Wed 6 Apr 2011
Cover my cover
Posted by PJ under blood geek, covers, poll
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Picture this: a long shot of a carnival, all brightly lit against the darkness, glowing in the background. A tall, well-built man with auburn hair stands in the foreground with his back to “the camera.” He wears a white 30s-vintage shirt and black gaberdine pants with suspenders. Perhaps he wears a bowler hat, perhaps a fedora. In one hand, he holds a hammer; in the other, he holds a rose. No wait, he holds the hammer and the rose in the same hand. Then what’s the other hand doing? And a bowler? Seriously? Fedoras? Aren’t those too Indiana Jones? Oh wait, this is a period piece set in the 30s? Maybe that might make a difference…
What’s he holding and wearing?
- I like the hammer in one hand, the rose in the other.
- I like the hammer and the rose in one hand. You don’t need the other hand to be doing anything.
- I don’t mind bowlers.
- I like fedoras better.
- Haven’t fedoras been done to death?
- Bowlers make me think of Laurel and Hardy.
- Bowlers make me think of Magritte.
- But seriously, the hammer in one hand, the rose in the other.
- I ain’t kidding: the hammer and rose in one hand.
- Something else which I’ll talk about in the comments.
