by two cats.
I’d say those two cats have some nice penmanship, but there’s more to them than that. They were huge, mean and they loved to draw. They were The Skogkatt.
[More here.]
Saturday Matinee – Playing For Change, Rolling Stones, Steppenwolf & Meatloaf
The Stones‘ “Gimme Shelter” by multinational conglomeration Playing For Change, created by American producer Mark Johnson, is very cool. (Watch for Taj Mahal.)
I find it odd that they would choose that particular song, as it’s forever linked to a free rock festival in 1969 that ended up in tragedy at Altamont Speedway, California, much of it due to the actions of the hired “police” – Sonny Barger & The Hell’s Angels.
The event is best known for having been marred by considerable violence, including one homicide and three accidental deaths: two caused by a hit-and-run car accident and one by drowning in an irrigation canal. Four births were reported during the event. Scores were injured, numerous cars were stolen and then abandoned, and there was extensive property damage.
From the same year, Steppenwolf had a hit with the greatest biker song ever – “Born To Be Wild.” Okay, where do we go from here? Oh wait. I know.
That’s for José from Spain who tutored me on cryptanalysis, and recently discovered the wonderworld of Meat Loaf.
Have a great weekend folks, and be back here tomorrow for Day 3 of our 6th Glorious Year of pure awesomenecessity.
5 TACKY YEARS! Top 11 Posts for 2012
How’s it feel to be a Green Dot? That’s right, one of those little World Peas is just for you. View the Live Map here. It will display little blinkies that show you who else is here, and it’s anonymous. (We’re at the ass end of the US, just in case you were wondering.)
It’s intuitively obvious to the casual observer that we’re on the verge of taking over the world, so be content in the knowledge that you have assisted with the conquest.
We added an online store and a widget that sort of links to another online store. WorpDress now allows adverts, and they also allow PayPal Tip Jars, so we added that as well. Has any of it paid off? Nah.
We’ve featured the Top Posts for each year since we started in 2007. The numbers indicate this year’s ranking followed by last year’s, and we’ve added a third for all-time ranking (2012/2011/All-Time Rank). NR indicates Not Ranked.
Click on any image and it’ll take you to the original post.
No. 11/nr – Popeye Dead at 108
No. 10/nr – Mickey Possum has a good attitude.
No. 9/nr – The .Gif Friday Post No.104 – Catsup
No. 8/nr – Babe Cannon
No. 7/2/5 – Amy’s Motivational Poster Collection
No. 6/7/8 – Giant Woolly Bear Caterpillar Discovered Near Las Cruces, NM, Predicts Global Warming for Decades to Come
No. 5/nr – 10/10/10 10:10:10
No. 4/nr – 10:11:10 11/10/11
No. 3/nr – Possum Haiku
No. 2/1/4 – Capybara Lapwarmer
AND THE NUMBER ONE POST FOR 2012 IS:
The .Gif Friday Post No.93 – Cat Fish Robot Jam
It scored at No. 6 in 2011, and it’s at No. 7 on the 5-Year popularity ranking.
We plan to keep going with this baboso unless it becomes a chore, but considering all the fun stuff we’ve found just to keep our self-imposed goal of One Post Per Day, it looks like we’ll be around a while. Cheers!
MoonCat Walking
London Growling – The Royal Palace Guard
Yeah, it’s stupid, and it’s been sitting around in our “What-To-Do-With-This-Baboso” file for too long, so we just HAD to post it.
The one below is both stupider and much betterer.
The original link for the 2nd one doesn’t work anymore, but it dates to 2007 if you want to hunt for it.
Saturday Matinee – The Olympics, Roger Miller, The Clash, Manfred Mann, Pink Floyd & Yeoman Warden
The Olympics were an underrated vocal group (see Walter Ward and the Challengers) and there are few live vids on the Utoobage; however, there’s a nice collection of recordings here.
Roger Miller‘s “England Swings.” I hate that song, and I hope you do, too.
The song was written by Bruce Springsteen, but those guys did it better. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band was underrated here in the States as Mann was stuck with his 1964 cover of The Exciters’ “Do Wah Diddy Diddy.”
Pink Floyd is another Brit treasure who have been around longer than you think. That vid’s from 1969.
The Clash – one of the great early punk bands, influenced and encouraged by The Ramones.
We posted this previously, but it’s worth a repost. Yeoman Warden explains why the Brits were not to be messed with. If you’ve never clicked on a single vid that we’ve posted here, click on that one and pay close attention. Then you’re going to want to hunt down and pay attention to the rest of the 6 part series of awesome.
Have a great weekend, folks, and be back here tomorrow for more stuff.
Tacky Raccoons 