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Title: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: JerseyDan on Apr 01, 2008, 03:31 PM
http://www.girlieaction.com/mmj/MMJ_EvilUrges.jpg
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Post by: JerseyDan on Apr 01, 2008, 03:32 PM
and new press photo:

http://www.girlieaction.com/mmj/MMJ3.jpg
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Post by: vespachick on Apr 01, 2008, 03:50 PM
John Wilkes Booth?  
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Post by: Andrushka on Apr 01, 2008, 03:52 PM
Looks pretty cool. very opera house.
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Post by: DoctorJimmy on Apr 01, 2008, 04:01 PM
Looks a bit shit frankly.  Very photoshop.
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Post by: DoctorJimmy on Apr 01, 2008, 04:02 PM
QuoteLooks pretty cool. very opera house.

Which would make the dark figure at the front the Phantom?
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Post by: bignewt on Apr 01, 2008, 04:17 PM
looks like Winston Churchill to me. remember too folks, april 1st.  ;)
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Post by: JerseyDan on Apr 01, 2008, 04:43 PM
don't think their PR team would post fake art
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Post by: BH on Apr 01, 2008, 04:56 PM
http://www.girlieaction.com/mmj/

"The world today is such a confused place.  Things that people think are good values are obviously twisted, but there  are other things considered evil that obviously aren't.  There is real evil out there, but "Evil Urges" is about how all of these things that you've been told are evil really aren't, unless they're actually hurting something or somebody."  -Jim James

:)
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Post by: BH on Apr 01, 2008, 05:13 PM
Does anybody recognize that theatre?

Is that the Ferris Wheel from the St. Louis World's Fair?

(http://ftp.apci.net/~truax/1904wf/Ferris%20Wheel.jpg)

Ride was two revolutions, ~20 minutes each (some references say 4 revolutions, about 1 hour)
Marriages, banquets, some daredevils rode on top
4,200 tons of steel were transported by 175 freight cars
Stood 264' high, wheel was 250' diameter, 825' circumference, 30 feet wide
Axle was 45 feet long, 32" in diameter, weighed 70 tons - largest single piece of forged iron in 1904
Towers were 140' tall, 40' by 50' at their bases.
Each of the 36 passenger cars was 26' by 13' by 9' high, held 60 people (with a guard)
Total capacity of 2,160
Dynamited on May 11, 1906, and sold for scrap for $1,800
Fate of 70-ton axle remains a mystery (no record of its movement or destruction
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Post by: red on Apr 01, 2008, 05:39 PM
I'm not sold on the shadowy figure, but I love the rest of the cover.  Very It Still Moves.
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Post by: The DARK on Apr 01, 2008, 05:43 PM
The figure does look a bit photoshopped. But it does have a very "It Still Moves" vibe to it. And the press photo may prove it's authenticity.

Two-Tone's new look  :o
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Post by: Nikkogino on Apr 01, 2008, 05:44 PM
Quotedon't think their PR team would post fake art

i hope they did....
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Post by: aMD on Apr 01, 2008, 06:19 PM
Quotehttp://www.girlieaction.com/mmj/

"The world today is such a confused place.  Things that people think are good values are obviously twisted, but there  are other things considered evil that obviously aren't.  There is real evil out there, but "Evil Urges" is about how all of these things that you've been told are evil really aren't, unless they're actually hurting something or somebody."  -Jim James

:)

:) :)

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Post by: tomEisenbraun on Apr 01, 2008, 08:02 PM
QuoteThe figure does look a bit photoshopped. But it does have a very "It Still Moves" vibe to it. And the press photo may prove it's authenticity.

Two-Tone's new look  :o

haha, he was sportin the short 'do two years ago at the Rites of Spring Festival...

I love that picture, but man, Patrick just doesn't take shit from anybody does he? I'd be way afraid of that man if I didn't have this on file...

(http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v47/26/55/27433391/n27433391_32578803_4130.jpg)
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Post by: dragonboy on Apr 01, 2008, 08:08 PM
That's an excellent photo Tom, one to treasure!

