Record you would pick to be seen holding on national television

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Thanks to nabisco on ILE:
(I was more interested in how the record thing operated as a form of covert communication. You imagine the crew saying "can you just hold up a record to illustrate the record-trading point?" And of course he thinks for a moment and selects Pink Flag as the record he wants to be with on national television, not for the people who don't know about it but for his "peers." Everyone in the nation goes "ahh, a record," except for the thousands who go "ha, cool, he likes Pink Flag!"

― Millar (Millar), Friday, 14 March 2003 23:34 (twenty-three years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000003S1Q.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 14 March 2003 23:37 (twenty-three years ago)

I saw that! I saw the guy hold up Pink Flag! So fucking weird!

― hstencil, Friday, 14 March 2003 23:48 (twenty-three years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf400/f432/f43262ywknd.jpg

― Aaron A., Friday, 14 March 2003 23:49 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.lorecordings.com/images/discbig/loten01.jpg

― kate (suzy), Friday, 14 March 2003 23:50 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't find a pic of the cover (and I'm sure the Forum Moderator will appreciate that) of the Lords of Acid album with the cheesy cartoon orgy of red-skinned lesbian succubi.
And we all know theres nothing more tasteful than a cheesy cartoon orgy of red-skinned lesbian succubi.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Saturday, 15 March 2003 00:05 (twenty-three years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc100/c156/c1567029664.jpg

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Saturday, 15 March 2003 00:26 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.danchris.com/music_top_25/toten_hosen.gif

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 15 March 2003 00:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Security, please escort mister Custos and mister diamond to the exit. If they give you any lip...shoot out their kneecaps.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Saturday, 15 March 2003 00:31 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.progreviews.com/reviews/images/Gong-AE.jpg

heh, weird, the board didn't let me use proper xhtml coding. Oh well.

― Øystein Holm-Olsen (Øystein H-O), Saturday, 15 March 2003 00:33 (twenty-three years ago)

mine would be "c'est chic" by chic.

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Saturday, 15 March 2003 00:35 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.totalshutdown.com/espdisk/1075z.jpg

Hey if people didn't recognize it as Pearls Before Swine....they might at least mistake it for the Black Sabbath best of......not to bad on either count.

― bryan kennedy (bryan kennedy), Saturday, 15 March 2003 01:01 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~tisue/jandek-scans/covers/thumb-0740.jpg

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 15 March 2003 01:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Naw, Curtis...you have to cut that out, tie a string to the back and use it as a mask!

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Saturday, 15 March 2003 01:21 (twenty-three years ago)

For Lord Custos...

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000000UMN.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 15 March 2003 01:50 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.users.bigpond.com/pturnbul/allpics/cover_ege.jpg

― phil turnbull (philT), Saturday, 15 March 2003 05:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Alex in NYC I sometimes think you must have this huge file in yr computer containing a gif of EVERY record cover ever made!!

My pick =

http://www.gaudela.net/vdgg/covers/pawn_hearts-1a.jpg

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 15 March 2003 13:38 (twenty-three years ago)

this one, but it's really hard to beat the Dwarves cover upthread.

― disco stu (disco stu), Saturday, 15 March 2003 14:45 (twenty-three years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000JHAL.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Saturday, 15 March 2003 16:41 (twenty-three years ago)

ASS COBRA by Turbonegro!

― matt riedl (veal), Saturday, 15 March 2003 16:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Wow, that Pavement cover. Is that a reference to Guru Guru's Känguru? Or was that one a reference to something else thant Pavement also was referring? :P

― Øystein Holm-Olsen (Øystein H-O), Saturday, 15 March 2003 17:29 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.dragcity.com/catalog/records/dc24.jpg

― brg30 (brg30), Saturday, 15 March 2003 20:38 (twenty-three years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc800/c843/c84312254g7.jpg

or this one

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf400/f483/f48313q2htv.jpg

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 15 March 2003 20:48 (twenty-three years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000189I.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― rex jr., Saturday, 15 March 2003 20:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, it is meant to be a reference to the Guru Guru album cover.

