Update: Early Wednesday morning WordPress had some problems and was shut down for a few hours, leaving this Friday .Gif Post scheduled prematurely. I couldn’t bear to let such an embarrassing error stand, so I hung my head in shame and rescheduled it for the proper time slot.
Lo siento un poco.
Love Shock, Sonny and his Wild Cows (2012) From Budapest, Sonny and his Wild Cows is fronted by “Wild Cow Sonny” and plays American blues, R&B, rock & roll, rockabilly, swing, and country western with a 1940s-50s retro style. [Free download of their 2012 album The Berlin Session here.]
Celebrating 100 years of StarWars.
Splashy splashy [via Mme. Jujujive].
Get Aht-a Tahn and more yinzerspeak.
SoKno Kroger has great deals [h/t Pam. M.].
Opening an 18th century safe [h/t Bunkerville].
The spy plane that was so stealthy it didn’t exist.
Tight dirndls of Oktoberfest [via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image: Pachamama,”an androgynous being that is omnipresent, omnipotent and can procreate itself.” Artwork by Kurimalai.]
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Mostly impulsive stuff previously posted elsewhere. The owl’s face (top left) is a from a linoleum cut by Gorehound Smithers.
Ain’t Misbehavin’, Fats Waller (1929) The master of the stride piano, Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller (1904-1943) was playing at the age of six, dropped out of school around age 15 and became an organist at the Lincoln Theatre in Harlem. By 18 he was recording. According to one story, he was kidnapped at gunpoint by Al Capone’s henchmen and forced to perform at a birthday party for the mob boss.
Dress up to camp out (and more).
How to kill lobsters (thread story).
Mike Pacheco’s bongo earworms.
Recalling the Water Wiggle [via Memo Of The Air].
Die Eishöhle der schrecklichen Musik [via Bunkerville].
Realistic British seaside trip generator [via Mme. Jujujive].
[Top image: Ann-Margaret in The Swinger (1966) found here.)
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Tacky Raccoons 