OLD SOCK VS. FORK IN THE ROAD: Which Album Cover Has The Most IDGAF Old Dude Swag

Neil wins on handwritten font alone

neil why because clapton looks like and is a gigantic prat

neil does have the most iconic handwriting...i wonder how many of his albums use that? a lot of them for sure

neil obv kills clapton on every level, and his cover's "oh hey i shot this with a shitty old nokia phone" is pretty IDGAF....that said...literally calling your album OLD SOCK is kind of incredible

the Clapton font is really really unforgiveable

also Clapton in general is really unforgiveable...

I always die a little inside whenever I have to bite my tongue about him around various relatives

also that Clapton is somehow managing to slightly peer DOWN in that photo is just FUCK OFF

the clapton looks like it was swiftly made with CorelDRAW v. 1.4

the neil looks like the hand-sharpied product of an unhinged mind you'd find in a salvation army five-for-a-buck pile

advantage: neil

I guess what Eric is trying to tell us is that he is an ass:

http://www.heehaw.com/images/logo.png

He is the worst.

someone should turn neil's handwriting into an actual font.

otm

old sock would be a good ilx user name

yeah clapton does look smug as fuck the more i look at it....neil's like all creepin' on u o_O

anyway i voted for neil cuz i would never not vote for neil in anything and certainly not in favor of clapton

otm x 1000

background presence of tropical vegetation ought to be infuriating to any right-minded person

that summer camp font, good god

if i'm being honest i may have made this thread just as an excuse to bitch about eric clapton yet again

it's a living

Trolled by Clapton!

Clapton's cover is way more swag. WAY MORE.

OLD SOCK.

woah chr1s i don't even know u anymore

though i guess the poll is about SWAG, and clapton's looking all pleased with himself, clearly on vacation on his estate on some island, so...

I'm only talking swag, Clapton's has swag, Neil's...not so much

he should have called it COCK SOCKET

Neil's photo looks like he press the photo button while he falling down.

Clapton is getting blown while rich guitar playing lawyers pay huge sums to tell him how cool his tones are

well, no he shouldn't, i just felt like writing that out

xp

He should have called it EASTER ISLAND

Actually the only way I'd ever respect Eric Clapton even a little bit is if he changes the name of this album to I'M AN ASSHOLE

neil - "I wash born here, an I wash raished here, and dad gum it, I am gonna die here, an no sidewindin' bushwackin', hornswagglin' cracker croaker is gonna rouin me bishen cutter."

eric - "this pic was taken on the beach by our summer home in hawaii. not pictured, beach and home obv! :P"

Neil - Yr weird deadbeat uncle trying to figure out how a polaroid camera works
Clapton - VP of yr office on a weekend vacation

do the math

or what al said

neil looks like he got too close to the camera after setting the timer and then just said fuck it and used the photo anyway
clapton looks like the kind of disgusting old men my former roommate used to sleep with

advantage: neil

Love Neil, don't care for Clapton but gotta vote for the latter cause Neil's artwork here feels far more affectedly shitty. Clapton's is just a lapse in taste.

Which is to say, lazy enough to be TRULY IDGAF

Clapton one reminds me of
http://www.manrecordings.com/manrecorder/wp-content/uploads2/2010/11/caetano-veloso_araca-azul1.jpg

Interestingly, Old Sock was originally titled Racist Fucking Piece of Shit.

all these arguments against clapton ironically add to the evidence that he gives less of a fuck. young's cover is somewhat calculated while clapton is effortlessly and repulsively lame.

chilli & chr1s are winning me over i think

To be fair I am peppering yr work email with supporting claims.

We've already put in twice the work the Shakey or Slow-Hand put into their respective album covers

DON'T LISTEN TO THEM m@tt

Clapton's effortlessly says Hi I'm a Right Bloody C--t and whether he did it on purpose or not he's still Eric Clapton therefore he loses

aka the Don Henley equation

it's really the 'swag' part of the equation, being a cunt is often an important part of swag

it's really the 'swag' part of the equation, being a cunt is often an important part of swag

― u r the best magician ever. my bad levitate me pls (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, March 8, 2013 2:35 PM (13 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OTM OTM OTM OTM

Also we all need to step back and think on one thing:

Eric Clapton has a new album. That album is called OLD SOCK. OLD SOCK! SERIOUSLY

This is new?! I had just figured that it was some forgotten thing from the 90s or the 00s.

