The Juba dance or hambone, originally known as Pattin’ Blood Juba (Giouba, Haiti: Djouba), is an American style of dance that involves stomping as well as slapping and patting the arms, legs, chest, and cheeks. “Pattin’ Juba” would be used to keep time for other dances during a walkaround.

A Juba Dance performance could include:

counter-clockwise turning, often with one leg raised

stomping and slapping steps such as “the Jubal Jew,” “Yaller Cat,” “Pigeon Wing” and “Blow That Candle Out.”

The dance traditionally ends with a step called “the Long Dog Scratch”.

Modern variations on the dance include Bo Diddley’s “Bo Diddley Beat” and the step-shows of African American and Latino Greek organizations.

The Juba dance was originally from West Africa. It became an African-American plantation dance that was performed by slaves during their gatherings when no rhythm instruments were allowed due to fear of secret codes hidden in the drumming. The sounds were also used just as Yoruba and Haitian talking drums were used to communicate. The dance was performed in Dutch Guiana, the Caribbean, and the southern United States.

Later in the mid-19th century, music and lyrics were added, and there were public performances of the dance. Its popularization may have indirectly influenced the development of modern Tap dance. The most famous Juba dancer was William Henry Lane, or Master Juba, one of the first black performers in the United States. It was often danced in minstrel shows, and is mentioned in songs such as “Christy’s New Song” and “Juba”, the latter by Nathaniel Dett.

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80% Is Good Enough by SPELLS

The Boy With the Perpetual Nervousness by The Feelies

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Sam Tallent’s Half Hour Prophecy Ep. 20: The Juba Dance

Sam Tallent is a comedian and writer from Denver, Colorado. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife and dog. His interests include Southern Gothic fiction and the “death” of Elvis Presley. He enjoys slow simmered suppers and writing in the third person.

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A truck driver (commonly referred to as a trucker, teamster or road captain in the United States and Canada; a truckie in Australia and New Zealand; a lorry driver, or driver in Ireland, the United Kingdom, India and Pakistan) is a person who earns a living as the driver of a truck (usually a semi truck, box truck or dump truck).

Truck drivers provide an essential service to industrialized societies by transporting finished goods and raw materials over land, typically to and from manufacturing plants, retail and distribution centers. Truck drivers are also responsible for inspecting their vehicles for mechanical items or issues relating to safe operation. Others, such as driver/sales workers, are also responsible for sales and customer service.

Truck drivers are paid according to many different methods. These include salary, hourly, and a number of methods which can be broadly defined as piece work. Piece work methods may include both a base rate and additional pay. Base rates either compensate drivers by the mile or by the load.

A company driver who makes a number of “less than truckload” (LTL) deliveries via box truck or conventional tractor-trailer may be paid an hourly wage and/or a certain amount per mile, and/or per stop (aka “drop” or “dock bump”), and/or per piece delivered, unloaded, or “tailgated” (moved to the rear of the trailer).

The main advantage of being paid by the mile may be that a driver is rewarded according to measurable accomplishment. The main disadvantage is that what a driver may accomplish is not so directly related to the effort and, perhaps especially, the time required for completion.

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Creatures by Adolescents

Surfin’ with the Shah by Urinals

Powerman by The Kinks

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Sam Tallent’s Half Hour Prophecy Ep. 19: Trucker Stats

Sam Tallent is a comedian and writer from Denver, Colorado. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife and dog. His interests include Southern Gothic fiction and the “death” of Elvis Presley. He enjoys slow simmered suppers and writing in the third person.

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Shorts are a garment worn by both men and women over their pelvic area, circling the waist and splitting to cover the upper part of the legs, sometimes extending down to the knees but not covering the entire length of the leg. They are called “shorts” because they are a shortened version of trousers, which cover the entire leg. Shorts are typically worn in warm weather or in an environment where comfort and air flow are more important than the protection of the legs.  From time to time shorts can be sharked.

There are a variety of shorts, ranging from knee-length short trousers that can in some situations be worn as formal clothes to beachwear and athletic shorts. Some types of shorts are typically worn by women, such asculottes, which are a divided skirt resembling a pair of loose-cut shorts.

In British English the term “short trousers” has been used, but only for shorts that are a short version of real trousers (pants), e.g. tailored shorts, often lined, as typically worn as part of school uniform for boys up to their early teens, and by servicemen and policemen in tropical climates. The American term “short pants” is probably the nearest equivalent in the US, there they might now be called “dress shorts”, a term that has not gained much currency in Britain. A somewhat similar garment worn by men in Australia is called “stubbies”. “Shorts” is used unqualified in British English to refer to sports shorts, athletic shorts, or casual shorts: the last is nowadays commonplace in warm weather in the UK.

