The Cover: Trick or treaters in the woods courtesy of Liniers. To me, the creatures appearing in this cover seem to be above-sea-level up-in-the-trees relatives of Ed Steed’s August 26th cover’s creatures. I’m reminded of the fun fans had years ago by hunting for The Beatles faces on the cover of The Rolling Stones album, Their Satanic Majesties Request. Details
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The Monday Tilley Watch: The New Yorker issue of September 25, 2017
The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. As this is the Style Issue I decided to tackle the issue while listening to Starring Fred Astaire, a set of songs recorded by Mr. Astaire between 1936 through 1940. What a great photograph. What style. What a great top hat.
Read moreWorking to “Terrible Music”
Some months back my wife poked her head in my work room, and said, “That is terrible music.” The terrible music she was referring to: Bob Dylan’s Self Portrait album. I was playing it as I worked (if I’m working in my office, music is playing). I’ve always understood where the critics were coming from
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