x1yyz Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 We've all seen the cover of the Permanent Waves album--the woman with permanent waves in her hair near a jumble of lumber, her skirt rising up with the breeze, walking away from a man whose arm is raised in a permanent wave, and a crumbled newspaper on the ground. The headline of the paper is blanked out, but what did it originally say? I remember reading, years ago, that the headline was the famous "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN" that had been erroneously published on November 3, 1948, but I wanted to find out more about this paper. http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o371/x1yyz/permanentwaves-cover_zpsm6yij1js.jpgThe cover we all know and love I am lucky enough to have access to some very high-quality scanning and image processing software so I did some work on this cover to decipher the paper. Scan, enhance 224 to 176, enhance, stop, and so forth. I was finally barely able to read the top of the paper! http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o371/x1yyz/permanentwaves-YBG_zpsl3lcvkrr.jpgThe name of the newspaper Can you believe it? The name of the paper is Yukon Blade Grinder! I had no idea the Yukon Blade Grinder had existed for so long, and I certainly did not know of its involvement with Rush. Wow, now I really wanted to find a copy of this paper to see what was written on there. Unfortunately, this ended up being much more difficult than I had ever thought. The YBG newspaper seems to operate under the radar. They have no online presence and do not keep archival copies of their old papers. However, I located the city where the papers are printed and travelled there for further research. The night clerk at the YBG office is a slight, elderly man by the name of Finley Fergle. Finley absolutely loved that I was interested in the paper and was quite happy to talk my ear off. Most of what he said wasn't about the paper itself, but stories of some of the people involved with the paper over the years--Tom Clancey, Werner Herzog, Ella Fitzgerald, and more. Often his stories were interrupted by chipmunks running across the floor because he would get up to shoo them out and forget what he was talking about. When I asked if he might have kept a copy of the historic "Dewey Defeats Truman" paper he invited me to search the stacks of old newspapers at his cottage. http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o371/x1yyz/old%20guy_zps158swauw.jpgFinley Fergle at his desk Like any good hoarder, Finley has piles upon piles of old newspapers stored in his cottage. But (possibly) unlike many other hoarders, Finley's papers are stacked in chronological order, and in no time I was able to find the paper in question. (This may have been the actual paper used in the Permanent Waves cover photoshoot, but Finley couldn't verify that; the actual paper may have instead gone to line a bird cage decades ago.) Sadly, the paper we were looking for had been sitting directly on the floor and had incurred quite a bit of water damage so much of it was unreadable. I decided to take it back and send it through my scanning and imaging software to see what I could recover. http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o371/x1yyz/Dewey%20Defeats%20Truman_zpsvq5a1rtm.jpgThe Yukon Blade Grinder edition used on the Permanent Waves cover It's not much, but there it is! The Yukon Blade Grinder in print, and the very edition used on Rush's Permanent Waves cover. What a fantastic discovery! This whole research project was time-consuming and often frustrating, but the end results mean it was worth it. And now this has me thinking--since there is a YBG presence on TRF, and since the guys in Rush have an odd sense of humour, does this mean Rush is somehow involved in the YBG posts? Maybe another research project is in store for me! 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disembodied Spirit Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 From Wikipedia:The cover art sparked some controversy because of the appearance of the "Dewey Defeats Truman" headline on the newspaper. Because of pressure from the Chicago Tribune, Hugh Syme changed the text to "Dewei Defeats Truman". The billboards in the distance were changed from Coca-Cola (who objected to the use of their logo) to include each band member's name in similar typestyle.The background scene comes from a photo, taken by Flip Schulke, of the Galveston Seawall in Texas during Hurricane Carla on September 11, 1961. The woman pictured in the foreground is model Paula Turnbull.[7] The waving man in the background is Syme.