George Carlin, and later Cheech y Chong, were arguably the first hippie comedians, although an argument could be made that all hippies were comedians. At least these guys were intentionally funny.
But Wavy Gravy owns the title of being the First Hippie Clown. He even played Woodstock, and he’s still alive. (Proof can be found on the Wavy Gravy Homepage.)
After that blast from the past, let’s all take a big hit off an Overnight Open Thread.
Tags: Art, Clown, hippy, Open thread, wavy gravy, Woodstock
First!
But I don’t wanna be the first commenter Ma!!!!!
@ savages_girl:
:p
i got some tie dye like that.
@ unclassifiable:
And you would have too… if it wasn’t for that pesky potato/carrot hybrid looking thing with wavy tentacle hair!
coldwarrior wrote:
Please don’t tell me you own a pair of velcro sneakers too.
Does 0 get to be the All Time Primo Hippie Clown?
An old hippy clown with an Arafish clown on a leash?
thinking…THINKING
@ livefreeor die:
0 gets to be the Assclown of the Century!
gulfloafer wrote:
nope, but i am wearing birkenstocks right now and am listening to phish.
HEY…is that a fish at the end of your rope or are you just happy to see me?
livefreeor die wrote:
Nope. He’s a clown, but he ain’t funny nohow.
Clowns are creepy. Ugh!
Jorline wrote:
i was going to type that next!
@ m:
Well that’s what I get fer whining.
Jorline wrote:
It’s a dogfish.
PrincessNatasha wrote:
i am not frightened easily, but clowns…clowns just creep me the hell out.
*shivers*
Wait a minute. Ted Nugent catches fish-so Wavy Gravy must be racist!
@ m:
It’s kinda like a happy, little heart-shaped potato head
coldwarrior wrote:
Ahh, you’re killing me. I pictured you with a crew cut mercilessly chomping on a Cohiba.
You know what makes me sad…
@ savages_girl:
And it’s always winking, ~:) Love it!
Bump:
@ Possum:
I’ve been watching the Biological Survey on Oly 1. Was the only thing on part of today. But the poor resolution really pisses me off.
Boa 2 has a great shot of the well head below the failBOP at the moment.
Feed page: http://bp.schmorp.de/?
Today’s video from the bio survey on the Baguachannel.
@ PrincessNatasha:
AGREED!
Bunk X wrote:
Wavy Gravy is cool.
I just noticed that Bunk and I have the least colorful avatars. Yeah.
What blows it for me is the Clown is wearing Velcro trap sneakers, and for me messed up, fashionably speaking, his whole ensemble.
Accessorize 60′s vogue, or jump from out of the frame, dude.
gulfloafer wrote:
i do have a very short crew cut. and i used to chomp on cohibas.
one can be a coldwarrior and a deadhead as well if one embraces his inner hippie (mystical tibetan music emanates from the ether), it is the ying and the yang.
Thank God for the liberal spin machine.
I felt sooooo much better this morning when I heard the first time unemployment claims were down 31,000 from the previous week.
Biden was right…We are heading in the right direction.
*BURP*
@ Bagua:
Blind Willie McTell?
@ song_and_dance_man:
I am digging his blue prostate cancer pin though./
One day I met a lovely young family. They are the epitome of the American family. They have a young child. They live in a humble house. It is not a mansion, but with fresh ideas and some good old fashioned work, it will be their vision of a “home”. They are working to make a life. It really put things into perspective for me because I know people who are scamming the system to the max. I would much rather live like this young family, working hard…maybe going without a few things, than live a lie. I know a couple who have all their toys in their son’s name, because they keep filing bankruptcy. i would rather NOT have that boat and camper than have to live a lie.
I have been thinking about this the past couple of days and just wanted to share it with someone. Thanks for listening.
@ Jorline:
It’s obvious that it’s a dogfish. Can’t keep a catfish on a leash.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
he needs some chuck taylors.
@ Bunk X:
Mississippi Fred McDowell
One of the immortal greats of American Country Blues.
