Category: Music

Dithyrambic Hot Links

She’s Gone to Napoli, Laurel Aitken (1963) Dubbed The Godfather of Ska (and later Boss Skinhead) Cuban-Jamaican Lorenzo “Laurel” Aitken moved to the UK in 1960 and dropped 15 singles before heading back to Jamaica three years later. He returned to the UK in 1970 and continued performing and recording until his death in 2005.

Irony.

The Skynail.

Echo Bridge.

Boom Boom.

Inflatableman.

Enshittification.

Not the Artemis.

B&W Back Beach.

Yeeting fish heads.

Nicolas V. Sanchez.

The battle for punk.

A bunch of campers.

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

The Great Wide Open.

Kinetic sand art table.

On drinking and puking.

Space Policy Directive 1.

Tom the Bot threw a hissy.

Hickshit [via Bits & Pieces].

The History of Kit-Cat Klock.

Decompaction [via Thompson, blog].

Hernán Cortés vs “the Noble Savage”.

The Chimpanzee Civil War (with video).

The Strandbeests [via Everlasting Blört].

1928 Ford LM Gypsy Wagon [via Miss Cellanea].

An excellent argument against large data centers.

WWII British home bomb shelters [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: A.I. modified 1969 Fiat Abarth 2000 Scorpione found here.]

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Saturday Matinee – Andy Fairweather Low, Beiztegui & The Hammond Lovers, and El Perro Blanco

Born in 1948 in Ystrad Mynach, Wales, Andy Fairweather Low was a founding member and lead singer of 1960s pop band Amen Corner. He has toured extensively with The Who, Eric Clapton, Roger Waters, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, and is a regular member of Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings. He  currently performs as Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders.

Stare at the wall and listen to one of Andalusia’s finest.
Beiztegui & The Hammond Lovers consists of frontman Fernando Beiztegui / guitar & vocals; Jon Sande / Hammond organ; Dani Levy / bass and Cote Calmet / drums. 

La Perra Blanco (The White Bitch), aka Alba Blanco, is a high energy blues/rockabilly guitarist from Cádiz, Spain, and has been performing since the age of 14. [More about her here.]

Tax day is just around the corner, weather is on the way, the Artemis is home, and porch time is tomorrow at porch time. See you then.

Dies Paschae Hot Links

(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding,
The Holmes Brothers (2006) 2006 cover of Elvis Costello‘s 1979 cover of the Brinsley Schwarz/Nick Lowe 1974 song.

Spares.

Banana.

Tuesdays.

Close calls.

Slippyman.

Deer stand.

Cicadarona.

Dunebunny.

Nice bollards.
Tiny Digs Hotel.

Can’t park there.

Apocaloptimism.

A simple majority.

Moeraki Boulders.

Song of the stone.

Pistachio kalimba.

Steve’s very long walk.

Opening Day at Fenway Park.

A collection [via Thompson, blog].

Denver Man [via Everlasting Blört].

What Florida Man did on your birthday.

Beautiful Things [via Memo Of The Air].

Nancy wants to bang the drum all day.
It’s Bad Manners to bang the drum all day.

[Top image: Baby in Carriage Surrounded by Rabbits, Clara Burd, 1926.
Gouache, watercolor and pencil on illustration board, 12”x  14”.

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Saturday Matinee – Andreas Diehlmann Band, The BluesBones & The Zac Schulze Gang

Andreas Diehlmann Band is a German power trio who crank out Texas blues ala ZZ Top, with vocals to match. This video from 2018 features Diehlmann backed by Volker Zeller on bass and Tom Bonn on drums.

Formed in 2011, The BluesBones are an award winning blues rock band from Belgium, and are the only group to hit No. 1 on the Blues Charts UK three times.

Combine the intensity of Meatloaf with the mania of Chris Farley, give him a blazing guitar with a kickass backup band, and you got The Zac Schulze Gang – serious speed blues rock.

Tomorrow’s porchtime has been superceded by Easter, the holiest of Christian holy days. Have a blessed one.

Keratogenic Hot Links

Big Bamboo – King Eric and His Knights (1964)
Live at the Windsor Inne’s [sic] BA-MA Room, the band led by “King” Eric Gibson featured vocalist Frankie Adams. “We didn’t press our album full of hopes and dreams and misty eyes. This record was produced because we were flooded with requests for the music of ‘The Knights’ here at the BA MA.”

Pier.

Genie.

Ringtone.

Ugly Gerry.

Dance. Sing.

Knock twice.

Don’t wait up.

A Red button.

More buttons.

Fork fakelifts.

Porky’s eruption.

La Mer de France.

Cheap real estate.

2nd hand bubbles.

Big security guard.

Tailgating deterrent.

Skateboard Prehistory.

Free dieselpunk skooter girls.

For the NOsmo KINGS parades.

Minimum wage [via Bits & Pieces].

Telephone for liars [via Nag on the Lake].

Animals eating stuff [via Everlasting Blört].

Atlanta to Minneapolis in 4 hours 39 minutes.

The unrested elderly of Ft. Bragg [via Memo Of The Air].

Don’t scratch an itch with chopsticks [via Thompson, blog].

[Top image: Pepe the Weekender installation by artist Jean Jullien (2018),  found here. Photo by Nicole Zezig.]

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Saturday Matinee – BALTHVS, KALEO, and Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado

Formed in 2020, BALTHVS is a Colombian psychedelic funk surf latin jazz rock group consisting of Balthazar Aguirre / guitar; Johanna Mercuriana / bass; Santiago Lizcano /drums.

