“In 1968, while learning his trade and working in London as an animator, Terry Gilliam somewhat accidentally created a short film, the project would later take on the working title of The Christmas Card.”
THIS KID.
With only a week until Christmas, Booker T. & The M.G.’s Time Is Tight seems fitting. Have a great weekend. I’m gonna sleep in before things get too busy.
Oh, and just one more thing because it’s awesome.
Fun and surreal, The Avalanches are kinda like a sedated Devo on speed.
The 11th video by Otava Yo. Timonia is a folk song from the Kurskaya district, and filmed in the village of Kuznetsovo, Republic of Mari El, Russia, over the summer of 2020. Captions are helpful, sort of. Nice scenery.
Filmed in 1971 by a 10 year old boy, an ape man terrorizes the neighborhood. [Caution: Disturbing images and graphic violence.]
Pure Appalachia. Abby The Spoon Lady and Chris Rodrigues, busking on Wall Street, ca. 2014.
Yeah, these are kind of surreal for a Saturday Matinee, but it all seems to make sense given recent events. Have a great weekend and we’ll meet up tomorrow for therapy.
Sam Butera & The Witnesses (1964).
Written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, Elvis scored a hit in 1961 with Little Sister in 1961, but Ry Cooder‘s 1982 version is my favorite.
New Blues, Miles Davis w/ Robben Ford & Bob Berg (1986).
Don’t be fooled -it starts out slow then sneaks up behind you and kicks you in the head. Ford steps in at about 3:00.
Have a great weekend, see you back here tomorrow and we’ll talk it over.
Seems like Swamp Dogg has been around forever; he’s 90 and still recording: “Every time I listen to some new music that everybody thinks is the greatest thing since hot biscuits, it’s full of Auto-Tune.” He decided to give it a go, and used it to give “a sense of emotional detachment” on his album Love, Loss and Auto-Tune (2022).
Tamio Okuda’s Blues. (2014). The guy on jerry can guitar is Tamio Okuda, and that’s James “Super Chikan” Johnson.
Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters in 2013.
I’ll be around all day tomorrow. See you then.
Sadeck Waff, Oxandre Peckeu et 126 performers professionnels et amateurs. Remerciements à la Neodance Academy et leurs équipes pour le casting et la gestion des danseurs.
A clip from their 1931 short film Nine O’Clock Folks, The Mound City Blue Blowers featured Red McKenzie (kazoo), Jack Bland (Vega guitar) and Frank “Josh” Billings on suitcase. YouTube video description includes Eddie Condon, but I think that’s Eddie Lang on guitar. The movie title referred to the local curfew.
Bette Midler at her peak (circa 1984) with a killer cover.
One of the most underrated bands ever: Los Lobos, from How Will the Wolf Survive , 1984.
Well, dang. Down to the wire, out of time & out of steam. See you tomorrow.
The Platypus [h/t Gord S.]
From St. Petersburg, Russia, Messer Chups is listed under vampire space zombie surf rock, and their version of the Bondage theme is the best I’ve heard. Recorded at Brin de Zinc (Chambery-France) 2014
Oleg Gitaracula – guitar; Zombierella – Bass; Rockin Eugene – Drums.
Ten minutes of a bluesy Doors-ish groove. Tito and Tarantula were filmed for an episode of Texas Roadhouse Live (hosted by Kinky Friedman) in 2010. Tito Larriva played Radio Head in the movie TRUE Stories (1986) and was a founding member of The Plugz.
Rory Gallagher slides all over the place at the Montreux Jazz Festival, July 1977. Five years earlier he was crowned International Guitarist of the Year. He died in 1995 at the age of 47, from liver failure caused by prescription drugs; his grave marker is a replica of the award.
That’ll do for now. Have a great weekend, see you back here sometime tomorrow.
#klangberlins: Konzerthausorchester Berlin pays tribute their city.
Mario Wienerroither‘s (mostly) unplugged Rolling Stones. [h/t Pam M.]
It’s hard to tell, when the devils look like angels and angels look like hell.
The Reverend Peyton’s Bid Damn Band has an appropriate message for the upcoming elections.
Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter and Rick Derringer, Rockpalast 2007.
I have big plans to sleep in tomorrow, but stop by anyway and help yourself to the cooler on the porch. I’ll be out soon enough and we’ll do stuff.
“It’s not easy for a movie-star to age – especially when you’re a stop motion animated skeleton monster. Phil, once a terrifying villain of the silver-screen, struggles to find work in modern Hollywood due to being an out-of-date special effect.”
Article with “the making of” video here.
David Lynch does the creepo.
Who needs Halloween music when you got Tom Waits. Little kids wouldn’t come near our house once they got within earshot of Bone Machine.
Alabama Black Snakes fit in with the theme.
Gonna be some pumpkin sacrificin’ around here, even if Halloween comes on a Monday this year. Have a good one, see you tomorrow.
Felix Semper‘s paper sculptures are trippy as all heck, and the reason for it is even better. [h/t Suz P.]
Andy Bean & Fuller Condon, aka The Two Man Gentlemen Band, got some damn hot licks for having such clean hands.
Batmobile was founded in 1983:
After several months of covering Elvis Presley, Johnny Burnette en Gene Vincent songs, Jeroen Haamers (vocals/guitar), Johnny Zuidhof (drums) and Eric Haamers (double bass) decide to start writing their own material.
Best part happens at 1:17.
Hillbilly Moon Explosion is done with that truck but keeps driving anyway.
Okay, that’s it for now, gotta save something for then. See you tomorrow.
Tacky Raccoons 