Off to watch The First 48 (real life homicide show on A&E)…
chow for now
@ song_and_dance_man:
We help to speed the page loads. Kudos.
@ savages_girl:
Adios mi amiga!
Bunk X wrote:
can you each an old dogfish new tricks?
Jorline wrote:
You got me going in circles. Round and round I go.
@ NoThreat2U:
I heard that!
Bunk X wrote:
lol…plus, catfish don’t fetch balls…obviously not his nose.
the three most popular drinks on the planet
water
tea
…..
yeah….
bet ya’ll can guess….
BEER!
(love discovery channel)
@ gulfloafer:
It is true. Just something for me to think about. THAT family is the face of regular America IMO. Work…and work hard. Sometimes you don’t always get what you want right away, but if you have what you need, it’s all good.
gulfloafer wrote:
aladam, you made me look.
/I’m gonna be watching you.
@ NoThreat2U:
so i understand that ‘the puti’ is coming to see you tomorrow?
coldwarrior wrote:
If one wears Tie Dye, knee high Moccasins with fringe are a must.
@ coldwarrior:
Exactly. Like going out for a breath of fresh air and enjoying a smoke.
@ coldwarrior:
@ Bagua:
A great version of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”.
@ Bagua:
He kicks ass with that guitar!
song_and_dance_man wrote:
only AFTER labor day!
@ Rodan:
i hate clowns, even when the see fascists.
Afro Cuban Jazz.
coldwarrior wrote:
He never re posted that thread!
Bunk X wrote:
owtte…
Good night folks.
Rodan wrote:
damn. then the joke is lost until he does.
@ coldwarrior:
Yes dear. My Little Miss has an appt at 11:30, but we got the car seat. Bring some toys…I have nothing here for little people. I do have the full range of cable though for the kiddy shows. Is there a nap time?
@ unclassifiable:
night
@ Bagua:
Dang. That was my 2nd guess. MFD was an awesome slide player.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
forgot sarc tag….sorry
This administration sadly celebrates the loss of only 470,000 jobs this week. Must have been more Census workers.
NoThreat2U wrote:
i’ll get with yinz on that in the AM
@ Rodan:
Unique North Mississippi style. R L Burnside learned from him.
Some Day Baby
- RLB
@ coldwarrior:
That’ll work
heh
day by day is ummm….awesome
http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/
Jorline wrote:
staggering numbers.
@ rain of lead:
@ Jorline:
Very nice.
gulfloafer wrote:
Bunkarina just walked in with velcro sneakers… You gotta problem with that?
NoThreat2U wrote:
I so agree. I’d rather be honest with a little rather than dishonest with a lot.
Jorline wrote:
One would think his enlarging of bureaucracy would offset his boom gone bust.
NoThreat2U wrote:
oh, i’ll put a ‘go bag’ together for ‘the puti’ so that she can be a rapidly deployable and highly mobile puti!
@ Bagua:
interesting, not what i expected.
Philip_Daniel wrote:
I know you’re not trying to raise my blood pressure, but I’m taking deep breaths. I was looking at the body language of the three men in the first part of the speech. I saw negativity everywhere; arms crossed, hand on chin, looking down and looking away. The invisible man was asking for equality for Christians and Jews in the Middle East. The Egyptian was leaning aggressively into the mike when he spoke. That’s what we’ve become at the UN. Invisible under the massive Islamic machine that wants the earth. It is tragic to watch civilization unwind. Yeah, and those UN delegates don’t give a rat’s ass about the poor except to use them as a bludgeon in the bully pulpit.
@ livefreeor die:
I think living that way makes you a better person. An honest person. I hate cheaters and liars with a passion.
Bunk X wrote:
Blind Willie Mctell mostly played in the ragtime Piedmont style, but he was also adept at bottleneck blues.
schlock mercenary is funny today too
http://www.schlockmercenary.com/
@ coldwarrior:
be a rapidly deployable and highly mobile puti!
