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Tag: art
The Pillar-Biter
The Pillar-Biter (1509-1517), seen on the lower part of the choir screen of St. Bavo Church, Haarlem, the Netherlands.
A common motif in late medieval and early modern Northern European art is the “pillar-biter.” Usually, the pillar-biter is depicted as a man who clings to a column while biting into it, but there are also representations of men and women who embrace or kiss columns. In the iconographic literature, the motif is usually linked to religious hypocrisy and the dissimulation of piety.
[Image found here, caption here.]
[Update: Another pillar-biter from the same church, found here.]
Fabaceous Hot Links
Ooh Poo Pah Doo, Taj Mahal (1996) Cover of Jesse Hill’s 1960 classic. It was originally performed by a New Orleans pianist known only as “Big Four”. Reportedly Hill wrote down the melody and lyrics while hearing it live and began performing it with his own band.
Tasting Surströmming.
Discussing Surströmming.
Fkkn Jeff [via Feral Irishman].
The French invented car theft.
The Infanticiser [via Bunkerville].
Kerry Hyde’s science fair project (2021).
YouTubes’ 20 year anniversary Top Ten.
Pickle lovers always insist on a proud pickle.
Listen with your teeth [via Memo Of The Air].
American polyglot learns bonabo [via Everlasting Blört].
[Top image: The Crow, digital art by Sigi Kolbe ca. 2009 found here.]
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Harry’s Airplanes
Beat culture musician, filmmaker and avant-garde artist Harry Everett Smith collected things, including paper airplanes.
The Collections of Harry Smith, Catalogue Raisonné
“Volume one features richly detailed photographic documentation of 251 paper airplanes gathered by Smith from the streets of New York City over an approximately 20-year period. Whimsical and weird, the paper airplanes rank among Smith’s most mysterious collecting pursuits. This extensive compendium presents the fruits of his extraordinary aeronautic pursuit and highlights the tangled history and myths that accompany them.”
Easter Lamb Cakes
Vectitating Hot Links
Big Ugly Wheels, The Beat Farmers (1990)The Beat Farmers (1983–1995) were a great band from San Diego, California (best experienced live) and featured the late Country Dick Montana. According to their website, they’ve since reformed re-formed with a new lineup.
Ce n’est pas pizza.
C’est une pizza.
Dogs and horses [via Bunkerville].
Who put Luebella down the wych-elm?
Bailong Elevator [via Everlasting Blört].
“Can we keep him?” [via Thompsonblog].
Electric throat guitar?! [via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image: Painting by Robert Abele III, found at My OBT.]
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Antique Toys of the Damned
[All are the work of Petr Válek, found here.]
The .Gif Friday Post No. 897 – 386 Bears, A Rainy Day & Sliding Windows
Doodle Challenge Accepted.
Press Play or Advance arrows to view gallery.
All are the work of artist David Jablow, and there’s more at his website. [h/t Donna of My OBT.]
Kapnographic Hot Links
Mumbles, Clark Terry (and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1964)
Reportedly Richard Pryor’s favorite song, Mumbles was also known as Pookie’s Theme for The Soupy Sales Show.
Catlines [via Everlasting Blört].
Pedestrian crossing in Vietnam.
Another reason for the internet.
The moment punk rock was born.
The Mirror Dance [via Bunkerville].
Name that tune [via Feral Irishman].
Flailing hoses [via Memo Of The Air].
Breakfast, dinner, tea & supper 1912.
It’s 2am, SR412 West, 147 miles from Tulsa.
Queen Hepzibah’s favourite Bajan Calypsonian.
The Dual Primate Console [via Sloth Unleashed].
What Did He Say? (The Mumble Song) by The Charioteers.
[Top image: Who Can Sleep, Gérard DuBois (2025) found here.]
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Tacky Raccoons 