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Posts Tagged ‘Retro’

Tonitrophobic Hot Links

Sunday, 21 February 2021

Village of Love, Nathaniel Mayer & The Fabulous Twilights (1962) Village of Love was Nathaniel “Nate Dog” Mayer‘s first hit, recorded when he was 18. After his six year stint with Fortune Records, his whereabouts were often unknown as he would disappear into the East Detroit ghettos, sometimes for years. Apparently he’d had a rough time, too – in 2009 he recorded The Puddle.

Cats on glass.

Bus recycling.

Dogs on ceilings.

Metal garden pig.

The Original Desert Bus.

Don’t worry [h/t Mme. J.].

Glorioso Albeneida, Bus Driver.

This snot was put on paid leave.

Altocumulus Lenticularis Duplicatus.

4K resolution images of the surface of Mars.

Orangutan offered to help man stuck in mud.

[Top image: Peruvian bus race, no explanation found, h/t Nate L.]

Phil bought one.

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.

Tags:doowop, hot links, link dump, miscellanea, Music, Nathaniel Mayer, potpourri, R&B, Retro
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Low and Outside

Thursday, 11 February 2021

[Found here.]

Tags:1940s, baseball, photography, Retro, signal
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Elephant Seal with Snow Boobs

Tuesday, 9 February 2021

Roland, a 4,000 pound elephant seal, getting a snow bath from his handler at Berlin Zoo, c. 1930.

[Found here. FWIW, this is our 5,300th post on Tacky Raccoons.]

Tags:awesome, Berlin Zoo, Elephant Seal, photography, Retro, snow, winter
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Saturday Matinee – The Corridor Crew, Mad Sin, Lara Hope & The Ark-Tones and Moon Hooch

Saturday, 6 February 2021

“Disclaimer: This video is a comedic parody and is not owned, endorsed, created by, or associated with the Boston Dynamics company.”

Yeah, but it could happen. Video is by the Corridor Crew.

Quirky vid, catchy song, and an f-bomb, Mad Sin plays “a combination of rockabilly, punk, white-trash blues and tongue-in-cheek sarcasm.”

Lara Hope & The Ark-Tones do the roots rock retro nicely.

Too cool not to share. Moon Hooch got stuck in a traffic jam in France and decided to make the best of it. Most popular Utoob comment? This:

*marches all the way to front of traffic jam
*four car collision accident no survivors

So there you go. Have a great weekend, try out this Superbowl Chili and lemme know how fast it goes.

Tags:animatronic, Corridor Crew, Funk, Lara Hope & The Ark-Tones, Mad Sin, Moon Hooch, Music, parody, Psychobilly, Retro, Robots, Rock and Roll, Rockabilly, Saturday Matinee, video, weapons
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Gonna be a cold day in Hot Links

Sunday, 24 January 2021

Wham! Lonnie Mack (1963) The Wham of That Memphis ManHit song from his first album was likely influenced by Bobby Blue Bland‘s Turn Your Love Light On (1961) and there are echoes of it in Clarence Gatemouth Brown‘s Pressure Cooker (1985).
Musical transcription of Wham! .pdf download here.

Ming “Hafrún” the Clam.

Hey you! Fossil Bug Penis!

“I don’t want to be President.”

Switzerland Mountain Coaster.

The Immigrant Song vs. Bali Hai.

Trichophagia can result in bezoars.

The note on the napkin read, “Can you help me?”

The note on the napkin read, “Do you need help?“

ElectroBoom (aka Mehdi Sadaghdar) is awesome.

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.

[Bernie Mitten Aquittin’ image found here.]

Tags:Bernie Sanders meme, hot links, link dump, Lonnie Mack, meme, miscellanea, mittens, Music, O. J. Simpson, potpourri, Retro, Rock, WTF
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Keleusmatical Hot Links

Sunday, 10 January 2021

Guitar Boogie Shuffle, The Virtues (1958)Recorded as Guitar Boogie Shuffle in 1953 by both The Esquire Boys and The Super-Sonics, Frank Virtue (aka Frank Virtuoso) was 35 when he recorded this cover of Arthur Smith & His Crackerjacks 1948 hit Guitar Boogie.

My opinion.

Poncho Sales.

Dog likes Pavarotti.

Don’t try this at home.

Now about this QAnon business…

Banjo Boy. (It’s not who you think it is.}

The first “toy” to be advertised on TV.

A bored Viking traced his feet 1100 years ago.

Why is that person running? [h/t Feral Irishman]

What Did Jack Do is 17 minutes of pure David Lynch.

Top image: The missus was about to pitch these cool shades, and my new mask stops BBs at 800fps, so it ought to be able to stop a flying ‘Rona. I’ll test it out at the clinic on Monday.

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.

Tags:Bunk Strutts, hot links, link dump, miscellanea, Music, potpourri, Retro, Rock, Selfie, tacky, WTF
Posted in Bizarre, Cool, Hot Linkoids, hot links, Music, Odd | 6 Comments »

New Year’s Eve 2020

Thursday, 31 December 2020

[Bottom image found here. Top .gif modified, found here.]

Tags:.gif animation, 2020, fire, fire pit, gasoline, idiot, moron, New Years Eve, party, Retro
Posted in Bizarre, Holidays, Morons, Retro, Stupid | 3 Comments »

The Fuzzy Wonder Goat… & More!

Monday, 28 December 2020

The DeMoulin Bros. Co. supplied hazing equipment for fraternal organization initiations in the early 1900s. Some of the gaffes were truly bizarre.

Apparently the company is out of the fraternity prank business and has moved onto other products: scary marching band uniforms.

[Top image from here; tiled images from .pdf found here; more info here.]

Bonus: Here’s a restored “Fuzzy Wonder” (and a “Spanker”).

Tags:advertisement, band, DeMoulin Bros., equipment, FAIL, Fraternal Organization, gaffes, hazing, initiation, props, Retro, uniforms, video, Wrong, WTF
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House Rent Boogie, John Lee Hooker, from Endless Boogie (1971).Homeschooled and illiterate, Hooker ran away from home at the age of 14. He used various pseudonyms throughout his career (including John Lee Booker, Johnny Lee, John Lee, John Lee Cooker, Texas Slim, Delta John, Birmingham Sam and his Magic Guitar, Johnny Williams, and the Boogie Man) to evade low-paying recording contracts.