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Mostly old music, art & lit. Occasional blogger. Dallas native living in Austin. Retired entertainer. I stick to art & gardening now…

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Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys, Vocal by Joe Andrews - She's Killin' Me
Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys, Vocal by Joe Andrews - She's Killin' Me YouTube video by Armadillo Killer

Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys, Vocal by Joe Andrews - She's Killin' Me
youtu.be/lz6qSGH-L0E
James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975)

07.03.2026 05:04 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Roy Wood - Keep your hands on the wheel - Single edit - Features John Bonham and Carl Wayne
Roy Wood - Keep your hands on the wheel - Single edit - Features John Bonham and Carl Wayne YouTube video by manintheclinic

Roy Wood - Keep your hands on the wheel - Features John Bonham & Carl Wayne
youtu.be/FFGX7i-chco
“The Roy Wood single 'Keep your hands on the wheel (Said Marie to the driver)' Features Led Zeppelin's John Bonham on drums & includes The Move's Carl Wayne on backing vocals...."

07.03.2026 04:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Neal Ford & The Fanatics - Shame On You (1966)
Neal Ford & The Fanatics - Shame On You (1966) YouTube video by 45 rpm

Neal Ford & The Fanatics - Shame On You (1966)
youtu.be/A11ZAgOPZLA

07.03.2026 04:28 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Neal Ford & The Fanatics - Shame On You (1966)
youtu.be/A11ZAgOPZLA

07.03.2026 04:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Charles Bukowski - 90 minutes in hell - Genius of the crowd
Charles Bukowski - 90 minutes in hell - Genius of the crowd YouTube video by Naivan Man

Charles Bukowski - 90 minutes in hell - Genius of the crowd
youtu.be/q1ST5rW8u4s

07.03.2026 04:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bill Allen and the Back Beats - Please give me something
Bill Allen and the Back Beats - Please give me something YouTube video by RoverTCB

Bill Allen and the Back Beats - Please give me something (1958)
youtu.be/FDPvaKsP-7Y
William Allen "Bill Allen" Snivley (June 5, 1937 ~ February 22, 2013)

07.03.2026 04:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

thewordoftheday 6/3 - venial (/ˈviniəl/) - adj: able to be forgiven or pardoned; not seriously wrong, as a sin. (I hope my recent lack of updates is venial)

07.03.2026 04:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Groupies - Primitive (with teenage gang movie clips)
The Groupies - Primitive (with teenage gang movie clips) YouTube video by Shakes

The Groupies - Primitive (with teenage gang movie clips)
youtu.be/b6j70VRVdB0
‘The Groupies (from New York) - Primitive (1966). Film clips from document/educational movie "Ask Me, Don´t Tell Me" (1961) about San Francisco teenage gangs and the unfriendly world they inhabit.’

07.03.2026 04:15 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
billy Hancock doing link wray's fire and brimstone
billy Hancock doing link wray's fire and brimstone YouTube video by peyoteshaman

Billy Hancock doing link wray's "fire and brimstone"
youtu.be/qLAbb0raXJ0
'with steve wolf on bass. barry hart on drums and dave chapelle on lead guitar.'

07.03.2026 04:12 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Dorothy Dandridge (Cow Cow Boogie) restored & uncut 1942 film
Dorothy Dandridge (Cow Cow Boogie) restored & uncut 1942 film YouTube video by Chris Clem

Dorothy Dandridge (Cow Cow Boogie)
youtu.be/Mq3lCOIY9I8
'restored & uncut 1942 film'

07.03.2026 04:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Home of the Double Headed Eagle
Home of the Double Headed Eagle YouTube video by folkstreamer

Home of the Double Headed Eagle
youtu.be/uAVFvbG9b6w
"The home of the Double-Headed Eagle is a kaleidoscopic work of visionary architecture created by the Reverend H. D. Dennis & his wife, Margaret Dennis. A 2006 film made by folklore graduate student Ali Colleen Neff & filmmaker Brian Graves."

07.03.2026 04:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Skeeter Davis - The Devil's Doll
Skeeter Davis - The Devil's Doll YouTube video by ernst810

Skeeter Davis - The Devil's Doll (Jan 30, 1959)l
youtu.be/kmFRGrTxG98
THE DEVIL'S DOLL (Cindy Walker)
I knew him when he held his head up high
And there was love and laughter in his eyes
And then one day the devil's doll came by
She tempted him and he fell
I knew him when he wouldn't stay away...

07.03.2026 03:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

...Written by dogged San Francisco journalist George Dusheck, "Ask Me, Don't Tell Me" was co-written and directed by esteemed cinematographer David Myers.

07.03.2026 03:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Ask Me, Don't Tell Me - 1961
Ask Me, Don't Tell Me - 1961 YouTube video by Weirdo Video

Ask Me, Don't Tell Me - 1961
youtu.be/ch1R-ThWocw
“Ask Me, Don't Tell Me," produced in 1961, promotes the Northern California branch of the Youth for Services program which worked to transform juvenile delinquents in San Francisco into productive members of the community. ...

