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.]
This.
“What does a zero sound like?“
Free breakfast. And lunch. And dinner.
Sports Illustrated and creeping sharia.
Ancient beer recipe translated and brewed by monks.
All of Don McClean’s songs were sappy. There. I said it.
This creeped me right out. [G] [via]
This creeped me right out, too. [PG13]
This creeped me right out even more. [PG13]
From The World is Run by C Students Department:
In 2017, Jim Kenney, the democrat mayor of Philadelphia increased the soda tax to 1.5 cents per ounce, raising the price of a two-liter bottle of soda by roughly 67%. Tax revenue fell by 51%, shops closed and workers lost their jobs as people began shopping out of town. Brilliant move, moron.
[Top image found in here. Happy 30th Anniversary to Bunk & Bunkdalene.]
Here’s another.
Okay, I think I see a pattern. Here’s one more.
Okay, I’ll stop, but not before I link to this Danier Leather commercial.
Alvin Lee & Ten Years After‘s “I’m Going Home” is one of the greatest speed metal rock tribute songs ever, and this live version dates to 1969 – Woodstock. TYA had only one Top 40 hit.
How ’bout some Samantha Fish?
Definitely dangerous. Hand her something with four wires nailed to it and she’ll jam it down your throat. I want to hear what she can do with a diddley bow.
That’s Justin Johnson playing classic Son House on a custom-made glorified diddley bow.
Have a great three-day weekend folks and please remember what Memorial Day is all about. See you back here tomorrow.
Dude’s not going anywhere, especially with that silly hipster beard.
Meanwhile, Nancy is fighting sepsis.
Giphy is a good source for odd .gifs, but they don’t give credit to contributors, so screw ’em.
Okay, so there’s a bird, a turtle in love with a river rock, a dinosaur with antennae, an ambient lawn light, an ex-girlfriend, a mock turtle, a bat sleeping upright, and a giant hummingbird riding a whale.
Not sure of the original Japanese artist who created this, but he’s got nothing on these guys.
[Image found here. I enhanced it a tad.]
Check out the 1st link here. (Thanks, Stacy.)
Ronnie Hawkins‘ girl is red hot, but your gal ain’t doodley squat. Just sayin’.
Can’t promote religion in public school except for this one.
“At least be forthright about your desire to subvert and dismantle our democracy into a creepy theological order led by a mad king.” -NY Rep. Alexandria Occasional Cortex
School lunch lady did the right thing and got fired for it.
[UPDATE: There’s more to the story.]
Lunch Lady action figure demonstration.
Woman gets suspended from FaceBook for posting easily verifiable facts.
From The Irony Department: Every Pro-Abortion advocate in history was not aborted. TRUE.
The Myths of the Minimum Wage. Yeah, I did my own research in 2014.
The Myths of Gasoline Pricing. Yeah I did my own research in 2009.
Need Bingo stuff? Here you go.
[Top Image: Great Gift Idea from here, via here. More great gift ideas here.]
Tacky Raccoons 