Quirky Berkeley

The Quirky Material Culture of Berkeley

Quirky Berkeley
  • Walkers
  • Help us!
  • Links
  • Blogs/Albums
  • Contact us
  • Latest Posts
  • Quirky Berkeley in the Media
August 24, 2014 by tomdalzell

Jungle Animals

Continuing with the animal theme, here are images of jungle animals found in the streets of Berkeley.  Remember – all the lions are elsewhere.  No lions here.  Here, though, are non-lion jungle beasts.  For the musical background, I turned, as I often do, to my friend Gabby.

Zebra Car 1

Zebra Car 2

 

 1725 9th

1725 9th

2202 Bonar

2202 Bonar

1421 Ada

1421 Ada

1036 University

1036 University

1326 Burnett

1326 Burnett

1303 Arch

1303 Arch

Rhino

1638-University

1638-University

1638-University

1638-University

1132 Spruce

1132 Spruce        ñ

2620 California

2620 California

1943 Euclid

1943 Euclid

College and Russell

College and Russell

College and Russell

College and Russell

2724 Milvia

2724 Milvia

901 Arlington

901 Arlington

614 Grizzly Peak

614 Grizzly Peak

2527 San Pablo

2527 San Pablo

Giraffe 2943 Russell

2943 Russell

1221 Gilman

1221 Gilman

190 Alvarado (discovered and photographed by Eduardo Pineda)

190 Alvarado (discovered and photographed by Eduardo Pineda)

2033 Berryman

2033 Berryman

2374 Eunice

2374 Eunice

1841 Addison

1841 Addison

1118 Colusa

1118 Colusa

930 Ashby

930 Ashby

1036 University

1036 University

2375 Cedar

2375 Cedar

925 Ensenada

925 Ensenada

1421 66th

1421 66th

 930 Channing

930 Channing

2233 McKinley

2233 McKinley

And as a jungle-themed bonus, how about a piece of quirky material culture celebrating the most well-known Swahili phrase in the United States:

akuna Matata

Akuna matata indeed!

When showed these photos to my friend, he was by happenstance reading David Noebel, the high priest of rock and roll as satanic and communist.  Noebel accuses the Soviets of employing “an elaborate calculated scientific technique aimed at rendering a generation of American youth neurotic through nerve-jamming, mental deterioration, and retardation”. The method relies on music with a steady, primitive beat synchronized with the body’s natural rhythms literally hypnotizing the unsuspecting listener. Rock ‘n’ roll, with a voodoo inspired “jungle beat“, fits the bill.

Okay – I get the tie-in.  Jungle beat.  But what about these lovely jungle beast photos?

IMG_3677

 

 

 

Posted in Uncategorized. RSS 2.0 feed.
« Jungle Music
Chimney Sweep (Mostly Cute) Postcards »

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>

Here you will find photos of the oddball, whimsical, eccentric, and the near-rhyme quirky material culture of Berkeley.
Read More

Subscribe

Categories

  • Animals
  • Architecture
  • Cars, Trains and Planes
  • Food
  • Gone
  • Graffiti
  • Ma
  • Mailboxes
  • Major Quirky
  • Miscellaneous
  • Murals
  • Painted
  • Peace
  • Signs
  • Walks

All content © 2019 by Quirky Berkeley. Base WordPress Theme by Graph Paper Press