For her, it’s always Monday.
[Found here.]
Tag: Retro & Vintage
Saturday Matinee – Louis in the Studio, Kid Ory & Trombone Shorty
This exclusive video depicts Armstrong and his All Stars recording the master take of “I Ain’t Got Nobody,” as well as silent footage of them listening to the playback. Also featured in the clip are Trummy Young, trombone, Peanuts Hucko, clarinet, Billy Kyle, piano, Mort Herbert, bass and Danny Barcelona, drums.
I always thought Kid Ory came out of King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band (along with Johnny Dodds, Baby Dodds and Louis Armstrong) but according to Wiki:
Ory had one of the best-known bands in New Orleans in the 1910s, hiring many of the great jazz musicians of the city, including cornetists Joe “King” Oliver, Mutt Carey, and Louis Armstrong, who joined the band in 1919; and clarinetists Johnny Dodds and Jimmie Noone.
So how ’bout some more in the same vein? Trombone Shorty’s tribute to Louis Armstrong ain’t bad, and he’s got one hell of a breathing trick.
[Confidential to Calo – That one’s for you. Condolences.]
Have a great weekend, folks, and be back here tomorrow for more, you know, stuff.
The .GIF Friday Post No.433 – Prince’s Hair, Anthony’s Poses & A Monkey Sucker Punch
NCC 1701 Enterprise Prototype?
[Found here.]
Saturday Matinee – The National Blues Museum, Andy Williams & The Temptations, The Continentals & The Trashmen
The National Blues Museum just opened in St. Louis, Missouri. [via]
In December 1969, Andy Williams (aka Mr. Moon River) got down and funky with The Temptations. He looked mad, dammit. [via]
The Continentals (Richard Frank, Lead Guitar; Robert Sarlo, Rhythm Guitar; Ricky Mangone, Rhythm Guitar; Joseph Messina, Drums and Ralph DiForio, Vocals and Bass Guitar) recorded July 9, 1961 on Ted Mack’s Original Amateur Hour.
I dare you to Lip sync Surfin’ Bird. Now sing it without a backup band. Have a great weekend, folks, and we’ll be back tomorrow with more inanity than you can stand.
Street DJ with Gramophone, London ca. 1920
Testudinoidealistic Hot Links
Occasionally I google three random words just to see what turns up. “John headlight insect” produced this, and I’m going to try it tomorrow.
A Fallen Tear – The El Dorados [1956 Vee-Jay Records].
A Fallen Tear – The Marcels [1961 Colpix Records].
Beep … beep … beep … THIS equipment is evil.
The Chalk Police have been summoned.
Look out, Cannes. Look out Oscars. There’s an old kid in town.
[Top image from here – Melchoir Lorck‘s “Tortoise above the Venetian Lagoon” 1555].
Saturday Matinee – Tom Waits, Howlin’ Wolf & Ron Holloway
“16 Shells From A Thirty Ought Six” is one of my Tom Waits favorites. Pure industrial grade Howlin’ Wolf. This clip was from his 1988 film dérangeant Big Time.
Howlin’ Wolf and other classic bluesmen were promoted by The Rolling Stones.
Great live version of “Jimi Thing” by The Dave Matthews Band in 2011. Jump to 07:00 for some awesome funk sax by Ron Holloway.
1964 Soviet Taxi Prototype
Even a babushka with a baby carriage full of pea soup fits in, without a drop spilled. The car never made it to production, but the concept is interesting, given the state of automotive manufacturing in the USSR at the time.
[Click the images below for full size.]
This unique test car was designed in 1964 based on components of “Moskvich-408”. It successfully passed performance tests in Moscow and was recommended for serial production In Yerevan, but due to different reasons it didn’t go this far…
[Caption with more photos here.]
Pro Anti Hot Links
Everybody’s Marty Feldman [via].
St. Kitts and Nevis. After the Spanish Conquest, mongooses were introduced to hunt and kill rats and snakes, but then they began going after chickens and became vermin themselves.
The Mongoose Play is a piece of folk theatre from Saint Kitts. The play is based around a battle against mongooses, who threatened the island’s chickens, an important food source, after having been imported to exterminate the then-raging snake and rat population. The Mongoose Play involves both dance and music performed by costumed masqueraders.
One would think that a “then-raging snake and rat population” might eventually take care of itself unless it were in equilibrium and self-supporting.
Tacky Raccoons 