Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon…

[Guest post by Chris Kareska] Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is the ultimate expression of unrestrained ambition, zealous stargazing, and confronting the “human condition of mortal sorrow.” On the cover of the album (illustrated by John Craig), the angelic figure embedded in the star is a collaged combination of Saint Catherine of Alexandra (1507) [...]

Reverend Horton Heat – Smoke…

Would you buy a car from this man?  What about life insurance?  Snake oil? All seem viable options with a suit and smile like those.  That greasy salesman on the cover is Jim Heath, otherwise known as the Reverend Horton Heat, whose album Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em, combines the things that the psychobilly [...]