Tag: Music

Acervuline Hot Links

Being Without You, Maurice Williams (1966) Maurice Williams (with The Zodiacs) was best known for the classic 1960 hit Stay, the shortest recorded number one hit in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 chart (US).

Flötenkreis.

Mo campers.

Psychopomps.

Crochet del creepo.

Master level chess.

To us, he’s the king.

Song o’ the Starling.

Doggo photo awards.

I SO hope this is true.
Holy crap! IT’S TRUE!

In the Garden of Eden.

She meant Louis, not Luis.

She played all her victim cards.

Sonny Rollins’ solo floored them.

Canadian villagers eating street food.

Losing weight in ’58 [via Bunkerville].

Half man, half man [via Memo Of The Air].

“The Thatch Man” from the album cover of Led Zeppelin IV identified
[via The View From Lady Lake].

War correspondent Douglas Murray talks to Piers Morgan from the Israel / Gaza border.

[Top image found here.]

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Acersecomic Hot Links

It Ain’t Nothin’ But Rock And Roll, The Matadors (1963) Puerto Rican street corner vocal group The Epsilons formed in Brooklyn NY, changed the name to the The Matadors and recorded four songs in 1963. There was another group with the same name, and rather than give up their matching bullfighter garb, they became The Toreadors.

Scarebear.

Campering.

“We’re toast.“

Go on. Take it.

Party’s cancelled.

$17.33 per gallon?

Meet Fred Dibnah.

Jinni in a Polka Dot Bikini.

“and finally, finally, i am a pinata.”

A happy ending [via Bunkerville].

In The Still Of The Night (1946)
[via Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge].

Party like it’s 1987 [via Mme. Jujujive].

Tom has been chasing Jerry for 80 years.

Wonderful and worrisome [via Memo Of The Air].

Study suggests: Less air pollution may cause rising temperatures.

[Top image: Mural by Belgium artist ROA found here.]

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Saturday Matinee – The Flying Sailor, Swamp Ratz & Lonnie Brooks

The Flying Sailor (2022) is a short film by Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby:
“In 1917 two ships collided in the Halifax Harbour, causing the largest accidental explosion in history. Among the tragic stories of the disaster is the remarkable account of a sailor who, blown skyward from the docks, flew a distance of 2 kilometres before landing uphill, naked and unharmed. The Flying Sailor is a contemplation of his journey.”

Watch in full screen, sound up. [h/t Mme. Jujujive]

From Tokyo, these Swamp Ratz got the triple slap back style.
Frantic Pickin’ Guitar, Backing Vocals – Yu Fukuhar
Rockin’ Piratez Drum, Backing Vocals – Yoshimasa Ohishi
Slap Back Bass, Lead Vocals – Daisuke Ohishi

Lee Baker Jr., aka Lonnie Brooks, did Chicago blues right.

Have a great weekend, see you in the early hours of the late afternoon.

¡Feliz Día de Los Muertos!

Día de Los Muertos, Merengue Urbano (2021)

[Skulls found in our living room and on the front door stoop.
Día de los Muertos archive here. ]

Habilatory Hot Links

Do The Zombie, M.R. Baseman & The Symbols (1963) This song was the B-side of a 45rpm recorded on the Graphic Arts label, the A-side being a cover of the Devotions’ Rip Van Winkel, recorded by “Marty & The Symbols.” Very little is known about this group except they may have been from Astoria, Queens, NY. No relation to the 1960s UK pop band The Symbols.

Blorp.

Meow.

Retroman.

Honest Jaws.

Camper World.

Erasing US History.

Yabba Dabba Duplex?

Dancing with Michael.

Hating the Monstermash.

The original version is the best.

Izuna Fair [via Memo Of The Air].

Mr. Bone’s Pizza [via Mme. Jujujive].

The Earth is leaking [via Bunkerville].

The Book of Hallowe’en Ruth Edna Kelley (1919)
[also via Memo Of The Air].

Frankencamper [via The View From Lady Lake].

Cool but impractical shelter [via Feral Irishman].

