The Blow Monkeys-inspired 'It Doesn't Have To Be That Way' Art Print Zero-Sum Although it's a Syd Barrett

Although it's a Syd Barrett composition

Satan is the first thing I think about when I think about 'The King of Pain'

This is the scariest vintage retro pulp paperback cover featuring a dog that I cold find

This lovely vintage retro pulp paperback book cover is minimalist and direct

of which I was never a part: I loved the old stuff and had 'Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy' memorized

The Blow Monkeys-inspired 'It Doesn't Have To Be That Way' Art Print Zero-Sum Although it's a Syd BarrettThe coolness of The Blow Monkeys' music is only matched by how sad it is, once you've dug into it. Both their two hit singles offer commentary on the AIDS fueled homophobia of the 80s: this terrific track 'It Doesn't Have To Be That Way' and of course 'Digging Your Scene'. So for this one I went hunting for something that showed, at least in some degree, the terrible darkness of homophobia, and this amazing retro vintage pulp paperback cover shows