Bonus: Previously posted Christmas tunes can be found here.
[Caveat: No copyright infringement is intended; songs posted here are for entertainment purposes only.]
Category: Music
The Night Before Christmas Eve Eve Eve Hot Links
Sleigh Ride, The Ventures (1965) Straight outta Tacoma, with over 110 million records sold worldwide, The Ventures are the best-selling instrumental band of all time.
BOING [via Everlasting Blört].
Another of Spock’s juvenile pranks.
Facebook’s “Race-Blind” Algorithm.
15 multiplanes [via Memo Of The Air].
Nevermind the Bollards [via Thompson, blog].
[Top image: Santa’s Time Machine, modified from the cover of The Time Machine, Classics Illustrated (1958).]
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Saturday Matinee – SKAyway, Krakin’ Kellys & Joe Bonamassa
SKAyway is a band from Makati, Philippines, that plays “punkSKAdelic music twisted with reggae, blues, swing and rock.”
Krakin’ Kellys is a Belgian Celtic punk pub brawl band that has generated a lot of attention since their formation in 2017 for their mix of traditional Irish tavern sounds with skate punk energy.
Joe Bonamassa‘s Merry Christmas Blues album (2013) is still free for download. Every song is a good one.
Just a few more days to get stuff wrapped and to the post office so gifts don’t arrive really late. I was thinking about doing it tomorrow, but the porch is calling. You know the drill. Noonish o’clock. There. Be.
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.
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 (1968). Jones was a member of the Philadelphia soul/disco group First Choice from 1972-75.
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.)
“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.
Tacky Raccoons 