The Wowee Zowee painting is by Steve Keene.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Saturday, 15 March 2003 21:29 (twenty-three years ago)

It should be noted that Pavement even used the same font used on the back cover of the Guru Gure album for all of the liner note copy of Wowee Zowee.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Saturday, 15 March 2003 21:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Jesus....Disco Stu's choice is truly disquieting.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 15 March 2003 21:40 (twenty-three years ago)

and not safe for work.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 15 March 2003 21:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Not safe for anywhere, more like.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 15 March 2003 21:49 (twenty-three years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf700/f701/f70153bif16.jpg

This beats Pink Flag because it is awesome and Pink Flag isn't.
And less people like it. Probably.

― mei (mei), Saturday, 15 March 2003 21:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Don't crap all over Wire just `cos you like the Bad Brains, Mei. Both are mighty.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 15 March 2003 21:50 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.sleeve-notes.com/miscpics/breakmachine.jpg

I would be proud...

(btw, Autechre's entire career is based on this one record.)

― Nik (Nik), Saturday, 15 March 2003 22:17 (twenty-three years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc000/c010/c01030bytug.jpg

― paul cox (paul cox), Saturday, 15 March 2003 22:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Along the same lines as Disco Stu's choice is the cover of Le Shok's We Are Electrocution:

The back cover is the male equivalent.

That's not the record I'd hold up, mind you. That would be this one:

― Ian Johnson (orion), Saturday, 15 March 2003 22:55 (twenty-three years ago)

not sure how well it would come across on screen, but this might be the one i want to share with the nation:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd200/d291/d291227am5q.jpg

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 15 March 2003 23:54 (twenty-three years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd800/d846/d84653u908s.jpg

― dan (dan), Sunday, 16 March 2003 00:11 (twenty-three years ago)

if i were on brit tv:
http://wsp3.wspice.com/~bsawyer/imagemp3/black%20oak.jpg

if i were on italian tv:
http://www.cdxpress.co.uk/acatalog/Never.jpg

if i were on french tv:
http://images.art.com/images/PRODUCTS/large/10034000/10034671.jpg

if i were on local houston, tx tv:
http://www.fakejazz.com/images/covers/spacemen3.jpg

if i were on channel 4 nyc:
http://www.queermusicheritage.com/OCT2002A/Pansy-d.jpg

if i were on tv in afghanistan:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/irish/images/music.gif

if i were on tv in amsterdam:
http://www.jillsmovieorama.com/saturday%20night%20fever-st.jpg

― piece of eight, Sunday, 16 March 2003 00:58 (twenty-three years ago)

piece of eight, I totally thought this was Dave Q. before I scrolled down and read your name, but great post nonetheless. You da man/woman!

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Sunday, 16 March 2003 05:22 (twenty-three years ago)

Stencil caught it too! Excellent.

It's worth noting the context of the whole thing. A 14 year old girl, kidnapped in Utah last summer, was recently found: she'd basically been brainwashed by this quasi-cultlike loner who was dragging her and his wife around the southwest covered up in robes. Evidently he'd spent some time socializing with punks in one town, including trading records with one semi-neighbor. ("He brought [something I can't remember, possibly choral music] -- [punk kid] brought punk.")

So an ABC news show was doing one of those "who was this person" investigative things, and they had an interview with the punk kid. And as that line about what records they listened to was voiced-over, there was a shot of the kid holding up a record from his collection, and he looked sort of proud and excited and was holding Pink Flag.

The advantage of using Pink Flag is that it's simple and iconic and can basically be taken in even in a second-long out-of-context TV shot. I mean, it's a pink flag. You don't even have to read it: in a half second you at least know it's a record with a pink flag on the cover, which actually identifies it completely. (If you went to a store and said "I'm looking for an album with a pink flag on the cover...")

― nabisco (nabisco), Sunday, 16 March 2003 08:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Obviously in the interview Punk Kid said something like: "I always sensed something weird about them, and I worried about his wife and the girl, but since I didn't really know what was wrong I didn't want to say anything."

― nabisco (nabisco), Sunday, 16 March 2003 08:09 (twenty-three years ago)

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