“This full-size handmade toy has a bell mechanism (a cowbell inside which rings when the crank is wound) a hook, a receiver and traces of paint. Made from scrap wood for a child when toys were made at home. Circa 1910.”
[Found here.]
Category: Retro & Vintage
The Death Starlet
R.I.P. Erdélyi Tamás, aka Tommy Ramone
Another punk bit the big one.
Erdélyi Tamás, aka Tom Erdelyi, aka Tommy Ramone, assembled and helped create one of the most influential bands ever. The Ramones never had a hit single, despite hiring the legendary (and mentally disturbed) Phil Spector.
Tommy Ramone was not new to the recording industry when he and other Brooklyn friends decided to form a band to provide an alternative to the pre-packaged marketing-department formulaic garbage that infested the airwaves in the mid to late 1970s. The Ramones went back to rock and roll garage-band basics, with a twist – they played louder and faster.
That The Ramones rose to popularity by playing 3-chord rock in an obscure venue in the New York City Bowery district says a lot. Punk was born at CBGB’s, and although The Ramones’ garage-band style never garnered them a hit, their influence was huge.
Their message was, “Screw Emerson Lake and Palmer, Yes, Kansas, Foreigner and ELO! Screw CSN&Y and Boston! Listen to C, F & G!”
And The Ramones were spot on. R.I.P. Erdélyi Tamás, and thanks.
Saturday Matinee – DZappa plays FZappa
I was talking to a younger co-worker today, and out of the blue he asked what my favorite band was. Good question with an easy answer.
My response was Frank Zappa, any lineup post-Mothers, beginning with “Apostrophe.” Jazz, rock, & pop, Zappa had all genres covered, and he did them all well (especially R&B DooWop). “Peaches En Regalia” is one of my favorite songs [00:54:00].
Zappa was one of the few popular musicians/composers that I would have liked to have met face-to-face, but since I’m not in the industry, and that Frank Zappa passed away years ago, it’s not going to happen.
Dweezil & Co. plays Frank. Jump to 0:2:45 for the start of awesome (and yes, according to FZ, Dweezil was named after his mother’s little toe).
Have a great weekend, folks, and be back here tomorrow.
British WWI Body Armor
[Found here.]
Saturday Matinee – Red Skelton, David Byrne & SRV
Classic presentation of The Pledge Of Allegiance eloquently delivered by Red Skelton.
“This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)” is classic David Byrne.
Let’s wrap it up with Stevie Ray Vaughan from 1983 with a killer version of “Texas Flood.”
Have a great Independence Day weekend, folks.
Messerschmitt KR200 1956-1964
Hot Links From The Valley Of The Jolly
Back Up Truck P0rn. Watch the whole thing. Awesome happens at about 07:42.
Much retroness found here. I remember some of the stuff.
It’s pronounced “tchar-leenah.”
One of the greatest movie soundtracks ever.
Out of isometric graph paper? Here you go. [Found here.]
Play God. Create an island [via].
Hey, buddy. Got a light?
What surprised 18 3rd World immigrants once they immigrated to 1st World Nations. (Yeah, there appear to be a couple of trolls, but the others are interesting).
Top image: The Vibraniques (?).
Saturday Matinee – Bunk Struttin’ With Some Barbecue
Here’s Louis Armstrong from1953, “Struttin’ With Some Barbecue.” He recorded the song in 1927 with his first band, The Hot Five. (If that link don’t shine, try this.)
Ray McKinley with Bobby Nichols (cornet) and Lennie Hambro (clarinet) circa 1960.
Pete Fountain has his own take, too.
The Marsalis Family did their own take of the classic, circa 2009.
That should do for now. Have a great weekend, folks, and we’ll be back here tomorrow whether you like it or not.
Tacky Raccoons 