Tag: Music

Nephelognostic Hot Links

Danny’s All-Star Joint, Rickie Lee Jones (1979) Rickie Lee Jones, aka The Duchess of Coolsville, “released her self-titled debut album in 1979 to critical and commercial success. It peaked at No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and spawned the hit single Chuck E.’s in Love, which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album went platinum later that year, and earned Jones four Grammy Award nominations in 1980. […] The album included guest appearances by Dr. John, Randy Newman, and Michael McDonald.” [Wiki]
Note: Malwarebytes detected riskware at her official website.

Pearls.

Ratrod.

Breaking.

Xerox Hell.

Street art.

Gene Gene.

Ghost Office.

What Aa is for.

35 years of TV.

Crushing Coke.

Cycler rescued.

Conceptual Art.

EF on the WNBA.

Signs in retirement.

Remembering Robby.

Cluck cluck cluck, etc.

Alabama Turtle Burglar.

Hickshit & boogerwelds.

Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks.

A little construction work.

Gov. Gavin makes a tortilla.

Glowfish [via Memo Of The Air].

Demolisity [via Everlasting Blört].

Johanna Van Parijs’ wood mosaics.

1956 Pontiac Star Chief Ambulance.

Hotel Dramatica [via Thompson, blog].

Gabriel’s 300th post on Vankleek Hill Photos.

WMCA-AM (New York) broadcast February 1965.

[Top image: Paranoia panda balloon found here.
“Johnny Panda” was photographed during the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta in the UK, 08 August 2026.]

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Saturday Matinee* – The Skatalites, The Delta Saints & David Gogo

The Skatalites‘ tribute to Christine Keeler at the Uptown Nightclub, Oakland, California, April 2012. Formed in 1964 in Jamaica, this immortal group is still performing. Doreen Shaffer “the Queen of Ska” remains the only original Skatalite in the current lineup.

“A mixture of roots rock, vintage blues, and swampy Bayou boogie,”
The Delta Saints formed in Nashville in 2007 “to play some music and drink some beer.” They built a strong following, released some records, then went on hiatus in 2018 to raise chillun and pursue other interests.

“David is a great blues player. I like his style!” – Johnny Winter
Canadian singer, songwriter and bluesman David Gogo began playing guitar at the age of five; at 15 he met and was encouraged by Stevie Ray Vaughan; a year later he formed his first band. He’s won numerous awards, including six JUNOs (despite EMI spiking his solo album in the US).

News of the Week: Men are vying for WNBA positions, there’s trouble on the USS Abraham Lincoln, and the WWI Memorial on the National Mall was vandalized. Trump got to ride in a catering truck, and his name is going back onto the Kennedy Center.  Marco Rubio received an autographed MarcoMeme collection, and a solar eclipse snubbed the US. These stories and more might or might not but probably won’t be discussed in depth at the Time of the Porch tomorrow. See you there.

*UPDATE: Apparently I’m the only one in the world who still plays Flip The Day of the Week Day. The .Gif Friday Post will appear tomorrow, and Porch Time is scheduled for Sunday as usual.

Acyrological Hot Links

“Shake” sculpture by Annie Glass (2021)

Love Theme from The Flight of the Phoenix, The Brass Ring (1966)
The Brass Ring, a group of NYC studio musicians led by saxophonist and arranger Phil Bodner, turned a classic Italian song into The Now Sound (cigarette commercial music) popular in the 1960s. Senza fine (the original version) was written by Italian singer-songwriter Gino Paoli and first recorded in 1961 by Ornella Vanoni. The film version was recorded by Connie Francis, and retitled The Phoenix Love Theme.

Time.

Numbers.

Far right™.

Crane pups.

Mercury waves.

Brick tiled floor.

Gas station battle.

Homemade pencils.

Carnivorous couch.

Cerveza del Pacifico.

Nagasaki bus shelters.

Remembering Ol’ Remus.

The Red Baron (no not that one).

Eigendrum [via Memo Of The Air].

Where the rubber meet the roost.

Pennsylvania’s burning ghost town.

Homemade birds [via Everlasting Blört].

Cab Calloway’s Hepster Dictionary (1939).

The Moist Towelette Museum [via Neatorama].

Vintage Czech record sleeves [via sloth unleashed].

Batman & Robin vs. Dangerous Dr. Daka [via Thompson, blog].

[Top image: Shake by Annie Glass (2021). Story and more at  My OBT.]

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Saturday Matinee – Sean “Mack” McDonald w/ Roberto Vally & Kenny Cash; The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra w/ Willy Jordan, Omar Coleman & The Prado Brothers Band, and The Allman Brothers w/ Dickey Betts

Sean “Mack” McDonald, with Roberto Vally on bass) and Kenny Cash on snare.  McDonald is a winner of the 2025 B.B. King King of the Blues Award
and the 2026 BMA Best Emerging Artist Album.