It comes out next week!

OLD SOCK!!!

Clapton GIVES A FUCK that's why he's a cunt his whole persona is this fake laid back slowhand bullshit and it's a LIE

point:

Clapton GIVES A FUCK that's why he's a cunt his whole persona is this fake laid back slowhand bullshit and it's a LIE

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, March 8, 2013 2:40 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

counterpoint:

OLD SOCK!!!

― chr1sb3singer, Friday, March 8, 2013 2:39 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

IT'S THE NAME OF HIS YACHT

hahahahaha for real?

it sounds true, so let's say yes

>:)

SEE? PLAUSIBLE. THEREFORE = LOSES.

If OLD SOCK is the name of his yacht then I'm selling all my Neil records. THAT IS SWAG AS HELL. THAT'S SOME DRAKE SHIT!

stop it right now

So long "On The Beach"! Hello "461 Ocean Boulevard"!

what is that against neil's door anyway

The reason I think Neil wins this is that I really don't think he took that picture with the intention of it being his album cover, whereas I think the concept behind the OLD SOCK cover was brainstormed in a conference room around a very, very expensive table.

See you in hell "Rust Never Sleeps"! "E.C. Was Here" is my new jam!

what is that against neil's door anyway

a dalek

i can't tell if whatever is against neil's door is leaning or affixed to it. like maybe it's some 2x4's he nailed to the door after he kicked it in the previous night and made a hole.

is that a dog against the door?

a stuffed dog maybe?

see, i get the feeling neil thought this crazy old man photo would be a great cover for his crazy old man music, really set it off, get people looking at it, no mistake

i get the feeling it never occurred to clapton that anyone would object to title old sock in goofball font with vacay pic

careful consideration is not very swag.

Plus, Neil already did the IDGAF SWAG album cover with the cover of "Silver & Gold" taken with a damn Game Boy

we need to talk about Clapton's Jimmy Buffet vibe ie THIS IS WHY HE LOSES

fork in the road cover is a youtube screenshot right? #swag

jimmy buffet has mad swag tho; he's commodified an entire way of life

Clapton :P

Clapton had his pic taken on Tanned Penis Island shortly before Sting's house burned.

hahah

Neil wins on handwritten font alone

― Donkamole Marvin (Shakey Mo Collier), 8. maaliskuuta 2013 20:34

neil does have the most iconic handwriting...

― u r the best magician ever. my bad levitate me pls (upper mississippi sh@kedown), 8. maaliskuuta 2013 20:4

someone should turn neil's handwriting into an actual font.

― fact checking cuz, 8. maaliskuuta 2013 20:57

I think the writing on the cover already is a font. They try to hide it by putting a different "n" in the word "Young", but other than that, all the recurring letters are identical.

yeah yr right
actually hiring some designer to make him his own font would be a TOTAL neil move

scroll down to the bottom here for a couple downloadable neil fonts:

http://www.thesongdog.de/rust.php?cont=art

I voted Clapton because he looks like the bigger cock. I hate him.

crut knows what's up

Clapton missed a golden opportunity to make the "L"s in the title little pictures of old socks. He still would suck to death.

Unless that font is actually crusty, stiffened old socks nailed together. He would then suck slightly less to death.

Re: Old Sock - If I remember correctly, when Clapton released the Journeyman album, the review in Musician Magazine was "Well he wasn't going to call it Hack, was he?"

