The .Gif Friday Post No. 406 – Obama Greets Pope, Escher Falls & Bird Release Fails Big Time

Obama Greets Pope Francis
Escher Falls
Nature
These .gifs made me smile, especially the third one, because it was so well-intentioned, yet so poorly thought out.
[Found here, here, and here.]

Hat.

Hat

[Found here.]

The Walking Department Store

Walking Department Store

Photo by Weegee, 1940s  New York. Original title unknown.

[Found here.]

Desert Breath

Desert Breath 1

Located near the Red Sea in El Gouna, Egypt, Desert Breath is an impossibly immense land art installation dug into the sands of the Sahara desert by the D.A.ST. Arteam back in 1997.

It reminded me of and predates Louis Sachar‘s 1998 novel “Holes” that I read as a parent at the insistence of my youngun’s. I liked it, and the movie wasn’t bad either.

[Images and story found here, via here.]

Horse. Fly.

Horse Fly

Smell the tail. [Found here.]

“Ya, Boss, we take care of it. You watch.”

Neanderthal Recreation

He never spoke those words.
No one alive knows his name.
Everyone who ever met him in person is dead.
TRUE.

[Image and story found here, via here.]

“Darts ready? Okay! On three…”

Balloon Queen

Careful. The Balloon Queen’s got a gun.

[Found here.]

Saturday Matinee – Puddles The Clown, Jim Stafford & Jimmer Podrasky

Pinball Folsom Wizard Prison Blues.
Excellent performance by Puddles The Clown.

Jim Stafford was rated, both under and over, for obvious reasons.

By the way, how ’bout a crappy but excellent video of The Rave-Ups featuring frontman Jimmer Podrasky?

The Rave-Ups were underrated IMO, but they got some traction for their work in a B-minus movie, Pretty In Pink, and In My Gremlin is my favorite Rave-Ups song, also for obvious reasons.

Have a great weekend, folks, and be back here tomorrow for Armageddon.

How To Dolphin Correctly.

How To Dolphin

[Found here.]

Blues Legends Illustrated

Blues Legends

Every one of those images were derived from B&W photos, and if I’m not mistaken, they were created by Robert Crumb. You’ve heard their songs covered by others (like this one by Memphis Minnie & Kansas City Joe McCoy).

[Image found here.]