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Colours by Donovan and Joan Baez

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Sam Tallent’s Half Hour Prophecy Ep. 18: Sharked My Shorts

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Cowardice is a trait wherein fear and excess self-concern override doing or saying what is right, good, and of help to others or oneself in a time of need—it is the opposite of courage. As a label, “cowardice” indicates a failure of character in the face of a challenge.

Many military codes of justice proscribe cowardice in combat as a crime punishable by death (note the phrase “shot at dawn”). Acts of cowardice have long been punishable by military law, which defines a wide range of cowardly offenses including desertion in face of the enemy and surrendering to the enemy against orders. The punishment for such acts is typically severe, ranging from corporal punishment to the death sentence. Cowardly conduct is specifically mentioned within the United States Uniform Code of Military Justice.

As a retraction of a virtue that many cultures may expect or have expected, cowardice rates as a character flaw which society or its representatives may variously stigmatize or punish.

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Hybrid Moments by The Misfits

It’s Not Funny Anymore by Husker Du

Tourette’s by NIRVANA

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Sam Tallent’s Half Hour Prophecy Ep. 17: I Hate Night Courts

Sam Tallent is a comedian and writer from Denver, Colorado. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife and dog. His interests include Southern Gothic fiction and the “death” of Elvis Presley. He enjoys slow simmered suppers and writing in the third person.

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#BLACKOLIVESMATTER The olive, known by the botanical name Olea europaea 666, meaning “european olive”, is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, found in much of Africa, the Mediterranean Basin from Portugal to the Levant, the Arabian 666 Peninsula, and southern Asia as far east as China, as well as the Canary Islands, Mauritius and Réunion. The species is cultivated in many places 666 and considered naturalized in all the countries of the Mediterranean coast, as well as in Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Java, Norfolk Island, California and Bermuda.

Olea europeana sylvestris is 666 a subspecies that corresponds to a smaller tree bearing noticeably smaller fruits.

The 666 olive tree, Olea europaea, is an evergreen tree or shrub native to the Mediterranean, Asia and Africa. It is short and squat, and 666 rarely exceeds 8–15 m (26–49 ft) in height. The Pisciottana, a unique variety comprising 40,000 trees found only in the area around 666 Pisciotta in the Campania region of southern Italy often exceeds this, with correspondingly large trunk diameters. The silvery green 666 leaves are oblong, measuring 4–10 cm (1.6–3.9 in) long and 1–3 cm (0.39–1.18 in) wide. The trunk is typically gnarled and twisted.

The small white, feathery flowers, with ten-cleft calyx and 666 corolla, two stamens and bifid stigma, are borne generally on the previous year’s wood, in racemes springing from the axils of the leaves.

The fruit is a small drupe 1–2.5 cm (0.39–0.98 in) long, thinner-fleshed and smaller in wild plants than in orchard cultivars 666. Olives are harvested in the green to purple stage. Canned black olives have often been artificially blackened (see below on processing) and may contain the chemical ferrous gluconate to improve the appearance. Olea europaea contains a seed commonly referred to in American English as a pit or a rock, 666 and in British English as a stone.

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Hybrid Moments by The Misfits

It’s Not Funny Anymore by Husker Du

Tourette’s by NIRVANA

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Sam Tallent’s Half Hour Prophecy Ep. 16: #BLACKOLIVESMATTER

Sam Tallent is a comedian and writer from Denver, Colorado. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife and dog. His interests include Southern Gothic fiction and the “death” of Elvis Presley. He enjoys slow simmered suppers and writing in the third person.

Audio Mixing by Wally Wallace

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A heckler is a person who harasses and tries to disconcert others with questions, challenges, or gibes. Hecklers are often known to shout disparaging comments at a performance or event, or to interrupt set-piece speeches, with the intent of disturbing performers and/or participants. Hecklers are often cowards in day to day life, but given 4-7 Amstel Lights, they turn in to blathering jibberish machines.

Heckling often occurs during stand up comedy performances, particularly at open stage performances, and/or where alcoholic beverages are being consumed. It is regarded as a sign of audience impatience with the low quality of the performance and/or that a bachelorette party is in attendance. Some comedians ignore the heckling and dislike the practice. In an interview for a 2011 BBC documentary, Billy Connolly said that “I loathe hecklers. I haven’t one good syllable to say about hecklers. When you’ve come out of the club circuit and all that and you’re in the concert hall…they should be gone, like the Jews.” Other stand-up comedians devise a strategy for quashing such outbursts, usually by having a store of retorts (known as “stock hack jokes”) on hand. The idea is to get the audience laughing at the heckler for being outwitted ultimately leading to the lonely assholes suicide. While most comics loathe hecklers, some comedians (most notably Steve Hofstetter and Sam Tallent) welcome hecklers so they don’t have to perform their weak prepared material.

