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Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ cover designer Storm Thorgerson dies aged 69

British graphic designer Storm Thorgerson, best known for designing the iconic cover of Pink Floyd’s 1973 classic album “The Dark Side of the Moon”, has died aged 69, his family announced on Thursday. More recently, Thorgerson created the artwork for records released by Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro, British stadium band…

Pop music argues with itself about itself

Sarah, guest-blogging at Feministe, has a post up about how David Bowie is an inspirational figure to her as a feminist, because his whole act in the 70s was about subversion of gender and traditional ideas of performance, and it’s a very liberating thing. I agree with all that, of…

Friday Genius Ten “Kern That Belly Size” Edition

I’ve put another post up at TPM Cafe, this time about the problem of the rumors about Sarah Palin faking her pregnancy, and why liberal bloggers are more put upon to avoid bullshit than either right wing bloggers or the mainstream media. In honor of what will go down as…

Friday Random Ten “Real Patriots Shoot Fireworks, Not Bombs” Edition

Ten songs off your shuffle on your MP3 player of choice. Leave ‘em in comments. Here’s mine: 1) “Down But Not Yet Out”—Felt 2) “Lake Of Fire”—The Meat Puppets 3) “Die”—Bratmobile 4) “White Wedding”—Queens of the Stone Age (Billy Idol cover) 5) “Ever Fallen In Love”—The Buzzcocks 6) “Another Day”—Sludgeworth…