Tag: potpourri

Vectitating Hot Links

Lobster Pot Provincetown, oil, Robert Abele III 2017.

Big Ugly Wheels, The Beat Farmers (1990)The Beat Farmers (1983–1995) were a great band from San Diego, California (best experienced live) and featured the late Country Dick Montana. According to their website, they’ve since reformed re-formed with a new lineup.

Hold on…

Chew this.

Spacepoop.

Toast Malone.

Hell of a woman.

Property values.

Alan and Denise.

Folklore Music 8.

Ce n’est pas pizza.
C’est une pizza.

G.I. Jive with G.I. Jill.

“Do NOT call me ‘Roo’.”

Write like an Egyptian.

Norty Blues Episode 111.

The Briden-Roen Sawmill.

Sesame Street Wargaming.

Evel Knievel home movie clip.

The War Between The States.

Dogs and horses [via Bunkerville].

Who put Luebella down the wych-elm?

Bailong Elevator [via Everlasting Blört].

“Can we keep him?” [via Thompsonblog].

Electric throat guitar?! [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: Painting by Robert Abele III, found at My OBT.]

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Ecdemomaniacal Hot Links

Hot Dog Dooly Wah, The Pyramids (1959) Not to be confused with the surf band from CA, or the reggae group from the UK, or the R&B group from Detroit, or others, these Pyramids appear to be songwriter Vince Catalano (who also disguised himself as The Acorns).

PSVR.

Lunchtime.

Planting poop.

A Whole Lotta.

Pull the turnip.

“Hey you guys!”

The Girls of Etsy.

Disgruntled liars.

The US Debt Clock.

Penguins can’t spel.

Amusement Park Land.

Norty Blues Episode 110.

Which show set him off?

The History of Neil Young.

Catspeak [via Bunkerville].

The Covid-19 History Project.

“Even crime fighters must eat.”

Purple paint laws (like this one).

Want a surplus 1911 M1911A1 pistol?

Experience Regina [h/t Gord S.].
Reminds me of The Great Barrington playlist.

Sara’s danceoff round  [via Everlasting Blört].

Painted chickens [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image found on FB [h/t ZJJ]. Gargoyle is located at the La Porte de la Reine (The Queen’s Gate), Aigues-Mortes, Camargue gardoise, Gard, France.]

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Nemorivagant Hot Links

You’re Losing Me, Barbara Lynn (1968)
Barbara Lynn (aka Barbara Lynn Ozen, Barbara Lynn Cumby) is a well-known blues / R&B singer, songwriter and electric guitar player with an impressive discography. She was only 19 when she began her recording career with Give Me A Break in 1961, and the following year she scored her biggest hit You’ll Lose A Good Thing. Many years and many tours later, sharing the stage with almost every big name in the business, she’s still performing.

Stuff it.

Zoetrope.

I remember.

Camperage.

The Romance.

Hey hey. Ho ho…

Goodbye, Waffles.

Crime in Barbados.

A pangolin love story.

Movie posters of yore.

Quick Quack Car Wash.

Almost that time again.

Norty Blues Episode 109.

Volleydog [via Bunkerville].

Shark in the Box [h/t Paul Y.]

Thomas the Tank Engine Beatbox.

Rubber City Blimps [via Everlasting Blört].

Translating Star Wars [via Memo Of The Air].

The Raid at Son Tay is soon to be a movie [h/t Kirk W].

The world’s largest artificial reef [via The Feral Irishman].

Take Five: The Sachel Studios Orchestra [via Wheels within Wheels].

Photos and videos of 7.7 earthquake, Thailand & Myanmar, 18 March 2025.

[Top image found somewhere. More space bimbos here.]

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Dolichocephalic Hot Links

Any Way The Wind Blows, Los Brujos (1996)
From Unmatched – Tributo A Zappa Vol. 1, a collection of covers of Frank Zappa songs, de grupos y artistas españoles. There are 9 such compilations in the series.

No.

Proof.

Froghorn.

In the way.

Sync or swim.

Bill’s Records.

…and 80% don’t.

Cats and lizards.

Phyllobates terribilis.

Someone calculated 161.

Norty Blues Episode 108.

The science is deafening.

The Anti-Social Media Project.

Doggos gonna have nightmares.

Something completely different.

A stacka ‘eaters [via Bunkerville].

Operation Wrong Exit [via Xenophilic].

First there was Radio Garden. Now there’s TV Garden
[via Memo Of The Air].

R.I.P. Kenneth Pluhar (1961-2023) [via Feral Irishman].

Walking in Havana. Many other cities to choose from, with walking, driving and flying options. Sound up. [h/t Everlasting Blört].

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Kapnographic Hot Links

Mumbles,  Clark Terry (and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1964)
Reportedly Richard Pryor’s favorite song, Mumbles was also known as Pookie’s Theme for The Soupy Sales Show.

Bubble fun.

Adam Rainer.

Headbangers.

Billy the AI Fish.

Giant Crab 1969.

Plant City sunset.

Custom modification.

Norty Blues Episode 107.

Now about that manicule…

Canada’s stealth weapon.

Paintings of paper and glue.

Catlines [via Everlasting Blört].

Pedestrian crossing in Vietnam.

Another reason for the internet.

The moment punk rock was born.

The Mirror Dance [via Bunkerville].

Name that tune [via Feral Irishman].

Flailing hoses [via Memo Of The Air].

Breakfast, dinner, tea & supper 1912.

It’s 2am, SR412 West, 147 miles from Tulsa.

Queen Hepzibah’s favourite Bajan Calypsonian.