Xgau, actually:

Journeyman [Duck/Reprise, 1989]
What did you expect him to call it--Hack? Layla and 461 Ocean Boulevard were clearly flukes: he has no record-making knack. So he farms out the songs, sings them competently enough, and marks them with his guitar. Which sounds kind of like Mark Knopfler's. B-

Neil's cover precisely nails that found-object outsider art mystique that chillwavers and underground noise artists have been fetishizing for 10+ years

STILL showing up the kids at their own game in your fifth decade & counting = swag as fuuuuuuuuck

Project high living yacht rock fantasies onto Eric all you want; his cover looks as swag as Stephen Stills

http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/c/crosby-stills-nash/album-csn.jpg

"I'm on a boat motherfucker take a look at me"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xogiUUMy_RU

i apologize if it's already been acknowledged but neil's cover is a screencap from the title track's video, in which he plugs headphones into an apple and shakes it at us while lip syncing.

Neil by a mile.

I feel like this cover is just more of Clapton wishing he was as cool as JJ Cale

Clapton's cover just looks like an old rich dude that wants to make a point to the folks that have picked up the album that he is rich, and you aren't.

I GOT A HAT FOR MY BIRTHDAY = Clapton

http://www.thewaxfactor.com/images/Ry-Cooder-Paradise-And-Lunc-334267.jpg

I feel like the older generation is taking a "well the kids obviously aren't even trying anymore so why should we" stand with these moronic album covers

Old Sock is a great title. Looks like he's on a vast expanse of private property.

Still the ultimate Old Man Swag album cover

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2e/CloudNineCover.jpg

o.t. original troppo

wow @ george harrison

so so swag

http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/019/216/0001921624_500.jpg

the clapton cover is easily the more "I straight do not give a fuck how this looks" in every way - Neil's goin' for something, knows what it is, gets it. Clapton has reached a point of not caring. Neil's is old dude IDGAF swagger. Clapton's is an old dude who does not give a fuck.

that said, yes, "old sock" is a truly incredible album title choice and taken together with that cover should be respected

Streaming ~exclusively~ at the Wall Street Journal:

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/03/05/exclusive-hear-eric-claptons-new-album-old-sock-first/?mod=WSJBlog

Old Sock more like Old Cock, aren't I right?

more like bold rock, this album slays

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

I mean, he could've gone for Old Times, Old Blues, Old Way, Old Man, Old Guitar, Old Blvd., etc., and everyone from Starbucks on up would've been satisfied. But no. He's rattling that gold cage.

He took the picture with his iphone... on holiday... in Antigua.

http://youtu.be/JgKBKNLkyw4

What a yoyo this guy is.

My gf just said he looks like a sex tourist in Thailand.

It was going to be called '50 Years Adrift in an Old Pontoon."

50 Years Adrift in an Old Pontoon VS Old Sock?

Whoa. Bowie named the Clapton album!

ok. i'm done now!

Oh man, if only the Bowie people had put a box with Old Sock on top of 461 Ocean Boulevard.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

The thing is, Clapton entered his lazy old man phase a long time ago, see also:

http://lyricsmusic.name/img/photos/aeric-clapton-timepieces-2.jpg

1. album's presentation as "live" is so dubious that the designer had inverted commas brought in
2. dude has just fucked off and stopped playing to check his watch and/or smoke a cigarette
3. what an asshole

The Clapton album's cover may suck, but it doesn't even compare to the lyric video for the first single in terms of fuck-you hideousness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BekPxUFDDU

2. dude has just fucked off and stopped playing to check his watch and/or smoke a cigarette

I assumed he was timing the awesome sustain he can get

"Boy, I've been doing this racist anti-immigrant rant for seven minutes!"

Love Neil, but Leonard wins for effortless/cool IDGAF + hat

http://www.themortonreport.com/LeonardCohenOldIdeasCover.jpg

Pfft, he's reading, he gives a fuck OLD SOCK REGINS

however, Clapton would beat Neil if these were answers to the family feud clue "things you masturbate into"

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pZVIEJuUqWE/UGSCcoqIqaI/AAAAAAAAEYg/olzQ3hhkw4c/s1600/WN%2526RMOF.jpg
winners

