miscellanea – Tacky Raccoons

Panhygrous Hot Links

Man Child, Sam The Sham (1963)
Domingo Samudio, aka Sam The Sham, released his first 45rpm in 1962, a cover of Chick Willis’ Betty and Dupree; the B side was Man Child. Two years later, Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs’ hit Wooly Bully made No. 1 in Billboard’s Top 100 for 1965. Contrary to popular belief, Samudio wasn’t of Mexican ancestry; he was of Basque/Apache descent.

HORSE.

Little Sadie.

A true woody.

Speed climbing.

Comfortable shoes.

Too many gummies.

A reunion at Lowe’s.

Creating mediocrity.

Recycling briquettes.

Animated Beastie Boys.

Jaya The Cat’s roadtrip.

Melbourne train stations.

George Washington’s beer.

Robotic prototypes of 1968.

Erik Kogan’s odd photography.

The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo.

Tower Records 1971 [via Everlasting Blört.]

The new recipe smells just like the old recipe.

Headbanging with glasses [via Thompson, blog].

Chaco Chachalaca, Dickcissel & 98 more cool bird names
[via Memo Of The Air].

[Image at top: Slotville Gas by Jarel Built found here via here.]

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Misocaineacal Hot Links

Romantic Beach, Los Elásticos (2003)
Banda instrumental de México, amante de la lucha libre y de la de Música Surf. Los cuatro luchadores y una Go-go Dancer tienen una página web por ahí.

Mr. Hive Kitchen.

Artsy dartboards.

Soviet baby rallies.

Husbands of Target.

Sad transformations.

Ze Frank & Hymenoptera.

Pallets & pallets & pallets.

“Here’s what I think, Toto.”

Disappearing dabbawalas.

Joshie’s extended vacation.

Surgical Elementary School.

Potty love [via Thompson, blog].

Daredevil is Latin for bonehead.

Richard Johnston, Lonely Hunter.

The Boston Boom [via The Feral Irishman].

Argus is omnidirectional [via Everlasting Blört.]

1948 MG TC Special Roadster [via Memo Of The Air].

[Image at top: Soviet baby rally propaganda poster ca. 1923 via Nag on the Lake. Among other things they are demanding clean diapers.]

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Inconcinnate Hot Links

Tear Drops, Soul Brothers Inc. (1967 Salem Records) 1960s northern soul group from Christiansburg, Virginia, with vocals by brothers Earl and Marshal Carter. A copy of this rare 45rpm can fetch as much as $5k. (Not to be confused with Soul Brothers Inc. from Houston, Texas, or S.B.I. / Soul Brothers Inc. Records.)

Perpetual Motion.

A Flight of clones.

The Duke of Cones.

Hanta photoshoot.
Hanta can do what??

Herringbone gears.

Fluorescent casques.

The Bells of Dearborn.

Eggshell [via Memo Of The Air].

NYC bag dogs [via Everlasting Blört.]

100 year old Marenghi Organ Smashmouth.

Aug(de)mented Reality 2 [via Miss Cellanea].

Your Internet Radio Dial [via Thompson, blog].

Free healthcare, clothing room & board for $1.

[Image at top: Impressionist graffiti (aka “deep fried graff”) by ForzaNokia (Belgium 2026) found here.]

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Drapetomanic Hot Links

Moon Baby, Bo Diddley (1961) The amount of time to compose and record this song must have taken almost an hour. It was the last track on Side 1 of Bo Diddley is a Lover (reissue, ca. 1961). It also appears on retro compilations (like this one).

Fun with kinetics.

She did it her way.

Stones and sticks.

Martin the Eyeball.

A nice place to visit…

Pre-1931 AI chatbot?

An hour of Mall music.

The Age of Purity
& Victor Davis Hanson.

Monochrome lighthouse.

Multiply by 9 for 2026 dollars.

Furniture [via Nag on the Lake].

Unraveling AI’s Knitting Bullshit.

Dungeons & Dragons according to Scripture.

Preggo texts to punk [via The Feral Irishman].

Trucks parking on a boat [via Thompson, blog].

A large angry dude jumping into a crowd of punks is art.

Datsun/Nissan pickup truck evolution [via Memo Of The Air].

[Image at top: Leviathan, Hirusuke Yabe (2020) via Everlasting Blört.]

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Illecebrous Hot Links

Pressure Drop, The Clash (1979)
“Now when it drops on your dirty little head (oh yeah)
Where you gonna go?”
In 1979, premier UK punk group The Clash covered The Maytals’ 1969 hit.

Alien Cat.
Nora the Cat.

June 1982, Berlin.

Leaving California.

Robin Trower is 81.

Mother’s Day knits.

Rat kings.
Rat king dumplings.

OPC commemorative pin.

Into the bowels of Everest.

“It’s a Jeff Lewis Meal Deal.”

No one remembers 2nd Place.

Cowboy Adam sings The Eagles.

The Teether [via Everlasting Blört].

Astronaut Michael Collins’ secret fear.

Catchin’ crawfs [via Memo Of The Air].

10 minutes of ant noise [via Thompson, blog].

[Image at top found here. Don’t forget to call Mom.]

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Alphitomancing Hot Links

Abandoned cars, Old Car City USA, White, Georgia. Photographer unknown.

Go Away Baby, The Baby Dolls (1960) “Hi I am an original Baby Doll who is flattered by the positive comments and that our records are being played and recognized by the many viewers of websites. Just a little history on us. The Baby Dolls were a young Black female group that consisted of two sisters. and 2-3 friends that got a record deal with Maske records. I learned that our records were being played on various websites a few months ago, and was surprised that anyone remembered us, but honored that they did.” – Rebecca Warren, via YouTube comments, 2014.