ROFLMAO*** Umm you weren’t in the military at any point in your life were you?!?!?!?!?! lol
nite all
Bunk X wrote:
No, I’ve got a problem with you. What kind of man doesn’t teach his women how to tie shoes./
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Yep city.
NoThreat2U wrote:
i could have said rapidly deployable, highly mobile, high speed, low drag, airborne, and watertight puti. but i didnt!
@ rain of lead:
n i g h t (sung to the mickey mouse tune)
@ gulfloafer:
Dark was the night, cold was the ground
Blind Willie McTell
One of the most haunting blues songs recorded.
@ Bagua:
Here’s some Afro-Cuban.
@ coldwarrior:
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha That is too damn funny. I will talk to ya in the morning.
Nite folks!
rain of lead wrote:
If I were a diving duck…
92nd…..
@ NoThreat2U:
n i g h t !
And I might add, it’s all ya’ll’s fault…..
coldwarrior wrote:
Quite concur!
What happened to the stimulus adding 3.5 million jobs?
These guys couldn’t see the reality of their failed policies if you hit them in the face with a wet dogfish!
Rodan wrote:
I can see that this thread is gonna reload in slow motion in a couple of hours…
coldwarrior wrote:
Bullshit… you are not allowed to leave until someone has certified that you passed out….
doriangrey wrote:
I would’ve held out for 100.
@ Jorline:
reality is a question of perspective and beliefs…and i believe that there perspective is all f’ed up, or they are doing this on purpose.
@ Bunk X:
Much better pick for a song of circles. The one I was thinking of was from the Friends of Distinction and was way too slow to post. And I had no desire to post Alive or Dead’s You Spin Me Round.
Jorline wrote:
You failed in your understanding when you assumed that those 3.5 million job’s would be American jobs….
@ Rodan:
Interesting, jazz and drum. Lots of good music came out of Cuba.
Cartman said the worst hippies are the college know-it-all hippies. He must not have been aware of the existence of the clown hippie.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
I hear you. Fewer fed jobs than predicted, but the pay is higher…lol
gulfloafer wrote:
There is a 100???
The Osprey wrote:
aw…man dont beat on wavy!
@ The Osprey:
oh, and it’s grilled mahi almandine tomorrow night!
and some…
@ Bagua:
that, i expected. good stuff
Bunk X wrote:
lmao…Billy Preston moves like KC of KC and the Sunshine Band.
coldwarrior wrote:
r a i n lead.
@ Rodan:
BIG BIG SOUND!
gulfloafer wrote:
Too round and predictive.
@ song_and_dance_man:
like he said!!!
coldwarrior wrote:
I spent way too much time in the Bay Area and have been overexposed to too many wannabee WavyGravies. But for your sake, CW, I’ll cut him some slack.
At least he is not the worst clown hippie of all time, Chuckles the Dancing Clown™…
coldwarrior wrote:
CW, I learned a long time ago that numbers lie and liars use numbers.
@ The Osprey:
ya gotta cut the original some slack.
the rest, not so much.
doriangrey wrote:
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Grasshopper!
Bagua wrote:
I’ll fess up. My first guess was Son House, but the recording was too clear, and he wasn’t known for slide. I knew it wasn’t Robert Johnson or Lemon Jefferson. You picked a good’un just the same.
Jorline wrote:
ever have a 3000 level stats course!
a little multi-variate analysis…massage ms. ANOVA…and hey bingo…lies out of numbers.
@ The Osprey:
Chuckles the Waffling Clown
DATU PUTI!
Where’s Cartman when you need him?
Devils Got My Woman
- Skip James
gulfloafer wrote:
Bunkarina ain’t my woman. She’s my daughter. Bring it on. ///
coldwarrior wrote:
LMAO…Amen Brother!
mjazz wrote:
Jorline wrote:
It’s a well known fact that 64.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
coldwarrior wrote:
Bunk X wrote:
now thats just mean!
@ Bunk X:
Son House was the blues personified.
Death Letter
Bagua wrote:
If God were a jukebox I could put a quarter in and know I would get my money’s worth out of, I would ask that yinz out there would hear music like this the way I hear it…. Or that you would hear what I play with the same ears….
