Up til now, I haven’t intentionally set out to find bizarre vinyl LP cleaning methods, but they keep appearing. Clearly this is some kind of signal given to me by the great gods of vinyl that I’m supposed to share these with the masses, so here is another video of an LP cleaning technique I personally will NEVER EVER use.
–Joe Wallace
I clearly have been living in a cave for many years as this is the first time I’ve heard of the series Vinyl Justice. And Frank Black’s appearance in this clip has rendered me an instant fan of the series (I was already a fan of Frank Black). Live forever and ever and ever, Frank Black. You are one of God’s own mutants. I am now, even as I type this, looking for more Vinyl Justice episodes. Sadly, embedding for this video clip is not available, but you can click the image above to see the episode on YouTube.
–Joe Wallace
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For the record, I have not heard this album, I know nothing of Fun Da Mental or anything they do. I am simply responding to an album cover by Fun Da Mental that I discovered for sale on Amazon. That said…I think I am IN LOVE with this album cover. Seriously. I want a framed copy to hang in the studio above my mixing board to remind me of what might have been.
I have no idea what was going through the mind of the special someone who designed this cover, but it’s a work of frickin GENIUS. I believe this is supposed to represent South Asian people in some sort of political commentary that I am clueless about, but what it says to me is some kind of Mexican direct-to-video action movie poster repurposed for an album cover. And the NAME of this record–hot DAMN, that’s inspired. I laughed out loud, very nearly spraying Earl Grey all over my screen.
EROTIC TERRORISM? The very idea…it’s so out there I couldn’t help looking for a secret Beastie Boys imprint on the cover somewhere. It sounds like something they’d pull for laughs. But the customer reviews of this record indicate these lads are SERIOUS…they aren’t kidding around even with a title like EROTIC…..TERRORISM.
All I can say here is…wow.
—Joe Wallace
Continue reading WTF Album Covers: Fun Da Mental Erotic Terrorism
I discovered this atrocity on Cheezeball.net and I think I’m sending them my doctor’s bill. The nightmares I’ll have after seeing this truly bad album cover–once more in the name of Jesus–will be in 3D, technicolor and Smell-O-Rama. Never mind the rictus grin on Hazel Slaughter’s face–the one that says “I’d rather be standing trail for war crimes in the Hague right now.” Look at Henry Slaughter’s TIE.
That’s right, it’s an effing chain link FENCE necktie. Tell me this guy doesn’t look as though he has a 14-year old stashed in a secret black light basement someplace being fattened up to be served up in a pie, Hansel and Gretel-style. I’m sure in real life, he’s a real sweetie pie, but this photograph makes Henry and Hazel look like the Honeymoon Killers.