Not sure about the cover art...interesting...didn't like it @ first but now I do...still think it could be an April Fools joke...
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Post by: Nikkogino on Apr 01, 2008, 08:12 PM
I think its bogus too....the freaking website is called "girlieaction".....my wife is going to think i'm hitting some lesbo porn sites.
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Post by: Ghosts_on_TV on Apr 01, 2008, 10:04 PM
I think that could be the real deal. I don't not like it.
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Post by: evilPaauwe on Apr 01, 2008, 10:30 PM
to be honest i really dont like it.
i think "Z"s cover is just awesome, but this is lame.
if the press photo was the album cover it'd be another story, thats sweet.
they look like pimps, jim looks like a cowboy now.

-------------------EDIT------------------

i dont beleive its it.
its april 1st, the websites name holds no credibility & its just too lame to be an mmj album cover.
i think that they will release the cover art once they change everything on the website and once the evil urges page is up. i think its gonna be one big swift change. their gonna hit us all at once with everything
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Post by: whothrewthecake on Apr 01, 2008, 10:49 PM
OH LAWD GIRL
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Post by: EC on Apr 01, 2008, 11:30 PM
LAWDY LAWD CHILES

hey guess what, i can't tell if that's two tone or tom eisenbraun in the above picture.

also, i'd like to point out that brad is wearing the viking helmet that i gave to him.

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Post by: JerseyDan on Apr 01, 2008, 11:43 PM
"its april 1st, the websites name holds no credibility"

i challenge you to hit this link: http://www.girlieaction.com/

then tell me there is no cred there, also i'd like to point out that Girlie Action has done the band's PR for...wait for it...FOREVER. they thank not one but 2 people from Girlie Action in the 9th row of the thank you notes ("thanks peeps") in IT STILL MOVES >> "Alison Zero & Felice Ecker @ Girlie Action"...these people not only work with tons of amazing artists, but are a major part of all the great articles you have read through the years about our favorite band. i'd do some research before you question the cred of someone who deserves your respect.
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Post by: The DARK on Apr 01, 2008, 11:46 PM
Point taken. Even so, anyone could be pulling our leg today.  ;)
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Post by: EC on Apr 01, 2008, 11:47 PM
Quote
Quotehttp://www.girlieaction.com/mmj/

"The world today is such a confused place.  Things that people think are good values are obviously twisted, but there  are other things considered evil that obviously aren't.  There is real evil out there, but "Evil Urges" is about how all of these things that you've been told are evil really aren't, unless they're actually hurting something or somebody."  -Jim James

:)

:) :)

:) :) :) 4 sho (we should build a tree this way)
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Post by: sweatboard on Apr 02, 2008, 12:00 AM
I think it's just a picture of a guy looking at some of the art for the album.  I really like the picture, it's interesting, I like the layers....makes you think.  That dudes head is just way to normal, but I also like it because of that.  
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Post by: BH on Apr 02, 2008, 12:07 AM
Quote
Quote
Quotehttp://www.girlieaction.com/mmj/

"The world today is such a confused place.  Things that people think are good values are obviously twisted, but there  are other things considered evil that obviously aren't.  There is real evil out there, but "Evil Urges" is about how all of these things that you've been told are evil really aren't, unless they're actually hurting something or somebody."  -Jim James

:)

:) :)

:) :) :) 4 sho (we should build a tree this way)

:) :) :) :) Oh Christmas Tree. Oh Christmas Tree..

I drank (several) beer(s) with TEO this fine evening.  I love you people.  Oh wait, where am I?  Cover Art.  Yes.  Well, if I was going to do an April Fools joke, I would definatly get my promotional people in on it.   However db is right, I like the cover art the more I look at it.  I think I just saw something evil in there somewhere but now I can't find it.  Hold it a 37 degrees and squint your left eye about half way.  Then move your head quickly to left, and back four times....
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Post by: sweatboard on Apr 02, 2008, 12:23 AM
Hold it a 37 degrees and squint your left eye about half way.  Then move your head quickly to left, and back four times....

Wow, I saw that.



***************************Spoiler Alert**********************************

It's Axel Rose and Buckethead doing 69.  :o
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Post by: tomEisenbraun on Apr 02, 2008, 03:23 AM
Quote
LAWDY LAWD CHILES

hey guess what, i can't tell if that's two tone or tom eisenbraun in the above picture.

also, i'd like to point out that brad is wearing the viking helmet that i gave to him.


haha, i love Two Tone and can say for a fact that that man is a monster on bass guitar, but not so much in stature. That is indeed my stocky visage upon which you've peer'd, Ms. Meg.

