This week I look at the album cover for the 1972 Pink Floyd soundtrack release Obscured by Clouds (Harvest Records).
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A Fast Food Training Video Roundup
Enjoy these vintage fast food employee training films and videos. Because there’s clean, and then there’s McDonald’s clean!
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My favorite music: 1983
There was a lot of great music released in 1983. This is a list of my favorite albums and songs from that year, with .mp3 samples!
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“Hope I die before I get old” — Do famous musicians really die young?
Amy Winehouse is the latest member of the 27 Club. She joins a host of other musicians who have died young. But are they the rule or the exception?
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My favorite music: 1972
A rundown of my favorite albums (and songs) from the year that was 1972. Not all of it was very popular, but you can be certain it was all excellent.
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Album review: Doves – Kingdom of Rust
I think it’s fair to say that I was spoiled musically by growing up in the ’80s, the tail end of a long period where bands usually released albums no more than 1-2 years apart. So when great newer acts like Manchester’s Doves come along and take longer than that I get impatient. It’s been[…]
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Meme time: Pick an album for every year you’ve been alive
From Idolator via the AV Club comes a pretty cool music meme – compile a list of your favorite albums, with one for each year you’ve been alive. Sounds easy enough, but some years are positively stacked with music I love. Forcing me to choose among my musical children is just so…cruel.
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Album cover of the week: Wish You Were Here
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[…]
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2nd Chance Album Review – The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp
Chris Holmes re-examines the long lost precursor album to King Crimson, The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp.
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