“Hi Lloyd, Several months ago I sent a link about a family’s visit to a mini-car museum. Thought you might want to know the museum is closing and the cars are for sale come February. Here’s the link: https://microcarmuseum.com with all the details. Own your own mini car.… Enjoying the blog, Lloyd. Anne Thrope”
I just like to look at them.
When I was 12, I was crazy about the Mills Brothers. (I didn’t discover Fats Domino until 6 years later.) I loved their vocal harmonies, their cupping hands to mouths making trumpets and trombones. Plus John’s vocal bass. That was in the late ’40s and I didn’t know about all their earlier work with Count Basie, Louie Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, Bing Crosby — on and on, until I discovered this 5-CD set (“1930s Recordings.”)
In “My Walking Stick” with Louie Armstrong, the Mills Brothers “band” plays behind Louie’s vocal, then there’s a duet with Louie’s trumpet along with Herbert’s mouth trumpet. With Cab Calloway, Cab’s band does a solo, then the MBs come in with their vocal trumpets and trombones, like a little band. Wonderful music.”Flat Foot Floogie With A Floy Floy.” Check out the vocal bass with “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love Baby” here.
Note, I know I repeat stuff from time to time. Goes with the getting older territory. Well hey, your memory is not infinite, right? As new stuff comes in, other stuff gets jettisoned. Right? Right?
This just came in from England, a bit of London cheer on a rainy wet Wednesday AM:
Hi Lloyd,
Thought you would enjoy this amazing dude playing the spoons to Faithless’ “Insomnia.” He is an English street person but has amazing presence and seems to spread a bit of joy wherever he turns up.
I have found a few vids of him in various cities links collected together on my blog here.
Cheers Robin (Wood)
I learned to play the spoons, also the musical saw, from an eccentric old guy, Holger Christiansen, in the (ulp!) late ’40s. He was caretaker on my dad’s rice farm in Colusa, Calif., and also built a foot-powered organ and carved his own violin. In the last part of this video, the guy is talking to me: “Now that be a lesson to you, young man, when you think you can play the spoons…”
There’s been a “…technology revolution in ultra precision machining design and manufacturing…” and artist/designer/athlete Jeff McWhinney has designed some unique (openable) rings. When you see these in person, they take your breath away. https://www.mcwhinneydesigns.com/
“Recently built tiny house on a new 8×16 dual axle trailer. Cedar tongue & groove siding, double pane windows, and a metal roof.
The interior has bamboo flooring throughout, built-in cedar shelving on two walls, kitchen area with sink, counter top space, room & outlet for a fridge/freezer. The loft fits a queen mattress comfortably and has a window & ceiling fan to circulate air. The bathroom has standard size shower & toilet with a window, vent, & lighting. Hot water to bathroom & kitchen supplied by a propane tankless hot water heater. There are standard RV hookups for water, 30 amp electrical, & sewage.” Here
I was in San Francisco Thursday to see a new movie on the Dipsea Race. Had some time to kill, so went to the Honda dealership at Market & Van Ness to look at a Honda Fit — which may turn out to be the car I get. Was hungry, and got a taco at this stand at Mission and South Van Ness, and it was great. $5 for taco, soft corn tortillas (2) with chicken and manzana apple soda. I’d think all the other things they serve here would be good too (including hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, salads). Street food!
237 sq. ft., Sagle Idaho
“… Wood floors, custom trim, doors, cabinets, glazed walls, insulated floors and ceilings. Fully wired and plumbed. Electric heat. $39,500 not including fixtures, (shower, sink, toilet, fridge, kitchen sink). Can be transported to any location to be placed on a foundation of your choice. Fixtures…$2-4000)” From Tiny House Listings here