The mathematics of album cover art.
That's "the mathematics of album cover art."
Here's an article by David "Zyzzyx" Steinberg regarding the cover art he provided for Trey Anastasio's bonus EP, 18 Steps. 18 Steps comes bundled with pre-orders of the full-length album Bar 17. Got that?
The EP isn't out yet and the final cover art--so far as I know--hasn't been leaked. So what's so special about this? Why a full article?
He was looking for something mathematical that would tie the two albums together; it should be confusing but yet actually mean something. [...] After an initial attempt at finding some fun facts about 17 and 18 - did you know that 17 is an unlucky number in Italy because XVII can be rearranged as VIXI which means, "I lived?" - the obvious approach came to mind. Let's try to take 18 steps to move from 17 to 18 using as much math as possible.
In this article, he describes the exact mathematical process he used to do this, which, as a byproduct, gave 18 Steps its cover art.
Almost makes me wish I could do math.
About this entry
- By Phil Reed
- Posted on Tuesday, September 19 2006 @ 3:09 am
- Categorised in Music
- Tagged with cover art
- 13 comments
> Almost makes me wish I could do math.
ths.
By performingmonkey
September 19, 2006 @ 4:51 am
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*does QI klaxon*
By John Hoare
September 19, 2006 @ 4:53 am
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The clue is in the fact that it's not mathematic.
By Seb
September 19, 2006 @ 10:39 am
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Go on...
By Philip J Reed, VSc
September 19, 2006 @ 12:50 pm
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Why?
By Ian Symes
September 19, 2006 @ 3:54 pm
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Because as soon as I read the post, I predicted the first comment would be about math/maths.
Not that I personally give a tinker's fuck about the differences between American and British English. Each are equally as valid.
By John Hoare
September 19, 2006 @ 3:56 pm
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Ah, I thought you were implying monkey was incorrect, which he isn't, for once. It is Phil that is wrong, the big American cunt.
By Ian Symes
September 19, 2006 @ 4:30 pm
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Does monkey think it should be 'mathths'?
By Cappsy
September 19, 2006 @ 4:41 pm
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It's a Partridge quote.
By Ian Symes
September 19, 2006 @ 4:55 pm
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> It's a Partridge quote.
Indeed it is, one of my favourite moments, even though it was cut.
By performingmonkey
September 19, 2006 @ 5:50 pm
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>It is Phil that is wrong, the big American cunt.
Hey, it's not my fault I couldn't find a job in your crumby country...let me speak the language they way they speak it where I'm stuck.
By Philip J Reed, VSc
September 19, 2006 @ 10:28 pm
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You can come and be my fuck buddy if you want, Phil.
I can pay you FIVE ENGLISH POUNDS A MONTH.
By John Hoare
September 20, 2006 @ 12:10 am
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>let me speak the language they way
Let's face it...I don't make sense on either side of the Atlantic.
By Philip J Reed, VSc
September 20, 2006 @ 12:41 am
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