Big – Tacky Raccoons

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Violent Love, The Big Three Trio (1951) Okeh Records Active from 1946-1952, The Big Three Trio consisted of Leonard “Baby Doo” Caston (piano, vocals), Ollie Crawford (guitar, vocals) and Willie Dixon (upright bass, vocals). Dixon wrote this and many other blues standards during his lengthy career. (Note: Crawford replaced band founder and guitarist Bernardo Dennis in 1947.)

Lost sounds.

The can tuner.

Citizens For Sanity.

Root cellars [via Mme. Jujujive].

EV charging stations in California.

Economic forecast [via Bunkerville].

Violent Love, Oingo Boingo, live 1983.

Sea Matheson at Fat Studies Conference.

There’s a hole in the port plate, dear Liza.

August 26, 2002: Meet Marshie was released.

Freespoke is another search engine alternative to Google. (I haven’t checked it out yet – I use DDG.)

[Top image found at Tfarhad.]

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

Pliocene Retriever

[Photo, presumably from a natural history museum diorama, found here.]

Big Gulls Don’t Cry

[Un-photoshopped image found in here.]

When you’ve got a genuine Russian tank engine lying around, how can you resist repurposing it? And really, tanks are so lumbering and oafish, and with the price of gas nowadays… something a little more sleek and maneuverable is obviously called for.

This giant motorcycle took the team of welders and mechanics at the Harzer Bike Schmiede in Zilly, Germany, almost a year to craft. It is 17′-4″ long, and 7′-6″ tall, and weighs four-and-a-half tons. 1.8 tons of that is the tank engine itself. The Guinness Book of World Records has just confirmed it is the heaviest motorcycle ever (though interestingly, there is no mention of the size dimensions breaking any records.) They are still hoping to obtain a special license to actually drive it on the road.

[Image and description found here.]