I got one of these as a present when I was a tad. The slide was inoperable as it was for looks only, and I recall that I annoyed a lot of adults with it. Somehow it disappeared for a long while, but reappeared a couple of years later.
No idea where it is now.
[Found here.]
Murder In The Red Barn [1827].
Murder In The Red Barn [78 rpm melodrama 1932].
Murder In The Red Barn [Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan 1992].
Autos Cubanos en el año 2019 [via].
Who’ll Stop The Rain? This guy can [via].
Visit Los Angeles! See Socialism In Action!
Possibly the worst job in the tech industry.
No racism to see here. Nope. None whatsoever.
“Ideology doesn’t change. People do.” – Burgess Owens
From the Connections Department: Bandleader Fred Waring begat The Waring Blender which begat Dr. Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine. TRUE.
From The Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Iraq war veteran (Airborne Infantry) bought a plot of farmland in rural Virginia and discovered that something came with it. Grab a mug and listen to his story.
Junior Wells‘ performed his 1960 hit “Messin’ With The Kid” live in 1993. The Blues Brothers did a decent cover in 1978, and this version by The Healers is killer.
The Healers have one fine lineup, and one fine cause.
Roy Buchanan (1939-1988) was one of the greatest unknown blues guitarists in modern history. Have a listen to “Roy’s Bluz” live in Austin Texas, 1976. [Related posts here.]
Have a great weekend, folks. Got a nice assortment of Hot Links for you to sift through tomorrow.
No it doesn’t.
It looks just like a late ’60s piece of crap station wagon.
Nice try.
“The children stretch out in the back, gaze up at the stars through the sun roof and they’re off to sleep in no time.”
Yeah, sure. Carbon monoxide poisoning puts you right out… been there, done that. Then you wake up with a pounding headache. Dad’s 1972 Ford Country Squire did it to me.
Years later it happened again. Danny Rat and I were hiding in the trunk of Raul’s Buick to sneak into the local drive-in theater without paying. We paid in brain pain that night, and I never did it again.
TRUE.
[Image found here.]
On This Day In Jazz Music is very cool.
Remember when David Letterman was sane?
Ringo explains his drumming style. [Hint: He’s left-handed.]
Here’s a job that pays $174K per year and allows you to vote yourself a “cost of living increase.” Pheeeew.
Every once in a while I’m reminded of The Institute for Centrifugal Research and how awesome it is.
“The history of spam started in 1864, over a hundred years before the Internet, with a telegram sent en masse to a number of British politicians. In a prescient sign of things to come, the telegram was an advertisement for teeth whitening.”
[Top image: Sun Tzu’s “Art of War” has been reincarnated as a graphic novel, illustrated by Pete Katz, found here.]
T. Rex was a proto-punk band despite the glam rock stuff, and yeah, Marc Bolan was a Jeepster.
Yeah, I listened to Mott The Hoople, too, despite the glam rock stuff.
And yeah, I listened to Lou Reed despite his earlier heroin-addled glam rock stuff.
Have a great weekend, folks, come back here tomorrow for more stuff.
P.S. Tomorrow is Fathers’ Day. Do him a favor. Call and say “Hi, Dad,” then leave him alone. He’ll appreciate it. =)
Microfluidics are awesome.
From the What If This Were Your Business Department:
A family-owned Ohio bakery, founded in 1885, was falsely accused of racism by Oberlin College administration for calling police on young thugs, was awarded $11M in defamation case.
The 7th and 8th Commandments both apply here.
“Save the Planet” by cutting class? Reminded me of The List.
The President met with the Queen of England, and POTUS’ lack of decorum wasn’t reported .
[Top image: The Big Blue Hole of Ohio. Bottom image from here.]
Goodbye Mr. Snuggles. (Impressive credits roll, too.)
Stan Ridgway and Wall of Voodoo were unusual for the time. They weren’t prolific, but I liked what they did.
Filmed & Recorded on May 4, 2019 at the Dallas International Guitar Festival
Red House is pure awesome, but I can’t find a direct link to the band.
Kelsi Kee – Vocals
Reece Malone – Guitar
Ally Venable – Guitar
Anthony Cullins – Guitar
Danny Ross – Keys
Mike Gage – Drums
Aram Doroff – Bass
Holy crap. I just found this. So heavy and nasty.
Have a great weekend, folks. See you back here tomorrow for more awesome.
The exploitation of Peter Max.
Cool EcoVid, but why the porn soundtrack?
Desert Blues – Jimmy Rogers, 1929.
Desert Blues – Skeets McDonald, 1965.
Desert Blues – Ricky Nelson, 1967.
Desert Blues – Leon Redbone, 1975.
More versions listed here.
If in Riverside, California, take this tour.
If in Wilmington, Delaware, take this tour.
If in Lynchburg, Tennessee, take this tour.
Max Mueller II, mayor of Idyllwild, California, is a real SOB and everyone knows it.
Mom ordered a t-shirt from China for her 3-year-old and it came with a surprise bonus feature.
And it’s all supposed to be spontaneous. Yeah, right.
Un-Aborted Pro-Abortion woman tries to make the argument:
“Let’s eliminate suffering by killing those who MIGHT suffer.” Pheew. Even Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger was against abortion as a contraceptive (except for blacks). The entire premise is false.
From the archives: 10 years ago. 5 years ago. 1 year ago.
[Top image from here.]
Tacky Raccoons 