#Squirrel Nut Zippers

[facts-i-just-made-up]

The words “Squirrel - Nut - Zipper” were the launch code for American nuclear devices from 1961-1993, when a band formed with a similar name. After investigation this was determined to be a coincidence so the code was not changed, and remains so to this day.

[goobbgoober]

Heres the rough rough draft of my Torbek/The Other animation because I will likely never finish it, it's a little fucked up cuz my puter does that, but I think it looks good. I really love it.

[gray-r-regan]

Petition for Christopher Walken to make a dance video to Hell by the Squirrel Nut Zippers. It has everything, including cowbell.

[pagan-stitches]

Squirrel Nut Zippers — Hell

In the afterlife

You could be headed for the serious strife

Now you make the scene all day

But tomorrow there'll be Hell to pay

In the afterlife

You could be headed for the serious strife

Now you make the scene all day

But tomorrow there'll be Hell to pay

People listen attentively

I mean about future calamity

I used to think the idea was obsolete

Until I heard the old man stamping his feet

This is a place where eternally

Fire is applied to the body

Teeth are extruded and bones are ground

And baked into cakes which are passed around

In the afterlife

You could be headed for the serious strife

Now you make the scene all day

But tomorrow there'll be Hell to pay

Beauty, talent, fame, money

Refinement, job skill and brain

But all the things you try to hide

Will be revealed on the other side

In the afterlife

You could be headed for the serious strife

Now you make the scene all day (meet the furnace)

But tomorrow there'll be Hell to pay (yes it is it is hot)

Now the D and A and the M and the N and the A

And the T and the I-O-N

Lose your face

Lose your name

Then get fitted for a suit of flames

Now the D and A and the M and the N and the A

And the T and the I-O-N

Lose your face

Lose your name

Then get fitted for a suit of flames

[astonishinglegends]

Ep 292: American Bloodfalls with Tom Maxwell Part

"Usually these things of the accursed have been hushed up or disregarded—suppressed like the seven black rains of Slains—but, upon March 3, 1876, something occurred, in Bath County, Kentucky, that brought many newspaper correspondents to the scene."  -- From Charles Fort’s ‘The Book of the Damned’ c. 1919, Chapter 4

Description:

In our conclusion to our two-part series on American Bloodfalls, we dive deeper into the mysterious phenomenon that baffled witnesses across 19th-century America. Our special guest, Tom Maxwell, guides us through more perplexing incidents of blood and meat raining from the sky, from the famous Kentucky Meat Shower of 1876 to the final recorded event in 1902. We examine the scientific analyses of the time, which often identified the fallen material as animal tissue yet failed to propose any reasonable theories about its origins. Tom helps us navigate the theories proposed over the years and why they fall short when confronted with eyewitness accounts and the scale of events. We’ll discuss connections to biblical accounts and consider how these events might reflect their time's cultural and spiritual climate. Then, of course, we’ll get to the theories, even though the mundane ones have been tough to identify with this legend. But yes, portals and UFOs will probably make the scene.. Tom helps us grapple with how these occurrences challenge humanity’s modern, materialist worldview and why meat showers and bloodfalls seem to have ceased by the early 20th century. Even after all of this time, they continue to defy explanation. However, that won’t stop us from trying to figure it out.

Reference Links:

The Nat Turner Project

Clinton, North Carolina

“The Holy Tale Behind the Cedars of Lebanon”

Olympian Springs, Olympia, Bath County, Kentucky

“KENTUCKY MEAT SHOWER: A Documented Sample Found Is From An Animal’s Lung!”

Nostoc

Chatham County, North Carolina

Jordan Lake State Recreation Area, North Carolina

Joseph B. Stone House from the Chatham County Historical Association

William Lloyd Garrison

Gerard Troost

Joel 2, from the King James Version of the Bible

The Manna Machine book

Kingsway recording studios, New Orleans, Louisiana

“Mutilation of "Snippy" the horse”

“The God of Pity” by Tom Maxwell on Medium.com

Tom Maxwell’s essay, “"For the Scrutiny of Science and the Light of Revelation": American Blood Falls” an article from Southern Cultures 18:1, Spring 2012 from The University of North Carolina Press

Tom Maxwell’s website, TomMaxwell.com

The “Kentucky Meat Shower”

