Please Drop Your Favorite Album Art Here

"Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available" (whoistheleader2) 10/07/2020 at 10:39 • Filed to: Albums, art

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It’s Wednesday. To help get over the hump, show me your favorite cover art for a single/album. It doesn’t have to be iconic, just good.

For instance, the band Highly Suspect’s album The Boy Who Died Wolf uses this absolutely stunning image. It’s also very fitting for the album too.

And their prior album’s cover was done by what must have been the same artist.

These two images are just so perfect for the album in addition to being visually stunning.

The title of “weirdest” could go to Marcy Playground’s album Marcy Playground (what a weird name for a band too”.

And for some reason everyone I know dislikes the cover of Cage the Elephant’s latest album, Social Cues.

I think I can see why.

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So, Oppo, what are your favorite album covers? I could go on and on but I’ll leave the rambling up to you this time.

EDIT: Dangit almost forgot this one. Schm ilco by Wilco. Look up the artist’s name in the bottom corner.

Thomas Donohue > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 10:43

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What’s album art? That stuff we see in Youtube and Spotify when our songs play?

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MonkeePuzzle > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 10:46

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i like things simple i suppose

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 10:46

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Sweet, tasteful and likely to have you coming back for more.

There’s a whole backstory on how they got this photo BTW.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 10:50

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Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 10/07/2020 at 10:52

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Some good art there. I've got a friend who lives to draw Iron Maiden covers for fun and he's good at it too.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Thomas Donohue 10/07/2020 at 10:53

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I believe all of the ones I listed had vinyl releases come to think of it.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 10/07/2020 at 10:53

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Id like to hear the backstory but wow what a strange photo. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > MonkeePuzzle 10/07/2020 at 10:54

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I really like that first one actually. 

E90M3 > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 10:54

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Not a huge fan of the music, I just like the album art. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > E90M3 10/07/2020 at 10:55

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That's  a good photo but I can’t say I know the band.

Tim (Fractal Footwork) > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 10:55

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vondon302 > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 10:56

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Since arch duke put in my maiden here’s one from a one hit wonder band.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 10/07/2020 at 10:57

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Brutal image... were they even allowed to display this uncovered in record stores?

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 10/07/2020 at 10:58

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I know that last one but I wouldn’t have thought to in clude it. Never looked to closely but that’s an interesting graphic.

The rest I have no idea.

ClassicDatsunDebate > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 10:58

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I don’t know if I could quantify my favourite...but these are good.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 10/07/2020 at 10:59

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Yeah. I even have the 20th anniversary picture disc.  

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > ClassicDatsunDebate 10/07/2020 at 11:00

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No Magical Mystery Tour? That one has always intrigued me. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 11:02

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Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 10/07/2020 at 11:03

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All three are certified Very Fine. I especially like that last one. So geometric yet so dynamic. 

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 11:03

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They started with “real” whipped cream but it was a mess. I think this was some weird shaving cream hybrid....

She’s weathered pretty well.

user314 > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 11:04

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A bit obvious perhaps, but it’s a classic.

Dragon’s Garden, by Roger Dean, for Us and Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd

“ULLA!”

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 10/07/2020 at 11:05

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I was about to say it looked like the shaving cream I had just used but I didn’t say it. 

Thomas Donohue > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 11:08

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I’ve been recently buying some ‘new’ vinyl releases of remastered stuff, some of which is ~20 years old or younger, so wasn’t broadly released on vinyl initially (other than $$ short run editions). It’s all $$$ these days.

But I do still enjoy putting a record on a turntable, and playing it through a real amp and speakers.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > user314 10/07/2020 at 11:08

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Pink Floyd is iconic but I don’t know the other two. They’re pretty good though. That’s not quite how I picture the War of the Worlds alien machines but pretty close. The script is rather whimsical for the scene depicted. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Thomas Donohue 10/07/2020 at 11:12

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I know what you mean. It’s so rewarding to be able to physically play the music on a turntable and get that tactile feedback as you place the needle. It puts you in a mood to really appreciate the music more, I think.

That reminded me of this album I gave my dad on vinyl that I totally missed. Look up the artist’s name in the bottom corner.

hillrat > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 10/07/2020 at 11:13

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Wish I could give more stars for the Joy Division cover.

ClassicDatsunDebate > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 11:16

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I mean, there are hundreds of iconic album covers from the 70’s through 90’s alone when the genre was at its peak and the medium was attracting the most highly sought after pop artists. Not to mention the resurgence in the post Napster digital age. It’s hard to constrain this topic of discussion other than “ here’s a few cool album covers that I can think of right now without posting 20 of them”.