The Dual Primate Console [via Sloth Unleashed].

What Did He Say? (The Mumble Song) by The Charioteers.

[Top image: Who Can Sleep, Gérard DuBois (2025) found here.]

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Dies Paschae Hot Links

Love Is All Around, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts (1996)
Probably the best version of one of the most cloying songs ever – Theme to The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Vitiligo.

Sitzfleisch.

This doggo.

What a beach.

Three little pigs.

Watch your step.

Before The Scream?

Slug Dub [h/t Jason M.].

20 minutes of DAYYUM!!

Norty Blues Episode 106.

Elena is one tough woman.

Short haulers [via Neatorama].

Kwan Yeuk Pang’s watercolors.

The Gell-Mann Amnesia effect.

Doloresaurus [via Everlasting Blört].

White trash troubles. More details here.

The women of Brooklands [via Bits & Pieces].

No more P00P [via The View From Lady Lake].

Wait for The Horned Screamer [via Bunkerville].

The astonishing depravity of the Adélie penguins
[via Nag on the Lake].

The Malling Hansen Writing Ball [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: Ancient A.I. found here.]

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Homichlophobic Hot Links

(There’s Gonna Be A) Showdown, New York Dolls (1973)
 This seminal proto punk band took their name from the New York Doll Hospital, a doll repair shop.

R.I.P. David Johansen.
R.I.P. Roberta Flack.
R.I.P. Gene Hackman.

Quiet.

Greasy.

PB Mona.

Street art.

Light’s out.

Goop Scoop.

I got nuthin’.

Lowe’s Cabin.

The Fun Police.

Choctaw Bingo.

Bajan Rock Cakes.

Flightless fearing.

How March comes in.

The Colonel is pissed.

Norty Blues Episode 105.

M.C. Escher film collection.

Metal detectable bandages.

Hagfish slime [via Bunkerville].

Space X and the Coastal Commission.

European box beds [via Everlasting Blört].

Mantis ate the whole thing [via Ephemera].

St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada.

“Hey Joe. Where was your cousin’s apartment?”

Do Something Cool in Slo-Mo [via Memo Of The Air].

Lyonel Feininger (1871 – 1956) [via this isn’t happiness].

[Top image: Ceramic art by Sergey Isopov, found here.]

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Bisulcated Hot Links

You Keep On Worrying Me, Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm (1959) “Turner maintained strict discipline over the band, insisting they lived in a large house with him so he could conduct early morning rehearsals at a moment’s notice. He would fire anyone he suspected of drinking or taking drugs, and would fine band members if they played a wrong note.”

THIS.

Stoops.

The Trap.

LOOK OUT.

Sitar metal.

Duck Radio.

Off the ferry.

Fertile turtle.

Gravestone circles.

A decision was made.

Dancing with robots.

3D models of models.

The Confetti of Venice.

The $40K pizza delivery.

Norty Blues Episode 104.

The only TED Talk you need.

The history of Mah Nà Mah Nà.

It’s gonna be okay [via Bunkerville].

The Spotniks [via Everlasting Blört].

The Toronto Recursive History Project [h/t Jason F.].

“It’s a profound gas, Mr. Gunn“ [via Memo Of The Air].

Soho (Cafe Francais) 1955 [via The View From Lady Lake].

“I am a dwarf and I’m digging a hole. Diggy diggy hole, diggy diggy hole.”

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Rhotacismic Hot Links

My Only Man, Helen Merrill & Piero Umiliani (1962) Smooth and sultry, from the 1962 Italian drama Smog. Umiliani wrote many scores for spaghetti westerns and sexploitation films, but was best remembered as the composer of Mah Nà Mah Nà.
Helen Merrill (born Jelena Ana Milcetic) was a jazz vocalist who recorded in the bebop era of the late 50s / early 60s. She traveled abroad for some years before returning to the U.S. in the 1970s.

Smog.

Read it.

Stencils.

The Niffle.

The Wackids.

This dog.
This dog, too.

Zoom fashion.

Things to sit on.

F-bomb generator.

F.I.’s misc. memes.
Memes for $6,000, Alex.

Norty Blues Episode 103.

“Andy is hot on a smell trail.”

Balloon ride [via Bunkerville].

Thank You Very Much (trailer).

Ruth’s mallets [via Memo Of The Air].

Venetian entry buzzers [via Everlasting Blört].

I Wanna Rock and Roll Until a Reasonable Hour.

Jayne Mansfield walks around her Hollywood home.

The Alafia River Beer Shed [via The View From Lady Lake].

[Top image: Helen Merrill in studio, unknown date.]

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Super Bowl Lix Hot Links

Jumpin’ Jacquet, Illinois Jacquet & His Orchestra (1946) Recorded in New York. Illinois Jacquet / tenor sax, John Simmons / Bass, Freddie Green / guitar, Emmet Berry / Trumpet, Bill Doggett / piano, Shadow Wilson(?) / drums.

Amber.

Der Käfer.

One Got Fat.

Beetlejuicies.

Working late.

House of Dan.

Yay! Campers!

How to parent.

Stickler’s snails.

Animated street art.

Click for more NEWS.

“But why?” said the dog.

Norty Blues Episode 102.

Psst… hey O.J. – ISWYDT. 😀

Talk like an orca [via Bunkerville].

Saxquatch [via Everlasting Blört].

Mastering The Art Of Hock A Loogie.

Routine graph [via Innocent Bystanders].

Abraham LeBron Lincoln – An American Icon.

OVERRIDE: The opening salvo of the DOGE war.

Everybody and The Sunshine Band [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image found here. More disco dream girls here.]

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