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What are your three favorite album covers of all-time? Any honorable mentions?
Question submitted by Tamara.
A lesson in the perfection of typography:
This is one of my favorite images in pop culture:
This choice seems kind of predictable but I've always loved this building and this cover design:
Honorable Mentions
I've always loved this Monty Python style of illustration:
I bought this album without knowing the band, but I liked the artwork*, and now I love them:
*I often buy cds because I like or am intrigued by the artwork, usually having no idea who the band is. I have to say I've yet to be disappointed. I discovered Detachment Kit, Slowreader, Rosebuds, The Rachel's, Takako Minekawa (all some of my favorite artists now) and others with this method. Scary isn't it?
I think I like to look at snowcones more than I like to eat them. But I love Casey's cream flavors. I must remember to get the junior size next time. Joe claims the new snowcone stand by our house, Raspas, has fluffier ice than Casey's. Next time we are going to Raspas to test out the fluffy ice.
Toss up between Queen Elizabeth II and Erykah Badu... two queens in my mind.
I took my mom to Italy in 2000. On our last day in Rome we were walking through the Piazza di Campidoglio and noticed all of these people gathered behind some portable crowd control gates along with obvious members of the press. I asked an Italian man what was going on. He kept saying "la regina, la regina!" and, as I later realized, making a crown on his head with his fingers. La Regina means The Queen, but at the time I had no idea what he was saying. So we just waited, and lo and behold, the Queen of England shows up with some Italian dude in a sash. So, I guess didn't really meet the Queen of England, but as she walked by we looked at each other for a good 4 or 5 seconds and she smiled and waved at me. Then I kept looking at her through the lens of a camera. Can't help it, I'm one of those people.
I met Erykah Badu backstage at the Austin Music Hall this past March during SXSW. It was the afterparty for a friend's film and I was in the back trying to stalk Questlove and Doyle Bramhall II (and Erykah) and then The Queen walks by on her way out. I slowly watch her pass some friends saying goodnight. She walked right in front of me and all instinct took over and I grabbed her on the arm and said "Erykah, ... uh thanks... for a great show... uh..." and then she looked at me and said something about thank you or your welcome and I swear she called me "baby". Then she rushed off. Russ and I looked at each other and giggled inadequately.
Ms. Pacman was my favorite arcade game, but only because I never really spent any time in an arcade as a kid. My dad loved the Grand Slam Breakfast at Denny's, so whenever we went on the weekends we'd play the Ms. Pacman they had in the waiting area. It was really the only game I ever got any decent playing time in.
Favorite game now is probably the New Super Mario Bros. for the DS, which has replaced Super Mario Bros. 3.
Margaret Cho. Only because everyone I know is a racist. Or it could be that all Asians look the same.
1. Going back through New Super Mario DS worlds with a walkthru guide to collect all the stars
2. Clean the house
3. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!
My parents called me "May May" growing up which is just the second part of my name doubled, which shows endearment in Chinese, but it also means "little sister" in Chinese. I'm an only child.
In high school when we first started hearing about Email, my friend Tiffany started calling me "YiMail" and then "Emay" which somehow transformed into "ThetaMay" because we were in geometry class and learning about theta (θ) which kind of looked like an "e". Anyways then "Yi", just the first part of my name came out of that. A lot of people call me "Yi" now and that's how I sign my emails and use for usernames on sites like Vox.
In college the "YiMail" thing started all over again, but luckily the guy that started it everyone just found annoying so it didn't stick.
When Ebay showed up some people at work called me "Yibay". That didn't last very long though because when you said it it just sounded like you were saying Ebay which was no fun and confused people.
Some people occasionally call me by my last name which is very high school coach-like. I find it annoying.
I accidently bought regular sized dog food for Chachi instead of his small bites. These things are huge! But he kind of likes it. I think he thinks it's some new food I'm letting him eat so I just go ahead and let him keep thinking that. But last night Chachi was eating his dinner and he got a big chunk of kibble stuck between his cheek and his jaw. He walked over and was repeatedly opening and closing his jaw. Then he started pawing at his face and looking at me like I was torturing him. I finally reached over and felt the kibble lodged under his cheek and gently pushed it out and it fell on the floor in front of him. Then he ate it. Chachi needs me.
They are hardcore when it comes to television pranks.
