Category: True Stories

Saturday Matinee – Jonathan Winters, Manu Chao, Gnarlemagne & Billy Cobham/George Duke Band

Jonathan Winters (1925-2013) was the most talented improvisational comedian ever. R.I.P.

Manu Chao, Live Baionarena – Dia Luna Dia Pena. Chao’s got an interesting background that explains a lot of  his leftist politics.

Gnarlemagne‘s “Funky New Orleans” is some fun nasty ska.

“The Red Baron” by The Billy Cobham – George Duke Band, live at Montreax Switzerland in 1976. Very cool funk groove, featuring George Duke, John Scofield, Alphonso Johnson and Billy Cobham.

That’ll do for another edition of The Saturday Matinee. Have a great weekend folks.

Embryonic Bat Skeleton

Embryonic Bat Skeleton

[Found here.]

Molossus Rufus

Bat Black Mastif Embryo

Destined to become a gargoyle, that’s a Black Mastiff Bat embryo.

[Images found here, via here.]

A TR Milestone – 1,500,000 Big ‘ol Honkin’ Views

15000k

According to the Tacky Raccoons Statistics Department, we received our 1,500,000th blog view sometime this morning, and this is our 2,329th post. Thanks a wad for the all the visits. – Bunk

Oscar Big Grouch Bird

Big Oscar Bird

That image was in the “One Of These Days I’m Going To Post It” file. Might as well post it now since Jane Henson, muppeteer and wife of the late Jim Henson, passed away 2 April 2013.

[Image found here.]

Parakeet

Parakeet Story

That made me smile.

More Than A Watch Dog

Stare Dog

[Found here.]

Celtic Round Hounds

Celtic_round_dogs grn

Many Irish myths and legends include mentions of hounds. The most famous involves the Celtic hero Cuchulainn (The Hound of Ulster) or (The Hound of Culann) who stroked a blacksmith’s Celtic hound with his bare hands. When Culann, the blacksmith asked who would now guard his shop the young Cuchulainn offered to take the dog’s place thus gaining himself the title of ‘The hound of Culann’. The offer was turned down and Cuchulainn went on to become one of the greatest warrior legends of that era, but the nickname stuck. Other famous Irish hounds were Bran and Seolan who belonged to the warrior, Fionn mac Cumhaill. The mother of Bran and Sceolan was Tuiren, and was Fionn Mac Cumhaill’s aunt, transformed into a hound by a fairy or Sidhe. [via]

Sunday Go To Meetin’ Hot Links

Cat Camo

10 Camoflage Cats.

You had one job… [via]

A Bacterium on a Diatom on an Amphipod. [via]

George Thorogood discusses his influences and his switch from acoustic to electric guitar.

The Beatles’ most counterfeited album: Introducing The Beatles.

First known image of computer porn. (Don’t worry. It’s cool.)

“I swear! He just went into another cow’s butt!” Kids discuss Cyriak’s “Cows & Cows & Cows.”

All about Kenny, Bush Chooks, EB, sport, E squared, red can, green stuff, kero and wife bashers here.

The Bible, translated into Gullah, is apparently not a parody: Gullah Nyew Testament.

It happens.

VERY COOL sciency images with brief descriptions here.

Natural Sunscreen

Snail Burn

Kinda creeps me out, not so much for the snails, but for everything else – the solar cooker, the scary dude lurking behind the canvas recliner, the ominous black car that the thug drove up in…

Apparently that’s Fin Keheler from Sandy UT, attempting to break the Guinness Book of World Records for keeping the most live snails on his face for ten seconds.  He succeeded with 43 in 2009, breaking the previous record of 36.

[Found here.]