June 2020 Record Challenge Thread (The RAFFLE continues!)

scotthilk said:
Tuesday (09) – Gatefold Art, while the cover can be beautiful, let’s see the art inside that Gatefold

Apples In Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder

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In my top-25 favorite albums of all-time. Please give er' a listen if you haven't!

In an interview, Robert Schneider has described New Magnetic Wonder as an album with sensibilities between the Apples in Stereo albums Fun Trick Noisemaker and The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone, as well as a heavy influence from 1970s bands such as Electric Light Orchestra and Queen. Schneider has also admitted Smile by Brian Wilson as an early influence on the album.

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Great freaking album!
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Yes! Definitely. He’s more of Franzen’s era, born in the 60’s influenced by Wolfe, Robbins, and Roth, Roth especially in his Jewish identity being a big influence on his writing. In Modern Fiction my faves are Eugenides, Chabon, Franzen, and all time favorite, David Foster Wallace.
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Are we talking Tom Wolfe? Looks like I need to look deeper into this
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Correct, Tom Wolfe. He is probably more known forehis Non-Fiction; The Electric Kool-aid Acid Test and The Right Stuff, but his novel Bonfire of The Vanities was one of the most renowned works of fiction in the 1980s.
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I loved Bonfire, and A Man in Full is pretty fantastic too. I finally read The Right Stuff last year, and while I like his fiction better it was a really great read.
 
Day 6 - Gettin Adrenaline Going

High on Fire - Electric Messiah

This album is like Motörhead on downers and uppers at the same time. I can’t help but hit my hands on the steering wheel to those drum beats.

Also, there’s a burger place in Chicago called Kuma’s that makes my favorite hamburger I’ve ever had. It has prosciutto, pineapple, saracha, and some sort of sweet chile sauce on it And it’s called High On Fire.

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Day 9 - Gatefold art

ELO - Out of the Blue

Wow, I have a lot of gatefolds...I was a little overwhelmed thinking about looking through all of them. I'll use one I've always loved. This was my sister's OG copy, she gave it to me long ago. I used to love looking at this artwork as I listened and I reeeeally wanted to go in that spaceship. I still do actually.

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ranbalam said:
Day 9 - Gatefold art

ELO - Out of the Blue

Wow, I have a lot of gatefolds...I was a little overwhelmed thinking about looking through all of them. I'll use one I've always loved. This was my sister's OG copy, she gave it to me long ago. I used to love looking at this artwork as I listened and I reeeeally wanted to go in that spaceship. I still do actually.

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Oh man, thank you for posting this one! <3
 
Day 6 - Adrenaline Going
Rainbow - Rising
I went out for a run about 3 weeks ago and put Rising on my headphones, after about 25 minutes I was feeling pretty fucked and it was uphill all the way back. Cue Stargazer: History’s greatest track. It was like getting hit with an injection. It builds and builds and builds. Dio - awesome. Cozy - awesome. Blackmore - awesome. Killer killer killer killer.
I love it. My kids love it. Everyone should love it.

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