Tales of Hipgnosis sleeves (and the new film) and why the world needs Steely Dan more than ever

Published: July 24, 2023, 6:58 a.m.

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Blips on the rock and roll radar this week include \\u2026  

 

\\u2026 Things You No Longer See, No 97: the celebrity airport arrival shot.

 

.. do we, in all honesty, need Roger Waters\\u2019 re-interpretation of the Dark Side Of The Moon for it is upon us on October 6?

 

 \\u2026 is there really an Edinburgh Fringe show called \\u2018Bald Man Sings Rihanna\\u201d, \\u2018A Shark Ate My Penis\\u2019 or \\u2018In The Court Of The Crimson Ting: Prog Rock in A Reggae Style\\u2019?

 

\\u2026 a 1976 clip of Elton John as the jobbing pianist on the Morecambe & Wise Show. \\u201cElton John? Sounds like an exit on the motorway.

 

 \\u2026 the poignant story of 1968\\u2019s lost psych-rock voyagers the Mike Stuart Span and what happened when they became Leviathan.

 

\\u2026 the time Hipgnosis put a sheep on a psychiatrists\\u2019 couch in the Hawaiian surf and landed a chopper in the Alps to photograph a statue.

 

\\u2026 the Scottish stately pile Bob Dylan\\u2019s just put on the market.

 

.. and \\u2013 with birthday guest Patrick Butler - six theories as to why Steely Dan are hipper now than ever.

 

 

The Mike Stuart Span TV clip \\u2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufD0e8tE-UY

 

Elton with Eric & Ernie \\u2026

https://twitter.com/eric_ernie_col/status/1673207024702636033

 

Roger Waters\\u2019 Money redux \\u2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUVmeYgo1Iw


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