Category: Link Dump

Bisulcated Hot Links

You Keep On Worrying Me, Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm (1959) “Turner maintained strict discipline over the band, insisting they lived in a large house with him so he could conduct early morning rehearsals at a moment’s notice. He would fire anyone he suspected of drinking or taking drugs, and would fine band members if they played a wrong note.”

THIS.

Stoops.

The Trap.

LOOK OUT.

Sitar metal.

Duck Radio.

Off the ferry.

Fertile turtle.

Gravestone circles.

A decision was made.

Dancing with robots.

3D models of models.

The Confetti of Venice.

The $40K pizza delivery.

Norty Blues Episode 104.

The only TED Talk you need.

The history of Mah Nà Mah Nà.

It’s gonna be okay [via Bunkerville].

The Spotniks [via Everlasting Blört].

The Toronto Recursive History Project [h/t Jason F.].

“It’s a profound gas, Mr. Gunn“ [via Memo Of The Air].

Soho (Cafe Francais) 1955 [via The View From Lady Lake].

“I am a dwarf and I’m digging a hole. Diggy diggy hole, diggy diggy hole.”

[Top image found here.]

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Rhotacismic Hot Links

My Only Man, Helen Merrill & Piero Umiliani (1962) Smooth and sultry, from the 1962 Italian drama Smog. Umiliani wrote many scores for spaghetti westerns and sexploitation films, but was best remembered as the composer of Mah Nà Mah Nà.
Helen Merrill (born Jelena Ana Milcetic) was a jazz vocalist who recorded in the bebop era of the late 50s / early 60s. She traveled abroad for some years before returning to the U.S. in the 1970s.

Smog.

Read it.

Stencils.

The Niffle.

The Wackids.

This dog.
This dog, too.

Zoom fashion.

Things to sit on.

F-bomb generator.

F.I.’s misc. memes.
Memes for $6,000, Alex.

Norty Blues Episode 103.

“Andy is hot on a smell trail.”

Balloon ride [via Bunkerville].

Thank You Very Much (trailer).

Ruth’s mallets [via Memo Of The Air].

Venetian entry buzzers [via Everlasting Blört].

I Wanna Rock and Roll Until a Reasonable Hour.

Jayne Mansfield walks around her Hollywood home.

The Alafia River Beer Shed [via The View From Lady Lake].

[Top image: Helen Merrill in studio, unknown date.]

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Super Bowl Lix Hot Links

Jumpin’ Jacquet, Illinois Jacquet & His Orchestra (1946) Recorded in New York. Illinois Jacquet / tenor sax, John Simmons / Bass, Freddie Green / guitar, Emmet Berry / Trumpet, Bill Doggett / piano, Shadow Wilson(?) / drums.

Amber.

Der Käfer.

One Got Fat.

Beetlejuicies.

Working late.

House of Dan.

Yay! Campers!

How to parent.

Stickler’s snails.

Animated street art.

Click for more NEWS.

“But why?” said the dog.

Norty Blues Episode 102.

Psst… hey O.J. – ISWYDT. 😀

Talk like an orca [via Bunkerville].

Saxquatch [via Everlasting Blört].

Mastering The Art Of Hock A Loogie.

Routine graph [via Innocent Bystanders].

Abraham LeBron Lincoln – An American Icon.

OVERRIDE: The opening salvo of the DOGE war.

Everybody and The Sunshine Band [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image found here. More disco dream girls here.]

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Diprionidian Hot Links

Last of the Singing Cowboys, The Marshal Tucker Band (1979)
The group recorded numerous albums that went gold and platinum, including their first, titled simply The Marshall Tucker Band (1973). The band was named after Marshal Tucker, a blind piano tuner whose name was inscribed on a key to the warehouse where the band rehearsed.

The flew.

Dance hard.

Proof of age.

Selling Ukiah.

The Paper Ark.

No matter who.

Great blue heron!

¡La Migra! ¡La Migra!

Emma O’Leary’s dogs.

Norty Blues Episode 101.

The NYC A-Train Sax Battle.

USSR December 1978: -73°F.

Mister Nice Hands – an interactive classic.

“I’ll take ‘Decipher It’ for one million, Alec.”

Photogenic couples [via Memo Of The Air].

The White Room [story here via Feral Irishman].

Cruising St. John [via The View From Lady Lake].

[Top image: Atlas moth found here via Bunkerville].

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Hekistothermic Hot Links

Honky, The Ho-Dads (1963) The Ho-Dads were formed by Lou Josie (aka Jimmy King) of Medina, Ohio.

Bark.

BB Cat.

GO ELGSES!.

Pigs penned.

Gord’s prints.

Who can sleep?

Little Big World.

Roadtrip ruined.

And Dali howled.

Men Into Space Part 1.

Pain slinky deployment.

Norty Blues Episode 100.

Splodey Head Syndrome.

Crawfish [h/t Corinne L.].

The Dynamic Distortions.

Commuter train efficiency.

Minnesota ice [via IDHMGO].

Unidentified seismic object.

Nobuhiko Obayashi’s House.

David Byrne’s cheerful reasons.

Arid flicks [via Everlasting Blört].

Cat score is playable! [h/t Jaime G.].

Check your messages [via Memo Of The Air].

