When the ceiling calls, pay attention.
[Found in here.]
Category: Retro & Vintage
Saturday Matinee – Baaa, Fire, Idiot Wind, Sugar Ray, Deep River Blues
This WILL give little kids nightmares. [Found here.]
Ohio Players on the Midnight Special 1975.
Dedicated to Hurricane Irene, here’s Pauly Shore Bob Dylan, kinda singing.
Room Full of Blues caught on 16mm B&W film from 1956 + 40 years.
Doc Watson’s “Deep River Blues.”
With that we’re out. Have a great weekend folks, stay safe and away from the floods.
Catching some Zs
How Not To Present The Evidence
Saturday Matinee – Leon Russell, Dr. John, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Jimmy Smith; Red Nichols, Pete Candoli & Al Hirt
That’s Claude Russell Bridges, aka Leon Russell, 1964.
That’s Malcom John Rebennack, Jr., aka Dr. John, playing Stephen Foster‘s “Swanee River Boogie.” Not sure what year this one’s from.
The Squirrel Nut Zippers‘ “Ghost of Stephen Foster” has been posted here before, but I like it.
Bill Doggett‘s “Honky Tonk” by Jimmy Smith is a head-bobber.
Three of the greatest trumpet players of all time: Red Nichols, Pete Candoli and Al Hirt playing “Hot Lips,” ca. 1964.
That’s it for now. Have a great weekend folks, and be back here tomorrow for more fun.
1904 Budweiser Commercial
Hot Links of the Beat Generation
Geese Teeth here.
“Zoom Zoom Zoom” by Jimmy and the Barbarellos is great a capella.
What’s your favorite number? Tell this guy.
Click and scroll down for the Snooty Cam. You’ll like it.
Interview with a 1-year old, with subtitles.
“It’s A Good Life” was a short story written by Jerome Bixby in 1953 that was turned into one of the creepiest Twilight Zone episodes ever.
Beat Generation was written by Rod McKuen.
The Late Country Dick Montana had a solo EP. Listen to snippets here (NSFW).
Wow. I’d never heard of “Action Park.” This amusement park was so dangerous the owners were forced to buy additional ambulances for the local hospital. Lemur King mentioned it here, with additional links here, here and here.
Heading to Senegal this summer? An English-Wolof dictionary might come in handy.
Conway’s Game of Life is a fun curiosity from a few decades ago.
Ever seen a hook-faced conehead? You will if you click here.
Saturday Matinee – Glassblowing, Giant Rabbits, Paul Reubens, Delinquents, Riding the Curb
I took glassblowing in college in the middle of winter. Pure awesome. The instructors all had scars, and our own teacher accidentally sat on glow worm. Burned his ass in glass class.
The biggest danger was blowing the bubble. Inhale super-heated air by accident and you’re gonna die. [h/t Woosk]
Night of the Lepus Trailer. Big bunnies be eatin’ and killin’.
Pee Wee Herman Unmasked! Interview with Paul Reubens.
Mr. Grimes was a dick. I like him, at least in the first half of this instructional video from 1947.
11 years later, Mr. Grime’s protégés were curb dragging in 1958 L.A.
Have a great weekend and be back here tomorrow for more fun.
Carp Happens.
[Found here.]
Saturday Matinee – Roy Buchanan, Link Wray, Stevie Ray & Jimmy Vaughan, Kim Wilson
Roy Buchanan’s version of Link Wray’s “Jack The Ripper.” Guitar or chainsaw, you decide.
Link Wray’s “Switchblade.” Sorry, no action video, but that song is so nasty, I’m gonna listen to it again while I fish for other stuff, like this:
Link Wray’s version of “Unchain My Heart” from 1975.
Stevie Ray and Jimmy Vaughan on a single doubleneck guitar. Great stunt with the Fabulous Thunderbirds, and speaking of Kim Wilson…
I’ve prolly posted some of these before, but so what. Some are worth reposting, and it’s been a long week. Have a great weekend folks, see you back here tomorrow for more fun.
Tacky Raccoons 