Alrighty, do we have any DJs in the house? Is the mic on? Where is the bartender?
All these questions and more will be answered. Let’s get this week started right.
Jamming in the Froggy Bottom Lounge
About The Author
Don Durito
Left of center and lover of photography, music, pop culture, and life. Favorite quote - "There are no innocents. There are, however, different degrees of responsibility" (Lisbeth Salander, from Stieg Larsson's original Millennium Trilogy).
I am in the midst of a crazy busy week. Goes with my territory. Nothing ever grades itself. Always something. But we have to find time to chill out. In that spirit, cheers!
I added a title for you, Don. You can change it if you like. Good luck with all that paper grading. You need some good music for that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4GLAKEjU4w
The title change is jammin’. Works just fine. Something tells me that I’ll need to visit my optometrist by the end of the week.
“Where is the bartender?” I’m right here. Since it’s Cinco De Mayo, I’m sharing a Cinco de Mayo Margarita Fishbowl from Tipsy Bartender.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsell4cZPfY
The bar/cafe is open!
Feliz Cinco De Mayo.
And a nice way to cap off the day…high nutritional value as well. Always a plus. 🙂
Glad to nourish people as I get them to mellow out.
Today is the Revenge of the Sixth, so here are a couple of Star Wars drinks for the occasion.
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d3/ec/8c/d3ec8ce881bfe2f3d4d999dec2085a6e.jpg
May the Force be with you.
And with you, too.
On that note, I’m continuing with the Star Wars theme by sharing two drinks for planets from the original trilogy)
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/8e/ff/5f/8eff5f860cae5cf8afd2bac65b586268.jpg
Cabin Girl asked for a “marmot-tini.” Unfortunately, there is no drink with that name. The closest I can find is Woodchuck Hard Cider.
https://ciderconnoisseur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/woodchuck-hard-cider-1.jpg
Need to wake up and we have a reggae theme. Hmmm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZF8d3Drau0
Yesterday was the last day of Jazz Fest 2019. Professor Longhair closed it out before he passed, then the honor was passed along to The Neville Brothers. Trombone Shorty is the man now. Here he is with Santana.
https://youtu.be/gJtciK5QLfI
They are all in fine form. Carlos Santana’s still got it.
Word.
We shot right past 100 and now have 101 subscribers.
Way better than dalmatians!
I am encouraged that we have new members named Tacitus and Tolstoy.
Nice. I think we once had a Cicero at the old frogpond many years ago. Someone should use Marcus Aurelius (I like Stoics).
Yeah, Cicero moved to Dubai…I believe you can follow his latest footwear choices on Instagram. 🙂
We need some marmot-tinis….Today feels like it should be Wednesday!
I get the feeling this meme will be very appropriate tomorrow:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwvS5GqXUAApiDR.jpg
I searched for “marmot-tini” and found out that it was one letter off from the scientific name for the ground that contains all the ground squirrels, Marmotini. That’s something that I, a biologist, didn’t already know. Thanks for adding to my knowledge in my specialty.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_squirrel
Unfortunately, there is no drink with that name. The closest I can find is Woodchuck Hard Cider.
https://ciderconnoisseur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/woodchuck-hard-cider-1.jpg
I’m concerned that drinking a Marmot-tini might give me the plague.
Late 1990s dub:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCuvHoAB6Z8
Creation Rebel from around the end of the 1970s – more dub reggae.
https://youtu.be/oDPaplH2ahc
Holy moly, I’m here!! Took several minutes to remember there’s a space in my user name, and then to guess the 10-year-old password.
Looks amazing, Martin! Like going from a hole-in-the-wall to a 4-star. Many congratulations, and looking forward to the years ahead!
Welcome to the Pond! I hope you had a pleasant voyage getting here.
Hey. User question. What’s the time limit on editing comments here? Or, if it’s not a time limit, what’s the trigger that eventually disables further comment editing (with the red notice that says something like ‘This comment may no longer be edited.’)?
(Is this the right place to ask this kind of question?)
Good question. I don’t know the answer. I will ask.
By popular demand, we’ve added a Recent Articles feature at the top.
Let’s kick it up a notch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLLL1KxpYMA
No self-consciousness in that 1970’s era British Expeditionary Force humor.
Big fan of this genre.
https://youtu.be/xPO2G6m746w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIdfulZ1c5c
That’s totally badass. I assume you’ve seen this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voLdRQ-19dc&feature=youtu.be
And here’s the real thing, including the China Doll that she does not include.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJHTXnD_NbU
I kinda like this one:
https://youtu.be/tc49DPUTMxk
I need to hear that Burning Spear version of Estimated Prophet.
https://youtu.be/UMVjToYOjbM