Been stuck in my head all week, and it's technically 2 covers in a trenchcoat!
+ it has a great album cover!
(I recommend checking out the artists behind the album art:
* George Corsillo – art direction, design
* Brian Hagiwara – front and back photography
* Harry Langdon – photography of Luther Vandross
They all had pretty different and pretty interesting artistic careers!)
Feb 23, 2025
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Everytime by Ethel Cain, Super Trouper by The Japanese House, Poses by Madison Cunningham….there are too many to choose one.
I made this playlist of my favorite covers a while back. :)
Oct 1, 2024
First off, Lianne La Havas’ cover is also one of my favorites ever
Some standouts (songs that I previously thought were too good to be touched until I heard these):
The Fool on the Hill - Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘66 (The Beatles)
I Go To Sleep - Anika (Ray Davies/The Kinks)
Tempted - Erykah Badu/James Poyser (Squeeze)
Hybrid Moments - Helvetia (Misfits)
Perfect - MJ Lendermen/Wednesday (Smashing Pumpkins)
Mar 8, 2024
Truly one of those songs where the cover becomes infinitely more iconic than the OG. That said I’ve been collecting my fav song covers for a while so in a lot of ways this is an impossible choice but this song has been a staple for me lately
Mar 1, 2024
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Feb 8, 2025
Lately I've been spending too much time scouring every corner of eBay I can for the cheapest and most delightful soviet era porcelain figurines available
I didn't even realize it until diving head first into this rabbit hole, but I have had soviet era porcelain figurines my whole life (a bunny and a bull for those curious), so I guess I was always destined to develop a fondness for the form, and eventually dig a little deeper into it.
There is something so incredibly charming and also incredibly interesting about these porcelain pieces! These little guys!
There's a lot of history to dig into that I've barely scratched the surface of AT ALL, but I'm fascinated by how porcelain reflected the common sentiments* of the times, the economic conditions, the artistic movements and ideas of the day, and also the ability (or lack thereof) of people to stay in one place and hold onto something so "useless" and easily broken.
I have very, very few things from any of my ancestors. Figurines like these make me think about the way history and art are passed down to us, forgotten, broken, left behind, sold in thrift stores and online, if they survive at all.
Figurine collections are kind of a barometer of safety and stability, or at least how dedicated to the illusion of it you might be.
They also make me think about how useful "useless" things can be. How even art that is purely decorative can be thought-provoking (by for example valorizing "folks"), or just make you happy (via being very cute! Or expert use of color and form!).
Grannies collect this shit for many good reasons and I'm starting to catch on.
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* Notably the $$$ collectors type ones are the ethnographic figurines, something I NEED to read an academic paper about.
Especially, because Ive noticed some of these figurines depicting "ethnic types" are inaccurate copies of earlier prints, which themselves should be placed under immense scrutiny! This is all extra interesting in the context of the porcelain industry transitioning from imperial rule to the soviet era. The ways of talking about ethnicity changed, (in addition obviously to y'know, everything!) but the products produced largely remained the same. Lots to think about!!!
Jan 31, 2025