Blesiloquent Hot Links

ASKO Beer, 50 Country Artists (2025) Compilation lifted from There I Ruined It: “I made a song entirely from 50 country artists singing ‘cold beer.'” [Related song here.]

Bicycle.

AI or Die.

Read fast.

Sound UP.

Squeezins.

Carol Lang.

Hidden art.

Altar attack.

Buying Fats.

Self-defense.

Invisible scars.

US Pipe Factory.

Because internet.

Stop interrupting.

Project Nightengag.

Fact checking Robin.

Amy Stewart’s glass.

Painting the windows.

Tom Waits as a blender.

Jackie Chan’s elephant.

Student loans vs results.

Rik Boa says you look good.

Don’t bring your dog, whitey.

About Industrial Sea-Foam Green.

Jumping Dave [via Everlasting Blört].

How bad was it? [via Thompson, blog].

Now they must cryCry, cry, cry.
But why do they cry? [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: 7-pack of ASKO Beer created by Grok per my request.]


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Saturday Matinee – There I Ruined It, Matteo Mancuso, 8 Ball Aiken & The Gary Hoey Band

In Memory of Country Music: Every fake accent 2-part harmony bro country song crammed into 1-1/2 minutes of ear torture from There, I Ruined It. The comments on the Utoobage vid are fun, and if that’s not enough for you, there’s this mashup.

Django Reinhardt and Les Paul meet Weather Report: Italian guitar prodigy Matteo Mancuso plays cool jazz fusion blues and more.

8 Ball Aiken is an Australian singer and songwriter from Brisbane, plays blues, swamp-rock, alternative country, and Americana music. At one of his early gigs in a rough pub, a fight broke out over a pool table. The 8 ball landed on stage and his bandmates gave him the nickname.

Underrated guitar thrasher Gary Hoey shreds the blues. He’s been compared to Robin Trower, early Clapton, SRV and others.

So there you go, and no, I’m not going to apologize for the first one. It’s like an aural vaccine so you never have to listen to country pop again. Have a great weekend, see you tomorrow, porch time is noonish.