I thought I’d never love but four women in my life,
my mother and my sister, my good girl and my wife
@ coldwarrior:
OT– I was kinda surprised there wasn’t any CFnJ talk on the BlogMocRadio tonight, given that Amazon took down his minion’s astroturf review of Pam Geller’s book.
gulfloafer wrote:
Chuckles the Banning Clown
Bunk X wrote:
i’m glad there wasnt, why give him the air time?
Bunk X wrote:
The end of the show snuck up on us all…even the moderators I think.
We need an extra 15 minutes of Chuckiebashing Sunday to catch up. LOL.
WC Handy Blues…how can you ever beat the voice of Nat King Cole?
Jorline wrote:
That might be where KC got it from. I watched over the weekend a documentary of Soul Train and was surprised to learn they set the standard for dance and clothing as it moved into many other styles. From Michael Jackson to early Hip Hop. Pop Lock, the Robot and Moonwalk moves originated there. And a bunch of choreographers got their start on that dance floor.
@ Jorline:
pipes of gold, tone of silk
@ Bagua:
I had the same experience for the first three. Then I met the dorm slut. The missus showed up several years later.
coldwarrior wrote:
That was the very first show where I was not mentioned either.
It was great.
@ The Osprey:
Odd because the hippies dropped out of college.
the chairman…
coldwarrior wrote:
CW pitches and….and it’s a curve.
Nat King Cole Piano Blues
coldwarrior wrote:
What a over rated mafia hit man douche bag…. Hey, but dont listen to me, I just got a degree in music….
doriangrey wrote:
writing opinions about music is like dancing about architecture.
now here’s the real mafia:
The song Eric Clapton made famous with his cover. More Mississippi rag time blues. Amazing.
Hey, Hey
- Big Bill Broonzy
Actually from Pinebluff Arkansas, but he learned from Papa Charlie Jackson when he switched to guitar. Not far off from Charlie Patton, father of the Delta Blues who influenced so many greats like Bukka White.
@ Possum:
That’s because they were worried that The Rat might call in instead and start dropping f-bombs.
@ Bunk X:
@ Jorline:
Don’t forget that Billy Preston was the 5th Beatle.
BTW, last night oil well ops they tried to fish out the three pieces of drill pipe stuck in the BOP. But found them frozen in with methane hydrates. They also dropped a tool from 1,000 feet which plunged 40 feet into the much.
Right now it looks like they are going in with another pipe camera.
http://bp.schmorp.de/? (Click any cam to open live feed)
The BOP cam is labeled, and Ent 2 is guiding the pipe with the cam into the BOP stack.
Meanwhile, Boa 2 is still busy fitting an inclinometer on the Wellhead.
@ Bunk X:
I wonder if they will cut him off now.
@ Bagua:
149, that was good stuff.
n i g h t !
cordoba! fine corinthian leather.
@ Rodan:
Patio Party Music! Cusano Rojo (Cujo) all around!
Careful with the screen door, folks, we just replaced it last week.
Bunk X wrote:
Last night I was stuck on the Beatles YouTube selections. I was trying to explain to my kids the impact the Beatles had on music in just 10 short years.
@ Centrist:
Hard to believe, one man on one acoustic guitar.
Pony Blues
- Charlie Patton -- Father of the Delta Blues
Album cover by Robert Crumb
@ doriangrey:
I’ve nebber been 92nd. Good call.
Bagua wrote:
Monte Montgomery.
BTW Foster found this dude through me.
@ Bagua:
I know. Sounds like 2 or 3. What I wouldn’t give…
Hey, isn’t anyone who disagrees w/or voted against obama supposed to be a racist? Shouldn’t I hate everything about Big Bill?
PrincessNatasha wrote:
Agreed. Serial killer John Wayne Gacy was a clown. And a democrat.
Which all leads of course, to the delta minstrel himself Bukka White. Who took Charlie Patton type picking and slide guitar and wrote and sang ballads.
