Tag: Music

Haptotropic Hot Links

Kometenmelodie 2, Kraftwerk (1975)
From the album Autobahn, Comet Melody 2 was released in August 1975, and was named after the appearance of Comet Kohoutek in March 1973. An earlier version of the song, Kohoutek-Kometenmelodie was released in December 1973.

Hurricane Helene:
The Aftermath.
Peachtree Creek.
In Defense of CSU’s Hurricane Forecasting.
A WARNING regarding electric vehicles and saltwater.

This dog.

This web.

SOMF live.

The Little Apple.

The Countdown.

Shadow jammin’.

Auctioneerspeak.

Squeeze-N-Pump.

Birth of a tardigrade.

Norty Blues Episode 83.

Live frugally on surprise.

The details of the painting.

Decycling [via Bunkerville].

Van Gogh’s harvest season.

Playing the Dualo du Touch.

You can’t choose teal or turquoise.

“Toys for you boys, too!” [via The View From Lady Lake].

Screams Before Silence is a documentary of the October 7 atrocities. [Disturbing, NSFK]

Bill Moyers interviews mental patients in Any Place But Here (1979)
[via Memo Of The Air].

THE BEST old-school link dump site Everlasting Blört turned 24 this week, and Mme. Jujujive posted some Greatest Hits. Congrats.

[Top image: Frank Zappa’s basement More about the Z House here.]

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Saturday Matinee – Lurrie Bell & Billy Branch, Omar & The Howlers, The Andreas Diehlmann Band, and Playing For Change

Lurrie Bell and Billy Branch are two modern day blues masters. Branch is a roots blues promoter and historian with  a direct link to Willie Dixon, while Bell is the son of harpslinger and Blues Hall of Fame inductee Carey Bell. In 1977, Bell and Branch were considered members of the “New Generation of Chicago Blues” and both have made significant contributions to the genre.

Omar and The Howlers features Kent “Omar” Dykes:
“He hails from McComb, MS, a town with the distinction of being home turf for Bo Diddley. Omar started playing guitar at twelve where he took to hanging out in edge-of-town juke joints playing with Wakefield Coney and other authentic blues greats in the middle of the night when his parents were asleep.”

The Andreas Diehlmann Band is a German power trio who crank out Texas blues ala ZZ Top, with vocals to match. Diehlmann is backed by Jörg Sebald on bass and Tom Bonn on drums.

Playing For Change: Legendary multi-instrumentalist John Paul Jones, accompanied by Stephen Perkins, Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks, and over 20 musicians and dancers from seven different countries perform a rework of the 1929 original release by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the most destructive river flooding in U.S. history.

Prayers to those who lost loved ones and were otherwise affected by Hurricane Helene, one of the largest to hit the US in recent history.  The cleanup effort required is mind boggling.

Porch time begins at porch time. See you tomorrow.

Autumnal Equinox Hot Links

Blitzed, The Raveonettes (2007)
Indie retro post-punk noise rock duo from Denmark channel Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound.

Lizard.

Jell-OMG.

The Jetsons.

The Visitors.

The Snapshot.

Good Morning.

Classical abuse.

Hi-tech archery.

Oh Those Shriners!

1957 Chevy Bel AI r.

Addressing the ****.

In case of emergency…

Norty Blues Episode 82.

Umpty’s Magic Pain Killer.

Zhdun.
Zhdun piggy bank.
Zhdun piggy bank in action.

The Future was a long time ago.

GarE Maxton’s puzzles (with video).

FUTUREAMA [via Memo Of The Air].

Angela LOVES crashing into bollards.

The Carpentopod [via Mme. Jujujive].

Musical Quintracycle [via Bunkerville].

1948 Norman Timbs Special [via Bits & Pieces].

Fall begins today, 22 September 2024, at 02:43:12 PM.

[Top image: Photo of the sunset as projected from a vent in the west wall, through the roof trusses, and onto the east wall of our garage. It’s a giant pinhole camera; our own little Stonehenge.]

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Saturday Matinee – The Black Hole, Carolyn Wonderland, The Henrik Freischlader Trio & The Gary Hoey Band

The Black Hole (UK, 2008) is a short film starring Napoleon Ryan and a hole, directed by Phil Sampson and Olly Williams (Phil and Olly) who may or may not have been fans of Warner Bros. cartoons.

“Carolyn Wonderland  describes herself as ‘a guitarist in a roomful of singers and a singer in a roomful of guitarists,’ was recently called ‘one of Texas’ finest Americana guitar-slingers’ by her hometown newspaper, The Austin American-Statesman.” – Alligator Records

The Henrik Freischlader Trio plays some damn good funkified blues. Freischlader is a German blues guitarist, singer-songwriter, producer, and self-taught multi-instrumentalist from Wuppertal, Germany.

Gary Hoey was in diapers when the Chantays recorded their 1962 classic, and he rips it up with respect.

Way too much happened this past week. I think some of the sensory overload is intentional and unnecessary, but we’ll cope.
Porch. Tomorrow. Noonish.

Acolouthic Hot Links

Blue Star, The Shadows (1961) Pre-Beatles instrumental group The Shadows had 69 UK chart singles from the 1950s to the 2000s, 35 as The Shadows and 34 as Cliff Richard and The Shadows.

