Ain’t Much Good in the Best Of Men Nowadays, Bessie Brown (1926)
Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet.
Punnett Squares of the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium.
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Category: Music
Saturday Matinee – Poderosa AAINJALA, Rising Appalachia; Kitty, Daisy & Lewis; Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Poderosa AAINJALA – 150 Tambores
Roughly translated from the indigenous Wuayuunaiki language of Bogotá, Colombia, AAINJAA means “to do, to elaborate, to manufacture, and to build.” More about this popular massive ensemble here.
Rising Appalachia plays roots-based music righteously. Leah Smith (aka Leah Song) plays banjo, bodhran; Chloe Smith plays guitar, fiddle, and banjo. Name of the song is Greasy Coat.
Kitty, Daisy and Lewis Durham perform Polly Put The Kettle On live at the 2012 Pickathon Pumphouse Sessions in Portland, Oregon. Kind of a quirky family group with an unknown surname from London, but they’ve got an aura of cool retro going – more about them here. This song’s a cover (written by A. Miller) but dang if I can find the original artist.
[Update: Sonny Boy Williamson recorded it as Polly Put Your Kettle On in 1947, and is credited as the writer on RCA Victor 29-2521-B.]
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats are awesome, even if some of their song patterns are a bit familiar. Wasting Time fits my mood these days.
See you tomorrow, rain or shine, and maybe we’ll do something.
Somewhat Apprehensive Hot Links
Nola, “The Piano Artistry of Jonathan Edwards” (1957). Pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor Paul Weston was the husband of vocalist Jo Stafford. The talented duo performed for friends as a cheap lounge act and eventually recorded several albums as Jonathan & Darlene Edwards. They were awesome.
Felix Arndt recorded his composition Nola in 1916.
NASA’s World View is cool.
Australian toilet paper holder [via].
The girl in this video was Liz Brewer.
3-piece chicken dinner (with reusable box).
History of Breathalyzers and Drunk Driving.
“Folded Man” finally stood straight – after 28 years.
Hercules beetle vs. Hercules beetle bot [sound up].
“To me personally, detecting a gnawing gap […] is very exciting.”
Hurricane spaghetti models: you’re probably reading them wrong.
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Saturday Matinee – 2020 Cast Interviews, Big Bug, Gatemouth Brown & Roy Clark, Ry Cooder w/ Buckwheat Zydeco & Lenny Kravitz, and The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Well done satire, that.
Big Bug vid found here.
Clarence Gatemouth Brown & Roy Clark (with Leon Rhodes) do some serious pickin’ on Hee Haw (1979). If this ain’t roadtrip music, nothing is.
Ry Cooder, Buckwheat Zydeco and Lenny Kravitz, having some fun in New Orleans 2005.
The Fabulous Thunderbirds cover T-Bone Walker‘s The Hustle Is On (1950). Not sure of the date or location.
That’ll do for now. Gonna get some R&R and see you back here tomorrow as far as you know.
Saturday Matinee – HM Royal Marine Band, Kapua+Tatofi+Maoli, Redbone & Billy Preston
Post Horn Galop – The Bands of HM Royal Marines. Amazing post horn fanfare duel.
Hawaiians Kaipo Kapua, Josh Tatofi and Nu’u Maoli. This medley should be named “See A Minor, Effin’ G.” Those vocals are tight.
Redbone had a nice run in the 70s, Witch Queen of New Orleans being one of my favorites for the swamp-rock sound. Very underrated band IMO, even if they did wander into the pop playpen occasionally. “Come and Get Your Love” (1974) was an earful of soul.
Billy Preston sported one of the greatest ‘fros in the business, and wrote one of the best instrumental jams ever – Outta Space. This version is from 1987.
Have a great holiday weekend, have some fun despite what the scolds say, and we’ll do more stuff tomorrow.
Mostly Peaceful Hot Links
Have A Good Time, Big Walter Horton, Cobra Records (1956)
Horton was also known as “Mumbles,” and “Shakey” because of his head motion while playing the harmonica.
¡Mirale! ¡El Ladder Luchador! [via]
Best lipsynch of Little Richard I’ve seen.
House cat on a drilling rig with high seas.
How women think men use the bathroom.
Puppy ate one of the last woolly rhinos in existence.
[h/t Paul Y.]
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[Top image: Bunk as Flash Basbo Space Explorer, back from the Planet of the Mindgobblers.]
Saturday Matinee – Skywatch, Fundo de Quintal OFC, Grupo Fundo de Quintal & Planet Drum
When two outcast teens hack into a ubiquitous drone delivery system to pull a prank on their neighbor, they accidentally crash-land a dangerous prototype – and find themselves entangled in a life-and-death conspiracy.
Apparently it’s scheduled to be made into a TV series produced by Seth Macfarlane [via]
“Life in the countryside is not an easy life,” says Simão, explaining how the band shaped their unique sound. “Here there is nothing, no access to singing lessons, theater, or a place to buy instruments. So we are going to beat our improvised little things.”
Fundo de Quinal OFC is a lot of head-scratching fun. [Found here. More info here.] They took their name from these guys:
Grupo Fundo de Quintal or simply Fundo de Quintal (Backyard Group, roughly) is a Samba band which appeared in Rio de Janeiro in the late 1970s. Smooth rhythms.
Mickey Hart & Planet Drum revamped the Grateful Dead classic Fire On The Mountain. If you don’t have it in your collection, get this.
Have a great weekend, folks, watch out for The Stupids, and we’ll see you back here tomorrow just for the hell of it.
DEVO 1977
Saturday Matinee – Little Remy & The Flying Rockers, Michael Kiwanuka & Willy DeVille
Little Remy & The Flying Rockers – Shadoogie (1962)
Indorock band uit Den Bosch
Ad Boeren – Drums; Rinus Huismans – Slag Gitaar; Guus Silooy – Solo Gitaar; Cees Vermeulen – Bas Gitaar.
Willy (Mink) DeVille had an unusual sound for the late ’70s scene, and Moon Martin‘s Cadillac Walk was one of my favorites. (I didn’t know that Mink DeVille was one of the original house bands at CBGB, but that explains a lot.) h/t Immortal Jukebox.
Michael Kiwanuka‘s One More Night is a cool groove with a quirky video stapled onto it. Can’t quite put my finger on what this reminds me of, but it’s a real smooth combination. Born and raised in London, Kiwanuka is the son of Ugandan parents who escaped the brutal Amin regime.
Have a great weekend, folks, stay cool and don’t let the ninnienannies get to you. Be back here tomorrow and we’ll do stuff.
Tegestological Hot Links
Four Or Five Times, King Oliver’s Dixie Syncopators (1928).
Had trouble identifying this song (untitled file name) and King Oliver apparently recorded more than one version (perhaps with his Creole Jazz Band). Others recorded this song about the same time including McKinney’s Cotton Pickers, Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra and Ben Pollack & The Whoopee Makers.
Zoom.
How bad is it? This bad.
First time hearing Phil Collins.
This is one bigass turtle mouth.
Everyone needs an inflatable monster maze.
The Asher Yatzar Blessing of thanksgiving is traditionally recited upon exiting the restroom.
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