Category: Music

Viraginous Hot Links

Don’t Be Lonely, BoDeans (1987)
Classic guitar-driven midwestern rock-pop group BoDeans formed in 1986 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and they’re still at it.

dog.

A Truth.

Nanners.

River elk.

Alley Orb.

Leo Blues.

Snow ride.

No changes.

Rocky LaPorte.

Why two nostrils?

Hypocrisy School.

Painting with balls.

Meet Sydney Mecham.

Saw what you did there.

Iron Head’s Black Betty.

Fredrikshavn live webcam.

The howl of the arctic wolf.

Just Angus jumping around.

Signs of the the Exit [via Messy Nessy].

MIDI Slapophone [via Memo Of The Air].

Wash your marmot [via Everlasting Blört].

Yuleshards, bummocks and Schnapsidees.

Kellog’s Contraptions [via Thompson, blog].

Guadalcanal Christmas 1945 [via The View from Lady Lake].

[Top image found here, with caption:
Twice a year at Asakusa’s famous Sensoji temple an old ceremony of dancers dressed as white egrets or herons take place, once in April and once in November. The ceremony is called Shirasaginomai (白鷺の舞) and was revived in 1968 using an old scroll as a basis that had been found in the temple, depicting a ceremonial dance in 1652.]

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Saturday Matinee – Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse, The Cinelli Brothers, and Mr. Sipp

Beau Gris Gris & The Apocalypse is a roots rock blues Americana country soul punk psychobilly band from California, featuring vocals by documentary filmmaker, television producer, business entrepreneur and Louisiana native Greta “Gris Gris” Valenti. (The nice lady dancing in the background is Kitten De Ville.)

Winners of the 2024 UK Blues Band of the Year, The Cinelli Brothers (Marco and Alessandro) revive 1960s – 70s vintage electric blues, R&B and soul with a modern vibe.

Castro Coleman, aka Mr. Sipp is smooth. A recipient of many prestigious awards, Castro was the first bluesman to have his handprint inducted into the Wall of Fame in Fredrikshavn, Denmark.

Another week and world news is still splattering all over the pavement and splashing in the swales. Every major story is both good news and omens of disaster depending upon the time of day and which town crier is coming through the village. The 48 hour rule is officially null and void.

My plan is to sleep in until Porch Time so I can be fashionably late. See you then and/or there.

Belonephobic Hot Links

Help Me Make Up My Mind, Joyce Jones (1969) Born in Mississippi in 1949, Joyce Jones, (along with Reginald Hinesinger) wrote Help Me Make Up My Mind as an answer song to Tyrone Davis‘ Can I Change My Mind (1969). Jones was a member of the Philadelphia soul/disco group First Choice from 1972-75.

Elf rock.

Horrorbot.

These toys.

Solargraphs.

Snow graffiti.

These doggos.

A new chicken.

Not Even Once.

Westgate Bridge.

7 December 1941.

Cloud Dancer won.

Analyzing Peanuts.

Movie Title Breakup.

Trash Panda Nights.

Drug trade cowboys.

Carol of the Mosquitos.

Guy picks squirrel ticks.

George Burns’ great grandson?

Hadzabe man shares an anecdote.

LBJ’s pants [via Everlasting Blört].

Steve Cropper: The Green Onions story.

Diet culture in the parking meters [via Thompson, blog].

55 times Mother Nature threw a hissy [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: The Lobster Wars, illustration by Maxfield Parrish, cover lining from Poems of Childhood by Eugene Field (1904) found here.]

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Saturday Matinee – The Heavy, Big Guitars From Texas, Eric Johnson and Booker T. & The MG’s

Formed in 2007, The Heavy are a rock / soul / R&B band from Bath, Somerset, England. Kelvin Swaby / lead vocals, Dan Taylor / guitar, Spencer Page /bass, Chris Ellul / drums.

Big Guitars From Texas ca. 1985: Evan Johns, Don Leady, Denny Freeman, Frankie Camaro, Keith Ferguson and Mike Buck. Buck / drums and Ferguson /bass were original members of The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Leady & Ferguson were also members of The Tailgators, Leady, Buck & Johns were with The LeRoi Brothers.

From Wikipedia:
Eric Johnson (born August 17, 1954) is an American guitarist, vocalist and composer. His 1990 album Ah Via Musicom was certified platinum by the RIAA, and the single “Cliffs of Dover” won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

R.I.P. Steve Cropper (1941-2025)
Booker T. & The MG’s opened this Creedence Clearwater Revival concert at the Oakland Coliseum, 1/31/70. Seen offstage are John Fogerty, Doug Clifford (w/beard), and Stu Cook (w/glasses).

Thanksgiving leftovers are almost gone, Christmas is just around the corner, and I’m still on Halloween. Guess I’ll have to reset the calendar one of these days, but not tomorrow. I plan to have some QPT (Quality Porch Time) at precisely sometime o’clock. See you then.

Ceruminiferous Hot Links

Cooties, Aimee Allen (2007) Aimee Allen, aka Aimee Interrupter, sang this outro for the movie Hairspray. (Not to be confused with Amy Allen or Aimée Allen.)

This smile.

Craig’s Hut.

This faucet.

Manipulation.

Buddah down.

383 GALLONS.

Ohiotown USA.

Tom the Horse.

Paint World 34.

The combsmith.

Cat toy surgery.

Number cruncher.

Channeling Caesar.

The Great Bank Heist.

“Hundreds of racisms.”

Henna with a purpose.

Long distance operator.

Theatre of Small Convenience.

“Look what the bank did to my car.”

The Nightmare [via Everlasting Blört].

Chinese thunder [via Memo Of The Air].

Jean Critchfield’s pipes [via Thompson, blog].

