While everyone else is out buying a copy of the new Lil Wayne album, Tha Carter III, I'm casting my lot with this future classic: Look for the new single, "Moonshine-flavored Lollipop", coming soon to iTunes! (for a little background, get thee to Wikipedia) Read on, Daddy-O

This week's entry is my humble tribute to one of the most inventive and influential musicians of the 20th century, the late Bo Diddley... The iconic rectangular guitar (aka "The Twang Machine") is missing, but the cover to 1961's Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger is a gem just the same. It's one of a series of tongue-in-cheek images shot for Diddley's early-1960s albums on the Checker label. Read on, Daddy-O

I was absolutely fascinated by this cover as a kid and I still think it's awesome: What gets me about this is the look on the robot's face, which says "Oh crap, did I do that?" The blood drop on the finger is also a very nice touch. The only part that doesn't thrill me is that Brian May (the one with the curly hair and puffy shirt) looks like a bit of a dandy. As it turns out, interestingly enough, this ... Read on, Daddy-O

All too often it happens that an album with great artwork is full of forgettable music. Luckily that's not so with Pink Floyd's 1975 classic, Wish You Were Here. For my money, this is the ultimate Floyd album and one of the ten best albums of all-time. One of the really appealing things about this cover - aside from how surreal it is -is how ambiguous it is. There may be a definite story or scenario behind this photo, but ... Read on, Daddy-O

Starting today and running every Monday until I lose interest, I'm going to feature one album cover that is notable for either being well-crafted, visually striking, humorous, or all of them at once. I am old enough to remember when vinyl still held sway as the dominant format for music delivery, and I've always lamented the decline of the format for reasons other than the ones usually trotted out (i.e. it just "sounds" nicer than compact discs). Back in the day (yes, ... Read on, Daddy-O