Wind blows and Spectrum service goes into the hidey hole. It went out last night, just came back up a few minutes ago.
I’ll have something new up tomorrow – Bunk
Black Cat Door
[Found in here.]
Lambitive Hot Links
You Can’t Make Me Doubt My Baby, Bunker Hill (1963) In the late 1950s David Walker joined a traditional gospel group, the Sensational Wonders, who would later become The Mighty Clouds of Joy. Walker used the pseudonym Bunker Hill to avoid conflict of interest trouble but they found out anyway and Walker was booted. As Bunker Hill, Walker also recorded with Link Wray (with brother and manager Vernon Wray).
Robopigeon [via Mme. Jujujive].
Jammin’ the bar codes [via IHSTWOTI]
What we have that they don’t [via Feral Irishman].
Buy ’em by the sack [via The View from Lady Lake].
Explained: Netherlandish Proverbs, Bruegel the Elder, 1559.
[h/t Memo Of The Air]
Flight 5390 in flight photos; story here. [h/t Bunkerville]
[Top image found here. I think those are young emus.]
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Saturday Matinee – Bill Plympton’s Boney D, Elise LeGrow & Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
Boney D. (1996) by Bill Plympton & Jonathan Lee . Better than computer animation, and Plymptoons always made me smile.
Elise LeGrow‘s unusual take on Fontella Bass’ 1965 hit Rescue Me is sultry and sleazy, yet still respectful to the original.
Boogie woogie master Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra head over to Fat Freddie’s Place. Don’t know who the soloists are in this lineup, but that trumpet player melts it.
Fun times this week, and I’m getting a bit tired of it. See you back here tomorrow and we’ll cook up a big ‘ol pot of drudgery. Have a great weekend.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 795 – Mudvision, The Escaladies & Rail Fail
How Cold Was It?
[Found here, h/t Pam M.]
House 351
House 351
Josefine / Lemonshots. 2021
Strawmen
Carnavales de Ituren, Navarre, Spain 2017
[Photo by Carlos González Ximénez, found here.]
Lightly Salted Service
“If you visit Dothan, Alabama, you might notice a few fun characters standing about 4 feet tall along the side of the road. Actually, you could see around 67 of them around the city if you keep an eye out. These colorful characters are part of a public art project by The Downtown Group of Dothan, and each one is a peanut. After all, Dothan proclaims to be the ‘Peanut Capital of the World,’ with approximately half of the peanuts in the United States grown within a 100-mile radius.”
Peanut Capital of the World? Might want to walk that one back a tad, Dothan. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030846/major-producers-of-peanut-worldwide/
[More peanut people here.]
Bdellotomic Hot Links
My Girl Sloopy, The Vibrations (1964) The Jayhawks recorded the hit Stranded In The Jungle in 1956, changed their name to The Marathons, and eventually became The Vibrations. The McCoys’ 1965 cover (retitled Hang On Sloopy) is the better known, and The Yardbirds’ version is just awful. Now about Dottie Sloop…
Dance hard [sound up].
Bdellotomic is not a typo.
Pure awesome from 1980.
It’s in the hole [h/t Gord S.].
The Dancer [via Mme. Jujujive].
THE Ringtone [via Bunkerville].
Drifting plates [via Memo Of The Air].
Hard on the eyes yet cool at the same time.
NA Intermodal Units Rail Traffic has a pulse, and 2023 is down for some reason. [h/t GuardDuck]
[Top image: Best guess is that’s a late 1940s Chevrolet 5700 COE truck, courtesy Chuck C. Now chop that top.]
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Tacky Raccoons 