AL GREEN Live in 1972. Soul! TV show. Full performance www.youtube.com/watch?v=43v2...

Jubal Clark & Band "White Rails" (Circa 1979) Born March 17, 1929, in Ralls, Texas, a fur piece from about anywhere. Jubal was a leathery, old ranch hand-style honky tonk picker the breed of which has nearly vanished. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7X9...

Salsa fresca project begins. Serrano, jalapeno, green onion and lime juice all going in the blender too.

James Rivers is gone. The old lion has left us. Here he is with his wife Camille aka Virginia who also departed last year.

Thin Lizzy - Cold Sweat (Sight And Sound In Concert, January 26, 1983) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogZ4... Phil Lynott just commanding the stage. Play loud

Any fans of J. Frank Dobie and Texas red chili fans on here? www.southtexasnews.com/the_progress...

Stand Up In It - Theodis Ealey If you were in a New Orleans 6th Ward barroom in 2003 this was the anthem www.youtube.com/watch?v=EegO... The pride of Natchez, Mississippi with his only big hit. 5 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart

Mako Nishimura: the only female member of Tokyo’s craziest underground crime gang dangerousminds.net/history/mako... At 20, she was sworn in as the only female fully fledged member of one of the largest Yakuza gangs in Tokyo

Zummo's, est. 1908, out of Beaumont, Texas, has entered the crowded breakfast sausage patty market

Here's the Banzuke for the July 2026 sumo tournament in Nagoya. Kicks of in two weeks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=evex...

Springer Mountain Farms chicken is normally for rich folks but Robert's had a sale. Pecan wood fire 9th Ward, New Orleans

Chile verde time

There goes my weekend. Look at this crazy list of historic New Orleans newspapers that Newspapers dot com just uploaded.

“Think of Jim Thompson as one of the finest American writers, and the most frightening—the one on best terms with the devil.” www.sandiegoreader.com/news/1995/ma...

Twilight in Treme and I can hear the conjure women drumming and chanting down the street

Father's Day BBQ round 2. This time in the sixth ward. New Orleans, Louisiana

16 pieces of hot cayenne, hickory-smoked chicken in about 3 hours. 9th Ward, New Orleans. Happy Father's Day y'all!

You know you're hanging out at a proper New Orleans barroom when the conversation at the next table fires off with "hey whatever happened with that ol' feral hog y'all trapped last week?"

Free margaritas at Tamale House East in Austin tomorrow, Father's Day 2026

DJ Kool Herc invented hiphop in '73 www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...

Dear Lafcadio Hearn fans. New Orleans is throwing a party for y'all scrumptiouschef.com/2026-lafcadi...

2026 Money Wasters Social and Pleasure second line. New Orleans

Treme neighborhood New Orleans Summer 2026

Jeanfreau's Meat Market. Coming up on a half a century of operation. Killer innovative sausages and a respectable greasy spoon diner inside. Chalmette, LA

Takayasu and his bride Konomi Mori in ol gay Paree. What a pair!

Jimmy Jay - Run Wild (While You're Young) (Starday 470) www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7K4... Dropped, December 28, 1959 Lead Guitar: Hank Garland or Grady Martin. I was not able to pinpoint it but one of these masters

Texas Archive of the Moving Image texasarchive.org Anybody here like to watch dusty old film and video archives documenting the oddballs and arcane characters of Texas?

As news broke across Japan this morning grizzled old sumo fans paused their ラジオ体操 to mourn the passing of Sekiwake Hasegawa. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjI8... A brief video of his exploits

Hasegawa Katsutoshi died May 31 (81) 2026. Born Iwamizawa City. Debuted age 15 in 1960, Juryo 1963, Makuuchi 1965. Record 21 Sekiwake tournaments — never promoted to Ozeki, yet reportedly "history's strongest Sekiwake" — 9 kinboshi, 8 sansho; won the 1972 yusho in a playoff. Retired 1976. RIP

I was at the Oasis in Cottondale, Alabama when the news broke. Elderly men in International Harvester caps cried while Conway played on the juke.

Amsterdam Noord graffiti April 2026

Amsterdam Noord graffiti. April 2026

Amsterdam Noord graffiti. April 2026

Pass the mic to Miss Peaches, turn her loose on some Bettye Crutcher and see what happens. 6th Ward, New Orleans June 2026

Booker T. & The M.G.s Surprise-Partie live on French TV in 1968 Holy shit this is hot. French mod girls gyrating to Mr Booker and his Memphis hotshots www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyfU...

The Sumo Association officially dissolved Miyagino stable after former Yokozuna Hakuhō resigned. Its wrestlers, previously placed under temporary “custody” at Isegahama stable after a violence scandal and investigation-obstruction fallout, are now permanent members of Isegahama beya indefinitely.

Antique tall ships are arriving in New Orleans from all over the globe sail250neworleans.com May 27, 2026

Yoshida Brothers, the pride of Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, Japan www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgN_... Blistering string band stuff here. Imagine the Bad Livers tripping out on Keiji Haino in a holler in rural Japan

@patriciajaydee.bsky.social look who I spotted on day 13 at the Kazuma fight

We do our repasts in New Orleans a little different

Jimmy Hughes "Steal Away" 1964, first track recorded at the new FAME Studios in Alabama Top 20 smash for young Hughes RIP, dead at 88 www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAVm...

Cleaning 10 lbs of crawfish for a kettle of smoked sausage jambalaya

I love my local tavern.

March 14, 2014: Obnox - "Only Black Man in South Dakota" There is something about a two piece band playing in front of 10 people in a barrio in Texas that I will always love. "Cherry red Cadillac and a V8 motor...." www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPK0...

Tesfa Maryam Kidane - Heywete (1970) Amha Records Tesfa Maryam Kidane, the pride of Asmara (the capital of modern-day Eritrea), was 20 or so when this cut was released. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsqN...

Rest In Peace old friend.

Hanumankind, Kalmi - Hanumankind – Big Dawgs Indian hip hop but the cat sounds like he's deep into the Memphis scene www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOHK...

Amsterdam, Noord Holland. April 2026. That's Eye Film Museum in the background