There were ridiculous numbers of viking helmets that evening. I found it most appropriate to wear mine as though I were an unicorn. Never a bad decision.
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Post by: TEO on Apr 02, 2008, 09:06 AM
JJ looking mischievous as ever!
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Post by: BH on Apr 02, 2008, 09:13 AM
Quote

It's Axel Rose and Buckethead doing 69.  :o


;D

TEO, good to see you up bright and early. ;)
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Post by: EC on Apr 02, 2008, 09:29 AM
Quote

There were ridiculous numbers of viking helmets that evening. I found it most appropriate to wear mine as though I were an unicorn. Never a bad decision.
(http://stungeonstudios.com/fantasyc/unicorn.jpg)

beasts of magic and wisdom!
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Post by: tomEisenbraun on Apr 02, 2008, 09:48 AM
Quote
Quote

There were ridiculous numbers of viking helmets that evening. I found it most appropriate to wear mine as though I were an unicorn. Never a bad decision.
(http://stungeonstudios.com/fantasyc/unicorn.jpg)

beasts of magic and wisdom!

(http://unicorns.wizardio.com/images/unicorn.jpg)

Damn straight. Don't forget the badass factor in there....
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Post by: solace on Apr 02, 2008, 04:38 PM
definitely legit... not that big on it, but honestly i've never thought MMJ have that great of cover artwork myself, so oh well  ;D
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Post by: Nikkogino on Apr 02, 2008, 05:27 PM
Quotedefinitely legit... not that big on it, but honestly i've never thought MMJ have that great of cover artwork myself, so oh well  ;D

I would agree with you BUT "It Still Moves" is perhaps the awesomest album cover ever.  
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Post by: ycartrob on Apr 02, 2008, 05:36 PM
Quote
I love that picture, but man, Patrick just doesn't take shit from anybody does he? I'd be way afraid of that man if I didn't have this on file...
Where is Trey (specialist) these days?

(http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v47/26/55/27433391/n27433391_32578803_4130.jpg)
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Post by: BH on Apr 02, 2008, 05:44 PM
How can anyone not like the Tennessee Fire artwork?

I am just glad they have continued the trend of not putting any text whatsoever on the front of any of their albums.  (Except Acoustic Citsouca)
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Post by: ycartrob on Apr 02, 2008, 05:46 PM
that dark silhouette is actually Pruitt Taylor Vince and it wasn't photo shopped, he was there, they paid him some money for the shoot. That's what Bruce told me.
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Post by: Nikkogino on Apr 02, 2008, 06:01 PM
Quotethat dark silhouette is actually Pruitt Taylor Vince and it wasn't photo shopped, he was there, they paid him some money for the shoot. That's what Bruce told me.

I hope not....although he was good in the Joey Lawrence brothers show.
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Post by: ms. yvon on Apr 03, 2008, 12:11 AM
Quoteand new press photo:

http://www.girlieaction.com/mmj/MMJ3.jpg
i love this photo!   :D they each look as if they could be playing in a different band.

or inspecting your campfire (jim).
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Post by: Tree on Apr 03, 2008, 06:18 AM
Come on... at least we didn't get this one:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/316806C6DVL._SS400_.jpg)
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Post by: getinthevan on Apr 03, 2008, 08:22 AM
QuoteCome on... at least we didn't get this one:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/316806C6DVL._SS400_.jpg)

I liked that album cover.   :-/
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Post by: DaFunkyPrecedent on Apr 03, 2008, 02:12 PM
Everytime i eat an avacado I DO think of pearl jam.  So atleast it was effective.
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Post by: DaFunkyPrecedent on Apr 03, 2008, 02:25 PM
and I guess it's offical.  Pitchfork SAID SO.

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/49711-my-morning-jacket-reveal-ievil-urgesi-album-cover

It will warm  up to me, just like everything MMJ does.  
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Post by: The DARK on Apr 03, 2008, 04:16 PM
Ya know what the bright side to this is?




































































The new website layout is gonna kick!
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Post by: Yatz on Apr 03, 2008, 04:36 PM
QuoteDoes anybody recognize that theatre?

