Tag: miscellanea

Scrobiculated Hot Links

Theme to The Prisoner, Ron Grainer, composer (1967)
The Prisoner was a 1960s spy vs. spy television show starring Patrick McGoohan as No. 6. McGoohan chose Ron Grainer’s theme over others, with the requirement that it be re-scored with a faster tempo and emphasis on the tympani.

Cool rays.

Kind of blue.

Pot farming.

The Hootlet.

The Haalarit.

A Ginger Song.

Village dances.

Illegal axolotls?

The Swiss Portal.

Lotta work to do.

A proper breakfast.

Dancing in the duct.

20¢ spaghetti or ravioli.

Rockstars who died in 2024.

Sweep tight [via Bunkerville].

Froggy Went A-Campin’ (and more).

Blockbuster, Netflix & the Cult of Ben.

The Kittyman Shanty [via Memo Of The Air].

The Prince Hall Nobles [via Everlasting Blört].

[Top image: Still from the hypnosis segment of The Pee Wee Herman Show – Live at the Roxy Theater 1981.]

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Metagrobolized Hot Links

The Fever, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes (1976) The Fever was written by Bruce Springsteen, with back up provided by members of the E-Street Band. John “Southside Johnny” Lyon, 76, recently (and abruptly) cancelled tours and retired due to unspecified medical issues.

Self-serve.

1.5 (PBJ) = y

Trishasode 9.

The Perfect Time.

Illustrations of Oz.

Living dangerously.

El Arte de El Chango.

Know the Difference.

How pencils are made.

“Alexa. Play ‘Sea Shanty.’”

Blue house [via IDHMGO].

Buster Keaton has lunch.

A song about a random guy.

Is it safe? [via Feral Irishman].

Las Pelilargas [via Mme. Jujujive].

Swiss orchestra box [via Bunkerville].

Norty Blues Episode 96 (Christmas edition).

The Shadwell Forgeries [via Memo Of The Air].

Post Christmas Farts [via The View From Lady Lake].

[Top image: The Armies of Greenland prepare for war. h/t Gord S.]

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Nepheligenous Hot Links

Party Hard, Little Isidore & the Inquisitors (ca. 2012)Little Isidore is the  alter ego of David Forman, a little known musician with a great resume; he fronts The Inquisitors, aka The Golden Inquisitors, aka The Mighty Inquisitors. Live stream December 2024 reunion show here: https://volume.com/t/gGilog/

Tree is lit.

Driftwood.

Styro Steve.

Input/Output.

Snowcatcher.

The Shadows.

WWII Torpedo Juice.

Christmas hedgehogs.

Getting down to work.

Norty Blues Episode 95.

London, December 1940.

Smoke alarm sing-along.

Butterflies, bats & wolves.

The Tree People [via Mme. Jujujive].

Sharing the bounty [via Bunkerville].

Merry Xmas from Panzergruppe Süd.

“…no shops, no temptations, no waste time…”

A volumetric 3D display [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: Raindrops on Weeds in a Broken Wall, Hollie Jane Wright photographer; via IDHMGO].

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Marcescent Hot Links

Misfits & Freaks, The Courettes (2022)Dubbed “The World’s Greatest Two-Person Rock ‘N’ Roll Ensemble,” Flavia & Martin Couri, aka The Fabulous Courettes, are proof that Phil Spector lives.

Trains!

5th Place.

Gompotheres.

We’re doomed.

Make it teensy.

Doppelgängers.

Skinny Legs Bar.

Crystal Magnum.

What is surveillance?

Slow down, Kathleen.

Silent Running (trailer).

Norty Blues Episode 94.

2-1/2 hours of prog rock.

Which clown are you?
Who are your Disney parents?

Huffy Radiobike [via Bunkerville].

The pyramids of Giza have eight sides.

Xmas Tree People of yore [via Mme. Jujujive].

Louis Vuitton Crack House [via Nag on the Lake].

Berens Old Fashioned Brandy Fruit Cake [h/t John McL.].

Mawson, Ninnis & Mertz [and others, via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image found here.]

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Dextrogyratory Hot Links

The Car Of Your Dreams, Taj Mahal (1996)
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks Jr., aka Taj Mahal, has been writing, recording and performing since 1964. A true chameleon of roots music, his discography includes blues, rock, R&B, reggae, jazz, country blues, Caribbean and West African styles. He was an early pioneer of what’s now called world music.

UfoBER.

Ornaments!

“I am a pilot.”

Zombie fires.

Trouble in Bend.

Shop With A Cop.

Pah-rumpa pum pum.

The Whizzo of Gomez.

All it ever does is rain.

The 1960 Pininfarina X.

Norty Blues Episode 93.

All Chuck [h/t Corinne L.]

He saw what you did there.

“Which people would say that?”

Young Terry & the valiant effort.

This is NOT Toonces [h/t Gord S.]

Волшебник Изумрудного города.

Noodlin’ Cajun girl [via Bunkerville].

My favorite scene from Jurassic Park.

