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The things that are thoroughly embarrassing about “metal” music are, well, apart from the “music”, the record covers. Enjoy Der Spiegel’s collection of the all-time worst!
Note to self: Don’t blog too early in the morning when the brain’s grammar module hasn’t been activated, yet.

“Now the world must listen to our decree
We don’t turn down for anyone we do just what we please
got to make it louder, all men play on ten
If you’re not into metal, you are not my friend
Heavy metal or no metal at all”-Manowar (who was most definitely on that list)

(Also, metal/photo trivia: black metal’s use of black and white photography was a reaction against these ridiculous “commercial metal” cheesy album covers)

The things that are thoroughly embarrassing about “metal” music are, well, apart from the “music”, the record covers. Enjoy Der Spiegel’s collection of the all-time worst!

Note to self: Don’t blog too early in the morning when the brain’s grammar module hasn’t been activated, yet.

“Now the world must listen to our decree
We don’t turn down for anyone we do just what we please
got to make it louder, all men play on ten
If you’re not into metal, you are not my friend

Heavy metal or no metal at all”
-Manowar (who was most definitely on that list)

(Also, metal/photo trivia: black metal’s use of black and white photography was a reaction against these ridiculous “commercial metal” cheesy album covers)

Reblogged from Conscientious Redux

The Ten Best Book Covers Of The ’00s | Selectism.com

Paula Deen getting hit in the face with a giant ham

South Carolina Gun Tax Holiday

For the 48 hours following Thanksgiving, gun buyers will enjoy a break of up to 9% in state and local taxes.

The tax holiday for firearms in South Carolina was first tacked onto a 2008 bill that provided similar breaks for energy efficient appliances.

Gov. Mark Sanford vetoed the legislation, though not because he disapproves of guns. He recently repealed the state’s one-gun-a-month restriction.

The legislature overrode the tax holiday veto thanks to the efforts of Rep. Mike Pitts, the gun amendment’s sponsor. The South Carolina Supreme Court then ruled the bill violated the “one subject rule” of the state’s constitution, which bars multiple matters in a single bill.

The legislature solved the problem by dropping the energy efficiency part and keeping the firearms in time for this year’s Black Friday. That was no doubt welcome news to the state’s gun shops, which outnumber McDonald’s in the Palmetto State by four to one.

“‘Rescuing Putnam’ is a prime example of why I find insider photography so compelling. It doesn’t suffer from many of the constraints of ‘straight’ documentary work: there is no requirement for objectivity and seriousness, or to paint the subject in a respectful politically correct light. By very definition, the photographer cannot be an unbiased observer and instead is an active participant in the work. The gloves of detachment can be removed” (via The Insiders, image by Michael Julius)

Bad Stock Art: “Searched for: Church Fun” I love this blog.

Cormac McCarthy

WSJ: But is there something compelling about the collaborative process [of filmmaking] compared to the solitary job of writing?
CM: Yes, it would compel you to avoid it at all costs.