Is that the Ferris Wheel from the St. Louis World's Fair?

(http://ftp.apci.net/~truax/1904wf/Ferris%20Wheel.jpg)

Ride was two revolutions, ~20 minutes each (some references say 4 revolutions, about 1 hour)
Marriages, banquets, some daredevils rode on top
4,200 tons of steel were transported by 175 freight cars
Stood 264' high, wheel was 250' diameter, 825' circumference, 30 feet wide
Axle was 45 feet long, 32" in diameter, weighed 70 tons - largest single piece of forged iron in 1904
Towers were 140' tall, 40' by 50' at their bases.
Each of the 36 passenger cars was 26' by 13' by 9' high, held 60 people (with a guard)
Total capacity of 2,160
Dynamited on May 11, 1906, and sold for scrap for $1,800
Fate of 70-ton axle remains a mystery (no record of its movement or destruction

I think the theatre is The Palace in Louisville
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Post by: aMD on Apr 03, 2008, 05:11 PM
Quote
QuoteDoes anybody recognize that theatre?

Is that the Ferris Wheel from the St. Louis World's Fair?

(http://ftp.apci.net/~truax/1904wf/Ferris%20Wheel.jpg)

Ride was two revolutions, ~20 minutes each (some references say 4 revolutions, about 1 hour)
Marriages, banquets, some daredevils rode on top
4,200 tons of steel were transported by 175 freight cars
Stood 264' high, wheel was 250' diameter, 825' circumference, 30 feet wide
Axle was 45 feet long, 32" in diameter, weighed 70 tons - largest single piece of forged iron in 1904
Towers were 140' tall, 40' by 50' at their bases.
Each of the 36 passenger cars was 26' by 13' by 9' high, held 60 people (with a guard)
Total capacity of 2,160
Dynamited on May 11, 1906, and sold for scrap for $1,800
Fate of 70-ton axle remains a mystery (no record of its movement or destruction

I think the theatre is The Palace in Louisville

I think you're right but I'm not sure.  Maybe I'll pop in my copy of Alison Kraus and Union Station live at the Palace tonight.
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Post by: KingsofSquidma on Apr 03, 2008, 05:22 PM
It kind of does look like the Palace Theater. It's hard to tell with everything so obscured by those mad photoshop trix.

http://www.girlieaction.com/mmj/MMJ2.jpg
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Post by: Sherpa on Apr 03, 2008, 06:10 PM
im confused. The source does seem legit.
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Post by: sweatboard on Apr 03, 2008, 07:57 PM
I thought it was The Palace, The Feris Wheel (Bonnaroo), and the old mansion/chandeler (sp) from Okonokos.........and Winston Churchill.
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Post by: aMD on Apr 03, 2008, 10:25 PM
looking at the pictures on their website, it looks it should be in the palace but isn't.  can't say for sure though.

http://www.louisvillepalace.com/
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Post by: ManNamedTruth on Apr 04, 2008, 01:54 AM
Quoteand new press photo:

http://www.girlieaction.com/mmj/MMJ3.jpg

I wonder what Carl and Jim are looking at?
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Post by: tomEisenbraun on Apr 04, 2008, 03:13 AM
anybody check this one out?

http://www.girlieaction.com/mmj/MMJ1.jpg
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Post by: weeniebeenie on Apr 04, 2008, 03:35 AM
Quotehttp://www.girlieaction.com/mmj/MMJ_EvilUrges.jpg
I like it. I think it's one of those covers that will always surprise you with something new each time you look at it.
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Post by: Nikkogino on Apr 04, 2008, 05:27 AM
Quote
Quotehttp://www.girlieaction.com/mmj/MMJ_EvilUrges.jpg
I like it. I think it's one of those covers that will always surprise you with something new each time you look at it.

It's growing on me too....I just don't like the ferris wheel.
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Post by: BH on Apr 04, 2008, 09:43 AM
Quotelooking at the pictures on their website, it looks it should be in the palace but isn't.  can't say for sure though.

http://www.louisvillepalace.com/


Hey!  Anybody wanna get all fucked up and go check out that Bugs Bunny on Broadway show with me?