“Based out of San Francisco, California, The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra was founded in 2007 by guitarist/songwriter Anthony Paule. Inspired by authentic Soul and Blues recordings of the ‘60s and ‘70s, this dramatic horn driven extravagant act took shape. Known for having great, authentic singers, APSO invites newest member, the incomparable vocalist Willy Jordan into the organization.”

Omar Coleman & The Prado Brothers Band:
Igor Prado / Guitar
Yuri Prado / Drums
Theo Anzelotti / Bass
Felipe Magon / Keyboard
Brazilian brothers Igor and Yuri Prado blend influences from American blues and soul with elements of Brazilian music, and have collaborated and performed with renowned artists Kim Wilson, Rod Piazza,  J.J. Jackson, Willie Walker, and Curtis Salgado.

Remastered footage of The Allman Brothers Band featuring Dickey Betts, recorded at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, New Jersey, in 1981. One of the greatest renditions of Elmore James’ One Way Out ever. Betts, one of the founding members of the band, passed away in 2024 at the age of 80.

News of the Week: More WH Ballroom drama, Fauci is being a Fauci, Saudis, Turks & Pakis formed a fight club. The Strait of Hormuz is opening, closing, opening, closing, etc. People are upset about Trump’s hair, and our adopted stray cat figured out a way to get his face covered in tree sap.

When: Tomorrow.
Where: Porch.
Why: Because it’s time.

IT’S OUR BLOGOVERSARY! 19 YEARS OF STUFF!

On Friday, 3 August 2007, the date of our first posted post that was posted, the world twitched imperceptibly, a global nanoflinch, an earthquake with the power of a morning fart, or less.

3 August 2007 – Whelped
3 August 2008 – 1st year Blogoversary
3 August 2026 – 19th year Blogoversary!

As of this date, there are exactly 7,318 posts in our archives, +12K comments and +3.35M referral links that comprise

Steal, lift, purloin, burgle and abscond with anything you find here, just link back and give us credit for finding the stuff before you did.

We’ve featured the Top 11 Posts every year since 3 August 2008 and this year is no different.

—>Last Year’s Top 11 Hits linked here<—

The numbers adjacent to the titles indicate ranking for the previous 12 months, followed by the previous year’s ranking, and the third number is for all-time popularity. Unfortunately WordPress modified its statistics tracker and only includes the top 400 or so.

“NR” denotes Not Ranked. “NA” is Not Available (due to stats limitations or posts less than a year old).

Click on any link below and it’ll take you to the original post.


No. 11 / 25 / 36 – The Kluck Klams

No. 10 / NR /  4 – Giant Woolly Bear Caterpillar

No. 9 / NA / NA – Bastard Chairs

No. 8 / NA / NA – Cakes of Wonder

No. 7 / NA / 284 – Nothing Much Happened Today #101

No. 6 / NA / 280 – Third Ave & Bowery, NYC

No. 5 / NA / 273 – Noah’s Camper

No. 4 / NA / 249 – The Days of Our Hives

No. 3 / NA / 247- Childhood Nightmare

No. 2 / NA / 204 – Living on the Edge

And the No. 1 Post of the Year:

The .Gif Friday Post No. 919 – A Bucketful of Reflex, Zombie Defense & Surfing the Crowd

Posted on 29 August 2025, with a rank of 1 / NA / 202, this trio of .gifs got a surprising amount of attention.

Top 5 Audio posts for the past year:

Some people somewhere seemed to like these A LOT.

[I do not own copyrights to these recordings and they are posted for entertainment purposes only.]

Thanks for all your visits, comments, favorites and linkies, and I wish you all the best.

Bunk

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Koniological Hot Links

This granite sculpture titled “Cranberry Eater” (Dzērveņu ēdājs) was created by artist Kārlis Īle in 2006 for the International Stone Sculpture Symposium. The artwork features a distinctive coiled form and is located in Dzirnavu Square (Mill Square) in Ventspils, Latvia.

Chicken Payback, The Bees (2004)Known in the US as A Band of Bees, the British indie / psychedelic / garage rock / country / reggae / jazz group from the Isle of Wight has been performing and recording since 2001. Recorded at Abbey Roads Studios, Chicken Payback was featured in a television advertisement for Sure Deodorant.

Fleabot.

Diceman.

FLOCK off.

Inspections.

AC/DC Lane.

Sepia people.

Just imagine.

Motobalineras.

Buy this house.

Cloud crossing.

Mary Lou in ’52.

Olbers’ paradox.

Auto suspension.

“You got it, docker.”

Karelian Bear Dogs.

A bunch of campers.

Sumpm’s goin’ down.

Flaming corrugations.

Bless the vile apostates.

Earworm / ringtone / video.

“Shhh” whispered the trees.

Sea battle [via Thompson, blog].

Animatus [via Everlasting Blört].

GWB touching bald men’s heads.

1936 Cadillac Series 60 Convertible Coupe.

Mid century motel rooms [via Memo Of The Air].

