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February 22, 2006
Plain old everyday clothes.
I've just finished designing the cover for my chapbook. It's a black & white cover, and having seen some of the covers from this press, I figured we'd have the best outcome with someting bold and graphicky. Click the thumbnail to see the whole cover, and let me know what you think, please. There's a line about busted mix tapes in one of the poems, so I thought it was a cool tie-in.
Even though it started as a joke, response has been oddly enthusiastic, so I think I will have some t-shirts made. I've modified the cover design somewhat, so clickity click this thumbnail to see the design for the front of the shirt. I might look into having Kopilot make them. Because I'm an ego-maniac, I'll need to have my name on the shirt somewhere, so I'm going to put a teeny snippet of one of the one-hit poems on the back of the shirt:
The switch you flipped
flooded my head with the longest instrumental everrecorded, all languorous jangle and blurry wail, until
it was all I could hear, it was all songs and all sounds.
—Erin Keane
Posted by eek at February 22, 2006 01:31 PM
Comments
I'll take two of each, please.
Posted by: Terri at February 22, 2006 03:09 PM
Cool! Is the album cover arranged as a strict rectolinear shape? It seems off-kilter and I cannot tell if that is part of your design.
However, I love, love it! I am particularly fond of the dots, perhaps because I am generally fond of dots.
More dots! (no, the dots are sufficient in quantity, nice to be able to communicate graphcically and lexically, yes?)
Posted by: quasi in r.e.m. at February 22, 2006 03:53 PM
The tape-casette design is wonderful. Are there any Journey songs on there? :)
Posted by: joe in nyc at February 22, 2006 04:18 PM
Sweet...EEK does what I say! Now dance for me!
Posted by: Hulkster at February 22, 2006 05:44 PM
Oh yeah, I'm definitely getting these. Just remember to make a baby-T option on the tshirts.
Posted by: monkey at February 22, 2006 06:06 PM
Shirt? For me? You should have, and you did! Huzzah!
Posted by: Emily at February 22, 2006 06:14 PM
That is hot Erin, the cover and the t-shirt. I will happily purchase one as well. I will be happy to put that in my rotation (that severely needs new additions) of dancer cut t-shirts. :)
Posted by: Eden at February 22, 2006 07:36 PM
QIR, the measurements on the cover are about a quarter of an inch off, but I'll fix that before I send it in.
Posted by: eek at February 23, 2006 10:15 AM
As monkey requests a baby-doll t, I would like one as big as a swimming pool cover, please.
Posted by: yournamehere at February 24, 2006 10:32 PM