1969 Dodge Charger Hellcat [via Bunkerville].

30 minutes of helicopter crashes [h/t Possum whose cats like watching helicopter crashes].

[Top image: If you don’t know you probably shouldn’t be here.]

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Tropophilous Hot Links

Timebomb, Tommy J Stewart (2024) Tommy J Stewart  is a singer/songwriter/guitarist from Dublin, Ireland (not to be confused with the American drummer of the same name).

Ayup.

Shells.

Beerball.

AI floor plan.

The Castaway.

RIP David Lynch.

The chase scene.

How old are you?

Meet the Hoopers.

HB vs. Sacramento.

Advertising in grime.

HATEHATEHATEHATE.

Norty Blues Episode 99.

Patriotic dental surgery.

A lot of peeps are pissed.

Gyroscopic progression.

Sinclair at the World’s Fair.

Mr. Robert’s Neighborhood.

The cobra roars [via Bunkerville].

Chiropractor’s spinal massage gun.

Rhombic dodecahedron holoscope.

Hair of the 70s [via Memo Of The Air].

Onion sandwich [via Everlasting Blört].

Johnny Reb Cannon [via Feral Irishman].

Man With A Wine Lamp, Tiffany Velázquez.

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Ingravescent Hot Links

The Rose of Washington Square, The Frankie Carle Quartet (1947) Frankie Carle was nicknamed “The Wizard of the Keyboard” for his piano skills. Sunrise Serenade was Carle’s best-known composition, rising to No. 1 in the US in 1938 and selling more than one million copies.

BZZZT!

Citizen Wade.

Schulz’ Virtue.

The comments.

St. Nan the Polite.

The first webcam.

Which way is best?

“I need a mannequin.“

Happy Birthday, Elvis.

Norty Blues Episode 98.

“Say it” [via Bunkerville].

The Margate Shell Grotto.

Dropping the Tannenbaum.

Another reason to have kids.

Visit Alcatraz [via Everlasting Blört].

The Flying Saucer [via Memo Of The Air].

Grammarian vs Errorist: The Showdown.

The Son Who Couldn’t Leave [via Nag on the Lake].

Unum saltum et siffletum et unum bumbulum. [h/t Bits & Pieces].

Pacific Palisades Fire updates here.
Also this.

[Top image: Early 1900s stereoscope photos, unknown origin, found here.]

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Scrobiculated Hot Links

Theme to The Prisoner, Ron Grainer, composer (1967)
The Prisoner was a 1960s spy vs. spy television show starring Patrick McGoohan as No. 6. McGoohan chose Ron Grainer’s theme over others, with the requirement that it be re-scored with a faster tempo and emphasis on the tympani.

Cool rays.

Kind of blue.

Pot farming.

The Hootlet.

The Haalarit.

A Ginger Song.

Village dances.

Illegal axolotls?

The Swiss Portal.

Lotta work to do.

A proper breakfast.

Dancing in the duct.

20¢ spaghetti or ravioli.

Rockstars who died in 2024.

Sweep tight [via Bunkerville].

Froggy Went A-Campin’ (and more).

Blockbuster, Netflix & the Cult of Ben.

The Kittyman Shanty [via Memo Of The Air].

The Prince Hall Nobles [via Everlasting Blört].

[Top image: Still from the hypnosis segment of The Pee Wee Herman Show – Live at the Roxy Theater 1981.]

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Metagrobolized Hot Links

The Fever, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes (1976) The Fever was written by Bruce Springsteen, with back up provided by members of the E-Street Band. John “Southside Johnny” Lyon, 76, recently (and abruptly) cancelled tours and retired due to unspecified medical issues.

Self-serve.

1.5 (PBJ) = y

Trishasode 9.

The Perfect Time.

Illustrations of Oz.

Living dangerously.

El Arte de El Chango.

Know the Difference.

How pencils are made.

“Alexa. Play ‘Sea Shanty.’”

Blue house [via IDHMGO].

Buster Keaton has lunch.

A song about a random guy.

Is it safe? [via Feral Irishman].

Las Pelilargas [via Mme. Jujujive].

Swiss orchestra box [via Bunkerville].

Norty Blues Episode 96 (Christmas edition).

The Shadwell Forgeries [via Memo Of The Air].

Post Christmas Farts [via The View From Lady Lake].

[Top image: The Armies of Greenland prepare for war. h/t Gord S.]

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Nepheligenous Hot Links

Party Hard, Little Isidore & the Inquisitors (ca. 2012)Little Isidore is the  alter ego of David Forman, a little known musician with a great resume; he fronts The Inquisitors, aka The Golden Inquisitors, aka The Mighty Inquisitors. Live stream December 2024 reunion show here: https://volume.com/t/gGilog/

Tree is lit.

Driftwood.

Styro Steve.

Input/Output.

Snowcatcher.

The Shadows.

WWII Torpedo Juice.

Christmas hedgehogs.

Getting down to work.

Norty Blues Episode 95.

London, December 1940.

Smoke alarm sing-along.

Butterflies, bats & wolves.

The Tree People [via Mme. Jujujive].

Sharing the bounty [via Bunkerville].

Merry Xmas from Panzergruppe Süd.

“…no shops, no temptations, no waste time…”

A volumetric 3D display [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: Raindrops on Weeds in a Broken Wall, Hollie Jane Wright photographer; via IDHMGO].

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