“So this made him wonder which was stronger – his father’s Buick or his grandmother’s God.”
[Photos by Steve Fitch.]
On the Road with Steve
Tag: photography
A Swallow
[Found here.]
Fourth Street
[Found here, unknown photographer, unknown location.]
Dégringolade Hot Links
I Really Love You, The Stereos (1961) Formed by members of The Buckeyes, The Stereos were an R&B group from Steubenville, Ohio, and recorded from 1959 through 1968. Their biggest hit, I Really Love You, was later covered in 1983 by George Harrison.
More about Robot Archie.
Robbie Shilstone’s animations.
Old trains & obscure locomotives.
Laser kids busted (watch in 2x speed).
Electric vehicles of old [via Bunkerville].
Best Albums of 2024 that I haven’t heard.
25 minutes of destruction [via Mme. Jujujive].
More proof that the true minimum wage is zero.
The Flammerian Engraving [via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image: TV Night 1968 found at Team Jimmy Joe.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Horrorchids
The .Gif Friday Post No. 855 – Painting in the Shade, Window Openers & Normandy Now and Then
[Shade painter gif is comprised of ten photos titled Self-Erasure through Painting by German conceptual artist Timm Ulrichs ca. 1976.
Window openers found here.
Third gif was morphed from WWII and present day photos of 2 Rte de Saint-Lô, Tessy sur Vire, Normandy, France, found here.
My Marimo
Every two weeks I take a photo of Moss Toshi and the offspring moss balls Toshita, Microtosh & Nanotosh. Related post with more photos and story here.
Those pictures also represent an important milestone for me. I’ve completed a fourth year of chemo, one every two weeks, 104 in total since May 2020. All is well, side effects are tolerable, and the dosage has been reduced twice. We’re just keeping a couple inoperable little bastards from waking up and messing around.
Mirror for Sale – Only Used Once
[All images found in here. Some of the photos on this Reddit thread look deliberate / staged, but there are some fun ones.]
Mothers Day Hot Links
You Didn’t Try To Call Me, The Mothers of Invention (1968) Track 8 of TMOI‘s debut album Freak Out! – a double record set of songs composed by Frank Zappa that won the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999, and ranks at No. 246 on Rolling Stone magazine’s 2012 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
[CORRECTION: Taminatorpgh noted that this version of You Didn’t Try To Call Me is from the 1968 album Cruising With Ruben and the Jets. The original version from Freak Out! is here. More in the comments below.]
Fun machines [via Mme. Jujujive].
Zinaida Portnova [h/t Charlene J.]
Look at this moth [via Bunkerville].
Where to go over summer vacation.
Put this girl in charge of everything.
35 Flapper Fotos [via Memo Of The Air].
The 50 most commonly prescribed drugs.
The Gordie Howe International Bridge Gap.
Re-enactment of the 17-year cicada’s lifecycle.
There’s a live video “portal” between Dublin & NYC.
Uber driver with Tourette’s picked up passenger with Tourette’s.
[h/t Kirk W.]
[Top image from Shorpy, cropped and colorized: “July 1939. ‘Family in front of shack home. May Avenue camp, Oklahoma City.’ Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.”]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Japanese Pigeon People
In March 2013, a Google Street View Trekker captured a flock of Pigeon People along the Tamagawa Aqueduct Greenway, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan.
[Found here.]
Tacky Raccoons 