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survival
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 6, 2014 - 11:00am PT
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There are too many to list one favorite. What are your favorites and why?
Images too please.
Here's my first: Los Lobos, The Ride, 2004
It's a simple image of the band walking through the desert. I love the desert, so there's one.
The lighting is beautiful, and the simple act of walking is unpretentious.
If one didn't know better, one could interpret an immigration message there too.....just my imagination?
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Well, this one is pretty obvious, and she looks like she's already "primed" for a good time.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2014 - 11:08am PT
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Sooo many good Floyd album covers.
But them innerds ain't the COVER eKatDifferentDrummerMama!
ydpl8s, well if women on great album covers are your thing, I've got you "covered".
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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'nuff said
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2014 - 11:19am PT
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OK, honkey. . . speakin' of ANAL!
HA!!
What's the Wish You Were Here cover got to do with anal?
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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King Crimson ~ In The Court of The Crimson King
Linda Ronstadt ~Living In The U.S.A.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Yeah, that's a great one Survival, I think my actual favorite though is the cover of Hendrix - Axis Bold as Love album, or maybe one of these...
Not a cover, but an appropriate inside picture.
Edit: Ha!, ya beat me to that one Survival!
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TwistedCrank
climber
Bungwater Hollow, Ida-ho
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Spinal Tap: Smell the Glove
Nigel Tufnel: It's like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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Eat your heart out, ladies... Ken is in THE HOUSE.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2014 - 11:53am PT
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Love that King Crimson cover.
Does everything have to turn into a comedy show here?
Can't leave out the good ol' Grateful Dead!
Yeah man, Tijuana Brass, even my parents had that one!
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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No doubt about this one for me. My favorite album to listen to, and I like the cover enough that I've got a copy of the album sitting out as art.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2014 - 12:06pm PT
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Locker, I'm not trying to control you man, that's like herding cats!
It was a serious question though. I know people want to have some fun, I get it.
Just a thought: There was some great music in many of these albums, so it's no surprise that some of them took their cover art seriously.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Yes, The Lonely Bull is wandering in the canyons of your mind...in search of TEQUILA!
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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This one got a Grammy for best cover.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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I own the book~ Vinyl Hayride, Country Music album covers 1947- 1989.... Very fun coffee table book to look see.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2014 - 12:46pm PT
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Randisi, agreed.
In the pure madness category.....
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2014 - 12:50pm PT
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Don't look too close at the picture frame either....
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survival
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Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2014 - 12:59pm PT
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Dood. . . you NEED to look at the picture frame as closely as you possibly can.
I agree! Tongue was firmly in cheek.
It was my folks who tried not to look too close..... They just said, "wow, that's weird" as I sprinted to the safety of my bedroom.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Great thread idea Bruce!
I seem to recall this one had a colorful fold-out on in the inside of the double album (separate live and studio records in one fold-out album package):
This one was especially good as a vinyl album... had a whole fold-out newspaper:
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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I can't hear you.
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Spanky
Social climber
boulder co
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hello abbey road and sgt peppers are absolute classic
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2014 - 01:31pm PT
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Isn't the cover art a big part of what made these albums interesting?
Another favorite of mine. Grayfolded.
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Festus
Social climber
Enron by the Sea
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Good Old Boys might be his best album cover but I can't find a decent image of that. Too bad he's better known for Disney movie scores, but still the best song writer of my generation by miles...for me anyway.
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richross
Trad climber
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Avalon by Roxy Music
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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got to have this one on the list
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2014 - 04:08pm PT
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Love those covers!
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Timid's brother, Fred Tomaselli's ..Album/cd covers..
http://news.artnet.com/art-world/album-covers-by-famous-artists-12696
Laura cantrell
Phish
Magnetic Field's
"Tomaselli has designed a number of album covers throughout his career, as music has been a major influence on his work through the past and present. His painting 'Gravity in Four Directions' is the source material for the Magnetic Fields' album "i" and for Phish's album "Joy." The members of Wilco are fans too: Tomaselli's work was included in The Wilco Book. Other musicians with whom he has collaborated include Laura Cantrell, Grand Duchy, and The Melvins."
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2014 - 04:47pm PT
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Wow Nita. I had no idea that Fred had done those.
He's awesome!
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2014 - 05:48pm PT
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Ohhhh, that's naughty!
I'll see your twalight and raise you a Zappa Crappa!
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz CA
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A visit home and my teenage bedroom reveals a few favs. I would say Big Brother is probably my all time most favorite. So cutting edge for the time. And boy does it still move me!