Ancient Tenochtitlan 3d viewer[via Nag on the Lake].

The Pitch Drop Experiment has a live cam. [h/t Kirk W.]

Top image: Papa Danny Doodles wood toy sold by Schoenhut circa 1916 found here.

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Saturday Matinee – Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials, Grace Bowers & The Hodge Podge w/ Petar Janjic, and The Riccardo Grosso Blues Band

Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials are killer.
Lil’ Ed Wiiliams (vocals, slide guitar), Ed’s half-brother James “Pookie” Young (bass), guitarist Mike Garrett (guitar) and drummer Kelly Littleton (drums) have been jamming for over 30 years. Lil’ Ed & Pookie learned from their uncle,  J. B. Hutto.

Grace Bowers & The Hodge Podge (with Serbian drummer Petar Janjic). Bowers is an amazing powerhouse jammer. Born in 2006, she was only 18 at the time of this performance from 2024, and she looks like she’s having fun.

“Blues is my foundation, but I don’t want to be the next copycat. My goal is to deliver the missing soundtrack of your life – and mine.” R. Grosso
Riccardo Grosso Blues Band‘s cover of Slim Harpo’s Shake Your Hips is a steady driver. There’s an interesting interview with Grosso on Bluesmoose Radio here, and it includes more examples of his excellent harp shredding.

It’s finally here – my favorite week. Yep, we gots a lotsa LEFTOVERS!
See you on the porch tomorrow and I’ll tell you all about them.

20 Songs that have nothing to do with Thanksgiving

These randomly chosen songs above have been posted previously; more playlists here. Image at top created when I was messing around with Grok.

[Caveat: No copyright infringement is intended; songs posted here are for entertainment purposes only.]

Equiponderated Hot Links

Riverside, The Beat Farmers (1990) From their album Loud, Plowed & Live. The Beat Farmers (1983–1995) were a great band from San Diego, California (best experienced live with lots of beer) and featured the late Country Dick Montana.

‘Sup.

Fetch!

This cat.

Hey face.

Stepsides.

Duo Baldo.

Tublication.

Tintype shack.

If I were a moth…

Touch the rainbow.

The Batman Effect.

The Art of the Deal.

Saved by the dash cam.

3-1/2 hours on the fent.

Crip Walk demo.
Native American Crip Walk.

Sowell on multiculturalism.

“Normally it’s pretty simple.”

Lunch Boxes [via Everlasting Blört].

She’s a grinder [via Thompson, blog].

Poor little thieves [via Nag on the Lake].

Miss Transportation [via Memo Of The Air].

“911? You may not believe this… “ [via The Feral Irishman].

[Top image: 1967 Subaru 360 advertisement found here.]

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Saturday Matinee – Eddie 9V, RelaxTrio, Altered Five Blues Band & Bywater Call

“A shot rang out in the name of love” is one hell of a lyric.
Brooks Mason was born in Georgia in 1996, focuses on classic southern soul, blues, rock and funk. “A lot of people wanted me to be the Brooks Mason Blues Band, but that’s been done. I wanted to start from scratch, and I ain’t never heard of no bluesman named Eddie 9V.”

The girl pounds bass. Finnish band RelaxTrio is
Linda Teränen (Vocals & double bass)
Oskari Nieminen (Vocals & guitar)
Vilho Voutilainen (Drums & backing vocals)

Award winning group from Milwaukee, Altered Five Blues Band features frontman Jeff Taylor with Jeff Schroedl / guitar, Mark Solveson / bass, Alan Arber / drums and Steve Huebler / keyboard.

Bywater Call is a Toronto-based group formed by singer Meghan Parnell and guitar player Dave Barnes. They were nominees for the Southern Rock & Soul Independent Blues Awards in 2021. In 2024 they were nominated for International Blues Artist of the year (UK Blues Awards).

Lotta weather this past week, but it didn’t freeze, didn’t flood and nothing important fell over. Thought about getting a hair cut, but I filled up the tank instead and fed the cat a few times. Life is good. See you tomorrow, some time around porch o’clock.

Rupicoline Hot Links

Uschi Siebert, Kulenkampffs reizende Assistentin, und Gerti Daub, Miss Germany 1957, lieben auch den guten BLAUPUNKT-Ton.

Millionaire Hobo, The Fantastics (1959) Formerly known as The Pharaohs, The Holidays and The Passions, they became The Fantastics when RCA Victor discovered that the other names were taken. (This is not the same group that began as The Velours and moved to the UK.)

14 banks.

Asko Beer.

Confirmed.

Procession.

Fkkn cats 1.
Fkkn cats 2.

No Solicitors.

Resume filler.

Many a penny.

SNAP suckers.

Annie the Bug.

When balls collide.

Nice big ‘ol bucket.

Kenji Hoshi’s tanks.

Flinders Street Station.

“Normally it’s pretty simple.”

Nosmo King [via Memo Of The Air].

Clay in Italy [via Everlasting Blört].

Portsmouth Man [via The Feral Irishman].

9 minutes and 32 seconds of Steven Wright.

“AITA for ‘voodooing’ my neighbors?” [via Bored Panda].
Update 1. Update 2. Epilogue.

Hitchcock’s Rear Window opening scene.
Hitchcock’s Rear Window screencaps [via Thompson, blog].

[Top image: Colorized ad for 1957 Blaupunkt Palma 2435 radio. The seven-tube set retailed for 390 Deutschmarks, and tuned both the longwave and mediumwave broadcast bands, FM (up to 100 MHz), and shortwave. Caption on original ad translates to “Uschi Siebert, Kulenkampff’s charming assistant, and Gerti Daub, Miss Germany 1957, also love the good BLAUPUNKT tone.”

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