“How do you eat an elephant?” goes the old riddle. “One bite at a time.”
The Pulp Fiction Presidential Biography Challenge (or The Benefits of Elephant Eating)
From The Stacks: David Bowie, ‘1980 All Clear’
The deeper one gets into collecting, the weirder the records get.
From The Stacks: Various, ‘Pot, Spoon, Pipe and Jug’
Oh, jazz cats. How you love your pharmaceuticals.
From The Stacks: Morton Subotnick, ‘Silver Apples Of the Moon’
This might be the most important album you’ve never heard.
Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Sylvia Stoun, ‘Agent 0069’
Artist: Sylvia Stoun Title: Agent 0069 Year: 1966 Label: Jubilee Cover Artist/Designer/Photographer: Haas Studios For more great sleeves, visit the Cheesecake Album Cover Gallery.
Deep Cuts: Songs For Machines
Futurists have worried about the rise of the machines at least as far back as the Greeks. The story of Icarus isn’t just one of hubris, but specifically hubris in the form […]
Hipgnosis Cover of the Week: Syd Barrett, ‘The Madcap Laughs’
Artist: Syd Barrett Title: The Madcap Laughs Year: 1970 Label: Harvest For more great sleeves, visit the The Hipgnosis Album Cover Gallery.
When Machines Replace You Will You Still Be Human?
My writing gig is in danger of being overtaken by a robot.
From The Stacks: William Shatner, ‘The Transformed Man’
Here it is: The Sgt. Pepper of bad albums.
From The Stacks: Visage, “The Damned Don’t Cry” (Test Pressing)
Visage never really made a dent in the U.S. market.
