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kksuck2
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| who did the artwork - and what's the story behind the cover of TKIY? |
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Cult Leader Lettuce
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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| kksuck2 wrote: | | who did the artwork - and what's the story behind the cover of TKIY? |
I think that the cover's supposed to be a puzzle... everything in the picture is referenced in the songs on the album. You just have to figure out what's where.
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dandrew
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:57 am Post subject: |
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| BStaff24 wrote: | | I'm just now hearing the King in Yellow and it is wonderful. It is great all around and as it has been alluded to before, it is hard to fill the late great Dave Blood's shoes, but Dandrew, fabulous job man. I love the basslines. |
Thanks! I guess all those amphetamines the guys fed me were worth it after all! |
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Marshall
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:42 am Post subject: |
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| kksuck2 wrote: | | who did the artwork - and what's the story behind the cover of TKIY? |
I believe Dean designed the artwork. I know that's Rodney's hurdy gurdy in the picture. I wonder where all the other bits were sourced (where DO you find a ham these days?)? On the vinyl version that doesn't exist, you can lift up the king's robe, much like the zipper on The Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers LP. Sorry, I had to. |
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Dirty Sanchez
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Rodney wrote: | In other words: It's not our African Child (although we did smoke a Jeffery)
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heh, just saw that last weekend. quality.
re. the cover here's my guesses:
king= king in yellow
rope= willam bloat/hangman
baby= fauxhemia
ham= caitlin childs
our little mess book= happy song
waste not want not pieces= hangman
gun= cold hard ground
wine= some young guy/buried in the sky
skull= some young guy
horse= maybe it is
manual of life book= quality of death
coins= buried in the sky
cow= 13th century boy
studded bracelet= commodify your dissent
puzzle piece= can't relax
drill= melora says
nail polish remover= solvents
is that a cordless phone?...solvents? commodify?
can't make out the name on the sheet music or the book "? & the ?"
don't know the bread or the candle
bit of a strech, any connection between tube of glue and solvents?
i'm being very productive at work today |
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mrclean
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:21 pm Post subject: Cover Art |
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The cover artwork was me...
I had the king image first and then came up with the idea of incorporating "Dutch Still Life Painting" style elements.
I collected objects that related to the songs and we did a photo shoot here at my house:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deansabatino/sets/72157626114983734/
My wife has worked as a photo stylist before so she helped set it all up with me. I then dropped the photo on top of my doctored King image.
Nice work Dirty Sanchez - you're onto the list of the items. I was thinking of running a contest to see if folks could ID all the song references on the cover...
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Brian Bubonic
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A ham and just about anything else can be purchased in the Italian Market in South Philly.
backwards scroll - "Meaningless Upbeat Happy Song"
razor blade - "William Bloat"
toy horse & jockey - "Or Maybe It Is"
"Our Little Miss" - Meaningless Upbeat Happy Song"
"Prelude In C Major" - I'm working on this one...
I cannot read the title on the bottom book either
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mrclean
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:29 pm Post subject: Ham |
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The Ham is an actual Honey Baked Ham:
http://www.honeybaked.com/
It was delicious!!!
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mrclean
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:30 pm Post subject: Book Clue |
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Bottom book clue...you need to know your Roman history...
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Dirty Sanchez
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:45 pm Post subject: Re: Cover Art |
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| mrclean wrote: |
I then dropped the photo on top of my doctored King image.
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doctored martin luther king?
didn't even notice the razor in the ham |
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mrclean
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:52 pm Post subject: Re: Cover Art |
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| Dirty Sanchez wrote: | | doctored martin luther king? |
Yes the pun was intended...
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Dirty Sanchez
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:54 pm Post subject: Re: Book Clue |
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| mrclean wrote: | | Bottom book clue...you need to know your Roman history... |
got ya. i just went to capri last year
tiberius book= passport to depravity |
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Dirty Sanchez
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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| fork- she's affected |
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Marshall
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Brian Bubonic wrote: | | A ham and just about anything else can be purchased in the Italian Market in South Philly. |
I know you can buy those little slider turtles at the Italian Market too. It always smells weird around there. Kinda makes me sad. For the turtle that's gonna die and the kid that's probably gonna get sick from handling it because it's "so cute."
Anyway, back on task. Sorry. |
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Dirty Sanchez
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Brian Bubonic wrote: |
"Prelude In C Major" - I'm working on this one...
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my only guess, king in yellow/william bloat...king is sorta the prelude to the album, bach=german made...i dunno, i'm done with this shit. do i win the contest?  |
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