


[Found here and here and here. 2nd one courtesy of Carl L.]

[Found here.]
Persistence of Vision III is an awesome vid by Ismael Sanz-Pena [h/t Mme. Jujujive].
Cool artistry, cool story, and Ricky Syers is interesting.
The legendary Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band covered Bill Doggett‘s 1956 hit Honky Tonk “filmed at Yoshi’s SF grand opening.” (Yoshi’s had grand openings in 1972, 1979, 1985 & 1997, so take your pick.)
ZZ Top is one of the greatest 3-man blues-rock freight trains ever, and here they are in their prime.
Have a great weekend, folks. We’ll be back here tomorrow, rain or shinola.

“Built from Bizzarrini parts, the Manta was one of Giorgetto Giugiaro’s first independent designs as an independent consultant. He used it to promote and launch Ital Design in Turin. The Manta is remarkable as it was built up from an ex-Le Mans racer and it is one of the first cars the world to use a triple seat arrangement.
Inside the cockpit is an odd layout that seats the driver in the middle of the interior with a passenger on either side. The idea was copied from a Ferrari 365 prototype built in 1965 and it was later, more popularly revived with the mighty McLaren F1. With three people seated side-by-side it must be a particularly tight squeeze as much of the available passenger foot space is occupied by intrusive wheel wells.”
[Images found here. More about the 1968 Bizzarrini Manta here.]

“My favorite part about the Columbo Board Game is that they wouldn’t pay Peter Falk what he wanted to be involved, so they had to work around showing his face.”
[Found here.]