This blues rock indie band formed in 2012 in Reykjavik, Iceland, but KALEO means “the voice” in Hawaiian. After signing with Atlantic records, they relocated to Austin, Texas, in 2015. [More info on Wiki].

Since their beginnings as a Copenhagen bar band, Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado have been dubbed Scandinavia’s premier roots-rock renegades. The septet has performed in Scandinavia, Europe, Canada, the US and Asia for over two decades.

A three day weekend is upon us, with Monday being Unnamed Day due to the recent discovery of Cesar Chavez’ past indiscretions. In celebration, a lot of people nationwide will be hitting the streets, to march around waving signs, chanting Hey Hey Ho Ho mantras and disrupting traffic, all because they’re worried about the US becoming a monarchy or some nonsense. Whatever happens won’t be enough to cancel valuable porch time, so we’ll see you tomorrow at the crack of noon.

Jentacular Hot Links

Underworld, Reg Guest Syndicate (1966)
Pianist, arranger and music director Reg Guest (aka Earl Guest) was Born in Birmingham, England. His album Underworld contains covers of crime/spy/drama themes: “The great Reg Guest captured that inimitable late-60s sound with some irresistible instrumentals which are covers of famous James Bond themes and so on. It was recorded circa 1967 and first released in England on the Fontana label. Instruments used here include an inconceivable 12-string electric bass guitar. An unforgettable sound.”

C-17.

Jerk.

OBEY.

Tesla toots.

White stuff.

Pickpocket.

Daxophone.

Hand wiper.

Mouse myth.

rabbit (2007).

“You got sneks.“

Can’t hide there.

Pikachus from Hell.

Animating Dominique.

Riding the El to Coney.

How to drive a Model T.

Karma [via Neatorama].

Lyrics by a three year old.

Immortality is on the rise.

ROTFL [via Thompson, blog].

Star Shanty [via Memo Of The Air].

600 HP Snow Natural Gas Pumping engine.

Everyone knows it’s windy [via Everlasting Blört].

[Top image: AC/DC Lane graffiti, monochrome infrared, Leanne Cole 2026.]

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Saturday Matinee – Vintage Trouble, Toronzo Cannon & Jonathon “Boogie” Long

Soul / blues / R&B band Vintage Trouble formed in Los Angeles in 2010.  Their debut album The Bomb Shelter Sessions (2011) hit number one on Amazon‘s music charts in the UK, and they won the Best New Band prize at the 2011 Classic Rock awards. In February 2024, the group announced an indefinite break “to focus on individual and family endeavors”.

Chicago bluesman Toronzo Cannon didn’t pick up a guitar until he was 22, but he picked it up fast.
“Gary Clark, Jr. declared, ‘Toronzo is a beast. He lights the room up,’ and Joe Bonamassa rightly pronounced, ‘Toronzo’s a great guitar player, excellent vocalist and an amazing personality.’ ”

Jonathon “Boogie” Long
From his website: “He began his career at the age 18, invited by BB King to tour with him. Shortly after, he was awarded Guitar Center’s “King of the Blues”, besting over 4,000 other contestants. Since then, he’s taken the short road to Louisiana legend, already a member of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, and Baton Rouge officially designating January 4th as “Jonathon Long” day.”

R.I.P Chuck Norris, sorry about your legacy Cesar Chavez, nice work Nick Shirley, Gavin Newsom is still a douchebag, and tomorrow is Porch Time.
See you there.

Dipleidoscopic Hot Links

May I, Bill Deal & The Rhondels (1968) Blue-eyed soul band from Portsmouth, Virginia, formed in 1959 and had a 24 year run until Bill Deal left the group in 1983.

OE.

Foiled.

Subway.

Jar World.

Derthalina.

Joel’s song.

Lighthouse.

Duck Radio.

Little boxes.

Snip ‘n’ Smell.

Sleeping seals.

Pretty & pissed.

Robert the Useful.

The Ides of March.

The Evening News.

Soup Proper Good.

How to save a drunk.

Make lots of tiny circles.

On Y2k, booze & Skeezer.

He’ll save you some time.

March 16 – Saint Urho’s Day.

Any time is a good time to panic.

What happened to Star Wars Kid.

Pole Lickers [via Memo Of The Air].

Three short illegal dumping stories.

Rickles’ & Adams’ Midnight Cowboy.

Sitting on top of the plug [via Thompson, blog].

Charged with murder, then won primary for Sheriff.

500 cardboard portraits in pencil [via Everlasting Blört].

“Dynamite ain’t like what you see on TV.“ [via Bustednuckles].

[Top image: original source unknown, dates to 2013; recently reposted by Club Cranium on FB.]

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Saturday Matinee – Tom Waits, Eliza Stark & The Dappers, Missioned Souls & Bad Manners

Tom Waits being Tom Waits. Video from 2012 is reminiscent of the digital animation template showcased here.

Eliza Stark & The Dappers:
“The only rockabilly band based in Montenegro. A classic trio of guitar, drums and hot chick slapping double bass and regular guests of national TV and festivals, they also well-known for their true and original music far beyond the borders of Montenegro.” – ES & The D Facebook Page

In 2024, Filipino family band Missioned Souls covered Bad Manners‘ 1980 ska cover of Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs‘ 1965 classic.

One of the top ska bands of the UK, Bad Manners are still performing (and celebrating their 50th year). It appears that frontman Buster Bloodvessel chose to sit this one out.

I got the porch if you got the time. Be there or be an equilateral rhomboid.