Let’s Dust, Planet Seven (2001) From their album The Tomorrow That Never Was, Planet Seven launched spacesurf punk from San Francisco, CA.
Camo.
Helene [via Memo Of The Air].
Rollin’ & Rockin’ [via Bunkerville].
All the dance moves you’ll ever need. [Sound up]
One more thing to see before bedtime [via Mme. Jujujive].
[Top image found somewhere, possible Reddit photoshop.]
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Don’t Look Back, The Temptations (1967)
The Classic Five – Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams performing live on the Ed Sullivan Show 19 November 1967. The Temptations were THE Motown Sound (thanks in part to Smokey Robinson).
Peter Tosh (with Mick Jagger) recorded his version of Don’t Look Back in 1978.
Duck.
A repo repo {via Bunkerville].
There’s a reason for the nets.
Good planets are hard to find.
Playing with panic [h/t Pam M.].
A moment of cognitive dissonance.
Attack of the Marmite [ht Aussie Infidel].
The Social Conformity experiment (2015).
FYI: Facebook class action settlement notice.
A tiny sci-fi story every day [via Mme. Jujujive].
Women laughing alone with salad [via Memo Of The Air].
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Farmer Brown (No. 2), Officer Roseland (2006) “Hailing from the outskirts of Philadelphia, Officer Roseland has been protecting and serving rock music since 2000. Comprised of Dan Daidone (bass/vocals), Brian Jones (keyboards/guitar), Harry Grannis (bass/guitar) and John Ilisco Jr (drums/percussion).”
Officer Roseland provided soundtracks for several Billy Blob animations.
How to survive a sloth attack.
When the doggy day care calls.
Mine is low [via Memo Of The Air].
Mr. Chosen One got all humpy (01:30).
Money-saving drinking game [via Feral Irishman].
Babs Streisand has a mall in her basement (pic #13).
The Grand Marshal of the Tree Parade [via Bunkerville].
How to calm the kangaroo you just pissed off [via Mme. Jujujive].
[Top image: Danny D.’s high pressure boiler, photo cropped & enhanced.]
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Running Around, Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs (1961) Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs were best known for their classic 1960 hit Stay, the shortest recorded number one hit in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 chart (US).
Silent Props [via Nag on the Lake].
Whanganui men [via Memo Of The Air].
The Flight of the Helivector [via Bunkerville].
Infra-Red, In Situ (IRIS) Inspection of Silicon.
Don’t let the dandelion horn die [via Mme. Jujujive].
[Top image was posted by somewhere on Twitter, misplaced the linky. It appears to be a pissed-off Short-eared Owl making a big scary face with its wings.]
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You Can’t Make Me Doubt My Baby, Bunker Hill (1963) In the late 1950s David Walker joined a traditional gospel group, the Sensational Wonders, who would later become The Mighty Clouds of Joy. Walker used the pseudonym Bunker Hill to avoid conflict of interest trouble but they found out anyway and Walker was booted. As Bunker Hill, Walker also recorded with Link Wray (with brother and manager Vernon Wray).
Robopigeon [via Mme. Jujujive].
Jammin’ the bar codes [via IHSTWOTI]
What we have that they don’t [via Feral Irishman].
Buy ’em by the sack [via The View from Lady Lake].
Explained: Netherlandish Proverbs, Bruegel the Elder, 1559.
[h/t Memo Of The Air]
Flight 5390 in flight photos; story here. [h/t Bunkerville]
[Top image found here. I think those are young emus.]
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I Do, The Marvelows (1965) Formed in Chicago in the 1950s
Eatin’ the bottle [h/t Chuck C.].
“…a redneck hick.” [h/t Gord S.].
Penn Gillette’s Great Green Gobs.
Rock and roll tree scooter [via Bunkerville].
When you know someone’s taking a photo.
The Peeps of Willendorf [via Mme. Jujujive].
Early cinematic special effects [via Memo Of The Air].
Newark NJ partnered with a country that doesn’t exist.
[Top image: Alarm clock from 1643 found by Mr. Philosopher Mouse.]
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Soul-Limbo, Booker T. & The M.G.’s (1968)
Greatest rock /soul session group ever. Soul-Limbo features a marimba solo by Terry Manning and cowbell by Isaac Hayes.
Ozzy Man’s Jack Black interview.
Jackin’ the cane [via Bunkerville].
Macaroni Legos [via Mme. Jujujive].
Geometry in action: Batman’s Epicycle.
[via Memo Of The Air]
[Top: Rotated and inverted colors of image found here.]
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Freddie’s Boogie, Freddie Mitchell And His Orchestra (1953) Saxophonist Freddie Mitchell was among other things “a session musician and bandleader for multi-artist rock shows held by Alan Freed. Mitchell had previously recorded Moondog Boogie named in honor of the disc jockey and the two of them appeared together in the 1956 film Rock, Rock, Rock.”
Rock, Rock, Rock was the first video cassette tape I ever bought; spotted it in a bargain bin for a couple bucks. My next purchase was a video player.
Icecoasters [via Mme. Jujujive].
The Celtic sport of ferret legging.
R.I.P. Wayne Shorter (1933-2023).
Um, better stay out of Earl Orkin’s room.
The angels’ share and the devil’s fungus.
This cheeseburger costs over $21 per ounce.
Czar Peter the Great, Amateur Dental Surgeon.
[via Memo Of The Air]
Meerkats. Cutsey little standy-uppy weasel-lookin’ bastards.
[h/t Bunkerville]
[Top image: Mao money mockery found here.]
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All I Need Tonight (Is You), Gentleman Jesse & His Men (2019) Live at Fuzzville #5, L’Albir, Valencia, Spain. 1970s garage punk for the ears of today.
Up the turbine via Bunkerville.
George and Mabel (The Real Story).
Invasions de Ballons via Mme. Jujujive.
Nobudtaka Aozaki made a map h/t Gord S.
One-room roller coaster via Memo Of The Air.
A simple request: A friend posted this video on Youtube. You don’t have to watch it, just click the like button. That’s it. 😀
[Top image: Spotted in Puerto Rico and captioned here.]
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Cadillac Boogie, Jimmy Liggins and his Drops of Joy (1947) Precurser to (and influence of) Jackie Brenston’s Rocket 88 (1951).
Jimmy Liggins – guitar & vocals
Charlie “Little Jazz” Ferguson, Harold Land – tenor sax
James Dedmon – alto sax
Glen Willis – trumpet
Eugene Watson – piano
Jonathan Bagsby – bass
Leon Petties – drums
1997 interview with Buddy Guy.
Bags of Wonder [via Mme. Jujujive].
The Endless Zip-Line [via Bunkerville].
The GREATEST bollard soundtrack in history.
Just another fat and blushing girl from Chelsea.
[via Memo Of The Air]
Hydraulic Press Channel is a fine collection of things being destroyed with a hydraulic press.
[Top image: Economy anti-scratch collar found here, via Feral Irishman.]
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Tacky Raccoons 