Doc?
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Post by: sweatboard on Apr 04, 2008, 08:02 PM
Quoteanybody check this one out?

http://www.girlieaction.com/mmj/MMJ1.jpg

Did they tell "queer eye for the straight guy" they were going to go camping?

Patrick doesn't look real excited.  

But Bo sure is owning it.

Seriously.......

(http://www.lazydork.com/movies/tombstone.jpg)

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(http://www.smh.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1064687668614_2003/09/28/350queereye,0.jpg)

[size=36]=[/size]


http://www.girlieaction.com/mmj/MMJ1.jpg
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Post by: sweatboard on Apr 04, 2008, 08:05 PM
That press photo and the album cover just crack me up....you've got to love their sense of humor.  
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Post by: sweatboard on Apr 08, 2008, 02:28 AM
I am interested in the fact that the background suggests Spring yet they are dressed for a blizzard......Really, it's Interesting.
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Post by: Yatz on Apr 08, 2008, 12:22 PM
Pretty bummed about the cover.  I hope that the record is way better, but it wouldn't take much to top this.  
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Post by: DaFunkyPrecedent on Apr 08, 2008, 02:23 PM
the palace looks like a beautiful venue! I want to see the jacket there someday...
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Post by: ms. yvon on Apr 09, 2008, 03:39 AM
Quoteanybody check this one out?

http://www.girlieaction.com/mmj/MMJ1.jpg
carl is wearing rad socks!

this is one photogenic group, i tell you.

and that backdrop is lovely!
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Post by: Andrushka on Apr 09, 2008, 06:52 AM
Why hasn't the band made any announcements on this site? The record wasn't even announced here...

Are we going to get any info on a single? It's around two months before release and we're yet to find anything out of this nature.

At least give us a single!
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Post by: The DARK on Apr 09, 2008, 04:26 PM
I have a hunch that we'll all get it at the same time when the layouts are changed.
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Post by: Angry Ewok on Apr 09, 2008, 08:55 PM
The press photos of the band are beautiful. The design released on April Fool's is, well, appropriately and embarrassingly awful.
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Post by: tomEisenbraun on Apr 10, 2008, 12:46 AM
First order of business:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/eiseyrokker/Screenshot_1.png)

Tommy's suspenders and pioneer button shirt.



Second:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/eiseyrokker/Screenshot_2.png)

Jim's beauty of a belt-buckle.
(Life's a Beach)



Discuss.
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Post by: FetusTree on Apr 10, 2008, 01:31 AM
The fucking album cover is fucking terrible. It's awful. Even if they have a song on the fucking thing about a fat guy standing in front of them all in a bonus track it's not gonna make it good.
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Post by: Angry Ewok on Apr 10, 2008, 01:50 AM
Yeah, I forgot to mention that belt buckle. It's a beauty.
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Post by: The DARK on Apr 10, 2008, 07:33 AM
I don't mind this cover. It's grown on me, but it definitely feels like the weakest of their album covers.
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Post by: Andrushka on Apr 10, 2008, 07:39 AM
I really can't get into the cover at all either. It seems kind of soul-less since it's so clearly photoshopped.  With a name like "Evil Urges" they could have come up with something better than this...

Either way, I think the music will be great, and that's why I listen to MMJ.

-----------

Side thought: I was just listening to Houses of the Holy. I think that the various influences Zeppelin mixed in on this album (reggae in D'yer Maker, funk in The Crunge) parallels the juncture that MMJ is at with Evil Urges (the funk of Highly Suspicious or the soul influences of Sec Walkin,' for example). Just an idea.
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Post by: cmccubbin@work on Apr 10, 2008, 03:15 PM
this should solidify the cover art authenticity:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89528513

see at the very bottom for a sneak peek at "evil urges" and it has the cover art.
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Post by: Angry Ewok on Apr 14, 2008, 09:58 AM
Now that it's been confirmed as legit by a number of sources:

Has this album art grown on anyone, yet?

Really, I mean. Not just being polite.

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Post by: BH on Apr 14, 2008, 10:13 AM
My only comment would be that just becuase it has been confirmed by a number of sources doesn't really mean anything.  All of those "sources" just got it thru the girlieman press page like the rest of us.  Until I see it in my hand, I won't believe.

