Emotional Weather Report, Tom Waits (1975)
Truancy, wilding, Kroger & ICE.
Termite Town [via Thompson, blog].
Slinky Heaven [via Everlasting Blört].
This is not a cup [via Memo Of The Air].
The Elephant Stables of Hampi [via Miss Cellania].
[Top image: Somewhere, photo by Brett Beaudry (ca. 2025) found here.]
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[Found here, foo.]
Just a pile of random unrelated stuff. Bottom left is a theoretical action movie starring this guy.
Short, Fat and Ugly, Lucy Malheur (2021) Lucy Malheur is a German singer/songwriter/producer who, with very few exceptions, only publishes her own songs.
Mystery Pickle Jar; story here.
Moonstone [via Memo Of The Air].
Water & sewer bills: $20K [Scroll up].
Quitting flipbook [via Everlasting Blört].
Making famous faces [via Miss Cellania].
Little Miss Foamface [via Thompson, blog].
The trouble with radiators and heater cores.
How to uglify a house and become famous anyway.
IMO the Bourbon Street live webcams get better after midnight.
[Top image: Nordic sphere retreat found here, via This Isn’t Happiness.]
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Moonlight Shuffle, Les Elgart & His Orchestra (1959)
After successful runs with several big bands of the 1940s, Les Elgart and his brother Larry formed their own orchestra with a distinctive brass-heavy sound. Their most recognizable recording, Bandstand Boogie, became the theme song to Dick Clark’s American Bandstand television show.
Ice.
The polar bears are doing just fine.
Bruce Lee vs. a Navy Seal instructor.
Ideal Astrobase [via Everlasting Blört].
The art of the hole [via Memo Of The Air].
New Hampshire and Maine prepare for war.
Calve’s Head dressed Turtle Fashion & other recipes
[via Thompson, blog].
Postcards of the Russo-Japan War [via Nag on the Lake].
[Top image: flipped Waffle found here.]
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Trash, New York Dolls (1973) This seminal proto punk band took their name from the New York Doll Hospital, a doll repair shop.
I hope you never have to use it.
Animal scans [Thompson, blog].
Reckless [via The Feral Irishman].
In defence of a sheep [via Everlasting Blört].
The fate of the Waratah [via Memo Of The Air].
“A gyroscopic airfoil based on sound aerodynamic principles.”
[Top image: Dirty Dogedog found here.]
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Just a pile of random unrelated stuff.
I Can’t Stop Dancing, Archie Bell & The Drells (1968)
Soul / R&B group from Houston, Texas, Archie Bell & The Drells had a string of hits in the late 60s-70s. They are best known for their 1968 dance hit Tighten Up which shot to No. 1 on the charts while Bell was recuperating from a leg injury he suffered while in the U.S. Army.
AiDA.
Stations down under.
Bear down under.
Lyrics to Hocus Pocus by Focus.
Limping devils and their vejigas.
Machines [via Everlasting Blört].
Warming up the car [Thompson, blog].
Happy blogoversary to The View from Lady Lake.
Morgan James sings Floyd [via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image: Snow couch found here.]
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Slow Down, Larry Williams (1958)
From Wiki: “Lawrence Eugene Williams (May 10, 1935 – January 7, 1980) was an American rhythm & blues and rock & roll singer, songwriter, and pianist from New Orleans. He is best known for writing and recording some rock & roll classics from 1957 to 1959 for Specialty Records, including Bony Moronie, Short Fat Fannie, Slow Down, Dizzy Miss Lizzy (1958), Bad Boy and She Said Yeah (1959).”
Trolling Valheim [via Neatorama].
Dentalheads [via Everlasting Blört].
Remembering Jonathan and Darlene.
Two cats, two theremins [Thompson, blog].
Try these for openers [via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image: Street fighter ca. 1950 (colorized) found in here.]
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Tacky Raccoons 