Tuesday Tagline #

The robot's claws, the death gas... but there was worse to come. 

Best Music Art #1

I'm a big fan of cover art, as many of my readers know, but something I talk about less is good music art. Whether it's vinyl album art or a CD case, or just promo art to go with streaming or Internet radio, concept art can be a powerful tool for conveying an artists ideas or mood. I find that ambient music and so- called New Age music is especially rich in awesome cover art, but progressive rock and other forms of music also have great examples. 

So I thought I'd share some of my favorite pieces of album art, and while electronic music is well represented I tried to draw from as many diverse sources as I could. Let me know in the comments which are your favorites or share your own. 

Sunday Post #480

I'm doing something a little different this week. I'm posting some old pics of vacation from a few years ago- these are favorite areas around Traverse City MI. The Old Mission peninsula and Sleeping Bear Dunes. The peninsula shots here are the very tip of the peninsula where the lighthouse is- the area fluctuates with water levels so the areas in these pics are more or less underwater now. Or were last time I was there. The pile of boulders below were right at the tip of where you could go- any further and you were in the water. When it was above water it was a great place just to sit and watch waves rolling in from three directions. 

The Sleeping Bear Dunes is one of my favorites. The grand Scenic Overlook always experiences erosion since some people feel the need to race down the 450 foot bluff and then re- climb it. Which by the way is extremely exhausting as well as not being good for the dunes. The scenic drive, as always, is amazing and really gives one a chance to experience this national lakeshore. If you ever get a chance to take this drive you really should. 

  

   Song of the week

PULP COVER OF THE WEEK: 

Cosmic Covers #3

Cosmic Covers is a semi- regular feature where I'll share some favorite comic book or graphic novel covers. The defining characteristic will be that the covers will usually have a cosmic, or science fiction, slant. Not always, but usually. And as usual let me know in the comments what you think- which are your favorites?     

Cover Love Post Apocalyptic

Tuesday Tagline 235

A Hawaiian private eye- a 40 million dollar heiress- murder  

Sunday Post #479

Another good week. I posted a review for The Galaxy and the Ground Within. My readalong with LaLa and Cover to Cover is underway. We got snow. It looks like winter around here. The World Cup is underway. I have walking tours.    

  

   Song of the week

PULP COVER OF THE WEEK: 

       

I wanted to post a Cover Love for Dune covers but didn't get the post up this past week. So here are a few I picked. I don't actually like Dune all that much but I do love the covers! Vincent DiFate did the first one and three and four as well- I just love the white robed figures, the buildings in the background, the stone face. Which one is your favorite?