Category: Retro & Vintage

John Rowley’s Contribution to the World

How to Build a Zebra

Step 1.  Build a zebra frame.

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Step 2. Paint to resemble a zebra.

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How to Build a Rhinoceros

Step 1.  Build a rhinoceros frame.

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Step 2. Paint to resemble a rhinoceros.

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How to Build a Wildebeest

Step 1. Take a wild guess.

“The Art of Taxidermy,” 1898, by John Rowley can be found in its entirety here.  The text is fascinating.  I just might download it so I can repair my jackalope head.

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[Another excellent find by Hanuman.  Jackalope photo from here.  Also, check out our Archive of Contributions to the World.]

Saturday Matinee – SCOT TREK, Paris@140mph, 2x (Ol’ 55), Long May You Run.

The laugh track is unfortunate as this dealie is funny by itself.  I’ve got no idea what they’re saying. [Found here.]

“On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of  Paris early in the morning . The film was limited for technical reasons to 10 minutes; the course was from Porte  Dauphine, through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur.

“No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit. The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red lights, nearly hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets.

“Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch was arrested. He has never revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went underground.”

[Link and description via email. Apparently it’s been around for a while, but.  Tip o’ the tarboosh to Dan S.]

This was my introduction to Tom Waits, via the Eagles, and I  hated the Eagles from then on.  Looky here:

Ahhh. Yeah. The originals are always the best. Like this one:



The .gif Friday Post No. 77 – Showtime

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[Folks, because .gif animations often can’t be traced to their original sources, we don’t credit the collection sites where we find them. If anyone can prove the original sources of any .gif animation posted on Tacky Raccoons, we’ll update posts and give credit. –Bunk]

THE BEST OF THE BEST OF V.1

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Oh, man… and it’s a salad fork, too.  $20 would be too cheap.
Anyone gotta download of this?

[Found here, and crossposted on AmyOops.  Too good not to share.]

update below the break…

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Ohh Gawd.

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The neighbors upstairs are practicing Flamenco again.

[Found here.]

Johann Tetris – 1928-2009

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Cartersville, GA  (Strutts News Services) – Even in an economic downturn, many businesses flourish. Tetris Constructions is one of them. Regardless, Johann “Joe” Tetris died yesterday afternoon of natural causes, succumbing to HSB.  HSB is known to laymen as “He Stopped Breathing.”

Johann Tetris 1993 TED Convention (Strutts News Services Archive Photo)
Johann Tetris at 1993 TED Conference (Strutts News Services Archive Photo)

TC founder Tetris was born into poverty but not by choice.  He’d intended to be born into wealth, but those dreams were squelched by economic forces beyond his control.  Ever since birth, Tetris fought to rise above the dirt-floor/waxed-paper windows of his childhood to create one of the most lasting icons of the “Information Age.”  That icon would be Tetris Constructions.

Tetris’ work is recobanized throughout the civilized world as cutting edge modular construction:  fast paced, low cost, rarely finished, but in Tetris’ own inimitable iconic style.

Some call it brutal. Others are both alarmed and enthralled at the possibilities and potentials of the breakneck speed of real-time design, combined with the willy-nilly construction system that Tetris Constructions promotes.

The TC motto sums it up: “We Build Faster than an Honest European Lunchbreak.”  Johann Tetris will be missed by many, but his legacy endures.

– Janessa Vapors (Strutts News Services)

[Found here.]

Saturday Matinee: Wolf vs. Pig, The Wrecking Crew, Tommy Tedesco, Lightnin’ Hopkins and John Prine

This trippy oddness was found here.  Kinda long, but somebody put a lot of time into it.  The result is excellent.

Here’s a trailer for an unreleased documentary.  The Wrecking Crew was a band you’ve never heard of, but you’ve heard ’em.

Tommy Tedesco was a member of The Wrecking Crew, and was probably the most talented session guitarist ever. He was certainly the most recorded one.

Lightnin’ Hopkins.  How many POS bands covered this great song?

It’s getting late, so here’s John Prine, live at the kitchen table. I miss nights like that.

[Bonus below the break.  I’m gonna break the G-rating just this once, only because I think it’s funny.  Kids, bring your dad in before you click on it, have him read this caveat, and you won’t get into trouble.  I’ll take the blame, and I promise I won’t do it again as far as he knows.]

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Tweety Bird Dead at 67

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Palm Springs, California (Strutts News Services) – Long admired yet not forgotten, Robert “Tweety Bird” Balderstien passed away at the age of 67 at his ranch home in Palm Desert, Southern California.

Robert Svenson Balderstien, hatched in 1942 in Suffolk, Massachusetts, by immigrant parents, adapted to the stage early, despite his hydrocephelitic condition. Contrary to popular belief, his medical condition did not cause his speech impediment, and for years he battled the stereotype.

Balderstien also rejected the contention that he was female, and fought the resulting insinuations and innuendos all his life before retiring in seclusion in Palm Desert, California.

sylvester-tweety“I never said, ‘I tawt I taw a puddy tat.’  I have perfect enunciation, but Warner Brothers chose to overdub my voice, and I was stuck with it ever since.”

Longtime friend and companion, Sylvester The Cat, also of Palm Desert, gave a touching eulogy that ended with, “Yeah.  I’ll mith him the motht. He alwayth thought he thaw me, and motht timeth he motht thertainly did.”

[Image from here.  Related obituary here.]

Saturday Matinee – Charlie, Ramones, Chantays, Dale, Vaughan

Charlie the Unicorn 3 has prolly been around for a bit.

[Found at Miss Cellania’s Blog ‘o Fury.]

Gotta clean the palate after that one. Hey Ho! Let’s Go!

The Chantays rocked on The Lawrence Welk Show in 1963.

Dick Dale and Stevie Ray Vaughan play “Pipeline.”

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble play Hendrix.

When I was a boy…

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It’s got a zip code, ergo post 1963.

[Undoctored image found here.]

[Kinda Related Story:  If you don’t believe this, you can verify it for yourself. In the google box, type in google trends. When the new box opens, type in Chuck Norris, boobs.

Also, except for understandable spikes in early November 2008 and late January 2009, The Little Mermaid consistently kicks Obama‘s ass. Analyze the data as you see fit.]