This has been circulating on the TwitX, so click it first:
I wanted to suss out the song, so I stripped the audio, slowed it down, increased the volume, then pasted it back into the video. Sounds like two teens blasted out of their minds.
“Welcome to McDonald’s?” No idea.
[h/t Charlene604 for linking to the original.]
[Found here.]
“When Zurich police published a photo of their mass of equipment laid out next to their patrol car on September 1 [2019] they had no idea that they were starting a viral challenge that would spread around the continent.
But for the past two weeks, police, ambulance and fire services have taken up what is being called the ‘Tetris Challenge’, highlighting the huge amount of equipment that they need to do their jobs – and how it fits into their often relatively small vehicles.”
Fiberglass Jungle, The Crossfires (1963) Formerly known as The Nightriders, The Crossfires released one 45rpm record in 1963, then abandoned the surf guitar sound, changed to folk rock and renamed themselves The Tyrtles. Then they changed the spelling and became The Turtles. (See also Flo and Eddie.)
“The war on inflation is over.” Or not.
Paper toy templates [via Mme. Jujujive].
Nature’s pinhole cameras & the solar eclipse.
Putting the lizard in the pot [via Bunkerville].
The Four Corners of the Earth [via Memo Of The Air].
Window Swap opens a random video window with audio.
[Top image: Training the Worm, AI image courtesy Pam M.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Ugandan cover of Midnight Special?
Dolen Ffermio (Farming Link) is a Welsh charity that supports projects in Uganda. 30 women from the Llanfyllin area supported 30 Ugandan women by buying them Adungus (bow harps) and paying for training.
8 Ball Aitken Band is out of Brisbane, Australia, plays Aussie blues and country. Good stuff.
The 45s are a self-described “60’s Beat, Soul and R&B of a certain vintage” group from Carlisle, England. The band formed in 2012 when they were only 14 years old; they released their first single, It Ain’t Over, two years later.
Another weekend, another eclipse, another reason to sit on the porch with the dogs. See you when you get here.
[Cropped still from this cool video.]
[Image found here. It’s a still from this video, and the following clip was posted in the comments.]
Tacky Raccoons 