Tasteless, simply tasteless

[slide_advantage_redoux]

In case this LP cover hasn't graced these pages already.

Edited July 22, 2008 by slide_advantage_redoux

[AllenLowe]

released on Thalidomide Records -

[JSngry]

I saw this thread & thought it was going to be about Kent cigarettes.

[Hot Ptah]

As the father of a severely disabled son, I don't find this cover tasteless. I applaud efforts to make the disabled more a part of mainstream society, to stop keeping them hidden from sight because it might make the non-disabled feel "icky."

She looks happy and apparently plays well, at least well enough to produce music for a full length LP. I am glad that she got to do her own album.

I could do without the "miracle from God" language. If there is one thing that is tiresome, it is when the non-disabled come up to us with a gushy voice and say that our disabled son must be "a gift from God" or that "God only sends these children to people who He knows can take care of them." That is absolutely untrue, as many of the children are born to parents who abandon or abuse or neglect them, but it is also such a phony sentiment.

[7/4]

But what does it sound like?

Sun Ra? Cecil Taylor? Don Pullen? Henry Cowell?

[clifford_thornton]

Looks like one of those weird Xian private releases. Church hymns, I suspect.

[papsrus]

I saw this thread & thought it was going to be about Kent cigarettes.

I thought it might be about Pringles ...

[Teasing the Korean]

As the father of a severely disabled son, I don't find this cover tasteless.

I hear you, but I find it pretty tasteless that they don't bother to mention her name and call her simply "The Handless Organist." You probably have to read the liner notes to find her name. It's one thing to feature someone with a disability, and it's another thing to exploit him or her like a circus side show.

As a side note, this happens frequently with soundtrack albums. They tell you that Shelly Hack and Telly Savalis star in the movie in big bold print, but then you have to read the fine print to find out Vic Mizzy scored it. That's been a pet peeve of mine.

[slide_advantage_redoux]

Here's another candidate.

[slide_advantage_redoux]

And while we are on the subject of LPs that exploit the physically challenged....

[slide_advantage_redoux]

Say it ain't so!

[slide_advantage_redoux]

OMFG!

[slide_advantage_redoux]

Registered sex offender candidate

[papsrus]

That last one is

Dude belongs in a slasher flick or something.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

im gonna have to listen to BJP for the next century to erase this from my mind- although i agree its good to applaud the efforts of the disabled like someone said, i cant shake that this isnt an expolitation lp