Dr Rich 
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DG is maybe the most important DA record art wise and music wise. It's not my favorite, but it's one of the most important records ever made.
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Why in your opinion is this true?
Trust me , I'm not disagreeing with you , only curious as to what others think about various DA LPs..I just recently got the ALARMA! bookset , so I was just introduced to it. Right now I see the entire ALARMA! Chronicles as an amazing and important piece of art that I wish I knew about when it came out. Unfortunatly back in those days Daniel Amos did not appeal to this former Phychedelics indulger...
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I think about the line in real girls "What is a real life?" which seems to sum up a lot of Terry's work and seems to me to be the heart of the Alarma Chronicles. Plus the artwork, package and music all fit together so well. There is a lot of adventure on that record, some very brave moments. The chord change at the end of "I didn't build it for me." "Real Girls" is a very brave song. "Autographs for the sick," where did the idea for that song come from??? The intro song "Hollow Man" is so dark and wonderful. It's mind blowing that is on a Christian record.
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HEMISPHERICALHEADS
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I think about the line in real girls "What is a real life?" which seems to sum up a lot of Terry's work and seems to me to be the heart of the Alarma Chronicles. Plus the artwork, package and music all fit together so well. There is a lot of adventure on that record, some very brave moments. The chord change at the end of "I didn't build it for me." "Real Girls" is a very brave song. "Autographs for the sick," where did the idea for that song come from??? The intro song "Hollow Man" is so dark and wonderful. It's mind blowing that is on a Christian record.
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.I hear you. I've had Disc two from the bookset in my multidisc player for the last month or so, so I've really been listening to it. Would you believe I have this good friend who is self employed. He makes a pretty reasonable sum of money. (It really helps 'cause he still lives at home at 38 yrs. old.!) He can generally buy any music he wants, whenever he wants. He bought the Bookset about two years ago , and has only cracked the first disc! He loves DA. We go see the various Taylor incarnations whenever they come to Michigan. So it really amazes me that he has not cracked the other two. I even email him sometimes mentioning a song of the Chronicles that really spoke to me ,and try to encourage him to listen...Whenever I get a new disc , I generally have the wrapping of before you can shake a stick. It's in the player faster than you can snap your fingers...Maybe he's waiting for me to "burn" him a copy so he does not have to open his 
Also: I fully agree with you on Hollow Man. Very intense.
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Dr Rich
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He bought the Bookset about two years ago , and has only cracked the first disc! He loves DA. We go see the various Taylor incarnations whenever they come to Michigan. So it really amazes me that he has not cracked the other two. I even email him sometimes mentioning a song of the Chronicles that really spoke to me ,and try to encourage him to listen...Whenever I get a new disc , I generally have the wrapping of before you can shake a stick. It's in the player faster than you can snap your fingers...Maybe he's waiting for me to "burn" him a copy so he does not have to open his
Also: I fully agree with you on Hollow Man. Very intense.[/COLOR]
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Does he own the CDs in orginal format maybe?? If not he needs to crack those babies open! 
Hollow Man is awesome.
There is a version of "Hollow Man" where it is word for word T.S. Eliot's poem, but the T.S. Eliot Estate would not give permission to use the poem, so Terry paraphrased it. It's fun to compare the two, to get a glimse of Terry's creative process.
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John Wayne has a nice cover and I liked the orange image on the CD itself.
JW is clean, uncluttered, and basic, but with a little bit of subtlety...
Ed made a few comments in the DAMB discussion about the artwork for MBD. Yes, it was made up from various "available" graphics. If you are a student of 60's Pop Art this is a cool modern take on the whole Pop Art movement.
I used the cover as an example for a handout sheet on CD cover design for my Grade 10 students. They are Turkish students....with little art background...who knows what I will get from it!
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Cool. So how did you end up in turkey? I had a friend who went there (he said it was a mission trip) several years ago right when one of the big earthquakes hit. Of course, while the earthquake left an impression, he said that the belly dancers were his favorite part and what he will remember most.
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wayneb
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Hey Dorfsmith,
I first went to Turkey on a m trip in 1999. We left the country only a week before the big earthquake!
I'm back more long term now, teaching at a High School, but for the same reasons as above. Haven't seen the belly dancers yet!
I'm living in St Paul's birthplace....an amazing historical town!
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I live in St Paul! 
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I like the covers of Avocado Faultline and LittleBig. To me Motorcycle was a good concept but poorly done.
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dennis
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I think the cover of Motorcyle is pretty cool.
Darn Floor has a pretty cool cover as does Vox Humana (LP version) and iAlarma!
I like the MBD cover. BibleLand is good. I like the loaves and fishes picture on the insided. The first DEDT is fun to look at too, in a Sgt Pepper kind of fun way.
The solo records are all cool to look at. Overall Terry does a good job of making an overall package of any record he is a part of.
By the way... does anyone know who the old guy is on the back of Little red riding hood? On the M8 version anyway. He is sitting at a table & waving. ???
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Kalhoun?
BTW - I like Motorcycle (personal favorite psychedelic cover). SOTH? The cover didn't scare me one bit. I thought it was hilarious.
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Always liked the Alarma artwork, Horrendous Disc too...
Mr Buechners Dream I think is cool in a sort of "book cover
like" look...kinda looks like a Novel.
They each have special memories attached to them, Lets Spin
was awesome, and Zoom Daddy....and Kalhoun was cool we had
that whole Cornerstone release party thing.
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wayneb
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So it's the Taylor-made covers in front, with Ed Tagging along close behind then?
Sorry
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...enough to make a real man cry...
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