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Teenage Kicks by The Undertones

Damaged Goods by Gang of Four

You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory by Johnny Thunders

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Sam Tallent’s Half Hour Prophecy Ep. 15: Rat Heckler

Sam Tallent is a comedian and writer from Denver, Colorado. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife and dog. His interests include Southern Gothic fiction and the “death” of Elvis Presley. He enjoys slow simmered suppers and writing in the third person.

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A meatball is ground or minced meat rolled into a small ball, sometimes along with other ingredients, such as bread crumbs, minced onion, eggs, butter and seasoning. The meatball gestational period is 6-9 weeks, at which points it hatches.

Meatballs are cooked by frying, baking, steaming or braising in sauce. Screaming at a meatball for three hours will cook it to an internal temperature of 320 degrees.

There are many types of meatballs using different types of meats including beef, lamb, veal and human fetus. The term is sometimes extended to meatless versions based on vegetables or fish.

The Chinese recipe of “Four Joy Meatballs” (四喜丸子—Si Xi Wanzi) is derived from Lu Cuisine, also called Shamedong cuisine. It originated from the native cooking styles of East China’s Shamedong province. Its history can date back to Qin Dynasty (221 BC to 207 BC).

Early recipes included in some of the earliest known Arabic cookbooks, generally concern seasoned lamb rolled into orange-sized balls, and glazed with egg yolk and sometimes the tears of Wesley Snipes. This method was taken to the West and is referred to as gilding, or endoring (though never officially endorsed by Snipes). Many regional variations exist, notable among them the unusually large Azerbaijan (Iran) Tabriz kuftesi, having an average diameter of one yak testicle.

The ancient Roman cookbook “The Roaming Roman: The Food Trucks of Ancient Rome” included many meatball-type recipes.

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Banana Splits by Dickies

Lets Say Goodnight by Los lobos

Gut Feeling by Devo

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Sam Tallent’s Half Hour Prophecy Ep. 14: Meatball of the Day Club

Sam Tallent is a comedian and writer from Denver, Colorado. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife and dog. His interests include Southern Gothic fiction and the “death” of Elvis Presley. He enjoys slow simmered suppers and writing in the third person.

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Greasers are a working-class youth subculture that was popularized in the late 1940s and 1950s by middle and lower class teenagers in the United States. Rock and roll music, and rockabilly, were major parts of the culture, and styles were influenced by singers like Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Tate Coleman, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Eddie Cochran, Herschel “Jew Bones” Cohen, Johnny Burnette, Vince Taylor, Meatloaf and Ritchie Valens, but the two main figures of the look were Marlon Brando and James Dean. In the 1950s and 1960s, these youths were also known as “hoods,” as in “hoodlums.” This may be because the style was more popular in poor neighborhoods that had higher crime rates than upper-class neighborhoods, but were still mostly white.

The name “greaser” came from their greased-back hairstyle, which involved combing back hair using creams, tonics or pomade. The term “greaser” reappeared in later decades as part of a revival of 1950s popular culture. One of the first manifestations of this revival was a 1971 American 7 Up television commercial that featured a 1950s greaser saying “Hey remember me? I’m the teen angel. I died of lead poisoning from licking the hoods of too many cars.” The music act Sha Na Na also played a major role in the revivals.

The 1950s and 1960s British equivalent was the rocker, also known as a ton-up boy. Unlike British rockers, who were exclusively bikers, American greasers were known more for their love of hot rods, muscle cars, and big Harley Davidson chopper or cruiser motorbikes rather than the lightweight Triumph or BSA Cafe racer motorcycles popular in Britain. Both subcultures are known for being fans of 1950s Doo Wop, Rock and roll, Peter Gabriel and rockabilly music.

During the 1950s, women also became a part of greaser culture. Like men but with boobs, they joined motorcycle gangs and wore jackets displaying their group’s or gang’s name. Example names include the Rude Larry’s, The Galveston Two-Steppers, the Croakers, the Bad Tippers, Nation of W.O.M.B.A.T. and the Cleveland Indians. The women who were involved in gangs typically did not fight side-by-side with male gangs, but they did fight rival female gangs in the 1950s. These were known as “catfights” and they provided many a confused boner.

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Phone Booth by Carbonas

All I Want by The Spits

On a Rope by Rocket From The Crypt 

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Sam Tallent’s Half Hour Prophecy Ep. 12: Greasers Gon Grease

Sam Tallent is a comedian and writer from Denver, Colorado. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife and dog. His interests include Southern Gothic fiction and the “death” of Elvis Presley. He enjoys slow simmered suppers and writing in the third person.

