Dead Cities turns 20

T-88



I just noticed, there are really too much pictures of close-up glass (and things that look like glass) in this book...

[Ross]

Much like the ISDN White booklet, they love their textures.

Oh, and to answer a previous question - 1871 was their PO box address. It's mentioned a lot on their early transmissions - London W10 5ZL.

T-88



I just noticed, there are really too much pictures of close-up glass (and things that look like glass) in this book...

So, are you suggesting that there's actually something WRONG with FSOL?

Blasphemy!

T-87



- I'll ask again - Is that sphere some landmark in London ?

[mcbpete]

I can't remember when the building was completed, but it *could* be a photoshopped/spherized version of The Gherkin:

*could be Pete,
but Wikipedia says that building was all post-1999...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_St_Mary_Axe

[mcbpete]

Balls, yeah knew it was recentish but not as late as that ... Scrap that then !

[Ross]

I've often wondered about that sphere - the one above I always thought was hand-drawn for some reason, something about the greyscale version just lacks any actual depth, looks 2D. The one that graces the cover of Teachings, however, it looks a bit too good for '96 CG (or at least the sort they could afford throughout the rest of their art) but I have literally no idea of what it could actually be, I've never seen anything resembling it elsewhere.

It is a geodesic dome, but which one I don't know. I can't find one that matches it, but this one is close

https://media1.britannica.com/eb-media/ ... 70AC92.jpg Botanical gardens in Missouri

T-86



- If anyone was wondering where the Terminal Radio project name came from

T-85



He drove to work each day, there were four routes he knew, he would never pre-determine which route he was going to take until he was in his car and driving, then circumstance. Once his choice had been determined solely by his mood on that particular day.

T-84

T-83



Each route had it’s own particular feature,

T-82



- Peeling wall macro, priceless, I imagined this as an album cover for a number of records...

T-81



a nice picturesque park here or a nice fast stretch of road there.

T-80



Now, though there was a new factor to be considered. At first they had loomed too large and obvious to be a serious consideration, clumsy on street corners, they were easily defeated. He’d slow down before reaching their web of detection and then scoff,

T-79

[Ross]

Each route had it’s own particular feature,

Gaz's English teacher did a big sigh.

- Peeling wall macro, priceless, I imagined this as an album cover for a number of records...

Like this?

Yes Ross, exactly like that

Always find new things in this Album..Has to be listened to from start to finish.One of my top 5 albums along with lifeforms.

Fsol have always been brilliant at song titles (as well as the music) Nowhere At The Edge Of Somewhere,Trying To Make Impermanent Things Permanent,Through Your Gills I Breathe,High Tide On The Sea Of Flesh,Her Tongue Is Like A Jellyfish and on and on...wonderful!

great work by you guys on the artwork too..really interesting reading