Stuff I Do When I’m Bored
Category: Stupid
Dégringolade Hot Links
I Really Love You, The Stereos (1961) Formed by members of The Buckeyes, The Stereos were an R&B group from Steubenville, Ohio, and recorded from 1959 through 1968. Their biggest hit, I Really Love You, was later covered in 1983 by George Harrison.
More about Robot Archie.
Robbie Shilstone’s animations.
Old trains & obscure locomotives.
Laser kids busted (watch in 2x speed).
Electric vehicles of old [via Bunkerville].
Best Albums of 2024 that I haven’t heard.
25 minutes of destruction [via Mme. Jujujive].
More proof that the true minimum wage is zero.
The Flammerian Engraving [via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image: TV Night 1968 found at Team Jimmy Joe.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 857 – The Splat Sisters, The Bean Bed & Elvis Whips It Out
Notonectal Hot Links
Tut Tut Tut, Gillian Hills (1965)
Tut Tut Tut was a French cover of The Lollypops‘ song Busy Signal (1965), and was featured in the excellent Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit (2020).
Music video of Gillian Hill’s version here.
Pretty little flapping things.
The Carpet Explorers [via IDHMGO].
A 1905 pet shoe [via Memo Of The Air].
“We were all wrinkly and pruny and shit.”
The Half Hour National Lampoon Radio Hour.
Loud music alarms striped eel catfish [via Bunkerville].
[Top image by Gerald DuBois.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Adoxographic Hot Links
Zoom Zoom Zoom, The Collegians (1958) A hit for the Collegians, the intro to this song was adopted by the Marcels in 1961 for their classic version of Blue Moon.
Hotel di Vinyl [via Mme. Jujujive].
The Driving Test [via Bunkerville].
Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.
I don’t know any of the songs but it’s still a cool mashup.
[via Memo Of The Air]
4000 photos taken by Lluís Bussé are in the Barcelona Airport.
[Top image: Everyone in that A.I. generated photo is named Jeff. Unkown source.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Belomancing Hot Links
This Is Ska Live, Bad Manners (1997)
Bad Manners hooked me with their cover of Millie Small‘s 1964 hit My Boy Lollipop (a cover of My Girl Lollipop credited to Robert Spencer of The Cadillacs and recorded by Barbie Gaye in 1956). Bad Manners also recorded one of the prettiest reggae love songs ever: Samson and Delilah.
Everyone needs a little space.
Bump It Up [via Feral Irishman].
Class photos [via Mme. Jujujive].
A collection of weaponry memes.
Fruity Oaty Bars [via Memo Of The Air].
Stoic, serious, and pragmatically practical cows.
The 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Carbon Footprint Awards finalist [via Bunkerville].
Feeding 1st Responders after recent storms. (It’s Stalecracker, dood!)
[Top image: 1983 Bad Manners 45 rpm all clean and shiny.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Mirror for Sale – Only Used Once
[All images found in here. Some of the photos on this Reddit thread look deliberate / staged, but there are some fun ones.]
Japanese Pigeon People
In March 2013, a Google Street View Trekker captured a flock of Pigeon People along the Tamagawa Aqueduct Greenway, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan.
[Found here.]
The .Gif Friday Post No. 852 – Pulseface, Dad vs. Kid Gamer Styles & Rubbermaids Are Go
Stuff I Do When I’m Bored
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