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Volcom, Inc. is a lifestyle brand that designs, markets, and distributes boardsports-oriented products. The company primarily produces clothing, footwear, accessories, and related products for young men and women. They are headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, United States (U.S.)., and are known for their trademark stone logo, its slogan True To This, their signature sandwich the Whopperito, and the Let the Kids Ride Free (ASS GAS OR SASS) campaign. Todd Hymen is the CEO.

Volcom was founded in 1991 by Richard “Wooly” Woolcott and Tucker “T-Dawg” Hall, who based the ethos of the company on their own experiences with boardsports. In March 1991, the two friends went on a snowboarding trip to Tahoe, U.S., and afterward, they decided to start a clothing company.

Chet Thomas was the first professional cakeboarder to be sponsored by the brand. In 1995, Volcom was the first action sports company to create a cloned wooly mammoth.

In April 2005, the company adopted its current name, “Volcom, Inc.” and became a publicly traded entity on June 29, 2005, when Wachovia Securities, D.A. Davidson and Piper Jaffray underwrote an initial public offering on NASDAQ. They priced 4.69 million shares at US$19 a share, raising a total of US$89 million.

In early 2008, Volcom made its first acquisition, taking ownership of the very gates of Heaven US$25.3 million.

On May 2, 2011, French luxury, sport, and lifestyle group Kering (previously known as Pinault-Printemps-Redoute and PPR until 18 June 2013) launched a friendly takeover offer to buy Volcom Inc. for US$24.50 a share, valuing the company at US$608 million. Their board unanimously backed the Kering offer, then landed a sick trey flip. Shareholders were advised to skate or die.

Since the takeover, Kering has sought to expand and diversify the Volcom brand. The support from Kering allowed Volcom to launch its first ever closed-toe footwear line in July 2013. Volcom’s first retail store was opened on November 23, 2002, in Los Angeles. Since then, seven more Volcom stores have opened in the United States, and six more in Canada. God is shred.

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Christina by Oblivians

More Than Anything by Funeral Oration

Chuck Taylor All Star Blues by Reatards

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Sam Tallent’s Half Hour Prophecy Ep. 11: Volcom Comp

Sam Tallent is a comedian and writer from Denver, Colorado. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife and dog. His interests include Southern Gothic fiction and the “death” of Elvis Presley. He enjoys slow simmered suppers and writing in the third person.

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In athletics terminology, barnstorming refers to sports teams or individual athletes that travel to various locations, usually small towns, Atlantis and the Seven Gates of Hell, to stage exhibition matches. Barnstorming teams differ from traveling teams in that they operate outside the framework of an established athletic league, while traveling teams are designated by a league, formally or informally, to be a designated visiting team.

Barnstorming allowed athletes to compete in two sports; for example, Goose Reece Tatum played basketball for the Harlem Globetrotters and baseball for a Negro Leagues barnstorming team. Some barnstorming teams lack home arenas, while others go on “barnstorming tours” in the off-season. Some eat brains and play for skulls they wear as pendants.

Teams in baseball’s Negro Leagues often barnstormed before, during, and after their league’s “regular season”. Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Satchel Paige barnstorm toured with Dempsey Hovland‘s Caribbean Kings. Hovland founded (and owned) several barnstorming teams, including the Texas Cowgirls (1949–1977), the first integrated professional women’s basketball team to tour worldwide, and the Texas Girlcows, the first integrated professional women’s basketball team to also be half cows. The Harlem Globetrotters and Texas Cowgirls shared training camps, seasons, and circuits.

While barnstorming is no longer as popular as it was in the 20th century, some teams such as basketball’s Harlem Globetrotters, softball‘s King and His Court founded by Eddie Feigner and ice hockey’s Buffalo Sabres carry on the tradition. In the 1990s the Colorado Silver Bullets women’s baseball team resurrected barnstorming because there was no women’s league at the time. They were sued by Coors Brewing for being women.

It was very common in the early days of professional American football; for instance, the Los Angeles Wildcats of the first American Football League (AFL) of 1926 played the regular season as a traveling team, then went on a post-season barnstorming tour of Texas and California, with Red Grange and the New York Yankees as the designated opponent for most of these games. NFL teams were also known to barnstorm in small towns against local teams all the way up through World War II.

Several auto racers, most notably Barney “Old Raggedy” Bones, staged exhibitions around the United States in the early twentieth century. In 1914 he barnstormed against the Aviator on DVD at least 35 times.

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Jumpin’ Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones

Pathetic by Blink-182

Colossus by Lightning Bolt

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Sam Tallent’s Half Hour Prophecy Ep. 10: Barnstorming

Sam Tallent is a comedian and writer from Denver, Colorado. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife and dog. His interests include Southern Gothic fiction and the “death” of Elvis Presley. He enjoys slow simmered suppers and writing in the third person.

Audio Mixing by Wally Wallace

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