Having said that, although I am not in love with the art, is has grown on me a bit.  And I know theatre's and ferris wheels are two of Jim's favorite things so it's a perfect fit.
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Post by: Angry Ewok on Apr 14, 2008, 10:23 AM
QuoteUntil I see it in my hand, I won't believe.

Five Stages Of Grief

   * 1. Denial and Isolation.

   * 2. Anger.
   * 3. Bargaining.
   * 4. Depression.
   * 5. Acceptance.

:-* ;)
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Post by: BH on Apr 14, 2008, 11:30 AM
Quote
QuoteUntil I see it in my hand, I won't believe.

Five Stages Of Grief

   * 1. Denial and Isolation.

   * 2. Anger.
   * 3. Bargaining.
   * 4. Depression.
   * 5. Acceptance.

:-* ;)

;D

The good thing is, how can I possibly be angry or depressed when I have a copy of Evil Urges in my hand!
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Post by: Bigsky on Apr 14, 2008, 01:00 PM
Quote
QuoteDoes anybody recognize that theatre?

Is that the Ferris Wheel from the St. Louis World's Fair?

(http://ftp.apci.net/~truax/1904wf/Ferris%20Wheel.jpg)

Ride was two revolutions, ~20 minutes each (some references say 4 revolutions, about 1 hour)
Marriages, banquets, some daredevils rode on top
4,200 tons of steel were transported by 175 freight cars
Stood 264' high, wheel was 250' diameter, 825' circumference, 30 feet wide
Axle was 45 feet long, 32" in diameter, weighed 70 tons - largest single piece of forged iron in 1904
Towers were 140' tall, 40' by 50' at their bases.
Each of the 36 passenger cars was 26' by 13' by 9' high, held 60 people (with a guard)
Total capacity of 2,160
Dynamited on May 11, 1906, and sold for scrap for $1,800
Fate of 70-ton axle remains a mystery (no record of its movement or destruction

I think the theatre is The Palace in Louisville

I don't think it's The Palace...the architecture on the cover is more baroque and The Palace is more eclectic

If you look closer...The Palace is covered in crazy patterns & colors, but the coverart is all gold leaf.

Anyway...I think the cover is sweet...it makes you think and wonder what the hell you're looking at...all of these layered references
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Post by: Andrushka on Apr 14, 2008, 01:59 PM
I still think the cover is pretty damn ugly looking, but it will by no means affect my enjoyment of the album.

In other news, I had a dream in which some random person sent me a copy of Evil Urges in the mail. Too bad it was just a dream...
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Post by: ManNamedTruth on Apr 14, 2008, 02:35 PM
i would like it more if the figure wasn't blocking the whole thing. maybe that part of it is a joke, and the rest of the cover will be revealed. BTW i think Z is their best cover art.
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Post by: Dillsnufus on Apr 14, 2008, 09:02 PM
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517Yq33IFTL._SS500_.jpg

minor difference on amazon.com
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Post by: The DARK on Apr 14, 2008, 09:16 PM
Love the font, hate that it is on the front cover. If this pic on Amazon is legit... >:(
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: BH on Apr 14, 2008, 09:53 PM
They are sooo fucking with us.
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: CTdeadhead on Apr 14, 2008, 09:56 PM
I think that figure is John McCain.  
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: ManNamedTruth on Apr 14, 2008, 10:39 PM
QuoteLove the font, hate that it is on the front cover. If this pic on Amazon is legit... >:(

you remember when okonokos came out the band name and title was just a clear sticker and not really on the album, i think this may be the case here.
(http://www.usounds.com/images/mmj.jpg)
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000GRUSRM.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)

Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: Angry Ewok on Apr 14, 2008, 11:11 PM
I say keep the font, toss out the crappy "I just learned how to use layers" Photoshop 4 artwork.

:-X
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: evilPaauwe on Apr 14, 2008, 11:48 PM
QuoteThey are sooo fucking with us.

i concur.

and i bet their visiting this forum watching our reactions.
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: DaFunkyPrecedent on Apr 15, 2008, 12:04 AM
...nah.  I think this is the cover.  But remember...it's whats on the inside.  But a good cover CAN sell an album.  The only reason I ever bought Animal Collectives' "feels".  

they should take notice of Lil' Wayne's new album cover...


