Monthly Archives: April 2010

WTF Album Covers Joe Gibbs Pot-Free Reggae Christmas

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reggae_christmas Joe Gibbs WTF bad album coversby Joe Wallace

Yes, that’s a great big old marijuana plant or two on the cover of the Joe Gibbs Reggae Christmas album. At Turntabling, we tend to sympathize with Anthony Bourdain, Don Letts, and Peter Tosh when it comes to legalization of the herb–after all, what are malt, hops, and barley? The presence of George Washington’s favorite plant on this album cover is laugh-inducing, but it doesn’t necessarily make it a BAD album cover all by itself…so what gives, Gibbs?

I’ll tell you what gives. The WTF factor for yours truly (aside from having a powerful case of the munchies just LOOKING at this cover) comes when you compare the cover for this vinyl record with the cover for the Joe Gibbs Reggae Christmas album available for download on Amazon.com.

Joe Gibbs Reggae Christmas sanitzed and pot-free

Is this even the SAME ALBUM? Nicely sanitized and pot-free, we’re guessing this makes the world safe for the kiddies who don’t want to come downstairs on Xmas morning to find a nice big fatty in their Christmas stocking. Well, darlings, that’s all YOU. Me, I kind of like the idea of having a glazed Christmas, thanks.

I bet poor ol’ Joe Gibbs had NOTHING to do with any of this–some record company hack or Amazon corporate doink decided that purple sticky wasn’t appropriate for Christmas. After all, it’s marketed at the kiddies, right? Can’t have the rugrats wondering why Mom and Dad are giggling so much and eating all the fruitcake.

Video DJ Series: Scratching and Mixing

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DJ Producer Series Digital Scratching and Mixingby Joe Wallace

For the record–I put very little stock in many of these “learn how to DJ” tutorials. Learn to mix and scratch like a pro? I’ve got a better idea–why not teach yourself how to mix and scratch and become a pro? Watching somebody in a goofy hat turntabling on a DVD isn’t my idea of a good time.

That said, I was intrigued by the lineup on the DJ Series Digital Scratching and Mixing DVD. This disc boasts interviews with Robert Moog, Herbie Hancock, and Wally Callerio, just to name a few. What does Robert Moog say on the DVD? I’m intrigued, since in my mind he’s the Godfather of analog synth goodness. Herbie Hancock isn’t such a stretch, but Moog is the wildcard here, at least to me.

If you’ve seen this, by all means drop a comment here–I’d love to know if the Moog thing is a goofy name-dropping ten second cameo or if it’s a quality interview worth the price of the disc to see…

WTF Bad Album Covers: Slim Goodbody The Inside Story

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WTF Bad Album Covers Sam Goodbodyby Joe Wallace

It’s been too long since a bad album cover worthy of commentary has caught my eye, but this winner was too good to pass up. To begin with, Slim Goodbody has ALWAYS creeped me out. He has the hunted look of a Turkish prison survivor just out after a stretch for trying to smuggle some of the Taliban’s finest heroin into Vatican City.

And more importantly, the thing that makes this record truly creepy besides the come hither look (who’s he trying to woo in a getup like this, one of Pinhead’s flesh-rendering pals from Hellraiser?) and the faux-mime gesturing? Well, take a damn good look at ol’ Slim Goodbody here. What’s missing?

Eunuch Goodbody is more like it.