The Spell of the Yukon

Album cover for Stuart Hamblen's The Spell of the Yukon. Via.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears as oatmeal salesmen

Goldilocks and Baby Bear by Isabel Samaras. She has lots of art on sale here. And she created this album cover for Stones Throw Records:



And she has a postcard collection on sale at Amazon.

Album cover looks like a Little Golden Book

Travis Lampe designed an album cover for The Pauses that looks like a Little Golden Book.

*Buy Little Golden Books at eBay.

Daytrader album cover by Daniel Danger

Cover by Daniel Danger for Daytrader's Last Days of Rome EP. You can download a track for free. Daniel has $25 prints on sale here.

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Tron vinyl packaging by Jim Rugg

Part of the packaging Jim Rugg created for a limited edition vinyl album featuring the Tron Evolution game soundtrack.

*Buy Jim Rugg's Street Angel at Amazon.

Album cover for The Max Rebo Band

Album cover for The Max Rebo Band by Dave Perillo, who has lots of $10 prints on sale at Etsy.

*Previously: Lego Max Rebo Band.

*Buy Max Rebo toys at eBay.

Eye-torturing cover for Charlie Huston's Sleepless

The book cover for the Commonwealth version of Charlie Huston's Sleepless. When I checked, there were a few on sale at eBay.

It's quite similar to Trevor Jackson's cover for Soulwax's Any Minute Now:



Available at Amazon. Via.

Less Than Jake as the Scooby-Doo gang

On Less Than Jake's new EP "TV," the band covers 16 television themes in under 13 minutes. You can listen to it here, but the best part is the sleeve itself. Peter Wonsowski created a television set that allows you to "change the channel" by folding the panels:





$8 at Amazon.

Album cover by Tony Millionaire

Cover by Tony Millionaire for Elvis Costello's National Ransom.

*Buy The Art of Tony Millionaire at Amazon.

Ty Rexman: Dinosaur District Attorney

Ty Rexman: Dinosaur District Attorney - one of several ridiculous pulp covers by Kenny Keil. And don;t miss his comic book/hip hop album cover mashups. Via.

*Buy pulp collections at Amazon.

Mirage Cartography album cover by Chris Buzelli

Mirage Cartography album cover by Chris Buzelli. You can download the album here. And Chris has various prints on sale here.

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Elephant demons

A girl summons elephant demons on the cover to Magnolius's album "Mary Musth," which is available as a free download here. The painting is by Ryohei Hase an will soon be available for purchase as described here.

*Previously: Sad plush elephant.

*Buy plush elephants at eBay.

X-Tina desktop wallpaper

I turned D*Face's cover for Christina Aguilera's upcoming album Bionic into a widescreen desktop wallpaper. Via these sites.

*Previously: Demonic Astro Boy.

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Widespread Panic album art (link roundup)

Cover art by Marq Spusta for Widespread Panic's Dirty Side Down.

And a few more links:

1. Tip: Use foam packing peanuts to hold nails in place and fill space for too-small screws.

2. Bearded lady paper doll.

3. Realistic rendering of Mr. Burns from The Simpsons. Via these sites.

*Previously: Joan Holloway paper doll.

*Buy circus posters at eBay.

Jim Denevan's sand art (link roundup)

Jim Denevan draws on beaches with a big stick. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Pitchfork's picks for worst album cover of 2009.

2. Cow shrine by Kris Kuksi.

3. Vacant lot spruced up for Christmas.

*Previously: Vacant lot turned into a miniature golf course.

*Buy Hallmark Christmas ornaments at eBay.

Dr. Quandary album cover (link roundup)

Cover by Federico Piatti for Dr. Quandary's Beyond All Spheres of Force and Matter.

And a few more links:

1. Nice simple page listing art for sale.

2. Aliens fan comic.

3. There's still time to try to win Terminator Salvation on Blu-ray.

*Previously: Scott Campbell's cover art for MC Frontalot's new album.

*Buy Alien posters at eBay.

Boxing tentacle monster genie

It's a boxing tentacle monster genie vs. a Prussian (?) Creature from the Black Lagoon for a lovely lady in this art by Johnny Sampson for the cover and insert to an upcoming album by King Khan and BBQ. Visit Johnny's site for more wonderful work including a cowboys vs. indians vs. alien concert poster, a truly strange witch's brew, and a goofy reworking of classic G.I. Joe vehicles. Via.

*Previously: Geniedusa.

*Buy Creature from the Black Lagoon toys at eBay.

Here comes the science (link roundup)

Album cover for "Here Comes the Science" by They Might Be Giants. Apparently, it's a two disc set. First, a CD with music, and second, a DVD with animation for each track. 32% off at Amazon.

And a few more links:

1. This article says that insurgencies lose 41% of the time, and lists six reasons why (pdf). Via.

2. The admissions practices at the University of Illinois have been under investigation, and the investigator intends to recommend that the school's entire board of trustees resign. More than 100 students a year with ties to trustees, politicians, and wealthy donors got their names placed on special "clout lists." To be clear, that's a state school, funded by tax payers, giving preferential treatment to the children of the wealthy and connected. Via.

3. Funny engagement announcement.

*Previously: Teach the Controversy; Science t-shirts.

*Buy vintage textbooks at eBay.

Classic albums given Pelican Books-style covers (link roundup)

"Classic records lost in time and format, remerged as Pelican books" by Little Pixel. Big gallery at Flickr. Via.

And a few more links:

1. I had forgotten all about Bob Woodward's claims to have been made privy to some secret mind-blowingly awesome technology we were using in Iraq to hunt down Al Queda's top guys. But apparently General Stanley A. McChrystal, the new U.S. commander in Afghanistan, is credited with developing and running the program (whatever it is).

2. New Fringe ARG site explained here.

3. Cute rocket.

4. If Cyclops and Wolverine traded powers (creepier than you think).

*Previously: Fringe desktop wallpapers.

*Buy vintage spaceships at eBay.

Armored tiger monster

Jeff Srsic turned a Judas Priest album cover into this tank/tiger monster. The work will be part of the "Garage Days: Resurrected" art show opening January 31 at RedLetter1 in Tampa. Via.

Here's the original album cover, which featured an armored mandrill



The album is called Defenders of the Faith and is available at Amazon.

*Previously: Tiger doodle.

*Buy album cover collections at Amazon.