The late great Lonnie Mack.
Steve Ripley & The Tractors were responsible for creating the highest selling album ever recorded in the state of Oklahoma.
In 2019, Malford Milligan, backed by Danny Vera (& band), performed a great cover of Sam Cooke’s 1963 classic on Dutch television.
https://londonstereo.com/3-D-gallery1-2019.html
GIFs created from this, this and this [via Mme. Jujujive].
I debated whether or not to post this as it’s a personal story, part of a journey, but it’s an important one to me. So here goes. Continue reading “My 3rd Year Anniversary of Beatin’ the Odds”
9am daily. Pen on paper, 8-1/2 x 11, approx. 2 square inches per each 30 minute teleconference.
SE Corner of Poland Ave. & Charles St., New Orleans, LA
14 May 2023
Cankton Two Step, Leeman Prejean (1988) From an obituary:
A native of Carencro and a resident of Lafayette for most of his life, Leeman Prejean retired from the Lafayette Parish School Board after thirty-two years of service as a custodian. He had a passion for music and was an active musician for thirty-nine years with “Leeman Prejean and the Happy Playboys of Scott“.
bababababop [via Bunkerville].
A reply to a message in a bottle.
NOT a deepfake. Those are real.
Bar napkin art [via Memo Of The Air].
The thing is called the Great Seal bug.
USAF racist program to combat racism.
A Unique petting zoo opened in Florida.
A.I. generated 1993 Pizza Nuggets commercial.
[via Mme. Jujujive]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Aaron Hughes‘ impressive hand-drawn animation Five Cents:
“Drawn by hand on thousands of market data pages from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times with ink, white-out, gouache paint, gold leaf and other materials.”
[h/t Mme. Jujujive].
Formed in South London in 1980, The Meteors are considered the first verifiable psychobilly band (and the second band to use the term).
The Interrupters: Aimee Interrupter & the Bivona brothers always look like they’re having fun, probably because they are.
That’s all for now. Be back here tomorrow and we’ll make up stuff.
Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1963, colorized.
Tacky Raccoons 