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Blue Monday 12″ 1983. New Order.
Probably the most revered cover of all time. Matte black outer sleeve with multiple die cuts. Silver inner sleeve. The color code running down the right edge actually spells out ”FAC 73 Blue Monday And The Beach New Order”. Design wise this is incredibly ahead of the curve for 83′. This also cost a fortune to produce. Factory Records found that out the hard way.
The song ain’t too shabby either.
Masto.
Miss 906 1951
Miss 906? Not exactly sure what the 906 is for. Actually it shows her listed as the Elks Convention Queen for 1951. I can’t even imagine how harrowing it would have been, being the Queen for a convention hall full of drunken middle age Elks. I shudder to think.
For once the girl’s name is inscribed on the negative. Quick Google search and… well what do we have here? Seems Miss 906, 4 years latter, moved up the food chain and secured a spot as Playboy’s Miss October 1955.
Masto.
After reading a book about the riot grrrl movements notorious run in the 90′s (“Girls to the Front”) I was pulling up some discography info on Bikini Kill and ran across this pic of Kathleen Hanna. It seemed a fair snapshot, not just Hanna fronting Bikini Kill but, of the immediacy of the scene. In your face, heart on it’s sleeve, and unflinchingly raw. For fans of hers or the bands you know what I am talking about. For those that are interested “Pussy Whipped” is a solid classic. The song “Rebel Girl” is worth the price of it alone.
Masto.
This is somewhat of a follow up to last weeks Evel Kneivel IOTW. Here are a handful of the action figure vehicles Ideal made. I didn’t know anybody that didn’t at least have the stunt cycle. And as anyone who owned one can attest to, the thing worked pretty damn well. It took off fast, handled pretty much any terrain, would do huge jumps, and still keep racing along regardless of what you threw in it’s path. The down side… Evel would not stay on the thing short of supergluing him to the damn bike. The bike would take off and get about 6 inches from the launcher before he just rolled off. We tried everything. And I was not the only one. Over the years I have heard all sorts of stories of taping him, gluing him, anything to keep him on the stupid cycle.
Masto.