“The Great Kentucky Meat Shower mystery unwound by projectile vulture vomit” on Scientific American

Nat Turner’s Rebellion

“UFO legend: Horse found dead and mutilated 55 years ago in Colorado gets new life at roadside attraction” from The Gazette

Shakers – “a millenarian restorationist Christian sect”

Charles Fort

“Ep 230: Charles Hoy Fort – Our Supernatural Father Part 1” on AstonishingLegends.com

“Ep 231: Charles Hoy Fort – Our Supernatural Father Part 2” on AstonishingLegends.com

Lebanon, Tennessee

“Oakville Blobs: In 1994, Mysterious Gelatinous Goo Rained Down On Washington” on IFLScience.com

Blood Falls in Antarctica

Tom Maxwell’s book, “A Really Strange and Wonderful Time – The Chapel Hill Music Scene: 1989-1999”

Location:

Jordan Lake, Chatham County, NC - Approximate location of where New Hope Township would have been, which was the bloodfall that Frank Venable, Chemistry Professor and future President of the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), investigated.

Suggested reading:

Suggested Listening:

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From Tom Maxwell: shelved – a long-form documentary music podcast premiering on audible 12/12/24

Two Girls One Ghost Podcast

Would you believe there was a podcast that was haunted? It’s called Two Girls One Ghost. Hosts Corinne and Sabrina didn’t want to believe it at first, but seven years later and after hundreds of encounters submitted by listeners, they can no longer ignore it. Two Girls One Ghost is the most haunted podcast in America! We’re talking ghosts, EVPs in episodes, spirits making contact with listeners, orbs darting through their YouTube videos, and so much more. Paranormal enthusiasts, Sabrina and Corinne explore the deepest, darkest, spookiest places in the world, delivering doses of research, history and spine-tingling tales. If possessed kids crawling backwards up walls, campers entranced in fairy orgies, and creatures chasing drivers down back roads is your thing, tune in to Two Girls One Ghost wherever you listen to podcasts. New episodes are released every Thursday, and Sunday. And now, you can join Sabrina and Corinne every Tuesday on Patreon and share your own haunting tale LIVE on their Campfire Stories. Join the summerween trend and satisfy your spooky itch with Two Girls One Ghost, but be warned, side effects might include a haunting or two, so listen at your own risk!

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Episode 292: American Bloodfalls Part 2. Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess. Audio Editing by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound. Music and Sound Design by Allen Carrescia. Tess Pfeifle, Producer and Lead Researcher. Ed Voccola, Technical Producer. Research Support from The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2024 Astonishing Legends Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

[the-radio-demon-blog]

Alastor! It's nearly 4 am and I can't sleep. Sigh. I envy you that you don't need (much? any?) sleep. How do you do that? 😴

So I come to you with another song recommendation. I think you'll like the video as well. It's animated in the style of cartoons of your day...but the darker ones. (The Stephen Foster referenced wrote songs like Camptown Races and Oh Susanna, but you might have known that.) You might like Squirrel Nut Zippers other music, too. They're a swing/jazz band. They even have a song called Hell! Haha

https://youtu.be/xfkShimyhRE?si=bvTAvmvO3fE4PzRz

I think tumblr ate my last ask I sent on Sunday morning and I can't remember what it was anymore...other than I sent you a photo I took. 🤷‍♀️

After while crocodile 🐊

No, darling, I do not need any sleep at all! Hah!

Oh my, what a delightful little cartoon! A bit odd yet endearing. I loved the jazz bit of it. There is a certain charm to older bizarre looking cartoons that have a certain pizazz to it. I quite enjoyed the picture show and the music paired together surprisingly!

Yes I shall go browse the Squirrel Nut Zippers other music when I get a chance!

Met the Ghost of Stephen Foster at the Hotel Paradise This is what I told him as I gazed into his eyes Ships were made for sinking Whiskey made for drinking If we were made of cellophane, we'd all get stinking drunk quite faster ha, ha, ha

Ghost of Stephan Foster is the song of the day, folks!

My apologies, dear, I am slowly getting to everyone's asks. I simply need time but I shall get to them! I do like to think about an ask whenever I get it to craft the perfect response and then spend a bit of time writing it.

See you later, my dear, crocodile!

