Saturday Matinee – Wind Chimes, Samantha Fish & The Bo Keys

I found this both oddly fascinating and mildly disturbing. It’s an a/v collage from 2013 somewhere near Lake Erie, yet it’s also kind of an appropriate soundtrack for the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey, and for those survivors who haven’t yet fully realized what they’ve lost.

What happens once the news crews are gone? What happens once the reality sets in that you survived the ordeal, but you’ve lost everything? Our prayers are with you.


Now about those looters and scammers…

For a long time, this was THE signature song of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, and in some ways his 1956 hit was a blues parody. In January of 2014, Samantha Fish picked it up and jammed it right down our throats with no apologies. Killer version.

Loved this proto-funk theme, and I love the Bo-Keys for rocking the retro soul grooves that I grew up with.

Have a great Labor Day Weekend, folks, and we’ll be back tomorrow with more stuff than your imagination can even tolerate. Or not.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 500 – Spade Selfie, Virtual Reality Overload & Kikmi Dog Caterpillar

[Found here, here and here.]

Yep. Over 500 .Gif Friday posts featuring .gif animations, which means we’ve got over 1500 in our archives. Yet another milestone for 2017.

Squirrel Acting Lessons

[Found here.]

Magical Jazzy Cat Belches Rainbows

I’ve never seen a scarier omen.

[Found here.]

How To Draw Paint.

That’s a pencil rendering of a paint swath by C. J. Hendry.

[Found here.]

Gone Fishing

No idea what the story is. Possibly in Singapore.

[Found here.]

Get a Frank at 10AM PDT from Jim Woodring

That’s Frank, with loyal companions Pupshaw and Pushpaw, and Jim Woodring has an online fire sale today. More info here.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 497 – Rodeo Rascals, Hedgehog Cat Tango & Pwnd by Plastic

[Found here, here and here.]

Pedestrian Bridge

Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland. I smell straw.

[Found here.]

Saturday Matinee – Portlandia Gutter Punks, Music From Hell & Joe Bonamassa Rips It

Heh. I’ve seen posers like this in Santa Monica and elsewhere in Southern California.

Dang [via].

Reminds me of Tom Waits’ “Conundrum” that he described as the sound of “a jail door closing behind you” and says it looks “kind of like a Chinese torture device.”

So many uncredited influences crammed into one awesome jam.

Have a great weekend, folks, and I promise we’ll never post the real names of your dogs and cats without permission.