Tacky Raccoons

A Hindu God

I saw her standing by the side of the road four weeks ago as I rode past. I thought I was imagining it. But even for me, that would have been imagining things on a super-overdrive. She did actually have a framed picture of David Lynch. Usually I have seen women carrying a small statue or framed picture of one of the numerous gods to ask money for.

I roamed around and asked for her whereabouts. After four weeks, we finally met. She, and a few other women from the same village, does this for work. When they need a framed picture of a god, they go to a local framing shop and ask if there is one that the customer never came back to collect. For some reason, she chose this one of a white god this time, she said.

“Which god is he?” she asks me at the end of our meeting and chat as I walked her back to her bus stop.

“The one that has made some of the most beautiful things in the recent years, unlike the others,” I said.

[Photo and caption by Tanmay Saxena, found here via here. The photo was taken three weeks prior to Lynch’s death.]

Diprionidian Hot Links

Last of the Singing Cowboys, The Marshal Tucker Band (1979)
The group recorded numerous albums that went gold and platinum, including their first, titled simply The Marshall Tucker Band (1973). The band was named after Marshal Tucker, a blind piano tuner whose name was inscribed on a key to the warehouse where the band rehearsed.

Great blue heron!

¡La Migra! ¡La Migra!

Emma O’Leary’s dogs.

Norty Blues Episode 101.

The NYC A-Train Sax Battle.

USSR December 1978: -73°F.

Mister Nice Hands – an interactive classic.

“I’ll take ‘Decipher It’ for one million, Alec.”

Photogenic couples [via Memo Of The Air].

The White Room [story here via Feral Irishman].

Cruising St. John [via The View From Lady Lake].

[Top image: Atlas moth found here via Bunkerville].

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.

Saturday Matinee – Indiara Sfair, Nick Waterhouse & the Carl Verheyen Band

Brazil native and harp virtuoso Indiara Sfair has a tutorial for harmonica beatboxing here.

Nick Waterhouse has an eclectic mix of styles: rockabilly, R&B, jazz and soul, with traces of both old Americana and modern indie rock. He likes vinyl records too.

Besides being guitarist for Supertramp, Carl Verheyen is “one of LA’s elite ‘first call’ session players for the past 40 years, playing on hundreds of records, movie soundtracks and television shows.” Unfortunately Verheyen’s videos don’t credit the band, but that’s Dave Marotta on bass, John Mader / drums, Troy Dexter / keyboards and Hollye Dexter / vocals.

Message to 2025: Please STFD and STFU. We’ve had just about enough of your shit. Take a breather. Message to everyone else: Porch time commences at the crack of noon. See you there.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 891 – Cat on Ice, Water War & The Dance Off

[Found here, here and here.]

Capy & Friend

[Found here.]

Bloor was a Jerk.

[Found here. More about Bloor here.]

Palm Frolic

[Found here, location unknown. Definitely needs a hammock.]

Sliced Caravelle

CARBON COPY is a sculpture by Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garrett, installed in the Brewery District of Edmonton, Canada, in 2018. The lights of the 1988 Plymouth Caravelle glow, and a laser in the front seat scans the pavement every 20 seconds.

“CARBON COPY transforms an unremarkable suburban car into an illuminated obelisk, a monument to North America’s car-centric culture.”

[Found via here and here.]

Hekistothermic Hot Links

Honky, The Ho-Dads (1963) The Ho-Dads were formed by Lou Josie (aka Jimmy King) of Medina, Ohio.

Little Big World.

Roadtrip ruined.

And Dali howled.

Men Into Space Part 1.

Pain slinky deployment.

Norty Blues Episode 100.

Splodey Head Syndrome.

Crawfish [h/t Corinne L.].

The Dynamic Distortions.

Commuter train efficiency.

Minnesota ice [via IDHMGO].

Unidentified seismic object.

Nobuhiko Obayashi’s House.

David Byrne’s cheerful reasons.

Arid flicks [via Everlasting Blört].

Cat score is playable! [h/t Jaime G.].

Check your messages [via Memo Of The Air].

1969 Dodge Charger Hellcat [via Bunkerville].

30 minutes of helicopter crashes [h/t Possum whose cats like watching helicopter crashes].

[Top image: If you don’t know you probably shouldn’t be here.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.

Saturday Matinee – Clarence Gatemouth Brown w/ Canned Heat, Joe Louis Walker, and Kim Simmonds / Savoy Brown

Clarence Gatemouth Brown, backed by Canned Heat, one of the greatest blues revival bands ever. Gatemouth Brown was a rare talent, played multiple styles, and if you told him a 10 penny nail was a musical instrument, he could play it.

Joe Louis Walker has recorded with Ike Turner, Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, and Steve Cropper. Per Billboard, his style “blows all over the map…gutbucket blues, joyous gospel, Rolling Stones-style rock crunch, and aching R&B. Walker’s guitar playing is fine and fierce.”

Welsh guitarist Kim Simmonds (1947-2022) was the founder, primary songwriter and sole constant member of the British blues rock band Savoy Brown. Very underrated band.

Fires are still burning in the west, Arctic temperatures in the east, and we’ve got a whip-cracker in DC. Very interesting year so far, and if this keeps up 2025 is going to be in rehab by March. Keep your eyes open, your heads down, and we’ll see you tomorrow for porchtime.