MV

@suzerain.bsky.social

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At heart, a problem solver. Most often that manifests in my work in product development, but I like thinking about anything. Interests: music, media, running, technology, programming, game theory, geopolitics, design, art and the future.

cover art: By Your Side – Sade A photo of the artist…with half of her face out of frame. She’s wearing an expression that you can project a lot into. Loving? Cheeky? Sultry? Choose your adventure.
cover art: Schism – Tool An artistic play on a medical drawing: a human from the chest up, facing forward but looking right. There’s no skin, and parts of the inner anatomy are visible (veins, esophagus, brain, etc.). Along the right is a series of (third) eyes and spirals.
cover art: 10,000 Days – Tool An abstraction of the four-faced buddha peppered with loads of “third eyes” and spirals.
cover art: Tear You Apart – She Wants Revenge A red background with black text of title and band. Title is in lower left, in lowercase Eurostile (retrofuturist font). Band name larger, centered, dominating the top half of the space, as if handwritten in magic marker.
cover art: Evil – Interpol A black background, on which is superimposed a white square with a red half circle at the keft wedge, as if inset, the band name in white, and title in red. The font is clean and modern, almost like a corporate logo. Minimalist.
cover art: White Pony – Deftones A gray background with a white outline of a horse shape in the lower right. Minimalist.
cover art: 3 Libras – A Perfect Circle A mostly purple backdrop, with variations in Lightness to appear textured, with a circular pattern of some inscrutable font or series of symbols. Perhaps it makes sense, I don’t know…and there’s a large abstract logo of sorts, made from swirled shapes, shaped as if made by a fountain pen although they are vector art.
cover art: 2 + 2 = 5 – Radiohead A kind of hand-painted (or maybe marker?), graphically interesting collage incorporating some of the song lyrics. Feels hand-crafted.
cover art: A Woman’s Worth – Alicia Keys A color photo of the artist, from the waist up, reclining on a green leather couch. She’s dressed in brown.
cover art: 将爱 – 王菲 A mostly white background with splotches of color in pink, green and yellow. A color photo of the artist in a voluminous white, also “splotched” dress is in the foreground.
cover art: Daniel – Bat For Lashes A color photo of the artist topless on a beach, facing away from us but looking back at us over her shoulder. Someone’s face (Daniel’s?) is painted on her back.
cover art: Strict Machine – Goldfrapp A color photo of the lead singer, in a small black…erm…top hat (I don’t know my hats), being embraced from behind by another woman in a bunny mask.
cover art: Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo A color photo of the artist, with her head resting against her hand.
cover art: Make You Feel That Way – Blackalicious A (perhaps Masai?) warrior and maybe his son in a desert, but outfitted with modern acoutrements like a modern bow, hiking boots, headphones, and wires.
cover art: Three More Days – Ray LaMontagne A yellow-tinted photo of a solitary tree in a field. It’s a bit blurry and mysterious or creepy.
cover art: Business Time – Flight Of The Conchords A somewhat cartoonish view of the surface of the moon, with the Earth in the sky. Bret and Jemaine (we assume) are tiny figures in the bottom right, standing on the surface of the moon in spacesuits.
cover art: 7/4 (Shoreline) – Broken Social Scene A simple, almost childlike, black and white drawing of a skyline in the lower left with a large yellow/orange sky above.
cover art: Beautifully Human: Words And Sounds Vol. 2 – Jill Scott A color photo of the artist as a little girl, hair in pigtails.
cover art: The Temptress – The Flies A silhouette of a woman in front of a crimson red background.
cover art: Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Title and band name in white on top of a painting of some white flowers against a dark red and black background.
cover art: Rocksteady – Remy Shand A color photo of the artist coming down the stairs of a stoop in front of a building.
A snippet of a performance from Gotts Street Park with Olive Jones on vocals. This was shot on July 1, 2026 at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal.
cover art: Take A Message – Remy Shand A color photo of the artist outdoors, woods behind him. It has been tinted yellow. He’s wearing a loose knit cap and sunglasses.
cover art: Beautiful Emilie – Keziah Jones A collage, in shared of red and pink on white, of pictures of the artist, what appears to be his songwriting notes, and a woman at the center with a target superimposed on her. Emilie, I presume.
cover art: Je ne te connais pas – Prototypes A photo of the band illustrating the maxim "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”, with one covering his mouth, one covering his eyes, and one covering her ears. Title and band name superimposed over a red smear of paint (or something). Feels “indie”.
cover art: Wires – Athlete A sculpture made out a door, from the side, with several things shoved into a hole in the door that looks to have been smashed out. There’s one thick cable-like wire coming from the grouping of junk; perhaps it’s supposed to be some fantastical electrical device.
cover art: Up Against The Wall Motherfuckers – The Icarus Line An “insane”, stylized typographic representation of the band name in upper left, on top of an olive green and red design…perhaps a closeup of some painted pattern or something.
a medium shot of a very cute cat
cover art: Take Your Mama – Scissor Sisters Tough to describe: an illustration showing a woman being dragged into a kind of rainbow vortex with a face in it by a green tentacle coming out of a purple classic 1950s car. It’s weird.
cover art: 99 Problems – Jay-Z A closeup black and white photo of the artist, looking fairly serious.
cover art: Black Sweat – Prince A side profile of Prince as a silhouette in front of an abstract multi-colored background.
