A suspension of hostilities was agreed to in 1918, yet it was not the end of The Great War. Appeasement without enforcement of sanctions led to unimaginable atrocities a few short years later.
May we never make that mistake again.
Category: Retro & Vintage
Hot Links for Algernon
Josh Jennings for Congress. He speaks truth to power as far as he knows.
4 November 2016 – Fayetteville, NC: Twenty hold-ups in 2-1/2 minutes by same man. No arrests, suspect at large.
This omni-directional conveyor belt is called a Celluveyor. Here’s another one with a jumpy jivey music track [via].
Here’s what happens if you dress up as your dog’s favorite toy for Halloween.
I quit watching TV decades ago because the family arguments on what to watch weren’t worth it. Recently they introduced me to The Walking Dead on Netflix and I got hooked. Three weeks later I’m overruled again, and The Walking Dead has been preempted by reruns of Roseanne. Now I’m back to not watching TV.
Ever feel like you’re merely a walking protein?
El peinado del emoticono de la caca. (Hint: it’s a hair-doo.)
John Lydon [aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols] once appeared before Judge Judy. Here’s the vid.
Noodling. Yeah, we posted the vid before, and you’ll never do it in your lifetime, unless you really want to.
Don’t forget to reset your calendars tonight.
Saturday Matinee – Nature Rx, Dan Martinez & Buckwheat Zydeco
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Dan Martinez aka the Piano Juggler is amazing [h/t Bunkessa].
The 1961 hit “Hey Baby” by Bruce Channel (featuring Delbert McClinton on harmonica) is one of those songs that’s almost impossible to do a bad cover of. DJ Ötzi’s version from 2000 is probably the best known, but Buckwheat Zydeco‘s take from 1994 is pretty good (and there’s a 1970 VW Karmann Ghia in the vid, too).
Have a great weekend, folks. More coming up.
Jim Ignatowski’s Father
Veterans of WWII re-acclimating to civilian life.
[Found here. The irreverent reference to Reverend Jim Ignatowski is a joke.]
Saturday Matinee – Ghost Theme Park, Are You Popular?, Ray Charles & Tommy Emmanuel
The second or third Happiest Place on Earth.
Japanese theme park Nara Dreamland was built in 1961 but was permanently closed in 2006 due to declining attendance. At one time this place was filled with laughter; now it’s just spooky. This is what it looks like after years of neglect. [via].
“Are You Popular?” I wish I’d seen this 1947 PSA when I was in High School. All my dates could have been spatulas and 2x4s.
Ray Charles performs at an elementary school in London in a 1964 film “Ballad In Blue” [via].
Tommy Emmanuel is amazing. No formal training, can’t read or write music, yet his sound is incredible with an unmistakable Chet Atkins influence. He reminds me of Leo Kottke.
Have a great weekend, folks. There’s more to come.
The .GIF Friday Post No. 458 – Marvel Costumes, Oktoberfest & The Addams Family
Saturday Matinee – Mississippi John Hurt, Jimi Hendrix & Stevie Ray Vaughan
Mississippi John Hurt sings a classic spiritual.
[That one’s for you, Calo.]
Jimi Hendrix – no slouch on a reversed and restrung 12-string.
Stevie Ray Vaughan burns it. The clip is apparently from a television show in France, date unknown. Some think that may be an impostor because his face is hidden, but I seriously doubt that any impostor who plays like that would need to pretend.
Have a great weekend folks.
Yeah, you cut her off without signalling, didn’t you.
You shall be vaporized in T-minus 10 seconds and counting…
[Found here, and yeah, that’s a Messerschmitt KR175.]
Evolutionary Hot Links
Dinosaurs washed up on Florida beach prior to arrival of Hurricane Matthew.
Friend from Jacksonville rode it out & posted this.
Coffee table lets you ponder the ocean depths. At this scale, whales and ships are microscopic, so you’ll need a few tokes to fully appreciate it.
One of the best Tweets by a CNN “journalist” ever.
Tim Meadows, aka Leon Phelps, The Ladies’ Man.
Climate catastrophe was predicted in 1873 [Source] and it never happened. Via the The July 10, 1873 Decatur Republican (Decatur, IL) :
We have heard from our ally, Prof. Plantamour, again. Last year he prophesied we were to be burned up. Now he declares in a paper just issued in Paris, that everybody will be frozen to death in the year 2011. We are glad to have the date accurately fixed, for we shall arrange for our life insurance policy to expire in the year 2011. The first news of the freeze will appear in the Saturday Evening Post for Jan. 1st, 2011, an we shall offer as a premium to clubs that year, an all-wool overcoat four feet thick, with an air tight stove in each breast pocket, and a gas heater in the tail, and an open grate arrangement at the collar. The getter up of two clubs will have a pair of skates, and a double breasted pink undershirt thrown in. Persons who wish to compete for these prizes, can send their subscriptions now, from this year to 2011, in order to make the thing certain. No paper shall beat us, if we have to get up a corner in a double-breasted undershirts and create a panic in the market. –Max Adeler
And yeah, we gotcher Climate Change hangin’.
Raccoon Whack-A-Mole. The music is really annoying, so turn off the sound. You’ve been warned.
THIS is a happy dog.
Saturday Matinee – Little Isidore, Rhett & Link, Dead & Company, and Stevie Ray Vaughan
Way too few Little Isidore videos in this world IMO. (Click that link to be amazed.)
Rhett & Link, singin’ the order… then they had to pay for it. Posted in 2009, here’s the caption:
Yes! the guy’s reaction is totally authentic. He had no idea we were coming, and he really got the order right (almost right). We couldn’t believe it either, so we understand the questions….
[h/t Octopus.]
To those suffering the wrath and aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, here’s this:
Dead & Company. Pretty decent lineup, including Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann & John Mayer.
This is also appropriate, even though Texas wasn’t hit by the hurricane.
To my friends on the East Coast, stay safe.
Tacky Raccoons 