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BelOZxxIMHg/S7Ssf45KHQI/AAAAAAAAj_I/aUsb9bPn6ho/thumbNeil%20Young%20-%20Old%20Ways%201997%20Front.jpg

dude from Wroflmother making an early but inadequate entry for consideration

http://static.tumblr.com/669f7347839d366696db9d8551336fdc/l2vi0xy/5wCmlupqw/tumblr_static_as_ep_cover.jpg

http://img.mp3rally.com/imager/w_500/h_/5af7bac14a31d9aa772aa29e3dfaf02e.jpg

it would take less time to actually hand-write that than to find a clunky "handwriting" font and type it out

To be fair, the same applies to the CGI John Fogerty.

fogerty should inspire "wow, that guy looks great for his age" talk but the haircut and the bandana around the neck are pretty nagl

sony rejected it (those assholes) but leonard cohen originally wanted this to be the cover for ten new songs:

http://1heckofaguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nova-cover-10-new-songs.jpg

wooooow

i love them

van morrison needs to step up his old man game. only "pay the devil" comes close.

if chicago ever throws out a "hot streets" for the 21st century we may be in for radioactively gaudy old man swag

http://amassing2.sakura.ne.jp/image/jacket/large/2013b/23321.jpg

O Slothfingers, when will ye repent thy douchebaggery

Bill Wyman shows the latest wife his custom-built swag, and finds some nice jewelry for her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wDf9K3zJbg

this poll is bullshit, it's just "who do you like better, Neil Young or Eric Clapton"

there are 15 people on ilm who like eric clapton better than neil young?

I was going to say highly unlikely but that is woefully insufficient

Fuck voting for a hat

No but I think there are enough people who would vote based on just thinking Neil Young is cooler than Eric Clapton to sway the poll.

oh god, not the integrity of the old sock vs. fork in the road poll

our very democracy is at stake

neil young definitely looks like he gives less of a fuck but it's a stretch to call it swag

you can swag on my nuts if you think you have a point

lol

lol i heard a song on the radio that i thought was kinda jammin and it turned out to be from Old Sock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BekPxUFDDU

Old Sock is not a bad album!

The late 80s/early 90s AOR chart polls have convinced to explore Clapton's discography in greater depth!

http://media.tumblr.com/7e44bc21279c9da877800288feb96f08/tumblr_inline_ml1nr98aj51qz4rgp.jpg

Bono coming up on the outside:

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BRPu-5yCUAAPTQb.jpg

http://www.davidcrosby.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Croz_Cover-2Asm.jpg?itok=xXVgvwYU

Something weirdly cryingeagle.jpg about that image.

Had a dream about this very thread just last night! I was visiting my sister and Clapton was in the kitchen for some reason, talking on the phone and looking like he looked in the '70s. Meanwhile I was amusing myself by playing the special 4CD expanded version of Zappa's "Freak Out!" in four different players at once so it just sounded like a lot of garbled noise. My brother-in-law came in and asked "What the hell are you listening to?" just as Clapton ended his call and joined us. I pointed to him and said "He's on this record!" (even tho it's actually a different Zappa album I was thinking of) and he said "That's 'Freak Out'!" and laughed and did the "It's God! I See God!" just like he actually does on "We're Only In It For The Money". Then it occurred to me that as long as Clapton was there, I might as well ask him a question about Neil Young just so I could post his reply on this thread (seemed like a good idea) so I addressed him, but for some reason I started stuttering and mumbling and couldn't get the words out. Finally I managed "What do you think of Neil Young?" and he gave a noncommittal "oh, he's all right, y'know". I realized that with all my stuttering I'd come off as some kind of fawning fanboy and that he was giving me a really patronizing answer just to shut me up. I was pissed off but said no more. The end.