[alma3737]

squirrel nut zippers - put a lid on it

[gengarghast]

Songs that you might like if you're into Will Wood

The Ghost of Stephen Foster by Squirrel Nut Zippers

2. Dance Like an Idiot by Figment 2

3. Fuck I ran out of songs

[cyber-corp]

emmet brickowski listens to squirrel nut zippers?????????

wtf is Squirrel Nut Zippers?

[bluemoonperegrine]

An oldie but a goodie

[goobbgoober]

There is one very specific song that I hear that makes me think of the witchlight krew and that song is called Bedlam Ballroom by Squirrel Nit Zippers. Like, the whole vibes are just exactly what they have. Squirrel Nut Zippers also have a ton of Gideon and Kremy songs, I think Lover's Lane is definitely my favorite. They have a lot of vibey songs about love that aren't always love songs that also make me think of those two idiots. I mean, Kremy makes me think of jazz and I think he'd actually hate some of their music, lol, but it totally makes me think of him. Like, Hell is a song made for Kremy.

This is definitely an excuse for me to talk about my all time favorite band, but I'm telling you, they've got some good shit. None of this is accurate, it's all vibes because the band is always on my mind, but I will be doing a coalecroux piece inspired by Lover's Lane.

[greensparty]

Concert Review: X

Sat. September 2, 2023 @ Wilbur Theatre (Boston, MA)

marquee at The Wilbur

L.A. legends X are having quite a moment this Summer. When Elon Musk decided to re-brand Twitter as X last month, the band X had the perfect response! The band is notable for being a part of the L.A. punk scene in the late 70s / early 80s, but in many ways it is kind of reductive to call them just a punk band as they incorporated so many different styles than just punk. They are a band that are bigger than the sum of their parts: D.J. Bonebrake on drums, Billy Zoom on guitar, John Doe on bass and vocals, and of course singer Exene Cervenka. Earlier this Summer I got to interview Cervenka via phone and discuss the current tour and how they have been able to perform songs off their most recent album Alphabetland, released during the Pandemic in 2020, which was also their first album in 27 years! Going into this concert, I was by no means an expert on X, but I have the utmost respect for their contribution to the L.A. music scene at the time. I have their debut album Los Angeles on vinyl in my collection and I've dug them ever since I saw Penelope Spheeris' doc The Decline of Western Civilization, which features X among a ton of their peers like The Germs and Black Flag. The band's song "Los Angeles" has also accompanied me on my trips to L.A.

X onstage

The opening act was Squirrel Nut Zippers, who I hadn't thought of in a long time. They kind of pre-dated the swing phenomenon of 1998, but had some solid songs. They were fun and got the party started. Then Billy Zoom came out and began playing his guitar and he played along with a recording of Link Wray's "Rumble" as the band came out. The Los Angeles album got the most representation of any of their albums and were among my personal faves. They slipped in a few covers including The Doors' "Soul Kitchen" (The Doors' Ray Manzarek famously produced them and they performed with Robby Krieger) and they played some brand news songs they are planning to record after this tour. This concert is the case for aging gracefully in rock: all of the members are in their 60s and 70s and could mop the floor with bands less than half their age. I mean WOW - Serious punk and rockabilly energy you don't see that often! The co-singing between Doe and Cervenka has always been such a strong part of the band's personality and they didn't miss a beat. Doe is also known for his acting and my favorite role of his was as Julianne Moore's ex-husband in Boogie Nights! But I digress. The entire band is tight!

X with Exene in the spotlight

After the show, I got to go backstage. My interview I did with Cervenka was via phone, so it was really nice to get to meet her in person and she couldn't have been any cooler!

Exene Cervenka and I backstage after the show

For info on X: http://www.xtheband.com/

[pagan-stitches]

Today’s blogging and stitching soundtrack:

[allmusic]

AllMusic Staff Pick: Squirrel Nut Zippers Christmas Caravan

Unfortunately underappreciated, this collection of original and traditional Christmas tunes performed in the Zippers' loose parlor string band style was unavailable for many years, but now seems to be available on many streaming services. An unexpectedly charming and tuneful set that balances silliness with genuine wistfulness. Maybe this year Santa will see fit to put "My Evergreen" into heavy holiday rotation.

