Our friends at Hipgnosis return with another memorable entry.  But whereas their last appearance here was all about a striking and surreal image, this week is just the opposite - no image at all.  It is the second album from New Wave/post-punk legends XTC, 1978's Go 2: [caption id="attachment_993" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="XTC - Go 2 (1978)"][/caption] That's a lot of words, innit?!  Here's what it says: This is a [place album format here in all capitals] COVER. This writing is the DESIGN upon the [place ... Read on, Daddy-O

Creating and maintaining an iPod playlist with my favorite songs has been an interesting experience for me. I call the playlist "The Best" not because I really think these are the best songs ever, but because they are the ones that resonate the most with me. As the playlist has grown (it's now at 46 songs) some items of note have emerged. The first is that two of my all-time favorite bands, Kiss and Rush, are not represented once on the ... Read on, Daddy-O

Looking back, mixtapes sure were a pain in the ass to put together. But man, were they fun. So for just a minute, let's imagine iPods don't exist (I know, scary) and we are putting together a new one. The ground rules for the songs on this mixtape are: Each song was released as the B-side of a commercially available single. The songs did not appear on a regular album (at least not at first). No more than one song per band. I ... Read on, Daddy-O