07.03.2026 03:55 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

Stanley Booth's great piece about Furry. www.wirz.de/music/lewis/...

07.03.2026 02:12 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Furry Lewis - Shake'Em On Down (1961)
Furry Lewis - Shake'Em On Down (1961) YouTube video by cojwat

Furry Lewis - Shake'Em On Down (1961)
youtu.be/ShBHgWSS9WY
Walter E. "Furry" Lewis (March 6, 1893 or 1899 – September 14, 1981)

07.03.2026 02:12 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Furry Lewis - Shake'Em On Down (1961)
youtu.be/ShBHgWSS9WY
Walter E. "Furry" Lewis (March 6, 1893 or 1899 – September 14, 1981)

07.03.2026 02:12 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Furry Lewis
Furry Lewis YouTube video by britribe

Furry Lewis - Good Morning Judge/John Henry
youtu.be/EKxyqNejgHw
Walter E. "Furry" Lewis (March 6, 1893 or 1899 – September 14, 1981)

07.03.2026 02:00 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Furry Lewis - When I lay my burden down
Furry Lewis - When I lay my burden down YouTube video by vleb

Furry Lewis - When I lay my burden down
youtu.be/CCqbKdnHZTs
'Furry Lewis plays "When I lay my burden down" in a unusual way, Bukka White being in the audience'

Walter E. "Furry" Lewis (March 6, 1893 or 1899 – September 14, 1981)

07.03.2026 01:47 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

...Bobby Dee & the Crestliners were from Battle Creek, MI and later formed The Pastels, a more well-known garage band. The group was: Bobby Dee (vocals), Benny Cook (guitar), John Anglin (keys/sax), Terry Malard (drummer).'

07.03.2026 01:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bobby Dee & the Crestliners "Graveyard Twist" - rare '60s acetate - Don Lee Records (Lansing MI)
Bobby Dee & the Crestliners "Graveyard Twist" - rare '60s acetate - Don Lee Records (Lansing MI) YouTube video by BobSeger1981

Bobby Dee & the Crestliners "Graveyard Twist" - rare '60s acetate - Don Lee Records (Lansing MI)
youtu.be/xjdyrMHrGO0
'Bobby Dee & the Crestliners "Graveyard Twist" (Lux & Ivy would approve of this unreleased acetate!) - recorded at Don Lee Studios in Lansing, MI in the early '60s....

07.03.2026 01:36 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Joshua Light Show - Liquid Loops (1969)
The Joshua Light Show - Liquid Loops (1969) YouTube video by spacedoutthebook

The Joshua Light Show - Liquid Loops (1969)
youtu.be/TW733Ut5zE0
'Live projection performance on an overhead projector using oil, water and glycerin. Light artist: Cecily Hoyt. Originally recorded on 35mm film.'

07.03.2026 01:31 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Look Inside Richard Hell’s East Village Tenement Apartment (Gift Article) The punk-rock icon and writer has spent more than 50 years in his East Village tenement apartment.

really cool guided tour of richartd hell's lower east side apartment from the nyt

no firewall
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

05.03.2026 10:45 👍 49 🔁 16 💬 4 📌 4
Wild Water Blues
Wild Water Blues YouTube video by Kokomo Arnold - Topic

Kokomo Arnold - Wild Water Blues

youtu.be/dm3_6t8AbeY?...

1937 single for Decca records

05.03.2026 23:34 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Hermann Rorschach’s Original Rorschach Test: What Do You See? (1921) There is a well-known scene in Woody Allen’s Take The Money And Run (1969) when Virgil Starkwell (Allen) takes a psychological test to join the Navy, but is thwarted by his lascivious unconscious.

Hermann Rorschach’s Original Rorschach Test: What Do You See? (1921)

06.03.2026 00:20 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 2
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Overlooked No More: Jimmy Reed, the Bluesman Everyone Covered, Then Forgot

The NY Times recently published an "overlooked" obit for Jimmy Reed. It's an interesting story.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...

05.03.2026 17:08 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Junior Dean & the Avalons-chick chick
Junior Dean & the Avalons-chick chick YouTube video by Jesper Gustafsson

Junior Dean & the Avalons - chick chick
youtu.be/D2fi3OC8SzE

06.03.2026 03:32 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Moon Mullican - Rheumatism Boogie 1953
Moon Mullican - Rheumatism Boogie 1953 YouTube video by HillbillyBoogie1

Moon Mullican - Rheumatism Boogie
youtu.be/CV953xvnqOk
(1953)

06.03.2026 03:28 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
MEL STREET LIVE VIDEO - BORROWED ANGEL - 1978
MEL STREET LIVE VIDEO - BORROWED ANGEL - 1978 YouTube video by DIRKWORKS2

On TV: youtu.be/GQUd6aCpmO4

06.03.2026 03:23 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mel Street - Borrowed Angel with Lyrics
Mel Street - Borrowed Angel with Lyrics YouTube video by CountrySongLyrics

Mel Street - Borrowed Angel
youtu.be/J0ML1dh9mfM

06.03.2026 03:23 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0