I know insufferably cutesy, jam-friendly singer-songwriter Mraz is the kind of artist who attracts one of those scary collegiate tour-circuit cults that snaps up every bootleg, but can said cult really be large enough to offset the number of potential new listeners destined to pass over this creepy-ass scribble portrait on the Best Buy new release racks? Lean times for label art departments, but even an Ashlee-style sticker booth portrait couldn’t have cost that much.
Why is Michael Stipe wearing that silly hat?
This will also help police identify the guy from the swing-resurgence era who’s now breaking into people’s apartments and stealing their athsma inhalers.
@tigerpop: It’s Jandek.
@Dick Laurent is dead.: Not blurry enough.
Daniel Johnston homage, surely
I dunno, I’d imagine this cover would attract exactly the sort of demographic Mraz would look to attract. E.g. people in coffee houses and people wearing tight brown suit jackets.
@Dick Laurent is dead.: I am now thinking of a scenario in which an error at the manufacturing plant causes all copies of “We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things” to actually contain the music from “The Myth of Blue Icicles.”
I will stop at nothing to make this happen.
Imitating Al Hirschfeld is not flattery.
@Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee: In an ideal world…hah.
@Ned Raggett: True, and too much information on the cover.
Look into his eyes … you’re getting sleepy … buy Jason Mraz CD … it would be a good idea to buy another as a spare … this is NOT eleigible for worst cover of the year … vote for Nuge instead … when you hear finger snap, you’ll awake feeling refreshed …
Don’t look into his eyes, MY GOD, WHATEVER YOU DO, DON’T LOOK INTO HIS EYES.
I actually think it’s a reference to the artists rendering in this video:
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The picture is at the :42 mark in the clip.
I wanna know where the gold at.
Oh shoot, SilentSid beat me to it. :P
Dude’s got pug-dog eyes.
But but but… it’s ART, innit??
The ASimp cover got changed, by the way. This is AAAAAHT and is SACROSANCT.
@af607105: charlotte gainsbourg?
Music’s good.
I believe you should remove the word “cover” in the headline.
All the best artists get a good amount of hate. He's better live and acoustic anyways.
Jason Mraz > Anyone who's ever made music + Everyone else
U mad