Lol

...and now I have a Neil Young dream to contribute! I dreamed I was at his house with my niece - she was attending some kind of children's party for his young kids. He entered the house dressed in a pinstripe suit and running shoes, complaining about his commute home from the office: "That drive, that drive..." I was aware that he'd taken a position in the A&R dept of some record company and asked him "How do you like your new job?" He grinned and nodded a few times and said, "My focus is on the mind," then turned away. I pondered his answer for a few seconds, then his wife took me aside and advised me not to pay him any mind - he didn't understand my question, and in fact was almost totally deaf.

woah.

btw i just remembered i meant to post the back cover photo to Under The Red Sky by Bob Dylan on this thread:

http://johannasvisions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/under-the-red-sky-back.jpg

nice kicks bob

only thing that could improve it is if they were Reebok Pumps

feel like peter buck saw this thread and was inspired
http://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/peter-buck.jpg?w=800

is he wearing leopard print underwear over his slacks?

that willie nelson & roger miller upthread really is the game-ender on this front

feel like peter buck was also inspired by the "Horrible 70s album titles like I've Got My Own Album To Do" thread. wonder what his ILM username is.

that cover is awesome

You could've left us guessing a little longer, Peter, sorry "Doctor"

hahah

yeah buck's definitely not givin a fucc...jaunty stance, just wedged the bike in between 2 rocks, threw that straw hat on the ground, no worries

Thanks for reviving this, I needed it.

also i think that album was only released on vinyl, he doesn't even care if you hear it

shoulda named it I Just Don't Give A Buck

still no bucks given

Old Sock. Seriously.

Old Sock.

The Buck cover is calculated as shit...not having it.

Old Buck

is it more or less punk rock than 'monster'

I think Peter Buck was on record saying that if it was up to him
REM albums wouldnt even have any artwork, just white space, and something to distinguish it from the last album, as if he was talking about Chicago albums or whatever

Although maybe the White Album has kind of ruined that for everyone else

I get that, REM album covers were pretty consistently bad, imo.

step back

http://www.clashmusic.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_feature/public/field/image/10559777_10152629792329644_3684191939279121399_n.jpg

lenny wins

he is so thin!

same photographer's shadow (and red duplication) as the last album WHAT DOES IT MEAN

http://www.nme.com/images/gallery/2012LeonardCohenOldIdeas260112.jpg

i wish he was wearing the same suit

that is a pretty good one, but the dgaf ante would be upped if he wasn't looking so dapper. break out the hawaiian shirt, cohen!

That'd be a major uphill battle against Jimmy Buffett, the John Coltrane of dgaf Hawaiian shirt album covers.

yea he is too well-dressed to not give a fuck

dig his goatee though!

i think you guys don't realize he probably goes to sleep in a suit, it's not a sign of "effort"

more buck
http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Peter-Buck.jpg

the hell?

Holding Cramps vinyl = trying too hard

more like peter suck

Buck's going for this 70 year old lifer thing and im like, yeah, you could be doing something better than this. Even down to the forgettable garage rock stuff.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kt-Jz4vcyM/VjTuZk6oPJI/AAAAAAAALE8/Lhs3crNGiRI/s1600/Elton-John-Wonderful-Crazy-Night.jpg

Lolll

haha

this is a great poll

I can't tell if that is an actual album cover or a meme, which is probably the point, good work Elton.

Still

OLD SOCK!

Engineer:"Well, Eric I just love the mix, think everything is sounding great...say what are you going call this one?"
Clapton: "Old Sock"
Engineer: "...huh."

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/A1R4M8utp7L._SX522_.jpg

Has there been a "pointless" round for "Neil Young Albums" ?

(I know there's been a "songs on Leonard Cohen's Greatest Hits" round)

For a sec I thought that Clapton painting was signed by Peter Buck

http://www.icenews.is/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/eric-700x525.jpg

http://www.icenews.is/2016/08/06/eric-clapton-lands-the-biggest-salmon-of-the-summer/#axzz4Ggi8eLmM

old sockeye

was reading that expecting "lands-the-biggest-salmon-of-his-career," or perhaps "biggest-salmon-since-blood-on-the-tracks"

that is one really big fucking fish tho

type of fish that needs a fisherman with a slowhand, a fisherman with a gentle touch

Lay Down Salmon

The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers

http://i.imgur.com/LlfI1iC.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0Lgfvkc.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/it6YO8L.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nVCi3QB.jpg

fuck, you may as well decide for yourself:

http://www.craftweb.org/web/ed/music.html

this man fucks

this man fucks

― goole, Monday, November 14, 2016 10:57 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he'd be a good host for the inauguration ball.

