Retro & Vintage – Tacky Raccoons

Lost Portraits

[Found on Facebook with caption, no additional info, h/t Pam M.]

Happy New Year Hot Links

Auld Lang Syne Boogie, Freddie Mitchell Orchestra (1949) The Freddie Mitchell Orchestra (aka Hen Gates & His House Rockers, Hen Gates & His Gators) features Mitchell on sax and Rip Harrigan on piano.

“For years the rumor was that Hen Gates and His Gaters were in fact the Dizzy Gillespie band. In fact Hen Gates is Freddie Mitchell and the tracks on the album credited to them, Lets All Dance To Rock And Roll, are simply old Derby masters given new titles. When Derby filed for bankruptcy in 1954, Freddie Mitchell masters had been sold cheaply and had already been reissued on several labels before they turned up on Masterseal who thought they could pull a fast one and pass them off as tracks recorded by Hen Gates and His Gators who, according to the LP sleevenotes, were ‘a group of talented young Rock ‘N Roll musicians.’ ” [Source]

Oh Kenneth.

A bit of snow.

The 80s called.

Nine baby carrots.

Pikas aren’t doomed.

A bird of many colors.

1. Sound up. 2. Be amazed.

The Gratitude of the Pious.

Kaiser-Fraser plans ahead.

Trippy water photography.

The David Hasselhoff Museum.

The Institute of Nomadic Architecture. [h/t eaglesoars]

“We’re out of projects. What do you want to work on, Bob?”

“Well, Jim, I was just thinking…” Twelve months later...

The Freezer Bowl of 1981 was the coldest game in NFL history.

January 1 2023 is Public Domain Day. Copyrighted works from 1927 will enter the US public domain [via Mme. Jujujive].

Tom Leher has relinquished all copyright restrictions to his music and lyrics, and they are free to download at his website [via Memo Of The Air].

Just added a new archive category: Raccoon Stuff.
Don’t know how I missed it after all these years.

[Top image found here, h/t Gord S.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.

Last Minute Gift Ideas – Christmas Weaponry

[Images found here. The patent drawing for Grover C. Shaible’s weapon of mass confusion (lower right) may viewed in all its glory here.]

Natalitial Hot Links

Hoy, Hoy, Hoy (Rockin’ on Christmas Eve), The Honeydippers (1997) The band was formed in 1996 by rockers Gary Twinn (guitar) and Danny B. Harvey (guitar), with Clem Burke (drums) and John Carlucci (upright bass).

Look up.

Who rules you?

Cars with eyeballs.

Campers & Trailers.

Chicken, chicken, chicken…

Porky Pig does Blue Christmas.

Look at this doggle [h/t Bunkerville].

Oh. Christmas tree [h/t Mme. Jujujive].

“Seagulls gonna come. Poke me in the coconut.”
[h/t Bits & Pieces]

Ellen Baker’s Solar System [via American Digest].

Museum of Wonky English [h/t Memo Of The Air].

[Top image found in here.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.

Mama Can I Go Out Tonight, Jo Ann Campbell (1959) Before you roll your eyes, Bo Diddley wrote that song – that’s him on guitar, with King Curtis on tenor sax and Jerome Green on the maracas. It was recorded for her 1959 album I’m Nobody’s Baby. Campbell had a promising career as a dancer when she transitioned to rock and roll. Promoted by Alan Freed (and appearing in his showcase movie Go Johnny Go!) she had a successful recording career, charting hits in the UK as well as the US.