Hidden Findings discovered in Backspacer Cover (Updated)

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  • mvw
    mvw Posts: 1,700
    No. I just looked back at the picture(posted on pg. 7 of this thread) and the pose is not even close, but the outfit is almost dead on.
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    edited August 2009
    mvw wrote:
    No. I just looked back at the picture(posted on pg. 7 of this thread) and the pose is not even close, but the outfit is almost dead on.

    The pose of Esther Williams with Tom and Jerry (on pg. 8) is much closer. I gotta start looking at the back pages of this thread more often. Thanks for noticing. Do you think the drawing is a combination of different images? The cape in the picture you mentioned, the bottom half (w/ alterations) from the Tom and Jerry pic, and the top half, but tilted, from the one I posted. Plus a swimming cap. It works rather well. Or am I reaching too far? I understand Mr. Tomorrow would alter some things for the sake of composition. I'd still like to see a closer resemblance in the face, though.
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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,894
    PRESENT TIME wrote:
    in number 7 who is the lady in the tv.... and in 8 the red dress is not a dress it is a nitie maybe mrs robinson...
    Without checking, I'm pretty sure Mrs. Robinson's negligee was black.
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  • einatshaul
    einatshaul Posts: 2,219
    Poncier wrote:
    Without checking, I'm pretty sure Mrs. Robinson's negligee was black.
    Black, leopard, no red...

    Maybe it's Mrs. Tomorrow's legs?!!... :?
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  • mvw
    mvw Posts: 1,700
    Poncier wrote:
    PRESENT TIME wrote:
    in number 7 who is the lady in the tv.... and in 8 the red dress is not a dress it is a nitie maybe mrs robinson...
    Without checking, I'm pretty sure Mrs. Robinson's negligee was black.

    I think you're right. When I was checking this before I believe I read black or blue.
  • reflectedfromafar
    reflectedfromafar Posts: 235
    I still think that the legs on the left belong to Farrah, with the image rotated and changed enough to be a woman standing. The red clothing (bathing suit) matches, one leg straight while the other is bent at the knee matches (though the left and right have been switched). Fits for being an iconic sex symbol of the 60's/70's easily as well.

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  • PRESENT TIME
    PRESENT TIME Posts: 52
    Judge Sonia Sotomayor is the lady in the tv.... or what other woman from the past has a close up like that on tv that is famous....
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  • broloco
    broloco Posts: 1,237
    reflectedfromafar wrote:
    I still think that the legs on the left belong to Farrah, with the image rotated and changed enough to be a woman standing. The red clothing (bathing suit) matches, one leg straight while the other is bent at the knee matches (though the left and right have been switched). Fits for being an iconic sex symbol of the 60's/70's easily as well.

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    stretching too much I think. the other legs in the panel are 60s, so the fact that Farah's is 70s doesn't help. I think what you're describing is just a common woman pose.
    we have to keep hunting...
  • robbie
    robbie Posts: 883
    check out red mosquito board thread for johnny guitar find!
  • broloco
    broloco Posts: 1,237
    ^^^^ thanks for the tip

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  • TheJUGGERNAUT29
    TheJUGGERNAUT29 Posts: 160
    I have solved the Red Dress mystery!
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    Haha!
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  • robbie
    robbie Posts: 883
    broloco wrote:
    ^^^^ thanks for the tip

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    so when i first saw the backspacer art i jokingly said to my friend " why does the black guy on the album have to be a pimp? racists bastards!"

    now my friend had to throw it in my face with.." why does a black man on a tricycle in a teal leasure suit have to be a pimp? you racist bastard!"
  • IamMine
    IamMine Posts: 2,743
    robbie wrote:

    so when i first saw the backspacer art i jokingly said to my friend " why does the black guy on the album have to be a pimp? racists bastards!"

    now my friend had to throw it in my face with.." why does a black man on a tricycle in a teal leasure suit have to be a pimp? you racist bastard!"

    :lol::lol::lol:

    It's so funny....but sadistic.

    Wow...I'm amazed that as much diverse friends I have...I am still stereotyping just by looking at this picture and quickly determined he was a pimp.

    Unbelievable...shame one me!
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  • pickupyourwill
    pickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    wow, that's creepy. The black and white photo shows no blood or anything. her face has no sign of pain or blood...anything. eerie serenity. I like the phrase "death's violence and composure".

    it bothers me how she could have killed the driver. he just happened to be in the drug store. this is part of suicide being a selfish act. she thought she was taking only her life, but could have taken the driver or some others out as well. and she totaled the car--poor guy--who's gonna pay for that shit?! :p--just kidding of course. but seriously, I feel bad for the lady's depression taking her that far. its a shame. I just hate how those other lives get overlooked in the process of it all.

    like with 911. they said there were people who were jumping out of the buildings so they wouldn't be burned alive. what about the people they could have landed on escaping the building or those trying to rescue others? now, granted, I can't possibly imagine myself in that situation unless I was actually in it--but I still think I wouldn't have jumped. I honestly think that I would have thought about the other people I might kill by landing on them. anyone else feel me on this one?
  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,076
    consider that the title of this piece is called "Dreams and Memories".

    Dreams are composed by a bunch of random objects and memories that are randomly stored in the brain and then released once you go unconscious, your mind then reinterprets all of those seemingly random objects and gives them new meaning of its own creation.

    Because of that, I feel like the source of these drawings are irrelevent to the picture's underlying meaning and Tom is serving as his own "dream creator" by taking a bunch of random found objects around his home and drawing them into his work collage-style to come up with a dream style landscape based on the album's music.
  • Soulfire42
    Soulfire42 Posts: 404
    Updated with the Johnny Guitar find:

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  • Corey Lynn
    Corey Lynn Posts: 681
    I wonder if Tom Tomorrow was given a copy of the record and just went with the images in his head that came about when listening to the songs. Like a stream of consciousness thing.
    This came to mind when looking at the picture of the human body and the pit and the pendulum in the picture. It reminds me of "The End". I know that some of you heard this at Ed's solo show.
    The pic of the human body could convey how fragile we are.
    Here is a paragraph about the pit and the pendulum that reminded me of this from Wiki:

    "The narrator of the story is deemed guilty for an unnamed crime and put into a completely dark room. He passes out while trying to determine the size of the room. When he wakes up, he realizes there is a large, deep pit in the middle of the room. He loses consciousness again and awakens strapped on his back, unable to move more than his head. He soon realizes there is a large blade-like pendulum hanging above him, slowly getting closer to cutting through his chest. He finds a way to escape but the burning iron walls of his prison start to move and close in on him, pushing him closer and closer to falling into the pit."


    If I knew where it was I would take you there. There's much more than this
  • Black-12
    Black-12 Posts: 249
    Wow, thanks for the info. I was totally drawn to this Image and made it my 10c picture the night of the treasure hunt. The real photo is hauntingly beautiful and traggic at the same time.
  • Dark Star
    Dark Star Posts: 496
    nice find with the "johnny guitar" pimp.

    Here is my contribution to this thread. I didn't know how to embed it, but it's in this link.

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  • Black-12
    Black-12 Posts: 249
    Soulfire42 wrote:
    Updated with the Johnny Guitar find:

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    Thanks for this amazing thread, you guys are very clever. Can't wait to see what is uncovered tomorrow!

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