Joe Fray

Was it Mr. Backs?

I'd never really heard much ABBA aside from the major singles, and well, turns out there's a reason for that

The album cover shots were taken of the group posing in and out of a Bell 47 helicopter at the Barkarby Airport, northwest of Stockholm. The now-renowned "mirrored-B" copyrighted ABBA logo, an ambigram designed by Rune Söderqvist in 1976, was also premiered on this album cover.

Today's album of the day is Arrival by ABBA, released on this date in 1976

I had it there! I hated it, but I was like 14

Same

The Postal Service told the City what it was going to take to move the post office, and then there was silence

And that one old lady who really wanted to dance with you

Wait, hey, Becky, where are you?

Oh man, she nailed my two primary interests: Alexandria parks and postal property

Still remember where I was sitting when I first heard "Just a Girl" on the radio and thought "oh, yeah, this shit is gonna rule"

The album photography and portraits were taken by photographer fine artist Daniel Arsenault. Gwen is featured in the foreground while the rest of the band members are standing in an orange grove in the background. Gwen pushed for Eric to be included on the album cover—a source of tension for the band—reasoning that although he had left the band, he had still contributed substantially to the album. Eric is seen near the back of the picture, looking away from the camera. The pictures on the cover and in the liner notes were taken on city streets in their native Orange County (namely Anaheim and the City of Orange) and in orange groves. The red dress Gwen wears on the cover was loaned to the Hard Rock Cafe and was later displayed at the Fullerton Museum Center in an exhibit titled "The Orange Groove: Orange County's Rock n' Roll History".

Today's album of the day is Tragic Kingdom by No Doubt, released on this date in 1995

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The year is 2047. The sky is orange reflecting the flames of burning rivers. The air is barely breathable. The remaining members of DRBC covertly gather in Tim's yard to share bathtub gin. The trim for the upstairs bathroom arrives next week

I was trying to find the graphic from the counsel presentation where they show the current and predicted flood frequency (@sarahbagley.bsky.social, do you have it?) and let's just say it's sliiiightly more than that

Michael Scott bankruptcy meme except he's declaring "Nobel Peace Prize"

The City will study the alternative location for the pump station at 1 Prince Street. https://alextimes.com/local-news/local-government/city-council-greenlights-1-prince-st-pump-station-analysis/ City Council greenlights 1 Prince St. pump station analysis alextimes.com Comment Share 4 reactions 1 comment Birty B. 16h · Braddock How often does it flood now, a couple times a year? It hasn't flooded much in six months. With the data centers sucking up river water upstream, is this even necessary? Seems like a big waste of money.

Guys, good news, we don't need the Waterfront Park pumphouse anymore because of [check notes] data centers?

Otto the Dog is The Bog Wife

From Here to Eternity, which takes place entirely on Oahu, on Kindle on a Hawaiian shirt

From Here to Eternity took me an eternity to read but was actually quite enjoyable once you get past all the casual racism, sexism, and antisemitism that was probably very accurate for its setting

The album cover is a picture of subatomic particle tracks in a bubble chamber, which was by far the coolest type of experiment I got to do in radiation lab in college

For the American market and the October 2001 release, the cover art of Is This It was changed to a psychedelic photograph of subatomic particle tracks in a bubble chamber. The image first appeared on new age artist Bruce Becvar's 1988 album The Nature of Things. The same image appears on the cover of The Scientist as Rebel by theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson. A portion of the image also appeared on Prince's 1990 album Graffiti Bridge.

Today's album of the day is Is This It by The Strokes, released on this date in 2002

My answer was "because I'm in my 40s." Becky's was "he doesn't wear them to work," which worked better

Yes in my bookyard!

Same as it ever was

The idea for the back cover included simple portraits of the band members. Weymouth attended MIT regularly during the summer of 1980 and worked with Bender's colleague, Scott Fisher, on the computer renditions of the ideas. The process was tortuous because computer power was limited in the early 1980s and the mainframe alone took up several rooms. Weymouth and Fisher shared a passion for masks and used the concept to experiment with the portraits. The faces were blotted out with blocks of red. The image of the warplanes was relegated to the back of the sleeve and the doctored portraits became the front cover.

Today's album of the day is Remain in Light by the Talking Heads, released on this date in 1980

Just wait

I was dead serious!

The album's artwork was photographed by Ellen von Unwerth, with additional photos by Mario Testino.[19] The cover depicts Jackson lowering her head amidst a crimson backdrop, symbolizing remorse. "Janet" is faintly embossed in a pixelated block formation. Jackson stated, "The shot we used on the cover shows me just looking down, and that's what the album was about, looking inward"

Today's album of the day is The Velvet Rope by Janet Jackson, released on this date in 1997

Ska phase still going strong

The CD booklet had the unorthodox format of a comic book. It was illustrated by Steve Vance, who would later illustrate the song artwork for "The Ghosts of Me and You" on Anthem. Stylistically, it is similar to Dick Tracy. Each page is a separate song, with all dialog, thoughts, and captions being the lyrics to each song. The lyrics themselves all appear in proper order, but the order of the individual songs is different from that of the track list.

Today's album of the day is Hello Rockview by Less Than Jake, released on this date in 1998