Susan
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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This is the first bit of music I ever purchased myself, purely because I loved the album cover.
I was eight years old.
I'd never heard the Dead and, frankly, couldn't even make out what it said.
My older siblings laughed.
Little did I know that I'd become a Deadhead for life.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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I picked this up in Moscow in 1990 (just barely still USSR or CCCP depending on your alphabet):
Russian glam rock!
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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that's funny drljefe
what they were saying was "if you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind"
As I recall the first album I bought with my own money was Paul Butterfield. I did not pick up any incense, oil, or herbs though.
I always wondered why Bloomfield was off to the side with a topcoat. Elvin Bishop did have a nice set of those 'sans-a-belt" slacks.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Yeah, when record stores doubled as bong shops!
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Nita, the Captain is always worth repeating.
How's this?
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Gary, That's why i deleted. ...It's one of Timid's favorite too...I actually was surprised, you always put up classical tunes on the ~ what are you listening thread...(-:
Cheers!
btw, good pick...lol.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - May 7, 2014 - 01:43am PT
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Great pick Hankster!
Jefe, I had a feeling I was saving Blues For Allah for a reason!
Gary, OMGWTFLOL!!! That is so bad it's good!
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Then there was In Through The Out Door, create your own art. It was the inner sleeve actually. It came as a line drawing and if you painted it with water it would activate the colors.
The actual album cover came in 7 different styles and was shipped in a brown paper sleeve as a ploy to get people to buy multiple copies and "collect the whole set". Each variation is one of the persons view.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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the wind blows
so does the art director
paint me
activate my colors
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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food looks good you say?
actually, the photographer was late, about 2 hours late, so that food is really old, the beer was poured to make it look fresh,
why is everybody laughing? Duane ran off the the shoot to go grab a bag of coke from his dealer who was walking by, he has the bag in his hand, note Butchy giving the finger,
what do these two bands have in common? Duane gave Billy G his famous Pearly Gates Les Paul that was used on most of the ZZ albums,
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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And my all-time favorite....
Saw this album in a $.99 clearance bin and bought it solely based on the unfukwitable cover art. Never heard of Yngwie, hate his music, still have the album to this day.
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Great to see some of the old classics relevant to my increasingly irrelevant demographic.
The death of vinyl was the death of an art form and we were often as excited about the album cover as the music itself.
It was always nice to have the right cover for rolling the seeds out of the bunk that passed for high grade back then.
Favourites?
Yes; Fragile and Close to the Edge
ELP; Brain Salad Surgery
Zappa; Overnight Sensation
Hendrix; Axis Bold as Love
Santana; Abraxas
Little Feat; Most of them!
RTF; Romantic Warrior
The CTI label often had some tasteful offerings, inside and out; like Billy Cobham's Crosswinds
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Chief, you've got most of mine! I'd forgotten about Brain Salad Surgery.
How about the inside of Trilogy? (zoom for full effect)
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JOEY.F
Gym climber
It's not rocket surgery
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Cool Thread!
Here's one,
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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this just in
climber
north fork
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May 10, 2014 - 12:09am PT
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Brown Bird, Salt for Salt. Art by William Schaff
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this just in
climber
north fork
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May 10, 2014 - 12:14am PT
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Tool Lateralus. Artist Alex Grey
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Synchronicity
Trad climber
British Columbia, Canada
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May 10, 2014 - 12:49am PT
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Not sure if these have been posted...
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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May 10, 2014 - 04:27am PT
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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May 10, 2014 - 05:00am PT
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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May 10, 2014 - 11:16am PT
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - May 10, 2014 - 11:26am PT
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Wow, lots of good ones happening now. Thanks gang.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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May 10, 2014 - 11:40am PT
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Captain Beyond! I have the original album cover that has the 3-d picture that changes as you tilt it back and forth! 20 years ago I had a guy at Wax Trax in Denver offer me $50 for it.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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May 10, 2014 - 11:42am PT
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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May 10, 2014 - 11:45am PT
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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May 10, 2014 - 11:50am PT
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I actually have this one:
(Inside pic of Jimi and the outside cover shown here.)
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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May 10, 2014 - 09:03pm PT
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just a few, no special order.
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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May 11, 2014 - 02:29pm PT
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I thought about the Little Feat album covers late last night. Neon Park was the artist for most of their albums, as well as Zappa's Weazel's Rip My Flesh.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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May 11, 2014 - 03:13pm PT
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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May 11, 2014 - 03:22pm PT
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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May 11, 2014 - 03:35pm PT
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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May 11, 2014 - 07:32pm PT
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