Climate Change over the past 4000 Years.

90 Animals Ranked by Eyesight [via Mme. Jujujive].

The paintings of Jules Worms [via Memo Of The Air].

A Female Science Fiction Character Written by a Male Writer.

[Top image found here. It appears to be a 1952 Chevrolet Bel Air.]

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Amathophobic Hot Links

Transatlantic Orbit, The Space Cossacks (1998)
This instrumental space surf rock quartet formed in Washington, D.C. in 1996. They released their 2nd album in 2000 – Tsar Wars.

“See ya”

Catrope.

Camperocity.

Glamma Chola.

Check your head.

Nine-Letter Word.

This Zippo lighter.

Sophia’s flow chart.

NFL filth [h/t Chuck C.].

Violet and Daisy Hilton.

Norty Blues Episode 92.

This Ain’t No Tribute Series.

Up the turbine {via Bunkerville].

Be Prepared [via Memo Of The Air].

Puke [via The View From Lady Lake].

Rats like to drive [via Nag on the Lake].

You want your own Irish Pub? (Okay, but heed this warning.)

[Top image: An online auction of Space Toys is scheduled for noon ET on December 3 2024 [via Mme. Jujujive].

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Teichoscopic Hot Links

Girl Of My Dreams, Ike Quebec (1945) An accomplished dancer and pianist, Ike Quebec switched to tenor sax as his primary instrument in his early 20s, and quickly earned a reputation as a promising player. His recording career started in 1940, with Count Basie’s Barons of Rhythm.

Drain flies.

Saxodrone.

Sugar Serif.

The Skipper.

Campertime.

Stairs of Death.

The Sloopy Girl.
The real Sloopy.

Carlton Cummins.

Greg on X (sound up).

No place for mistakes.

Norty Blues Episode 91.

Estee Palti’s greatest hits.

Frog flops [via Bunkerville].

From the Dream Collection.

Michigan looks like a mitten.

First date / fast food survey.

The Hog Killin’ [via Feral Irishman].

Deathcalator [via Memo Of The Air].

“What would you say to the Pilgrims?”

How to move a gemsbok without getting killed.

[Top image: A GROK- generated image with the prompt “Create a photo of an American family in the 1920s sitting at the dinner table with a large potato.”

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Boustrophedonic Hot Links

Step By Step, The Four Hollidays (1963) One of several groups out of Detroit with similar names, this one had an extra L and featured Cleo “Sonny” Barksdale, Robert Barksdale, James Holland and Johnny Mitchell.

OCD.

Eatin’ bananas.

Urban graphics.

Getting unstuck.

Goose Creek Tower.

A gravesite service.

Somewhere in Detroit.

Organizing 72 demons.

Norty Blues Episode 90.

Lorem Ipsum Generator.

Getting the kids up to speed.

ElectroBOOM’s greatest hits.

Cat Hotel [via Mme. Jujujive].

Professional pool hustlers.
Jeremy Jones tells some stories.

Daisy has all the time in the world.

Printing concrete [via Bunkerville].

Unusual food phobias (including mortuusequusphobia).

Constance Frances Marie Ockelman [via Memo Of The Air].

An interview with UK Labour Minister Steven Pineless [via Bustednuckles].

The only instrumental single ever banned from radio in the US.

[Top image: Traditional Taiwanese fire fishing, story here.]

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Cepivorous Hot Links

Hymn to Nikal, unkown Hurrian composer (ca. 1400 bc)
This hymn is the oldest known musical melody. The ancient musical fragment dates to 1400 BC and was discovered in the 1950’s in Ugarit, Syria. [Performed by Michael Levy on the lyre.]

10,946

Delusions.

ALL PLAID.

Marketing.

10 Reasons.

Chrome logos.

In the year 3129.

The crushed legacy.

Remember The Time.

Change just one word.

Dachshund swim class.

Norty Blues Episode 89.

100 years of chasing cars.

Mission Temple Fireworks Stand.

The Gunfighter [via Memo Of The Air].

Extreme droning [via Mme. Jujujive].

The Great Ovine Flood [via Bunkerville].

Meth mouse, danger chicken, sky raisin, and more.

The Third-Term Panic of 1874 [via The View From Lady Lake].

[Top image:  Urartu Sphinx, 9th-6th century BC, found here.]

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Elinguated Hot Links

She’s Gone, GA-20 (2021)
Cover of Hound Dog Taylor & The House Rockers. Great authentic electric blues with respect.

Runners.

Smile *click*

Irish mussels.

Some bad days.

The Hand (1966).

Trains and trains.

Product placement.

Ricky G, influencer.

R.I.P. Peanut & Fred.
(There’s more to the story.)

Little Shop de Brujerias.

Norty Blues Episode 88.

World’s longest experiment.

Moving plates [via Memo Of The Air].

1965 Polaris Sno Traveler Super Pacer.

Cabbie shelters of old London [via Mme. Jujujive].

Everyone knows what he had for lunch [via Bunkerville].

[Top image: Electronic artwork found here.]

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