Comments on: Superhotjoy: The Shindig Fantastico http://sleevage.com/superhotjoy-the-shindig-fantastico/ Sleevage: The worlds best album cover design blog. Showcasing interesting album covers from the past and present. Updated daily with details on designers, artists and their studios. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:31:05 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ben http://sleevage.com/superhotjoy-the-shindig-fantastico/comment-page-1/#comment-7617 Ben Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:41:36 +0000 http://sleevage.com/superhotjoy-the-shindig-fantastico/#comment-7617 Uncanny similaraties with Interpol as mentioned... if it was an unlucky co-incidence for 'Superhotjoy', I certainly feel for them. Someones peeked into someones book well before both were released I reckon! Nice covers anyway :) Uncanny similaraties with Interpol as mentioned… if it was an unlucky co-incidence for ‘Superhotjoy’, I certainly feel for them. Someones peeked into someones book well before both were released I reckon!

Nice covers anyway :)

]]> By: Ash http://sleevage.com/superhotjoy-the-shindig-fantastico/comment-page-1/#comment-5587 Ash Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:57:39 +0000 http://sleevage.com/superhotjoy-the-shindig-fantastico/#comment-5587 Hey Richard, thanks for clearing that up. It's interesting than a cultural icon can have some much baggage. But in a country like South Africa it's understandable. It's got almost as much baggage as the middle east Hey Richard,

thanks for clearing that up. It’s interesting than a cultural icon can have some much baggage. But in a country like South Africa it’s understandable. It’s got almost as much baggage as the middle east

]]> By: richard hart http://sleevage.com/superhotjoy-the-shindig-fantastico/comment-page-1/#comment-5557 richard hart Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:25:25 +0000 http://sleevage.com/superhotjoy-the-shindig-fantastico/#comment-5557 hey, for what it's worth, the antelope featured are not springboks, they are kudus. springboks are indeed a very culturally loaded symbol, used very often these days in a fashionably ironic way. we weren' going for fashionable irony in this case... so we gave the springbok display a miss. hey, for what it’s worth, the antelope featured are not springboks, they are kudus. springboks are indeed a very culturally loaded symbol, used very often these days in a fashionably ironic way. we weren’ going for fashionable irony in this case… so we gave the springbok display a miss.

]]> By: RealLifePixel.com http://sleevage.com/superhotjoy-the-shindig-fantastico/comment-page-1/#comment-3886 RealLifePixel.com Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:50:01 +0000 http://sleevage.com/superhotjoy-the-shindig-fantastico/#comment-3886 I just read this on Wikipedia and thought this was positively fascinating. Forgive me if everyone reading this was intimately aware of much significance the springbok held for South Africa, but I simply had to share this. It truly puts these images in a new light. … The springbok was a national symbol of South Africa under white minority rule (including a significant period prior to the establishment of Apartheid). It was adopted as a nickname or mascot by a number of South African sports teams, most famously by the national rugby union team. It appeared on the emblems of the South African Air Force, the logo of South African Airways (for which it remains their radio callsign), the reverse of the Krugerrand, and the Coat of Arms of South Africa. It also featured as the logo of 'South Africa's Own Car', the Ranger, in the early 1970s. The former South African Prime Minister and architect of apartheid, Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, had a dream to change the then-current Flag of South Africa, remove the three small flags in its center (he objected especially to the British Union Flag being there) and replace them with a leaping Springbok Antelope over a wreath of six proteas. This proposal aroused, however, too much controversy and was never implemented. The Springbok is currently the national animal of South Africa. … Now, I'm not saying these guys are racist by any means. I just find it interesting that where I see "antelope" they see the culturally-loaded springbok. … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTLIfb9K-Q0 Superhotjoy - "Even Numbers" I just checked these guys out and this is a beautiful song. Funny thing, this is this the second song titlde "Even Numbers" that I just heard for the first time tonight. http://giantsonline.blogspot.com/2008/01/they-might-be-giants-have-released.html I just read this on Wikipedia and thought this was positively fascinating. Forgive me if everyone reading this was intimately aware of much significance the springbok held for South Africa, but I simply had to share this. It truly puts these images in a new light.
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The springbok was a national symbol of South Africa under white minority rule (including a significant period prior to the establishment of Apartheid). It was adopted as a nickname or mascot by a number of South African sports teams, most famously by the national rugby union team. It appeared on the emblems of the South African Air Force, the logo of South African Airways (for which it remains their radio callsign), the reverse of the Krugerrand, and the Coat of Arms of South Africa. It also featured as the logo of ‘South Africa’s Own Car’, the Ranger, in the early 1970s.

The former South African Prime Minister and architect of apartheid, Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, had a dream to change the then-current Flag of South Africa, remove the three small flags in its center (he objected especially to the British Union Flag being there) and replace them with a leaping Springbok Antelope over a wreath of six proteas. This proposal aroused, however, too much controversy and was never implemented.

The Springbok is currently the national animal of South Africa.
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Now, I’m not saying these guys are racist by any means. I just find it interesting that where I see “antelope” they see the culturally-loaded springbok.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTLIfb9K-Q0
Superhotjoy – “Even Numbers”
I just checked these guys out and this is a beautiful song. Funny thing, this is this the second song titlde “Even Numbers” that I just heard for the first time tonight. http://giantsonline.blogspot.com/2008/01/they-might-be-giants-have-released.html

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