Tired of the lies? Here’s The True Story of Hushpuppies.

[Top image: Detail from The Reward of Cruelty, William Hogarth (1751) found here.]

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Saturday Matinee – The Creepshow, Messer Chups, Paulie Martin & Blues Confidential, and The Reverend Horton Heat

The Creepshow has been blasting psychopunkabilly for a while. Zombies Ate Her Brain was from their debut album, Sell Your Soul (2006).

From St. Petersburg, Russia,  Messer Chups is listed under vampire space zombie surf rock. “Messer” is German for “knife” and “Chups” is from Chupa Chups lollipops.

Decent cover of Freddie King‘s classic Boogie Man performed by Paulie Martin & Blues Confidential of Ireland. According to the band’s website, Martin has moved on to other ventures..

Gretchmaster The Reverend Horton Heat has a tailgater to deal with.

Just a few days to go before the little spooky ones come a-knockin’.  We had maybe a half dozen last year, and that includes the one who showed up twice. In any case, pumpkin vivisection is scheduled for Monday.

See you tomorrow, you know where to find me.

Ventricumbent Hot Links

Stampede, The Scarlets (1959)
Not to be confused with the R&B vocal group of the same name, or the 1960s band from Denmark, or the glam-punk band from Australia, this was an instrumental group with Peter Antonio, (aka Pete Antell) and John Sanzone on guitars. Originally titled Dragstrip, Stampede was the theme to the movie Dragstrip Girl. From Billboard’s Music Popularity Charts Sep. 28 1959: “A fine instrumental blues with lots of echo. Side makes use of a downward progression of notes as one of its base themes. Plenty of raucous guitar and sax sound here (Atlantic, BMI).”

Eep. Zorp.

The Miracle.

Wind lashes.

Mini sliders?

He’s in the can.

50-50 makeup.

Porcine parkour.

Parasite Fear-P0rn.

How stupid are you?

Multi-purpose Room.

Ball-balancing robot.

Compassion International.

Dancing chicks (sound up).

April 11, 1954 was a Sunday.

Death mask to CPR connection.

Here are the signs [via Memo Of The Air].

Border collie staredown [via Bunkerville].

[Top image: I Am Joe’s Chin.]

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Saturday Matinee – Oz Noy (w/ Amitai Pariente), Ghalia Volt & Joanne Shaw Taylor

Oz Noy / guitar, Amitai Pariente / bass and (?)/ drums, with their version of Pee Wee Ellis’ The Chicken. The Utoobage lists the drummer as “Omer Punk” but that appears to be an alias.

Belgian guitarist (and occasional one-woman band) Ghalia Volt scored the number three slot on the Billboard Top Blues Albums Chart in 2019.

Joanne Shaw Taylor kicks the hoodoo loose all the way from the UK.

Batteries have been running low for the past few days, but I’ll be up at the crack of noon tomorrow. See you then.

The Toddlyrz – Live at The Grunge Garage

This has been circulating on the TwitX, so click it first:

I wanted to suss out the song, so I stripped the audio, slowed it down,  increased the volume, then pasted it back into the video. Sounds like two teens blasted out of their minds.

“Welcome to McDonald’s?” No idea.

[h/t Charlene604 for linking to the original.]

Goniometric Hot Links

Fiberglass Jungle, The Crossfires (1963) Formerly known as The Nightriders, The Crossfires released one 45rpm record in 1963, then abandoned the surf guitar sound, changed to folk rock and renamed themselves The Tyrtles. Then they changed the spelling and became The Turtles. (See also Flo and Eddie.)

The Cracker.

Do the Gomer.

Tighty Righty.

New York blizzard.

How to make a camel.

The origins of Florida Man.

“The war on inflation is over.” Or not.

Paper toy templates [via Mme. Jujujive].

Nature’s pinhole cameras & the solar eclipse.

Putting the lizard in the pot [via Bunkerville].

The Four Corners of the Earth  [via Memo Of The Air].

Window Swap opens a random video window with audio.

[Top image: Training the Worm, AI image courtesy Pam M.]

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