“Free Bird? I don’t think I have that one, but I got Wang Wang Blues.”
[Found here.]
Category: Music
Testudinoidealistic Hot Links
Occasionally I google three random words just to see what turns up. “John headlight insect” produced this, and I’m going to try it tomorrow.
A Fallen Tear – The El Dorados [1956 Vee-Jay Records].
A Fallen Tear – The Marcels [1961 Colpix Records].
Beep … beep … beep … THIS equipment is evil.
The Chalk Police have been summoned.
Look out, Cannes. Look out Oscars. There’s an old kid in town.
[Top image from here – Melchoir Lorck‘s “Tortoise above the Venetian Lagoon” 1555].
Saturday Matinee – Tom Waits, Howlin’ Wolf & Ron Holloway
“16 Shells From A Thirty Ought Six” is one of my Tom Waits favorites. Pure industrial grade Howlin’ Wolf. This clip was from his 1988 film dérangeant Big Time.
Howlin’ Wolf and other classic bluesmen were promoted by The Rolling Stones.
Great live version of “Jimi Thing” by The Dave Matthews Band in 2011. Jump to 07:00 for some awesome funk sax by Ron Holloway.
Saturday Matinee – USS Hartford Breaks The Ice, Remi Gaillard & Ray Charles
ARCTIC CIRCLE (March 10, 2016)
USS Hartford (SSN 768) surfaces in the Arctic Circle near Ice Camp Sargo during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2016. Servicemembers and civilians assigned to Arctic Submarine Lab clear ice from the hatches to allow for surface access. ICEX is a five-week exercise designed to research, test, and evaluate operational capabilities in the region [via].
Remi Gaillard’s Blind Man [via].
Ray Charles was the best. Have a great weekend, folks. We’ll be back here tomorrow, rain or shine.
Saturday Matinee – The South Memphis String Band, Bascom Lamar Lundsford & The Allman Bros. Band
The South Memphis String Band is a bit traditional and a bit unorthodox in their approach to country bluegrass and blues. Here’s their version of “Jesse James.”
“Jesse James” was first recorded by Bascom Lamar Lundsford in 1924. He played and promoted traditional Appalachian folk music and styles from the previous century.
The Allman Brothers‘ version of “One Way Out,” recorded live on 2 November 1972 in Hempstead, New York:
“Ain’t but one way out baby,
Lord I just can’t go out the door;
Ain’t but one way out baby, and
Lord I just can’t go out the door;
‘Cause there’s a man down there,
might be your man I don’t know.”
Here’s a brief history of the song with links to earlier recordings.
Have a great weekend, folks. More fun is on the way.
Hot Links Of The Apocalypse
Meatball Parade has earworm potential.
The Mumble Song by the Charioteers.
Clark Terry mumbles the best. (Wait for the punchline.)
This is a big crack.
If someone calls you a punk, brat, jerk, dunce, fool, rube, bum, barbarian, cretin or a bunghole, he/she probably doesn’t know the source of those terms of endearment.
Flibberty Jib describes this Presidential Election cycle perfectly.
Saturday Matinee – Dog Looks, Skatalites, and others
YES. Dogs do this, especially with a nice soundtrack [via].
Dedicated to all the Social Justice Warriors out there.
Have a great weekend, folks. See you back here tomorrow for more inanity.
Dead Stuffed Cat Hot Links
Spotted this machine here, and all I can say is WOW.
The following is the Feb. 29, 2016 Medal of Honor award ceremony for Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Edward C. Byers Jr. who won the award during actions he took in a hostage rescue in 2012. [Jump to 00:16:00 to hear his story.]
Scientists have discovered a way to extend the lives of lab mice by 40 percent. Somehow that’s darkly humorous to me.
This is a must read for all voters: Dr. Thomas Sowell.
The Star Wars paintings of 1920 Soviet Russia.
The Museum of Communism, Prague.
[Top image from here.]
Saturday Matinee – Gene Pitney, The Reflections & Aretha Franklin
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence. Great song and great movie.
That’s how teenagers danced to The Reflections in 1964. Meanwhile Aretha Franklin was crankin’ out this:
Have a great weekend, folks, and if you have a minute, tweet #FreeStacy. He’s a good guy who’s done nothing wrong.
Saturday Matinee – Ice Stacking, Room Full Of Blues, Magic Slim & Buddy Guy
Lake Superior pwns the ice [via].
13 February 2016
“Lake Superior put on a dramatic show with her recent ice in Duluth, Minnesota.
[…]
The seemingly endless ice sheets broke into large plates and stacked on shore, sounding much like breaking glass. The ice thickness ranged from about 1/4″ to about 3″ thick.”
Room Full Of Blues (AKA The Institute of Awesome). They’ve been around for decades and don’t get half the respect they deserve. I heard them live in the ’80s and my ears are still ringing.
How ’bout some Magic Slim? Nice bad boy groove, that.
Buddy Guy coached a young prodigy on stage, and displayed no condescension whatsoever. What a class act.
Have a great weekend, folks. Be back here to tomorrow, because I said so.
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