[8] 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disembodied Spirit Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I think there were various rare covers of PW in it's early printings.Maybe 2 different pressings in 1980, someone will know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorkingAllTheTime Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 The original version was actually the Chicago Daily Tribune, but the Trib apparently took exception to a few Canadian guys pointing out there error... again. So it was pulled. Interesting Texas sidenote. The background photo is of damage in Galveston following Hurricane Carla in the 1960s. Here's a pretty solid backstory of the cover of my favorite album: http://news.2112.net/2009/11/permanent-waves-album-cover-details.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/%22Starman%22_emblem_%28Rush_%222112%22_album%29.png She has assumed control. :Neil: Dude, How did she do it? :Alex: Chick has got mad skillz Lerxt! :geddy: Edited March 21, 2015 by Tombstone Mountain 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) Pulitzer Prize Most Original Newzprint Idea in Ages http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Gen_pulitzer.jpg/220px-Gen_pulitzer.jpg Edited March 21, 2015 by Tombstone Mountain 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Eight out of ten Rush fans think this thread is fracking great! ;) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 A well earned homage to the YBG´s editor-in-chief! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 http://38.media.tumblr.com/482879a3272e7181aa45b726a410b901/tumblr_nilhtiqonH1r41unfo1_500.gif 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 http://38.media.tumblr.com/482879a3272e7181aa45b726a410b901/tumblr_nilhtiqonH1r41unfo1_500.gifIs it OK if I laugh? Damn dude...Where? How? Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) Hey, it just so happens that I received a package in the mail today from Finley of the YBG! He sent along the latest edition of the Grinder, and I've scanned the front page for you all: http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o371/x1yyz/Brown%20to%20Produce_zps8ahpwrwm.jpg Edited March 21, 2015 by x1yyz 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tombstone Mountain Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 "Let's just say Babs now understands A Passage to Bangkok" I'm sure she does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomesickAlien Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 We've all seen the cover of the Permanent Waves album--the woman with permanent waves in her hair near a jumble of lumber, her skirt rising up with the breeze, walking away from a man whose arm is raised in a permanent wave, and a crumbled newspaper on the ground. The headline of the paper is blanked out, but what did it originally say? I remember reading, years ago, that the headline was the famous "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN" that had been erroneously published on November 3, 1948, but I wanted to find out more about this paper. http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o371/x1yyz/permanentwaves-cover_zpsm6yij1js.jpgThe cover we all know and love I am lucky enough to have access to some very high-quality scanning and image processing software so I did some work on this cover to decipher the paper. Scan, enhance 224 to 176, enhance, stop, and so forth. I was finally barely able to read the top of the paper! http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o371/x1yyz/permanentwaves-YBG_zpsl3lcvkrr.jpgThe name of the newspaper Can you believe it? The name of the paper is Yukon Blade Grinder! I had no idea the Yukon Blade Grinder had existed for so long, and I certainly did not know of its involvement with Rush. Wow, now I really wanted to find a copy of this paper to see what was written on there. Unfortunately, this ended up being much more difficult than I had ever thought. The YBG newspaper seems to operate under the radar. They have no online presence and do not keep archival copies of their old papers. However, I located the city where the papers are printed and travelled there for further research. The night clerk at the YBG office is a slight, elderly man by the name of Finley Fergle. Finley absolutely loved that I was interested in the paper and was quite happy to talk my ear off. Most of what he said wasn't about the paper itself, but stories of some of the people involved with the paper over the years--Tom Clancey, Werner Herzog, Ella Fitzgerald, and more. Often his stories were interrupted by chipmunks running across the floor because he would get up to shoo them out and forget what he was talking about. When I asked if he might have kept a copy of the historic "Dewey Defeats Truman" paper he invited me to search the stacks of old newspapers at his cottage. http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o371/x1yyz/old%20guy_zps158swauw.jpgFinley Fergle at his desk Like any good hoarder, Finley has piles upon piles of old newspapers stored in his cottage. But (possibly) unlike many other hoarders, Finley's papers are stacked in chronological order, and in