cover art: Stand Your Ground – Little Barrie A dark cover with tan typography of band and album name in a sort of modernized American western style.
cover art: 真夜中は純潔 – 椎名林檎 A closeup photo of the artist. Her ear is pierced many times, and she’s wearing a hat adorned by plastic fruit. Contact lenses change her eyes to a steel grey or light blue.
cover art: The Way I Feel – Remy Shand A minimalist modern style, with sans-serif typography, and a white background leaving lots of negative space. There are photos of a keyboard, clavinet and mixing board across the bottom.
cover art: After Hours – Rahsan Patterson A black and white photo of the artist, as a reflection, with a large red circle superimposed on the left-middle part of it.
cover art: Knives Don’t Have Your Back – Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton A brown background with title and artist names in a simple black serif font.
cover art: The Woods – Sleater-Kinney A painting of a stage, with the curtains open to reveal a forest behind.
The title card for the sitcom “Muscle”, which appeared for half a season in 1995 on The WB in the United States.
cover art: Equus – Blonde Redhead The title, band name and track listing in stylized typography inside an oval with an ornate border. This is designed to appeal to the design and art rock crowd.
cover art: When The Trickster Starts A-Poking (Bordello Kind Of Guy) – Gogol Bordello A mixed media collage of people performing or dancing with various abstract graphical elements. Conjures the vibe of a zine, suggests chaotic movement.
cover art: They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top – Liars A line drawing of a room (as a cube). Inside is a bed with a stain (blood?) on it, and a human form lies outside the cube, as if on top of the ceiling, also with a stain (again, blood?) underneath.
cover art: The Rainbow Children – Prince A stylized, surreal painting of a jazz band jamming.
cover art: Skyscraper National Park – Hayden A shaded pencil drawing of a moose from the front, with his head turned to the right. As if sketched on a low quality recycled paper.
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cover art: 加爾基 精液 栗ノ花 – 椎名林檎 A fine china teacup, with the name of the artist and album printed on paper next to it.
cover art: Dirty Work – The Rolling Stones A very eighties photo of the band, in bright primary colors, lounging on or around a mint green sectional piece. Gives off the distinct vibe of cheese...
cover art: Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With – King Crimson A sort of painting in a unique style of a couple sitting on the couch watching TV. The kids are peering over the couch from behind.
cover art: Hot Shots II – The Beta Band A starry field with what is perhaps an explosion seen from above superimposed, and album title and band name in metallic, bejewelled 3D type.
A map of a portion of British Columbia with only two towns highlighted: Smithers and Burns Lake.
cover art: Hit The Floor – Breakestra The band sitting in and on a white classic car up on one of the hills overlooking Los Angeles.
cover art: Supermodified – Amon Tobin An abstract design. Is it metallic? Maybe…who knows. Dark and mysterious.
This image captures the three Kryptonian villains from the classic film *Superman II* standing outside on a dirt terrain. In the center is General Zod, a man with a short, neat beard and mustache, looking forward with a cold, commanding expression. He stands with a wide, powerful stance, his arms held behind his back. He is dressed in a black fabric tunic featuring a deep V-neckline trimmed with a shiny, dark blue-black material. His black trousers are tucked into high, black leather boots. To the left stands Ursa. She has short, dark hair and a stern expression, posing with her hands planted firmly on her hips. Her black outfit mirrors Zod's with a deep V-neck, but includes open slits along the upper sleeves that expose her shoulders. Her trousers taper into sleek, knee-high black boots. To the right stands Non, a large, imposing man with a thick, unruly head of dark hair and a full beard. He stands with a menacing glare, his massive arms crossed tightly over his chest. His attire matches the others, consisting of a dark, heavy tunic and trousers tucked into thick, bulky black boots. The trio is positioned on a flat, light-colored dirt clearing. Directly behind them is a sparse landscape that transitions into a thick line of green evergreen trees. A single, dark wooden utility pole stands in the open ground between Ursa and General Zod. The sky above is a flat, muted gray, casting an even, shadowless light over the entire scene.
cover art: Van Lear Rose – Loretta Lynn A photo of the artist in one of the trademark poofy dresses (I lack technical terms), leaning against a tree with her guitar in front of a farmhouse.
cover art: Cut Off! – Re-TROS [重塑雕像的权利] A black, grey and white surrealist scene, which looks as if drawn or painted. A faceless man in a bowtie is in the foreground, and a couple other figures stand in the background. It’s as if stage curtains have opened to reveal the scene behind.
cover art: Cut Off! – Re-TROS [重塑雕像的权利] A black, grey and white surrealist scene, which looks as if drawn or painted. A faceless man in a bowtie is in the foreground, and a couple other figures stand in the background. It’s as if stage curtains have opened to reveal the scene behind.
cover art: Lateralus – Tool An abstract artwork: multicolored, a human body with no skin, vessels and muscles showing, and an eye in the palm of an outstretched hand held aloft. Behind, a spiral of eyes makes a backdrop.
cover art: A Long Walk – Jill Scott A photo of the artist in a black dress, joyful smile on her face, in front of a yellow backdrop.
cover art: 波動 – Ajico A photo of the band on a city street overlayed with a white childlike drawing of a long sort of bird/bug creature, and some flower petals coming from the top.
cover art: Bubblegum – Mark Lanegan Band Plain black, with “Mark Lanegan Band” in grey caps at upper right.
cover art: Untitled (How Does It Feel?) – D’Angelo A digitally altered version of the artist’s face, made to look like it was painted. Title text appears lower left, in a graffiti-style font.