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Aeolotropic Hot Links

Gloria Grahame & Humphrey Bogart – In a Lonely Place (1950)

It’s Bad You Know, R.L. Burnside (1998) The remix album Come On In by Delta blues guitarist R.L. Burnside was released on Fat Possum records in 1998.
Burnside was born in 1926 in Lafayette County, Mississippi. He learned from Mississippi Fred McDowell who lived in the next county over. Burnside and his family, tired of the life of sharecroppers, moved to Chicago in the early 50s. Subsequently his father, two uncles and two brothers were murdered there. In 1959 he returned to Mississippi, was convicted of murder himself, and served time at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, aka Parchman Farm.

A sign was required.

The War of Key West.

Dead Mouse Delivery.

Rainforest hotel drama.

Sir Kermit & Lady Piggy.

Meanwhile at the Changoo.

Regarding Lizzie and Henry.

Cone pen [via Memo Of The Air].

JAWS – BBC edit [via Everlasting Blört].

Such a pleasant lady [via Thompson, blog].

[Top image: Movie .gif found here.]

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Little Latte Foo Foo

[More found in here. Artsy coffee tutorial previously posted here.]

Foudroyant Hot Links

Drumheller, Alberta boasts “the world’s largest dinosaur statue”, a 26.3 meter tall Tyrannosaurus Rex statue. Just like the iconic T-Rex from the Fallout New-Vegas videogame, visitors can climb an internal staircase and view the surrounding desert through its mouth.

If You Were Mine, Otis Rush (1957)From his first hit in 1956 (I Can’t Quit You Baby) Otis Rush was the sound of West Side Chicago electric blues. His vocals and playing style influenced many who followed, including Buddy Guy, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughn (who named his band after Rush’s 1959 hit Double Trouble).

Hillrider.

Extreme cocktails.

On again, off again.

Crustacians & clams.

Popcorn & stop signs.

She hates intolerance.

Swiss Mountain Finder.

1976 Top 100 audio montage.

Tubas of history [via Thompson, blog].

Harry Revel’s Music From Out Of Space.

Pruncey-hayshin [via Everlasting Blört].

Hellbent For Safety [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: Canadian T-Rex with caption found here.]

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Obtruncated Hot Links

Whale bone chess pieces found in Uig, Scotland, 12th Century AD.

Dap Walk, Ernie and The Top Notes, Inc. (1972)
Over the years, Ernie has arranged and written songs for the likes of Ernie K-Doe, Alex Spearman, King Floyd, Eddie Bo, and Jessie Hill. He’s backed stars like Joe Tex, Solomon Burke, and Mardi Gras Indian bands, including the Wild Magnolias and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux’s Golden Eagles. He’s been a staple at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Formed in 1971 in New Orleans, the group consisted of Ernie Vincent (aka Ernie Vincent Williams) / guitar, writer & producer; John “Dap” Peters / bass; Lawrence Bowie / trumpet; Freddie Green / trumpet; Nathaniel Gaines / sax; and Peter Rooster / drums. They disbanded in 1980.

Ukraine train.

A little squirt.

Ethics is so passé.

Efficiency camper.

Memories of Covid.

Laundromat clothes.

“Is the coffee ready?“

Liver-eatin’ Johnson.

Mischievous tiny people.

The Phantom of Heilbronn.

She hates fascist democracies…

Vocal Fry-y-y [via Thompson, blog].

Women in trees [via Everlasting Blört].

Jemma’s discord [via Memo Of The Air].

Shadowbanned & threatened over a song.

Exposing Afghani women to modern art is pricey.

Silky malachite plate with stalactites and botryoidal formations.

[Top image: Two pawns from a 12th century Scottish chess set found here. More about the Lewis Chessmen here.]

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Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

Just a pile of random unrelated stuff.

Rheotropismic Hot Links

Atomic Dog, George Clinton (1982)
Atomic Dog was P-Funk‘s last recording to hit No. 1 on the U.S. R&B chart, but didn’t make Billboard’s Top 100. Bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay.

Chewin’ the ‘zooka.

An unfinished song.

10 BIG COOL DRINKS.

The mountains of Houston.

The Reflecting Pool update.

The Season [via Bustednuckles].

Heinrichs and Bachmann covers.

Fast tapper [via Memo Of The Air].

Hoodrats in Mehdi’s Bronx bodega.

Metro Tunnel State Library Station.

Cows and cars [via Thompson, blog].

Couldn’t edit the green guy who’s a girl.

Top 50 clichés of AI [via Nag on the Lake].

Doodle Boy then, Doodle Boy now [via Everlasting Blört.

[Image at top: Tusken Raiders of the Lost Ark, via Miss Cellania.]

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Misocaineacal Hot Links

Romantic Beach, Los Elásticos (2003)
Banda instrumental de México, amante de la lucha libre y de la de Música Surf. Los cuatro luchadores y una Go-go Dancer tienen una página web por ahí.

Mr. Hive Kitchen.

Artsy dartboards.

Soviet baby rallies.

Husbands of Target.

Sad transformations.

Ze Frank & Hymenoptera.

Pallets & pallets & pallets.

“Here’s what I think, Toto.”

Disappearing dabbawalas.

Joshie’s extended vacation.

Surgical Elementary School.

Potty love [via Thompson, blog].

Daredevil is Latin for bonehead.

Richard Johnston, Lonely Hunter.

The Boston Boom [via The Feral Irishman].

Argus is omnidirectional [via Everlasting Blört.]

1948 MG TC Special Roadster [via Memo Of The Air].

[Image at top: Soviet baby rally propaganda poster ca. 1923 via Nag on the Lake. Among other things they are demanding clean diapers.]

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The .Gif Friday Post No. 957 – Five Froggos, One Happy Trailer and An Ice Plant

[Found here, here and here.]

Inconcinnate Hot Links

Tear Drops, Soul Brothers Inc. (1967 Salem Records) 1960s northern soul group from Christiansburg, Virginia, with vocals by brothers Earl and Marshal Carter. A copy of this rare 45rpm can fetch as much as $5k. (Not to be confused with Soul Brothers Inc. from Houston, Texas, or S.B.I. / Soul Brothers Inc. Records.)