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61ZcrxVrjOL._SS500.jpg

trying too hard imo

You think!? It's completely unnatural and unconvincing.

Is this a genre?

it's a great cover, I just find the whole setting with the bike a bit trying to hard - if Cliff truly dngaf he would've been in his kitchen or smth

Old Dude Swag levels are off the charts though

This thread is about idgaf swag complete opposite

https://i.imgur.com/uMrFaBq.png

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DYLYsvHVAAMLsNW.jpg

Lyme disease - era Neil

-max Realness achieved-

dgaf swag on:

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Jimmy-Wes.jpg

comic sans swag

https://imgur.com/5lQSGqi

https://i.imgur.com/5lQSGqi.jpg

not nearly enough old dude swag to pull that off imo

kinda cool/amazing that jim kweskin is still releasing albums though

also amazing that Mel Lyman's cult/commune is still going strong 50+ years after its inception (albeit with less murder and mayhem these days). afaik Kweskin still makes a living with the construction company that grew out of it

Dave Gilmour's Spotify pic

https://i.scdn.co/image/e0f9457be19be371905ea704c9fa67614e00fe82

that pic exudes "figured out how to live" energy (the piles of money helped with that I'm sure)

but the eyes say "syd knows i betrayed the true psych vibes"

I wonder if he calls that guitar, "Precious".

ehhh

https://img.discogs.com/QYetJ3f-TIYmqoQcXL0H3B18CwA=/fit-in/600x589/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-20180788-1631274263-6408.jpeg.jpg

https://imgc.artprintimages.com/img/print/study-after-velazquez-s-portrait-of-of-pope-innocent-x-c-1953_u-l-f2hviy0.jpg?artHeight=550&artPerspective=n&artWidth=550&background=fbfbfb

Slothfingers and Can’t

Joni bringing the Old Dudette Swag

https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_640,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F__ss-rehost__IG-CX6rJCvFFyH.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/uO3OVrS.jpg

https://media.gettyimages.com/id/556621337/photo/portrait-of-from-left-american-blues-musicians-bb-king-john-lee-hooker-and-willie-dixon-at-the.jpg?s=612x612&w=gi&k=20&c=_LIgv3L5cn1Bm0P5tZyCa72gSG1U1lmr9pIh62nzuFE=

The cover photo to the new Graham Nash album looks like it was taken during a court-mandated wellness check.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ft8CD6sWcCE1le7.jpg

J. Mascis bringin' it:

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTlVGa5xDEHbeqXFvpraG_0j9Mt1_fmvB_68A&s

Full-Size: https://www.instagram.com/p/C-BFr0eRq0w/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

New Clapton delivers...

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music211/v4/83/86/e1/8386e1cb-aa27-63cf-ab0b-44cb1c62bb1b/198588273616.jpg/600x600bf-60.jpg

Hey slothfingers, get the fuck out of my coffee shop

Old Fork vs Sock in the Road

Old fuck

Old fuck vs Cuck in the Road

The Original Rat

Giving Old Sock a go at the laziest album cover...

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music211/v4/83/86/e1/8386e1cb-aa27-63cf-ab0b-44cb1c62bb1b/198588273616.jpg/600x600bf-60.jpg

lol Mercury Records logo

I do feel like he’s trying to tell us something with these covers

Didn’t we cover this somewhere else? I remember ragging on it

maybe, sorry, just saw it myself this morning and instantly thought of this thread

It's literally the first post in this revive.

is that meat in his pocket?

oh, I'm getting a broken image link there. fine, a mod can delete my post.

After Armani Clapton and Antigua Clapton, has he entered a phase of Connecticut Small Town Clapton (But A Bucket Hat to Keep a Low Profile)?

Without googling his current status, I imagine a new wife a few decades his junior taking this photo.

The Clapton cover really needs a half-completed crossword or sudoku on the table to achieve full old man coffeeshop.

Or maybe a bookmarked mass-market paperback, a Tom Clancy or John Grisham.

He probably quit doing crosswords when all the papers went woke.

I went down to the crossword, tried to flag a ride