Jay Novak, genius [citation needed]

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2018 winner of the Nobel Prize for best costume. Top 2% on pets.com. He/him.

Go-Go’s Beauty and the Beat plays on the record player. The cover features a posterized photo of the band, all wearing towels and beauty masks.
Kris Kristofferson’s Spooky Lady’s Sideshow on the player. The cover features a washed out image of Kris, smiling. With a poster for the sideshow behind him.
Dylan’s Empire Burlesque plays on the turntable. The cover features Bob Dylan and his hair. He’s wearing a patterned grey jacket.
Album cover of In The Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel.
Cartoonish illustration of Goose Rider. He is an anthropomorphic goose on a flaming motorcycle. He's thinking to himself "Maybe I'll just catch a movie tonight." This illustration is from Marvel Tails #1, and was drawn by Steve Mellor.
Bowie’s Pinups album plays on the turntable. The cover features Bowie and the model Twiggy, both topless (but no naughty bits showing), with their faces painted like Bowie’s Ziggy/Aladdin Sane era.
Fly Like an Eagle plays on the turntable. The cover shows Steve Miller absolutely shredding on the guitar. Hair is whipping.
Image of a salt grinder. The end of the grinder looks like the part of an eye wash that you put against your eye.
Cody Rhodes as Stardust in his gold and black outfit.
Janis Ian’s Between the Lines plays on the record player. The cover features a close up of Janis, looking into the camera pensively, against a lake at sunrise (or sunset).
The back of Gendo Ikari's head. The caption reads "Not a problem. The spare pilot will arrive shortly."
The National - Boxer on the record player. The cover is a black and white shot of the band performing on a stage at what looks like a dance or a wedding reception.
A white and grey vinyl record plays on the turntable. The cover, which identifies it as Murder by Death’s Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon depicts a moon rising out of the water. In the foreground, pine trees are silhouetted. Rays of light shine from the moon.
The United Colors of Trouble Books plays on the record player. The cover is a stamped drawing of a house in black paint. There are stamped ovals of primary colors all over the image. The title appears at the top.
Dylan’s New Morning on the record player. The cover is a sepia-toned image of Dylan, looking beardy.
Rio plays on the record player. The cover is maroon and features a stylized drawing of a lady from the 80s. The 1980s. This is a 1980s lady in the most 1980s way possible.
Fear of Music by Talking Heads plays on the record player. The cover is a textured charcoal-grey pattern that looks like industrial diamond plate flooring.
Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea plays on the record player. The cover is an image from a late 1800s/early 1900s postcard of a mother and son in the sea. They are waving. The mother’s head has been replaced with a drum because surrealism.
Carpenters’ self-titled album plays on the record player. The cover looks like a beige envelope with “Carpenters” printed in brown.
Record player playing Revengeance by Conan. The cover is a drawing of an armored person with a vulture on his arm. He is behind three wolves that seem to be hunting prey for him.
Record player playing Let’s Dance. The cover depicts Bowie dressed like he’s training to be a boxer.
Record player playing Ufomammut - Oro. The cover is black and gold with an elaborate design featuring geometric shapes, wings, skulls, and a hooded woman with horns. It’s all very occult-coded.
Record player playing Bob Dylan and the Band - Before the Flood. The cover depicts a crowd at a concert, in the dark. Many people hold up lighters, illuminating the crowd like a starfield.
Jackson Browne - The Pretender plays on a record player. The cover of the album depicts Browne, in a a white t-shirt and tan pants, walking down a busy street, the sidewalk packed with people.
White vinyl record on a record player. The album is Olivia Rodrigo’s You Seem Pretty Sad… The cover depicts Olivia in a pink dress against a blue sky background. She is upside down, swinging on a swing.
John Vanderslice’s Time Travel is Lonely plays on the turntable. The cover is a grading of an icy expanse. The sky is dark purple, but turns pink at the horizon, as if it is dawn or dusk. The silhouette of a wrecked ship sits in the middle of the ice.
Blondie’s AutoAmerican plays on the turntable. The cover features a painting of the band standing against a ledge on a city rooftop. Huh. I never noticed that it was a painting.
Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks plays. The cover has a maroon band on the left with the title and artist, and the rest of the image is a blown-up photo of Dylan, in profile, taken from far away. The image is grainy and almost looks like an illustration.
The Cars self-titled album on the record player. The cover is a woman’s face, close up. She is driving (as evidenced by the steering wheel in front of her) and holding her arm across her forehead as if shielding herself from oncoming headlights. She’s smiling.
Record on record player. Cover features the band Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show in a bar, in black and white.
The silver tongued devil and I by Kris Kristofferson is on the record player. The cover depicts Kristofferson on a brown jacket and blue jeans against a white background.
Image of a record player playing Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run. The cover depicts Bruce in black and white, wearing a leather jacket and holding a guitar. He is leaning on, and looking off camera at, saxophonist Clarence Clemons. Clarence’s shoulder is all that can be seen of him (though he is on the back cover).
Slow Season’s Mountain plays on the record player. The record is translucent red vinyl. The album cover is a black and white (but mostly grey) image of a river or maybe a road at the valley of several mountains.
Image from a Warhammer Quest game. It depicts a witch hunter in a bright yellow coat and a ridiculous pilgrim hat.