The Magical Mystery Tour cover is neat but kinda typical of the era. The costumes are intriguing and sparked the whole McCartney is dead conspiracy.  You didn’t happen to  mean the Sgt. Pepper cover?

Boxer_4 > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 11:17

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Definitely hard to choose, but here are some of mine:

Chariotoflove > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 10/07/2020 at 11:17

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Have that album with that cover. Loved it  from the beginning of masturbation age.

hillrat > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 11:18

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I always loved this one and the fact that they used the same font on all the singles from the album too was kind of fresh .

HammerheadFistpunch > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 11:19

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This is one.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > hillrat 10/07/2020 at 11:20

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The best.

KnowsAboutCars > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 11:20

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Frank Ocean. He’s pretty big car guy iirc.

Chariotoflove > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 11:21

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Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > ClassicDatsunDebate 10/07/2020 at 11:21

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Ah, yes, that. The Beatles had so many iconic covers it is difficult to think of just one. 

The point of this post was “here’s a few album covers I like without posting 20 of them.” Like this one:

It is interesting how much weight just the cover can pull though. I once saw a shirt in Target that was this image except with Star Wars characters. Considering this band’s recent single featuring Elton John and 6lack that’s not the most unusual thing that’s happened but still.

Looking it up was basically just pages and pages on GIS of altered version of this image.

https://www.google.com/search?q=gorillaz+demon+days&sxsrf=ALeKk01HZu3UpMSFK6wbjkYPOkYziSr0Ow:1602084018223&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjZurmG5KLsAhVju1kKHX16D6UQ_AUoAXoECCgQAw&biw=1280&bih=578#imgrc=IQ80nRoSagJkgM&imgdii=I1ShCjHYT439CM

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Boxer_4 10/07/2020 at 11:23

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All of those are great but this one really speaks to me.

hillrat > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 11:24

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Also, this one. The album is iconic but it’s the back cover that really caught my attention. As an Army brat I was very taken aback by the fact that they’re standing on the American flag, but one listen and I knew exactly what the fuck it was they were trying to say.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Chariotoflove 10/07/2020 at 11:24

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Good ones. The Boston covers are iconic but I don’t think I am familiar with the Styx ones. 

MonkeePuzzle > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 11:24

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its Sunny Day Real Estate’s album “Diary”

the band later partially beca me Foo Fighters

HammerheadFistpunch > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 10/07/2020 at 11:24

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So that Joy Division one is a readout of a pulsar I guess.  Neat.

hillrat > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 11:29

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OK, last one just for laughs. Sebadoh - Bakesale. Never understood what the fuck this was all about and it still cracks me up every time I see it.

412GTI > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 11:30

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I also really liked the Boy Who Died Wolf album cover. My first one is a recent band I’ve gotten into. Idk why but I just love the painting. Plus it was d rawn by another band’s, Circa Survive, Guitarist.

Second, because super iconic. From the polaroid to the handwriting and I just love the old Chrysler minivan.

I’m sure I could list more but these two came to mind first. 

Chariotoflove > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 11:34

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That’s front and back of the Paradise Theatre album cover . The album is built around the story of the rise and fall of a theatre through it s life. It’s kind of a metaphor for the ephemeral nature of physical things and how everything changes. The songs are pop-rock classics.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > 412GTI 10/07/2020 at 11:38

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First one is very striking but I love the gritty realism of the second image. I’m on my phone so I can’t show you (maybe look it up) but it reminds me of the Black Keys album El Camino which features an old Chrysler minivan with faded woodgrain in an indus trial area. The single from that album Gold on the Ceiling had a really great picture of the abandoned Rolling Acres mall in Akron Ohio that I love. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > hillrat 10/07/2020 at 11:39

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Hahahahahahaha yeah IDK but it's funny

ClassicDatsunDebate > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 11:39

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full circle...

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Chariotoflove 10/07/2020 at 11:40

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Ah a real conceptual album then. I noticed how they were the same but figured maybe it was a two volume thing. 

Saracen > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 11:42

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Always thought this was cool

vondon302 > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 11:50

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Alice cooper schools out. It folds out into a little school desk and the earlier releases had the album wrapped in paper panties thar were unfortunately flammable.

Also A morica from the black crowes cause it was almost immediately banned.

PowderHound > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 11:52

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I don’t like to play favorites so here are some that I just really like.

