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Humans are a curious species. We like to ask the questions about why things exist/happen/not happen, and so on. When I built my search engine questions, I began with the word “WHY”, then gradually built on that, one word at a time. Now, I pass on the list of questions to you. If the list […] Go to article Google Autocomplete Follies Hi, my name is Steve Warren, I’m in my mid-30s, my favourite food is spicy chicken wings, and my favourite pastime consists of grooming my coiff’ and staring at myself in the mirror while playing “Dancing with myself” by Billy Idol..Seeking a woman who is quiet and is appreciative of a real man. I’m […] Go to article Crappy Album Covers #289 — The return of the SJ Blind Dating Service Winning second place in the race to the bottom, is the Beatle Buddies! Four somewhat attractive women, who don’t even bother to take off their clothes, have therefore let this albun stand on the strength of their musical ability alone. A word to their favour, their hairstyles all look pretty timeless. If it weren’t […] Go to article Crappy Album Covers #288 — The race to the bottom This album, supposedly made in 1978, shows the precursor to rappers in garish cars: hippies with garish cars. In 1978, hippies were long since a dying breed, being mostly a year for either clean-cut looking guys in disco suits, or for filthy-looking punk rockers. This record was released on the Cherry Records label out […] Go to article Crappy Album Covers #287 – Little-Known Artists Sporting Rolls-Royces I have had many examples in this blog of black people in comedy getting all potty mouthed and raunchy. Now, Nova Scotian comedians MacLean and MacLean, later based in Winnipeg, have shown us that whitey can be just as potty mouthed, and have potties to prove it. Here, they join the white lowbrow humour […] Go to article Crappy Album Covers #286 – As Crappy as We Wanna Be Nancy Reed, otherwise known as Lady Reed, is a comedienne of the raunchy variety. Record stores often sold it “under the table” even as the so-called 70s sexual liberation was happening. Or maybe with titles like “International United Whores Union” they were afraid of offending their sistas at the Prostitutes Collective of Victoria (Australia), […] Go to article Crappy Album Covers #285 – Disco Lotion and Soul Lubricant Floridian Maurice Young, known to his adoring admirers as “Trick Daddy”, has his 1998 album right here, with the clever name “www.thug.com”. Get a load of the web browser design, and the disembodied head of Mr. Daddy, impaled on his own logo. That’s gotta hurt, Maurice. The website still exists, along with its concomitant […] Go to article Crappy Album Covers #284 – Big, Mean Rockers The only thing remarkable I found about this 1978 album cover is that Jim Hearn was probably one of the first guys in his native Northern California to wear Nike sneakers. Back in the day, you can see that you can still dial a telephone, and for most televisions, changing the channel meant that […] Go to article Crappy Album Covers #283 – OMG! Rockers! You are now witness to the reason why that just because a photo looks OK on a mantlepiece, it is not necessarily useful on an album cover. Especially if it is also void of a title. But I am keen to guess. If I am not mistaken, this is Germany-born Jazz pianist John Berger. […] Go to article Crappy Album Covers #282 – Mugs don’t work if that’s all you have Top of the list is this copycat album “Their Satanic Majesty’s Request”, released in 1967, the same year as Sgt. Pepper. The “everything but the kitchen sink” album design concept only works once, folks, then it wears off. I don’t mean once in a musician’s career, I mean once in the history of music. […] Go to article Crappy Album Covers #281 – Sergant Pepper Ripoffs Redd Foxx’s real name is John Elroy Sanford (1922-1991), closer to his stage name he used in the 70s sitcom Sanford & Son, co-starring Demond Wilson. He was teenage friends with Malcolm Little (you may know Malcolm Little as Malcolm X) while growing up in St. Louis, Missouri and after dropping out of high […] Go to article Crappy Album Covers #280 – A Sampling of Redd Foxx Covers This is a 1976 LP of a two-part episode of Dr. Who, called “Doctor Who and the Pescatons”. Look! A fish with muscular arms and clawed hands! Are you scared? I’m scared. God, am I scared! What else is in the picture? Castle with clock tower on the shoreline; fishy monster guy jumps out […] Go to article Crappy Album Covers #266 — My Hero! Here is the latest instalment: [media id=46 width=400 height=300] I haven’t posted anything related to this since last year. These videos just fascinate me. I can’t get enough. More to come later. [media id=45 width=400 height=300] On my blog, I think it has become obvious that when I say “marketeers”, it seems to always relate to depictions of nude or semi-nude women. I am unclear as to how having a digital chastity, uh, panty, would illustrate the cover of an album entitled “Sophisticated Funk”. But actually, isn’t this in line […] Go to article Crappy Album Covers #265 — Marketeers of Unknown Elpees Little to no information links Johnny Houston with this LP. Allmusic.com has two listings on him; but no mention of this actual recording, “Makin Bacon” (no apostrophe). I also have no idea about this one. I think I would have noticed a microphone that big before I started to engage in “the act”. And […] Go to article Crappy Album Covers #264 — Album covers depicting filthy sex Timmie Rogers (? – 2007) had more class than Thaddaeus Monk. He wore a suit in his comedy performances, and also composed music for the likes of Nat King Cole and Sarah Vaughan. He had written for television’s Sanford and Son.The dream that was a comedy routine for black comedians in the 60s and […] Go to article Crappy Album Covers #263 — Answered and Un-answered questions How to pick up chicks: Lesson 1: Tell her about your “wheels”, your “dream machine”, your “love bug”. The ladies often are attracted to a guy with a nice car, since it is a symbol of financial stability and a well-maintained car is a sign that you are conscientious, mature, and tend to take […] Go to article Crappy Album Covers #262 — My Babe Magnet It’s one thing to steal a model of a skull from your high school biology lab, but it is quite another to go to auto shop at the other end of your high school, take a photo of a grinder, and then place the two images together in MS Paint. It has been discovered […] Go to article Crappy Album Covers #261 — Metal Annoyances Get ready for the Armageddon Experience! Are you experienced? Notice how tastefully they depict an impression of the end of the world. Notice the lettering, the flaming something-or-other that could just as well be oil soaked up on The Redneck Riviera, set in flame. The United Nations Press?! You couldn’t possibly be talking about […] Go to article Crappy Album Covers #260 — The End of the World |
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