no time I was able to find the paper in question. (This may have been the actual paper used in the Permanent Waves cover photoshoot, but Finley couldn't verify that; the actual paper may have instead gone to line a bird cage decades ago.) Sadly, the paper we were looking for had been sitting directly on the floor and had incurred quite a bit of water damage so much of it was unreadable. I decided to take it back and send it through my scanning and imaging software to see what I could recover. http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o371/x1yyz/Dewey%20Defeats%20Truman_zpsvq5a1rtm.jpgThe Yukon Blade Grinder edition used on the Permanent Waves cover It's not much, but there it is! The Yukon Blade Grinder in print, and the very edition used on Rush's Permanent Waves cover. What a fantastic discovery! This whole research project was time-consuming and often frustrating, but the end results mean it was worth it. And now this has me thinking--since there is a YBG presence on TRF, and since the guys in Rush have an odd sense of humour, does this mean Rush is somehow involved in the YBG posts? Maybe another research project is in store for me!Hey, it just so happens that I received a package in the mail today from Finley of the YBG! He sent along the latest edition of the Grinder, and I've scanned the front page for you all: http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o371/x1yyz/Brown%20to%20Produce_zps8ahpwrwm.jpg "German film director Werner Herzog has reportedly shifted his focus to the lucrative pornography industry in order to raise the cash necessary to afford a ticket for himself and his Russian mail-order bride." http://i.imgur.com/SY7Yrb5.png Great material x1yyz! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRushmonkey Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 These are awesome. Thanks x1yyz :D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 We've all seen the cover of the Permanent Waves album--the woman with permanent waves in her hair near a jumble of lumber, her skirt rising up with the breeze, walking away from a man whose arm is raised in a permanent wave, and a crumbled newspaper on the ground. The headline of the paper is blanked out, but what did it originally say? I remember reading, years ago, that the headline was the famous "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN" that had been erroneously published on November 3, 1948, but I wanted to find out more about this paper. http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o371/x1yyz/permanentwaves-cover_zpsm6yij1js.jpgThe cover we all know and love I am lucky enough to have access to some very high-quality scanning and image processing software so I did some work on this cover to decipher the paper. Scan, enhance 224 to 176, enhance, stop, and so forth. I was finally barely able to read the top of the paper! http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o371/x1yyz/permanentwaves-YBG_zpsl3lcvkrr.jpgThe name of the newspaper Can you believe it? The name of the paper is Yukon Blade Grinder! I had no idea the Yukon Blade Grinder had existed for so long, and I certainly did not know of its involvement with Rush. Wow, now I really wanted to find a copy of this paper to see what was written on there. Unfortunately, this ended up being much more difficult than I had ever thought. The YBG newspaper seems to operate under the radar. They have no online presence and do not keep archival copies of their old papers. However, I located the city where the papers are printed and travelled there for further research. The night clerk at the YBG office is a slight, elderly man by the name of Finley Fergle. Finley absolutely loved that I was interested in the paper and was quite happy to talk my ear off. Most of what he said wasn't about the paper itself, but stories of some of the people involved with the paper over the years--Tom Clancey, Werner Herzog, Ella Fitzgerald, and more. Often his stories were interrupted by chipmunks running across the floor because he would get up to shoo them out and forget what he was talking about. When I asked if he might have kept a copy of the historic "Dewey Defeats Truman" paper he invited me to search the stacks of old newspapers at his cottage. http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o371/x1yyz/old%20guy_zps158swauw.jpgFinley Fergle at his desk Like any good hoarder, Finley has piles upon piles of old newspapers stored in his cottage. But (possibly) unlike many other hoarders, Finley's papers are stacked in chronological order, and in no time I was able to find the paper in question. (This may have been the actual paper used in the Permanent Waves cover photoshoot, but Finley couldn't verify that; the actual paper may have instead gone to line a bird cage decades ago.) Sadly, the paper we were looking for had been sitting directly on the floor and had incurred quite a bit of water