Edit: Kinja’d so hard, it deleted everything. Round 2!

Mark Tucker > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 11:57

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That’s a great album, too.

412GTI > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 11:59

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Ah yes, forgot there was another album with an old Chrysler van. Good tunes too!

sony1492 > Saracen 10/07/2020 at 11:59

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Came here for this

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > 412GTI 10/07/2020 at 12:05

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Yeah that was a good one. Brothers was also a good listen and I might prefer it 

Mark Tucker > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 12:05

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Outside:

Inside:

Also...

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > user314 10/07/2020 at 12:11

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I was going to say “Dark Side of the Moon” has to be the number one. It’s so simple, yet fantastic. It’s definitely one of the most iconic.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 12:20

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Someone already said Dark Side of the Moon which is my favorite.

A few others I like

Dookie: Just because it’s a fun cover to look at

Afterburner

Pickup_man > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 12:20

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I hardly pay attention to album covers since I just download whatever’s free on Amazon/Pandora, but scrolling through my phone here’s a few that I like.

Thomas Donohue > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 12:23

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Thomas Donohue > Thomas Donohue 10/07/2020 at 12:24

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Original didn’t post....

TheJWT > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 12:29

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  Corp. ’s Palm Mall Mars is probably my all time favorite and I can’t even describe why.

Long_Voyager94 > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 12:42

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Easily one of these:

Roadkilled > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 12:43

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Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > TheJWT 10/07/2020 at 13:15

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Wait, malls still exist in the future?

Jim Spanfeller > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 13:22

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I had to think about this for quite a while...

One that I really like is Blue Oyster Cult’s “Fire Of Unknown Origin”, because not only is it really good but we finally get to see what the Blue Oyster Cult looks like! In fact, Blue Oyster Cult has a lot of good album art now that i think of it...

Then there’s the cover for Brand New’s “Daisy”, which... I’m not sure why I like it, I just do. I think it captures the vibe of the album very well somehow.

Foster The People has a lot of great album and single art as well...

And then there’s Saint Motel’s “My Type” which is simple, but fun.

And there was one album cover from the 70s that I found at an antiques store once with awesome 70s font everywhere and what I assume was the band standing around an old 50s car. Unfortunately I can’t remember the name of the band, so I can’t find the album :(

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jim Spanfeller 10/07/2020 at 13:30

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Only one of those I recognize is the Foster the People one. I really like the art from Torches and Supermodel (Nevermind is a really good song off that last one).

All these are good though. Pretty sure you've mentioned the Saint Motel one before. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 10/07/2020 at 13:32

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Fun fact: my mom dislikes Green Day because they annoyed her at a house party once by playing too loudly. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Mark Tucker 10/07/2020 at 13:33

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ELO is iconic. These are all so great. 

Jim Spanfeller > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 13:53

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Actually I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned saint motel here before... I discovered them somewhat recently. They don’t have a lot of music out yet, but what they do have is pretty good. I have mentioned Blue Oyster Cult here several times before, as they’re my favorite band. I still have yet to hear a song of theirs I don’t like:) Here’s some more of their fantastic album covers just because:

Fun fact: That plane is an ME-262, a reference to one of the songs on the album.

Club Ninja wasn’t their best album (although it did have a couple good songs), but the album art was very fun.

Jb boin > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 14:03

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Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jim Spanfeller 10/07/2020 at 14:04

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This is, well, interesting. They seem to have been very imaginative with their album covers.

I really like Pearl Jam’s cover for Vs.

In a similar vein, I like another Wilco album, Poor Places.
Or maybe I just like Marina City. The album is good though.

I couldn’t tell you why I like this one either.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jb boin 10/07/2020 at 14:05

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Clearly you have a favorite here.

Jim Spanfeller > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 14:21

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As I always say, nothing attracts foxes like giant triangular hair!

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jim Spanfeller 10/07/2020 at 14:27

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That’s actually supposed to be a giant wave I think. Because the Fox Confessor is, through some capacity, bring the Flood. Or maybe it’s a giant mountain. Tough to say. 

TheJWT > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 15:10

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On Mars they do

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > TheJWT 10/07/2020 at 15:22

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Who woulda thought?

Jim Spanfeller > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 15:51

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Nevertheless, I still stand by my statement that nothing attracts foxes like giant triangular hair.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/07/2020 at 18:07

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Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 10/07/2020 at 18:42

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Interesting choice. Quite a striking image.