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12:20:2002 Entry: "Ann : Memory Jog"

Memory Jog

Last night Stan was trying to visually describe a Roxy Music album that we don't have and never had but he remembered seeing in the Roxy bins back in the 80s. He described it as a woman with 80s style hair, pulling her cheek out, done in a very graphic style. I was completely baffled. I searched through Amazon, I searched through AllMusic.com. Nothing. Then we decided to search all Roxy-related sites on the web. Then Stan found this. I remember now! I remember seeing that image before! Considering the time it was released, (1983) this must have been *the* version of "Like a Hurricaine" I heard that made me amazed that someone could actually take a Neil Young song and make it sound incredible and listenable for me. See a long, long, long time ago, back in high school, I really loved Neil Young's music, but then I changed and couldn't stand him anymore, especially when I was at my most punk/anglophile-ish (not that I never was an anglophile at any point in time). Now I just don't care one way or the other about Young, but I love Roxy's cover, and we do have a different live version of it on one of our Roxy CDs. So I searched on this at Amazon, but it still only exists in vinyl form by the way of used or Amazon's eBay-ish service. It's strange that they didn't re-release it on CD. Their "Jealous Guy" Lennon cover is amazing too.

So I'm doing more musical research and am looking through the Pink Floyd section at Amazon and then it hits me. One of those nights, 20 years ago, Stan and I were staring at Meddle trying to figure out just what the hell that image is. I do think we had taken mushrooms at that time...pretty sure of it. Was it an embryo? a turtle? some astronomical configuration? fungus? a penis? eraserhead baby? what? Then Stan said it reminded him of an Eno album cover graphic. I asked him if he said that 20 years ago too. He said he didn't listen to Eno 20 years ago, so he couldn't have said that. But it seems so familiar. Why? I think the space/time continuum has gotten a bit messy. I'm remembering things from the past that were said in the future.

By Ann @ 20:25 AM CST:12:20:02 ..::Link::..