(http://assets4.pitchforkmedia.com/images/image/48110.wayne.jpg?)


Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: sweatboard on Apr 15, 2008, 12:12 AM
Quote
QuoteThey are sooo fucking with us.

i concur.

and i bet their visiting this forum watching our reactions.


I think you are onto something, that's just their sense of humor.  I'm not saying I don't think this is the REAL album cover, but I do think they are interested in what kind's of conversations it sparks up.  It's not like I think they put this cover out and didn't realize how ridiculous it is.
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: Ghosts_on_TV on Apr 16, 2008, 03:21 AM
I don't mind the cover, but it'd be a lot cooler if the bear was looking at them instead of that dude.
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: Nikkogino on Apr 16, 2008, 06:37 AM
QuoteI don't mind the cover, but it'd be a lot cooler if the bear was looking at them instead of that dude.

Haha!  agreed.


I agree that the text on the amazon site is definitely just the sticker that goes on the wrapping.
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: TFowl on Apr 16, 2008, 04:13 PM
I think it's alright.  I can see it being on some worst cover art of '08 somewhere.  It's not terrible, but I will say it's my least favorite cover art of any of their albums.
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: aMD on Apr 16, 2008, 04:15 PM
I've been holding out hope that this was an April Fools Day thing, but it ain't looking like it.  Yeah, I don't like it at all. Not that that matters, but...

I think the band's visual art has always left something to be desired, with the possible exceptions of the Tennessee Fire and Chocolate and Ice. That includes the videos for One Big Holiday and Off the Record.  oh well.
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: The DARK on Apr 16, 2008, 04:24 PM
Not me. I think this is the weakest album cover yet, but I love all of the artwork. Tennesee Fire, At Dawn, It Still Moves, Z, these are all iconic images! I mean, how can you hate the bear? Or the Hollywood Bowl? Or the bird in surgery? (Okay, I'll give you a little leeway with the last one.  ;))
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: Kimbos_Evil_Bread on Apr 16, 2008, 04:27 PM
QuoteI don't mind the cover, but it'd be a lot cooler if the bear was looking at them instead of that dude.

good call!  that would be so much more interesting.


It kind of looks like a mixture of Dave Mckean and Bill Sienkiewicz style artwork.

I like those artist's styles.  That said I think this cover, as it looks now, is butt ugly.
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: BH on Apr 16, 2008, 05:12 PM
QuoteI've been holding out hope that this was an April Fools Day thing, but it ain't looking like it.  Yeah, I don't like it at all. Not that that matters, but...

I think the band's visual art has always left something to be desired, with the possible exceptions of the Tennessee Fire and Chocolate and Ice. That includes the videos for One Big Holiday and Off the Record.  oh well.


The thing is, it's never been the band's art.  It's always friends and family's art.   What was the name of the photographer who did these pics?   I can't remember now, and I don't know how to search for it.
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: ycartrob on Apr 16, 2008, 05:30 PM
Well, it definently ain't no Hemispheres

(http://www.mojopin.org/images/articles/history/hemispheres_hi.jpg)
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: BH on Apr 16, 2008, 05:47 PM
QuoteWell, it definently ain't no Hemispheres

(http://www.mojopin.org/images/articles/history/hemispheres_hi.jpg)

;D Is that a brain they are standing on?  Woah, deep. :o
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: ycartrob on Apr 16, 2008, 06:11 PM
Quote
QuoteWell, it definently ain't no Hemispheres

(http://www.mojopin.org/images/articles/history/hemispheres_hi.jpg)

;D Is that a brain they are standing on?  Woah, deep. :o

that there is your basic left brain-right brain struggle (ie, hemispheres) objectivity vs. subjectivity; logical self vs. creative self; business man on his way to work vs. naked dude getting his freak on. It's deep. You just don't simply listen to Rush, you have to be smart, too (but I listen to it anyway and pretend to get it  ;))
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: Angry Ewok on Apr 16, 2008, 06:15 PM
QuoteWhat was the name of the photographer who did these pics?   I can't remember now, and I don't know how to search for it.

If I'm the person(s) responsible for this album cover, I'd want my name to be forgotten. He or she should stick to photography. Any of those press photos would have been beautiful for the cover... this... well, excuse my frankness and I really don't mean anything personal by it, but this clusterfuck of photoshop effects is just terrible.


Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: TFowl on Apr 16, 2008, 06:28 PM
Maybe if the guys knew how much most of their fans are disappointed with this cover, they'd make the swap before this shit starts getting pressed.  It's probably too late, I'm still hoping it is an april fools day joke.
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: Kory on Apr 16, 2008, 07:08 PM
I honestly dig it. I think it's a fantastic clusterfuck of images that don't really jive. The fact that the shadowy figure is consuming nearly 50% of the image is very distracting and it forces your mind to feel discomfort with the image. That's a bad think for photography but the band is really making a statement with this cover... there is discomfort on their minds.
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: tomEisenbraun on Apr 16, 2008, 08:29 PM
or maybe, just maybe, they read Pitchfork a lot. And got a serious chuckle from this past year's worst album covers list. Surely Mew, Built to Spill, and all other company did not have "Hey! This is incredible!" on their minds when they were putting out their album art (well, maybe Mew did--I kinda jive with that one because its so weird).

But what if the Jacket thought, "our last one was very cool and very intricate--what if we decided to not hold anything and just be as blatant as possible with the cover" so they set to just putting everything they'd been associated with since the last album on the cover.

But then it was just too obvious, so they said "damn, these layers look ridiculous but it needs...it needs a big mysterious chunk taken out.... Hey Brucey! Come over here! Let me get a picture of the back of your head in the dark..."
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: sweatboard on Apr 16, 2008, 08:38 PM
I really like the image of the Ferris Wheel.  It seems like they are about to approach the top...i.e. theater venues.  I just imagine someone standing in the record store looking at the album cover, but that mysterious dude is just standing there blocking their view.  It's really funny to me for some reason.  It's like when you see them live and there is just the silhouette of some dude right in front of you.

You kind of want to put your eyes in his sockets and you kind of want to tell him to move the fuck out of your way.
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: Angry Ewok on Apr 22, 2008, 01:32 AM
You know... I still don't like the cover. I think elements of the reverse side are very good, though. I photoshopped the album font on top of a clipping of the reverse side - doesn't look all that bad,

(http://profile.ak.facebook.com/object3/535/56/n2204753114_7995.jpg)
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: sweatboard on Apr 22, 2008, 02:43 AM
Yeah, I like the image you just posted.  It looks like he's getting invited into a brand new world.  
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: travisr on Apr 22, 2008, 06:48 PM
How do we know this is the ACTUAL album art? You guys are suppose to wait until June 10th to even look at it!! Maybe this is just a temporary album cover, you DONT KNOW if this is the finished product yet. So disrespectful to the band. Why don't you just wait until the band says this is the album art?
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: Angry Ewok on Apr 22, 2008, 09:00 PM
QuoteHow do we know this is the ACTUAL album art? You guys are suppose to wait until June 10th to even look at it!! Maybe this is just a temporary album cover, you DONT KNOW if this is the finished product yet. So disrespectful to the band. Why don't you just wait until the band says this is the album art?

We must have disregarded the e-mail asking us not to look at the album art that is on Amazon.com, inSound, Pitchfork, and least of all the band's own website and newsletter e-mails... you know, kinda like some other folks disregarded the band's e-mail asking them not to distribute stolen property.

Oops.

:-[

But to answer your question, we don't know that it is the "ACTUAL" album art that will absolutely be on CD's June 10th... for all we know, they may change it at the last minute.
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: whothrewthecake on Apr 22, 2008, 09:37 PM
i think instead of that shadowy figure, the band should be pointing to this:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/timeisanocean/davidleeroth1.png)

whenever we need a boost, i turn to THRUSTING IN YOUR FACE
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: biscuitbobo on Apr 29, 2008, 10:51 AM
the three songs i've heard "sound" reddish,brown,blackish and (no pun) and the other sorts, so the color scheme fits to me..but, yeah, what's the deal w/ the dude in the flannel?  is that the back of jim when he got that haircut????
Title: Re: Evil Urges coverart!
Post by: BH on Apr 30, 2008, 12:45 PM
Damn, I wish that guy would get out of the way.

Anyone recognize the building on the left side of the full blown picture?