Streamline Special
- Bukka White
Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
Bunk X wrote:
That’s right. It was not Martin, Epstein, Sutcliffe, Best, Aspinall or that DJ in New York that I have forgotten.
Preston(Clapton was not credited on the White album The Beatles) is the only player that was filmed and given credit for playing with them.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Just for you sadm…11-Year-Old Billy Preston with Nat ‘King’ Cole.
Jorline wrote:
Unfortunately, I think they do see the reality of those policies quite well and are cheered by the results. You make the assumption that they don’t want those effects. I think that they think that the conditions will lead the citizens of the US to demand an even more powerful government to “take care of them”.
Blues to totally relax me for bed…nite all!
Oscar Peterson & Count Basie -- Slow Blues
coldwarrior wrote:
I buy lace-up sneakers. In black, so that I can wear them with my work uniform. Velcro wears out and costs money to replace.
@ Jorline:
Bummer drag. Embedding disabled. But the link to tubeness works.
AZfederalist wrote:
Didn’t work that way in the former Soviet Union. Instead, the vast majority of people figured out that they wanted the Soviet Union to go away.
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
And a major source of coulrophobia.
@ Jorline:
It was short and reminds me of a young Jimmy Page from the mighty Zep. It’s a world away from RnB but just as fun.
AZfederalist wrote:
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, I make no assumptions with this group.
I think they are reaping what they’ve sowed and quite happy with the results.
POOF…no middle class and all dependents.
@ 1389AD:
The DNC is the party of child killers.(Channeling lgf)
@ song_and_dance_man:
There was a 70s song called Rounder… Not Roundabout by Yes. I’m stumped.
The Osprey wrote:
Don’t be mockin’ my man Wavy.
Obama’s policies towards Israel are now determining which charities can receive IRS deductions. Oy effin’ vey.
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/26401/outrage-irs-delays-pro-israel-charitys-status-bc-differs-w-obama/
@ song_and_dance_man:
lmao…I prefer Jimmy Pages later contributions.
This is for you, Chuckles. Glenn Beck and Ted Nugent!
Thanks for the great music and conversation.
Good Night!
@ yenta-fada:
Remember- “I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you.”
@ coldwarrior:
Axe me about the time I saved tens of thousands of dollars in taxes for a client by spouting a figure of 57.4%. Nobody questioned it, and it’s still paying off for them.
1389AD wrote:
Remember Kinko The Clown?
Bunk X wrote:
Stumped as well. Ok, one for you. There was an acoustical song from the 90′s that i recall coming from the brother of Sean Penn. Slow and really good song. But it may have come from the brother of another that was in the show biz.
I’ve looked and can’t find it.
mjazz wrote:
Thank you. From your keyboard to HIS computer. It feels like a bad moon rising though.
Jorline wrote:
Heh. Who doesn’t?
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
That clown copies.
/
@ yenta-fada:
Well, hezbollah to the north, the jerks in gaza and the west bank, and the leaders of iran and the United States certainly give one that feeling.
1389AD wrote:
Very true, however, it took about 75 years for that to happen.
Maybe I can summon her.
Moving in with the spiral fishing tube, trying to extract the drill pipe trapped in the BOP.
http://bp.schmorp.de/?
They failed last night… try again with a different tool.
Slow refresh here due to many embedded vids, so I opened up PART II. We’re movin’ on up.
A drunk kid stabs a muslim cabbie and of course everyone condemns it. No sane person condones that. Yet while speaking to a muslim girl, David Horowitz says:
I am a Jew. The head of Hizbollah has said that he hopes that we will gather in Israel so he doesn’t have to hunt us down globally. For or Against it?
Muslim Girl: For it.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
You mean Michael Penn-
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
That’s not the song I’m looking for. The song is almost all acoustic and has strings. i will find it sooner or later.
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
No. I’m scratching my brain. He was a Brit who covered Chuck Berry’s “Tulane.” The “Rounder” song was an odd lame filler track.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Was it by Michael Penn?
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