Lolo Face.

Cirrus Surfer.

Soho George.

UFO crash site.

Bark bark bark.

Poling bamboo.

Listen to a moth.

Donkey nannies.

Wendy’s watching.

Self Defense in MA.

“Eh. Eh. Ah, ah, ah.”

Norty Blues Episode 81.

Escape from Springfield.

Streetscapes in watercolor.

The CPI continues to climb.

Cool maps you’ve never seen.

“Nice magazine. Want to sell it?“

The Chelsea Hotel doors auction.

Typhoon Yagi & a cashless society.

The worst movie death scene ever.

Steampunk river town [via Memo Of The Air].

Tomorrow’s kitchen of yesterday [via Bunkerville].

[Top image: Semyon and Anna Zhimulevsky with their domestic gravity carp. Vadim Solovyov 2024.]

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Saturday Matinee – The Reverend Horton Heat, Beverly Watkins & Buckwheat Zydeco (reposted)

[My calendar malfunctioned, so here’s a repost from 01 October 2016.]

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I don’t listen to food shows on the radio, at least not intentionally, but sometimes I do by accident.

KFIAM640 features “The Fork Report” on Saturdays, featuring Neil Saavedra, and his themesong is pretty cool. Lordy, lordy. Last night I suddenly realized that he’s been playing The Reverend Horton Heat all this time. If you’re offended by Rockabilly cheesecake videos, click on it, turn away and just listen. The song is fun. The video is funner.

Yeah, I found that mildly amusing, but then I’m easily amused. So let’s go visit Beverly Watkins instead.

From the UToobage description:

Beverly Watkins plays a mean blues guitar, and that’s putting it mildly. Over six decades of performing, the 77-year-old has opened for Ray Charles, James Brown, BB King and other legendary musicians. She’s one of the greatest female blues guitarists, and still plays local gigs in Atlanta.

Not convinced? Try this.

Here’s some bad news.

Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr. passed away Saturday, 24 September 2016 at the age of 68. The vid features Lenny Kravitz and Ry Cooder. Rock on, Buck [via].

We all move on, despite what we would like to believe. Have a great weekend, folks, and let’s all have fun while we still can.

Fissiparous Hot Links

Boeing Starliner returns to Earth without NASA astronauts Friday, 06 September 2024.

We Are Alive, Key Frances (2007) “I was born in Seattle in Kings County Hospital. I’m six months younger than Jimi Hendrix. Don’t do the math, I want to be younger than somebody and I am six months younger than Jimi. He was born in the same hospital as I was.” – Key Frances

*squish*

PUGMAN!

Monkeybrew.

First car jewelry.

Vitamin D needed.

A visored bascinet.

Lord of the Swamp.

Burning Ring of Fire.

Cows have best friends.

Norty Blues Episode 80.

Someone opened the blinds.

Miss Sukey feeds a swaddled cat.

Terrifying Satellite Jumping Shoes.

Margaret Watts Hughes’ visible voices.

The Golden Age of Radio [via Memo Of The Air].

Solving California’s energy shortage [via Bunkerville].

On the road to Black Rock [via The View From Lady Lake].

[Top image: Screencap from live Starlink video.]

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Saturday Matinee – Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers, The Black Keys, Janiva Magness, and Ry Cooder w/ Buckwheat Zydeco & Lenny Kravitz

Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers “plays an Americana that encompasses Texas honky-tonk, Bakersfield twang, Memphis rockabilly, Western swing and good old-fashioned rock’n’ roll.” This song doesn’t really fit any of those categories, but it’s nice and easy.

The Black Keys‘ breakout video from 2010… or maybe it wasn’t.

Janiva Magness covers Tom Waits.

Ry Cooder, Buckwheat Zydeco and Lenny Kravitz, having some fun in New Orleans 2005.

Too much heat, stress and attitude for me this week. Tell you all about it on the porch when the time is right.

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Labor Day 2024

While you’re waiting for it to burn, here’s an arbitrary mix of tunes, all previously posted, and in no particular order. Cheers!

[Image from here. More playlists in these posts.]

Catalectic Hot Links

Green Eggs And Ham, Not Bob Dylan (1997) In 1997, a 30-something music producer from Houston, Texas, produced a mashup of Bob Dylan and Dr. Seuss titled Dylan Hears a Who, a parody album that went viral online. IIRC, the estate of Dr. Seuss issued a cease and desist order based on copyright infringement, and the album / website disappeared (but not before some of us snagged it).

Mud Hill.

“AHOOOO!”

“WOO-WOO!”

Fkkn pelicans.

Printing a lion.

Speaking Bajan.

Gabels Ice Cream.

Animated origami.

Matinee Featurettes.

Clearing the driveway.

Human Touch Clothing.

Norty Blues Episode 79.

Night-merry-go-round.

Play nicely. Use coasters.

Someone watched for 12 days.

Alena Shymchonak spreads the oil.

Listen to Wikipedia [via Memo Of The Air]

Godzilla: The Official Cookbook [via Mme. Jujujive].

Saturday morning with Peggy and Chuck [via Bunkerville].

[Top image found here.]

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