Needles & Grooves AotM /// Vol. 37 - July 2022 // Smoking Popes- Into the Agony

[Tys1]

I made it home from a fun camping trip on the beautiful Mendocino coast

Let's get started with our second evolution, eh? We went back to the wheel of names and they have chosen...


Mini-hints to follow in a bit

 

[Tys1]

First mini-hints and I'm fairly certain this is all y'all will need.

 

[Tys1]

Third mini hint added above

 

[duke86fan]

First mini-hints and I'm fairly certain this is all y'all will need.
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So Jim Carrey, Elton John (I think?), and a keychain that says che

 

[panino]

after a long absence, I return with a totally random guess

Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire

this guess has been built on very weak foundations, and specifically around the presence, on the album above of the song "Bulls on Parade" .
hints include a Bull twice (sitting Bull and the Wall street Bull) --> Bulls
Tom Morello mentioned to be inspired by the Gheto Boys sound. The Gheto boys had Big Mike as a vocalist for a short period --> Big Black was in the hints
The song refers to the building of a wall between US and Mexico --> the hints have the famous Bull of Wall Street

and with this I retire back to obscurity until the next solar eclipse

 

[Tys1]

after a long absence, I return with a totally random guess

Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire

this guess has been built on very weak foundations, and specifically around the presence, on the album above of the song "Bulls on Parade" .
hints include a Bull twice (sitting Bull and the Wall street Bull) --> Bulls
Tom Morello mentioned to be inspired by the Gheto Boys sound. The Gheto boys had Big Mike as a vocalist for a short period --> Big Black was in the hints
The song refers to the building of a wall between US and Mexico --> the hints have the famous Bull of Wall Street

and with this I retire back to obscurity until the next solar eclipse

Love to see the effort here, and love Rage, but it is not Bulls on Parade.

 

[Tys1]

We are going to reimagine these mini-hints above with a whole new set

 

[avecigrec]

We are going to reimagine these clues above with a whole new set

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Orville Peck

 

[Tys1]

Orville Peck

Roses must be Fallin' for you! Woo-hoo! We have evolved Clue 5 with both that photo of Sitting Bull and this photo of Orville Peck.

 

[avecigrec]

 

[Tys1]

Coming in hot this morning to make up for a slow weekend



Mini-hints:

 

[debianlinux]

Niagara Falls

Epcot Center (or geodesic dome)

 

[Tys1]

Third and fourth mini-hints along with the other two

 

[avecigrec]

Half Moon Run

 

[debianlinux]

Half of pi can be expressed as 90 degrees. Possibly indicating a release year?

 

[Tys1]

Mini-hint 4:

 

[debianlinux]

Mini-hint 4:

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Big Red Machine

 

[Nee Lewman]

Big Red Machine

That’s the Beverly hillbillies. Artist is clearly Flatts and Scruggs

 

[Tys1]

Let's try jeopardy style:

Photographer Ansel Adams frequently made this area a subject of his work.

 

[Hemotep]

What is half a pie?
What is a bio dome in Montreal?
What is Niagara?
What are the redwoods?