Category: Album Art

Album Art

Twin Temple – Twin Temple (Bring You Their Signature Sound…Satanic Doo Wop) (2018) and Twin Temple – God is Dead (2023)

October 19, 2025

Alexandra and Zachery James may look like a nice normal goth couple down the street, but behind their classic style and good looks are two of the most prolific Satanists in our current society. One of the most interesting and original acts in music today, Twin Temple, is taking the niche genre of “occult rock” and placing it in a different era of rock n’ roll, creating a genre all their own they call “Satanic Doo Wop.” Provocative, fearless and wickedly funny, Twin Temple have shocked Conservative society and caused controversy while preaching their core Satanic values through song – empowerment, inclusion and the freedom of expression. In our current hellscape, are Twin Temple the rock n’ roll anti-heroes we need?

The Royal Guardsmen – Snoopy vs. The Red Baron (1967)

August 23, 2025

Within five weeks of releasing the hit single “Snoopy vs. The Red Baron” in 1966, high school garage band The Royal Guardsmen were not only selling millions of copies, but also at the top of the Billboard chars and opening for The Beach Boys and The Jefferson Airplane. However, despite overnight success, the group would never be able to climb out of the shadow of Charles Schulz’s famous cartoon beagle, and as the band tried to make it as their own entity, their label, Laurie Records, were putting more faith in the popularity of Snoopy than that of The Royal Guardsmen themselves. The often convoluted history of “Snoopy vs. The Red Baron,” and how Snoopy became both The Royal Guardsmen’s biggest ally and greatest foe. Extra: The surprising “song that got away” in 1969 and the one that probably shouldn’t have ever been recorded in 2006.

Leonard Cohen – Songs from a Room (1969)

June 10, 2025

In 1959 Leonard Cohen invited a crying woman at a grocery market on the Greek Island of Hydra to join him and his friends who were sitting in the sun. The crying woman was Marianne Ihlen, and she would not only go on to become Leonard Cohen’s long time companion, but inspire some of his most beloved songs. A look at the globe spanning love story of Leonard and Marianne, from its fantasy land beginnings on Hydra, to it’s tumultuous end in New York City, and Leonard Cohen’s last act of love in 2016. Extra – the origins of “Bird on a Wire,” “So Long, Marianne,” “Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbe,” and Cohen’s final song to Marianne from beyond the grave.

Leonard Cohen – Songs of Leonard Cohen (1968)

May 27, 2025

In 1967 celebrated Canadian poet and novelist Leonard Cohen sought to launch a career as a songwriter, despite having little faith in his ability as a singer or guitarist. However, one special composition about his cerebral relationship with a mysterious woman who lived down by the river would not only go on to enchant the imaginations of music fans worldwide, but would launch Leonard Cohen to international fame as a singer/songwriter. A deep dive into Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne,” and the real life story of Suzanne Verdal, the woman who inspired the song and both the romantic mythology and tragic reality which eternally ties her to the Leonard Cohen story. Extra: How Judy Collins helped launch Leonard Cohen to stardom, and his dramatic debut in Philadelphia as a solo performer.

Sweet Daddy Siki – Sweet Daddy Siki Squares Off with Country Music (1972)

March 1, 2025

Flamboyant and fiercely unconventional, Toronto based icon Sweet Daddy Siki defied all conventions. Called “the woman’s pet and the men’s regret,” and “Mr. Irresistible” by his fans, Siki was one of the first black heels in the world of wrestling. But when he wasn’t strutting and brawling in the ring, he could be found in Canadian juke joints playing his brand of country music. A look at the eventful life and strange career of the late Sweet Daddy Siki.

David Seville and The Chipmunks – Let’s All Sing with the Chipmunks (1959) and Christmas with the Chipmunks (1962)

December 9, 2024

Anyone who ever owned an album by Alvin and the Chipmunks remembers their manager/producer David Seville, but who was Ross Bagdasarian? The man behind one of the most enduring musical franchises of all time, Bagdasarian had a massive year in 1958 when he had two back to back number one Billboard hits – “The Witch Doctor” and “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)” and unleashed Alvin, Simon and Theodore on an unsuspecting public for the first time! A look at the continuing legacy of “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)” and The Chipmunks’ rise to fame! Extra: The Christmas that The Chipmunks teamed up with Canned Heat!

Cass Elliot – Bubble Gum, Lemonade and Something for Mama (1969)

August 14, 2024

In 1969 Cass Elliot went bubblegum and for the first time since leaving the Mamas and the Papas, became a Top 40 Billboard hitmaker. However, despite her success in this genre, it was not a direction she desired to go into. Why was Cass Rlliot forced to go into bubblegum music, and how did she make it work? The story of “Make Your Own Kind of Music” and “Getrting Better,”: and the final phase of Cass Elliot’s career.

Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963)

May 26, 2023

When Bob Dylan released his sacond album, “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan,” in 1963, he gained world wide fame for his political writings and anti-war musings. But behind the songs was the influence of his then girlfriend Suze Rotolo, who was immoralized walking with him on the album’s front cover. Who was Suze Rotolo, and how did she help shape the legend that would become Bob Dylan? A look into their relationship and Suze’s important place in the Bob Dylan mythos.

Various Artists – Nadia’s Theme (The Young and the Restless) (1976)

May 19, 2023

Whether you know it as the theme song to “The Young and the Restless,” “Nadia’s Theme” or “Cotton’s Dream,” Perry Botkin Jr and Barry De Vorsan’s composition has become one of the most recognizable instrumentals of the 20th Century. A deep dive into the song’s many incarnations and lives from “Bless the Beasts and the Children,” to the 1978 Olympics to….David Hasselhoff?? Extra: Who were The Sounds of Sunshine, and why did they successfully sue The Dead Kennedys?

Various Artists – Zabriskie Point Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1970)

April 28, 2023

Although it was one of the biggest box office bombs of the all time, Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1970 film “Zabriskie Point” spawned one of the best soundtrack albums of the era with original music by The Grateful Dead, The Youngbloods, Kaleidoscope and Pink Floyd. The resu.t was a soundtrack album more culturally relevant and remembered than the film that spawned it. Extra: A brief overview of the lives of the couple on the cover, Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin,.