The Volkswagen Beetle is older than we thought.
[Found here.]
Timelapse of fireflies by Vincent Brady [via].
Pete Daily‘s “Over The Waves” from 1951: Daily on cornet, Burt Johnson trombone, Pud Brown clarinet, Skippy Anderson piano, Len Esterdahl banjo, Bud Hatch tuba and Hugh Allison drums.
Red Nichols & His Five Pennies rocked your grandparents, assuming your grandparents were entirely cool and bitchin’. (Of course they were.)
Have a great weekend, folks. Be back here tomorrow for more inanity.
[Image from here.]
One was a left-handed guitar player, the other was a mass-murdering terrorist.
Apparently it’s difficult for some to tell them apart.
[Found here.]
Cross stitch + .gif animations + transvestites = The RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation Workshop.
“We met over 4 Wednesday nights to learn cross stitch, view experimental animation, celebrate local drag, and discuss GIF culture.”
“Cookin’ With Aunt Ethel” as sung by Linda Hopkins is great and bizarre at the same time. Apparently it’s from a 1985 satirical play entitled “The Colored Museum.”
Google this and read it.
Congressional Record–Appendix, pp. A34-A35
January 10, 1963
Current Communist Goals
EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. A. S. HERLONG, JR. OF FLORIDA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, January 10, 1963
Posted verbatim sans commentary here.
The Tee-Tones are awesome.
Q: What happens if a fire breaks out where firearms ammunition is stored?
A: Not much [via].
Émile Cohl’s Fantasmagorie (1908) is regarded as the first cartoon animation [via].