damage so much of it was unreadable. I decided to take it back and send it through my scanning and imaging software to see what I could recover. http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o371/x1yyz/Dewey%20Defeats%20Truman_zpsvq5a1rtm.jpgThe Yukon Blade Grinder edition used on the Permanent Waves cover It's not much, but there it is! The Yukon Blade Grinder in print, and the very edition used on Rush's Permanent Waves cover. What a fantastic discovery! This whole research project was time-consuming and often frustrating, but the end results mean it was worth it. And now this has me thinking--since there is a YBG presence on TRF, and since the guys in Rush have an odd sense of humour, does this mean Rush is somehow involved in the YBG posts? Maybe another research project is in store for me!Hey, it just so happens that I received a package in the mail today from Finley of the YBG! He sent along the latest edition of the Grinder, and I've scanned the front page for you all: http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o371/x1yyz/Brown%20to%20Produce_zps8ahpwrwm.jpg "German film director Werner Herzog has reportedly shifted his focus to the lucrative pornography industry in order to raise the cash necessary to afford a ticket for himself and his Russian mail-order bride." http://i.imgur.com/SY7Yrb5.png Great material x1yyz! After Herzog's last film The Queen of the Desert, I'm sure he'll be making either porn, or documentaries exclusively. I feel bad his movie didn't do well at all. Panned across the board. Thanks NIcole Kidman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o371/x1yyz/old%20guy_zps158swauw.jpg To all my Yukon Blade Grinder Co-horts, I've never been paid--ever. I just keep getting counterfiet bills. If the EIC ever gives you cash, here's what to look for: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Dollarsecurity.jpg/220px-Dollarsecurity.jpg Edited March 21, 2015 by Tombstone Mountain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyfriar Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 :dweez: :D-13: :7up: :haz:Chipmunk porn? I can't believe it, I'm on my knees laughing my a$$ off.Great stuff and surely one of the best ideas for a Grinder thread.Goooood job x1yyz. :cheers: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 The original version was actually the Chicago Daily Tribune, but the Trib apparently took exception to a few Canadian guys pointing out there error... again. So it was pulled. Interesting Texas sidenote. The background photo is of damage in Galveston following Hurricane Carla in the 1960s. Here's a pretty solid backstory of the cover of my favorite album: http://news.2112.net...er-details.html What I find most interesting about that article is how the author completely ignores the YBG. Yes, the Chicago Tribune also printed that "Dewey Defeats Truman" headline, but they did so because at the time they were getting newsfeeds from both the Yukon Blade Grinder and the Associated Press. The Trib reprinted the news before the corrected press release came out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) Hey, it just so happens that I received a package in the mail today from Finley of the YBG! He sent along the latest edition of the Grinder, and I've scanned the front page for you all: http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o371/x1yyz/Brown%20to%20Produce_zps8ahpwrwm.jpgWhen i read the first post I thought "Man this is really great stuff", then when you dropped this on us I LMFAO. This is superb! Thank you for taking time to put so much thought and care into this. It's a gem. I even found this review online: "Shark Chick goes down deep to please the Forum"--RollingStone Edited March 21, 2015 by Tombstone Mountain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Eight out of ten Rush fans think this thread is fracking great! ;)On the Runaways website it scored 0/10. Bitches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 This thread is hysterical! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Wait! There's a newspaper in the cover picture? I was always concentrating on looking up her skirt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. P. L. Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 It's obvious and known to all that the cover is the sole work of Hugh Syme and all this is another lame attempt at some lukewarm fan fiction, distracting REAL Rush fans from REAL information they are looking for in this forum in their LITTLE, hard-earned, spare time. Mods should be doing something about this. Like, I don't know, pin it or something. :lol: :lol: :lol: :7up: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 (edited) http://www.improbable.com/stinkers/stinker-250.gif The Ig Noble Award Edited March 22, 2015 by Tombstone Mountain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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