MDMD[0] - Phantastick speculations re Cover

Bruce Appelbaum Bruce_Appelbaum at chemsystems.com
Mon Jun 2 10:54:21 CDT 1997


     A while back, I posted my thoughts on the cover:
     
     Just looking at the front, it could just as easily be Manson & Nixon.
     
     How's that for paranoia?


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Subject: MDMD[0] - Phantastick speculations re Cover
Author:  "B.Tufail" <B.Tufail at qmw.ac.uk> at Internet
Date:    6/2/97 12:43 PM


I don't know if anyone's commented on this before, 
or if it's a ludicrous notion...
     
Son & Xon - on the cover - anticipates the dedication: 
*Son* referring to Jackson, obviously, and *Xon* being a
pseudo-phonetic rendition of the second syllable of Jackson - 
son's first name and wife's maiden name.
     
Far-fetched?
(the *AI* on the spine is tempting, as is the MD on the back - 
artificial intelligence, mom & dad...?) - 
     
There goes a wild goose, I'm after it.



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