The Beatles ‘65 sits on the record player. The cover features a grey background with the 4 lads sitting in chairs with umbrellas. Below them are 3 more pics of them holding various props. They’re wacky!
Bonnie Hunt, Andy Lauer, Michael McKean, Joel Murray, John Neville, John Randolph, Pamela Reed, and Sara Rue in Grand (1990). Some of them are wearing suits and look rich. Some are wearing clothes the average person would wear in 1990. Pam reed has a feather duster, signifying she is a maid.
Cosmic Ark on Atari 2600. A pink-and-purple "Ark" sits against a starfield. An asteroid is approaching the Ark from the bottom. The score area reads 1982(c) Imagic, indicating that the game is in "attract mode." Imagic was a game company founded by disgruntled Atari employees, including Cosmic Ark (and 2600's Missile Command) designer Rob Fulop. Just a bit of trivia for those who read alt-text.
The Radiohead Kid A Mnesiac collection is on the record player. The cover depicts an icy mountain landscape with a black and red sky, along with the title Kid A Mnesiac, a portmanteau of Kid A and Amnesiac.
Soul Coughing-Ruby Vroom Remixes is on the record player. The cover depicts a 1950s-looking woman in a space suit. It’s a black and white image with a rich blue filter. If you’ve seen the original Ruby Vroom album, this image is from the same photo shoot as that one, I’d be willing to bet.
The album “the Early Beatles” plays. The cover shows the Beatles in the woods, looking up at the camera. What are they doing in the woods? Why are they dressed in all black? Are they in a cult? Probably.
Dr. Hook by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show is on the turntable. The cover depicts a black and white image of the band, looking very 70s-stoner-country-rock. One member has an eye patch, and while you would be forgiven for thinking that he is “Dr. Hook”, it is actually Ray Sawyer.
Bunny Kingdom Town game in progress. A few building tiles have been placed.
Melvin’s-Tribute to David Bowie sits on the turntable. It’s a clear red and white 7 inch. The cover is on tan cardstock and has a screen-printed drawing of a psychotic looking man
Pink vinyl on the record player. The jacket reads “I ONLY LISTEN TO THE MOUNTAIN GOATS” in white against a blue background.
Mates of State - Crushes plays on the record player. The cover features a closeup of Jason and Kori in glasses.
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper plays on the turntable. The jacket features the Beatles in colorful military band costumes surrounded by cardboard cutouts and wax figures of famous people.
I’m mage of Progressive Field. The Guardians are playing the Yankees.
The Mountain Goats - Bleed Out plays on the record player. The jacket looks like an Italian movie poster and features police detectives looking over bodies at a crime scene. In blocky yellow letters, it reads “BLEED OUT.”
Guitar Wolf’s T-Rex From a Tiny Space Yojouhan on a record player. The cover shows Guitar Wolf himself (lead singer/guitarist of the band Guitar Wolf) playing guitar against a yellow background. Writing, in Japanese, is scratched in red across the image. Guitar wolf has a tail like a T-Rex, or maybe Godzilla. The image, like the music on the album, is loud.
Bowie’s Diamond Dogs plays on the record player. The cover features a panting of Bowie in makeup and a red mullet laying on a stage beside a painting of pale blue women. It’s kind of unsettling.
Lou Reed - Rock N Roll Animal plays on the record player. The cover depicts a blurry, yellow-tinted image of Lou Reed in his black and white make up, looking pretty goth-punk, especially because this was 1974.
Linda Ronstadt’s Simple Dreams is on the record player. The jacket is a grainy photo of Ronstadt in a robe, sitting at a vanity table, looking away from the mirror.
Jethro Tull’s Aqualung is on the turntable. The cover depicts an old man wandering lonely. He stands in an alley, holding his shabby clothes to himself. He looks at something off camera, with a creepy, maybe lustful expression, like maybe he’s eyeing little girls with bad intent.
David Bowie - Young Americans is in the record player. The jacket features an image of Bowie looking out against a black background. He seems to be backlit-the light creates an aura throughout his hair. He is smoking a cigarette, making him a poor role model for the young Americans. Also, there is a $1 sticker on the jacket, which is how much I paid for it several years ago.
Bob Dylan’s first album sits on the record player. The cover features a young Dylan looking at the camera and holding a guitar. He looks smug. His face is punchable.
Mates of State - Re-arrange Us sits on the record player. The cover is dark brown and features black and white framed pictures of Jason and Kori from the band.
God Help the Girl soundtrack sits on the record player. The jacket depicts actors Emily Browning, Olly Alexander, and Hannah Murray in black and white, with an olive filter over it.
Record player playing ELO- Time. Cover shows a small globe that says “ELO” against a starry background. There is a droplet splashing in the star field, revealing it to be liquid. Toward the bottom, the liquid star field had receded exposing a pink surface underneath.
Jay’s turntable playing Wings-At the Speed of Sound. The jacket sits on top of the player and features a marquee background with red letters spelling Wings at the Speed of Sound. At least, I think it’s a marquee.
The sleeve for Gorillaz - The Mountain sits on the record player (because the gatefold made it looks weird standing). It depicts the band standing on a mountain looking away from the viewer, towards an endless field of clouds.