The History of Slavery You Probably Weren’t Taught in School.

[Top image “Cranberry Eater” found here.]

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Saturday Matinee – Danielle Nicole Band, Blues Overdrive & King of the World

Danielle Nicole Band: Bass player and vocalist Danielle Nicole Schnebelen is an American blues/soul musician born in Kansas City, Missouri. She began her career with her brothers Nick and Kris in the band Trampled Under Foot, receiving local and international recognition. Since going solo, she was inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame and earned eight Blues Music Awards.

Blues Overdrive is a Danish blues band formed in Nykøbing Falster, Denmark in June 2000. Led by frontman, songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Martin Olsen, the band has gained international recognition, performing across 18 countries and earning multiple European Blues Awards, Danish Music Award nominations, and international critical acclaim.

Formed in 2012, King of the World (aka The Hardest Working Band in the Netherlands) is a blues rhythm and roots supergroup of sorts, and features Belgian guitar virtuoso Stef Delbaere and singer/drummer Marlon Pichel.
(NOT to be confused with the Steely Dan tribute band from New York of the same name.)

News of the Week: Wild fires in France, Moroccans invaded Spain, Hamas said they’re sorry and won’t do it again. Dr. Fauci is full of No. 2; people got all humpy because Trump said some things, and our stray cat returned from his tour of the world.
Tomorrow, when the sun is directly overhead, there shall be a porch directly below. See you then and there, and don’t be L7.

Koniscopic Hot Links

Sh-Boom (acapella version) – The Chords (1954) Rare acapella version of the R&B classic. The hit version (with instrumental) backup reached No. 2 on the Billboard R&B charts and peaked at No. 9 on the pop charts.

Fan fan.

いちご電車.

Mr. Jambo.

Long wave.
Short wave.

The new girl.

Cold & insane.

Team beatbox.

“Boy, this rain.”

See fingermath.
How fingermath.

Ancient astronauts.

Reusable food bags.

The danger of Flock.

“What time is it, Bert?”

“We’re getting closer.”

Remains of Tasmania.

A stamp for all reasons.

A major cause of AGW is...

The Eater of the Pack [h/t Serafina D].

One loo village [via Thompson, blog].

Real puffy portraits [via Everlasting Blört].

The houses aren’t amused [via Memo Of The Air].

The Fédération Internationale de Foosball Association playoffs.

[Image at top: High score found here; hear it here.]

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Saturday Matinee – Orianthi, Timothy James & Brady Goss, and Buddy Guy w/ The Rolling Stones

Orianthi Penny Panagaris, aka Orianthi, is a hard blues rocker from Adelaide, Australia. She began learning piano at 3, moved to acoustic guitar by 6, then at 11 got an electric guitar; by the time she was 24 she had released two albums and was listed as one of the “12 Greatest Female Electric Guitarists” by Elle magazine. Prior to going solo, she was lead guitarist for Carrie Underwood, and later, Michael Jackson.

Timothy James is a guitarist from Portland comes from a classic singer-songwriter culture with a bent for pop style lyrics.
Brady Goss (keyboards) is also from Oregon, began playing by ear as a child, and cites Jerry Lee Lewis as an early inspiration.

Buddy Guy had some fun with The Rolling Stones, on stage in 2009.

News of the Week: Trump said something, mainstream media flipped out, then Trump said something else, the media screeched louder. After that, Trump said something, so the media… well you know the rest.
Porch time? You got it. See you there tomorrow.

Flabellating Hot Links

“Old Lenny’s dead now. He got bitten by a badger while walking through the river naked one night, and later died of sepsis. Yet as I hit the water, the last thing I saw was his weathered and alcoholic face in my mind, and I knew the old special forces bastard was sending me a message from beyond the grave.” (Abergavenny man Johnny Turnip on his near-death experience.)

Whistlin’ Past The Graveyard, Tom Waits (1978)From the album Blue Valentine. According to Grok, the song lineup is:
Tom Waits / vocals, electric guitar; Alvin “Shine” Robinson / electric guitar; Harold Battiste / keyboards; Scott Edwards / bass; Earl Palmer / drums; Herb Hardesty / tenor saxophone.

“COLE!”

The Frog.

Camperage.

Roll ‘Em Lola!.

Melbourne alleys.

A covey of Simcas.

Baby’s 1st hibachi.

The Do Hiemon Box.

Conceptual parking.

Peter Drake’s guitar.

Flavio Belardo’s piano.

Collecting dead snakes.

Enshittificating Norwegia.

Call me when you get there.

His mudflaps were too short.

The Midnight Special pilot show.

Rocks can be racist [h/t Xenophilic].

Big dirty frogs [via Thompson, blog].

Misheard lyrics [via Memo Of The Air].

Laundry day sorrows [via Everlasting Blört].

[Top image created using Grok, based upon a quote found in this story.
h/t Memo Of The Air.]

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