[Found here. Related post here.]
Category: Odd
The $2 Million Dollar DUCK
“The sale, titled ‘L’Universe des Arts Decoratifs,’ included an array of Art Deco treasures and furnishings. […] François-Xavier Lalanne’s giant duck stood out, especially since it more than doubled its initial estimation of $1.1 million. The sculpture itself is almost five feet tall, and, more notably, stretches to almost seven feet in terms of its length.”
The sale/auction was held in Paris, April 2021 .
[Image and caption found here.]
Saxicolous Hot Links
Bop Cat Stomp, King Charles & His Orchestra (1954)Except for discography and a few audio recordings on YouTube, I can find almost nothing about Charles Morris (aka King Charles, Blue Charlie Morris, Left Hand Charlie and Morris Charles). If anyone has a link to his background, please leave a comment and I’ll update this post.
X-Ray animation of beatboxing?!
The International House of Logorrhea is my go-to source for Hot Links titles.
Billy Ireland & the KKK. Good stuff (despite some unnecessary extraneous commentary). Nice collection of Ireland’s work here.
Misc. – Still trying to bitchslap the new WP format into something tolerable. It’s almost there, I’m still messing with the unpredictable, and I’m not responsible for the overuse of white space. – Bunk
[Top image found here with the caption: “A female pit brow worker, the photograph was probably taken at the Wigan Coal and Iron Co Ltd.”]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 694 – How To Win At Cat, Custom Signs & Leaf Drop
[Cat Winning h/t rightymouse. Signing Lady captured from Biden speech 8 July 2021. Leafdrop found here.]
BTW – this is our 5,501st post!
Lawrence Lipton’s Contribution To The World – DUHAB the Beatnik Robot
July 19, 1965 – L.A. Times
GADGET FOR TODAY–Author Lawrence Lipton, chronicler of the beatnik scene, demonstrates his “robot,” Duhab (Detector of Undesirable HABitués). Lipton says robot ferrets out the undesirables – including censors, book-burners.
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“The Venice West beat scene was the most promising attempt ever made to bring avant-garde culture to Southern California, and it was murdered by self-righteous, puritanical busy-bodies and hostile police,” he said.
[Image and story found here.]
Floodwaterbug
Balmoralitistic Hot Links
He’s Gone, The Chantels (1957)One of the first R&B “girl groups” to hit the charts, the Chantels were Arlene Smith. Sonia Goring, Lois Harris, Jackie Jackson and Rene Minus, all schoolmates from the Bronx. They had been singing together since 1950 and honed their harmonies practicing hymns (and Gregorian chants). In 1957 they scored their first hit with He’s Gone, written by lead singer Arlene Smith.
The Clavis Inferni by Cyprianus.
“Hi. This Is a List of Butt-Related Words.”
Opening Windows in 1985; MS Paint at 13:20.
[h/t Corinne L.]
Man found the stoplight cameras were activated during yellow lights so he cut the wires.
Dear WordPress: Really? REALLY?!? [Related gripe here.]
[Top image source lost at the drive-in long ago.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Saturday Matinee – Bench, Eric Bibb, Pepe Ahlqvist w/ the Wentus Blues Band, & the Sad Sam Blues Jam
Such a touching story. In clay.
[h/t Mme. Jujujive]
“America, for all of its associations with pain and its bloody history, has always been a place of incredible hope and optimism. To be American, and particularly to come from New York City, is to be blessed.” – Eric Bibb
Eric Bibb was interviewed in April 2019 by Charlie Heat at Kensaltown Live. Jump to 01:12 for some stompin’ blues.
Finnish blues rocker Pertti “Pepe” Ahlqvist & the Wentus Blues Band, live in Borås, Sweden (2004). Scandi blues at its best.
Let’s go one more. The Sad Sam Blues Jam features sisters Sadie Johnson (Vocals/Guitar) and Sam Johnson (Bass), with Krista Hess (Vocals/Guitar) and Matt McCarthy (Drums). Sam Motter is the wailin’ sax player. That’s what they sounded like in 2014 while still in high school!
Looks like that’ll do it for now. Gonna see if I can unclog the sidebar widgets that WorpDress arbitrarily farked up, but other than that, have a great weekend and we’ll be back tomorrow with more roughage.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 693 – Mrs. Kravitz, Facemorphs, Little Hoopster & Hellcycle
[Source for Mrs. Kravitz .gif is missing; facemorphs was created from a CGI demo vid in here. 3rd & 4th found here and here.]
Friday the 13th
[Found here.]
Tacky Raccoons 