Apparently, the stuntman on the cover of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here album passed away recently, so I saw a lot of blog posts and sponsored posts featuring that album cover, including this interesting juxtaposition on Facebook:
Who says AIs don’t have a sense of humor? Not unlike mine, which is basically throw a lot of chum out there, and someone will laugh at something.
You know, I first got that album on cassette–and later a remaster on CD–and at those sizes, it was not clear that it was an actual photograph. I thought it was artwork or manipulated. But it was a photograph, and apparently it took more than one attempt to get the final product (see Ed Driscoll’s post on Instapundit here).
I think it’s my favorite Pink Floyd album.
Were I twee millenial-or-lesser, I’d say it gives me the feels, but if I ever say “the feels,” understand it’s code for something is wrong. The song does touch me, though, and reminds me of friends I’ve lost.