- Zac Johnson

[astonishinglegends]

Ep 291: American Bloodfalls with Tom Maxwell Part 1

"For millennia, showers of blood, known variously as blood falls, rains of blood, and blood rain, have been reported in sources both historical and literary. The earliest record comes from Homer's Iliad, in which Zeus makes it rain blood 'as a portent of slaughter."  -- Tonight's guest, Tom Maxwell

Description:

Bloodfalls and meat showers - phenomena that sound more like biblical plagues than historical events. Yet, reports of these bizarre occurrences peppered the American landscape for over a century. From Alabama to Massachusetts, Tennessee to California, eyewitnesses sometimes described small red clouds followed by downpours of blood, flesh, and viscera. Some were subjected to the red rain on entirely cloudless days. While many saw divine judgment, skeptics suspected elaborate hoaxes. Scientists proposed numerous theories ranging from vomiting vultures to atmospheric anomalies, while newspapers spread the stories far and wide. But what really happened during these grisly events? Were they connected or separate phenomena with similar descriptions? And why did they seem to stop abruptly at the turn of the 20th century? Join us as we delve into this bloody chapter of American history with our special guest, Tom Maxwell, former frontman of the Squirrel Nut Zippers and bloodfall expert, for Part 1 of this 2-part series. Together, we'll examine not just what fell from the sky, but what these incidents reveal about 19th-century America - its people, its science, and its struggle to make sense of a rapidly changing world. From the fringes of meteorology to the depths of human nature, this is the strange, gruesome, and utterly captivating story of America's reign of blood and meat.

Reference Links:

The “Kentucky Meat Shower”

“The Great Kentucky Meat Shower mystery unwound by projectile vulture vomit” on Scientific American

Nat Turner’s Rebellion

“UFO legend: Horse found dead and mutilated 55 years ago in Colorado gets new life at roadside attraction from The Gazette

Shakers – “a millenarian restorationist Christian sect”

Charles Fort

“Ep 230: Charles Hoy Fort – Our Supernatural Father Part 1” on AstonishingLegends.com

“Ep 231: Charles Hoy Fort – Our Supernatural Father Part 2” on AstonishingLegends.com

Tom Maxwell’s website, TomMaxwell.com

Tom Maxwell’s essay, “"For the Scrutiny of Science and the Light of Revelation": American Blood Falls” an article from Southern Cultures 18:1, Spring 2012 from The University of North Carolina Press

“The God of Pity” by Tom Maxwell on Medium.com

Tom Maxwell’s book, “A Really Strange and Wonderful Time – The Chapel Hill Music Scene: 1989-1999”

Lebanon, Tennessee

“Oakville Blobs: In 1994, Mysterious Gelatinous Goo Rained Down On Washington” on IFLScience.com

Blood Falls in Antarctica

Location:

Lebanon, Tennessee, the town near where a bloodfall occurred on August 17, 1841

Suggested reading:

Suggested Listening:

Two Girls One Ghost Podcast

Would you believe there was a podcast that was haunted? It’s called Two Girls One Ghost. Hosts Corinne and Sabrina didn’t want to believe it at first, but seven years later and after hundreds of encounters submitted by listeners, they can no longer ignore it. Two Girls One Ghost is the most haunted podcast in America! We’re talking ghosts, EVPs in episodes, spirits making contact with listeners, orbs darting through their YouTube videos, and so much more. Paranormal enthusiasts, Sabrina and Corinne explore the deepest, darkest, spookiest places in the world, delivering doses of research, history and spine-tingling tales. If possessed kids crawling backwards up walls, campers entranced in fairy orgies, and creatures chasing drivers down back roads is your thing, tune in to Two Girls One Ghost wherever you listen to podcasts. New episodes are released every Thursday, and Sunday. And now, you can join Sabrina and Corinne every Tuesday on Patreon and share your own haunting tale LIVE on their Campfire Stories. Join the summerween trend and satisfy your spooky itch with Two Girls One Ghost, but be warned, side effects might include a haunting or two, so listen at your own risk!

From the Astonishing Legends Network:

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CREDITS:

Episode 291: American Bloodfalls Part 1. Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess. Audio Editing by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound. Music and Sound Design by Allen Carrescia. Tess Pfeifle, Producer and Lead Researcher. Ed Voccola, Technical Producer. Research Support from The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2024 Astonishing Legends Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.