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Can I Change My Mind, Tyrone Davis (1968)
In the 1950s, Davis was a popular R&B singer in the Chicago area, began recording in the late 1960s. A DJ friend in Houston played the the B-side of one of his singles on the air, and Can I Change My Mind made both the Billboard R&B and Top Pop charts. It eventually sold more than 1 million copies and his career took off. (In 1969, Joyce Jones recorded Help Me Make Up My Mind as an answer song.)

Ye’s eggs.

“IT’S A MENU!”

Squash happens.

The US of Alcohol.

Situation acrobat.

Cool infrared pics.

The hat relay of 2017.

They was a-wrasslin’.

The Curse of Peter Pan.

The ghost of Miles Davis.

A top climate scientist…

When the internet goes down.

It was a dark and balmy night.

Happy tractor hood ornament.

The many worlds interpretation.

Happy Bloggleversary, Miz Beth!

Shoplifter [via Everlasting Blört].

Antarctica poop [Thompson, blog].

ALIEN concept sketch [via Bits & Pieces].

Magnetic distraction  [via Memo Of The Air].

Flicks in the Public Domain [via Neatorama].

VERY COOL interactive tessellation generator [via Nag on the Lake].

[Top image found here. That’s Cricket, a baby rhesus macaque who lives at the Safari Zoological Park in Caney, Kansas.]


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The .Gif Friday Post No. 870 – Afropop, Ketchup Spaz & Corkscrew Panic

[Found here and here; 2nd h/t Rightymouse.]

Monkey Pastry Chef

“When wound and the start/stop pull actuated, the incredibly detailed and realistically modeled standing monkey chef begins his performance by looking left then right whilst opening and closing eye lids as mouth moves to speak, lowering head slightly to indicate his latest culinary creation…”

This mechanical wonder (ca. 1880) sold for over $36k in 2014, and was presumably purchased by someone to keep their little brats and pets in line.

[More photos and background story here and here.]

The .GIF Friday Post No. 798 – Duct Face, Monkey Payback & The Bovine Stroll

[Found here, here and here.]

Something’s  bonky with WordPress and .gif embeds. Some work, some get clipped, some freeze and don’t work at all. What a shame.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 744 – Eatin’ the Cherry, Wigglin’ the Kitty & Rockin’ the Monkey

[Found here, here and here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 705 – Baby Butthead, Squirrel Scream & Monkey Thumper

[Found here, here and here; h/t Don J. for the butter.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 604 – Budget Barbecue, Miz Punkinhaid & Takin’ Care Of Business

[Found here, here and here. Thanks to Mme. Jujujive for the awesome tweet-to-gif conversion mojo.]

The .GIF Friday Post No.433 – Prince’s Hair, Anthony’s Poses & A Monkey Sucker Punch

PRINCEAnthony

Monkey-Mayhem

[Obligatory tribute to Prince created from images found here [via]. Photos of “Anthony” found here. Last one found in here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No.365 – Monkey Bridge, Bear Pong & Sloth Air Guitar

Monkey Bridge
Bear Bong
SlothScratch

[Found here and here, and the Sloth Air Guitar is from somewhere in here. Y’all like .gif animations? We gottem.]

The .Gif Friday Post No.357 – Monkeyslide, Impossible Clock & Monday March

MonkeySlide

Impossible clock

Monday

[Found here, here and in here.]