More Michael Whelan Album Covers
Plus Appendix LP Podcast, the Beatles, AI, and Michael Moorcock
As a follow-up to last week’s Cirith Ungol newsletter article, I thought I would share a few more album covers that feature artwork by master Michael Whelan. First, here are some recent covers on vinyl by the band Smoulder:
And here is a cover by the band Obituary that features artwork by Whelan that was also used for an H.P. Lovecraft story collection:
The Beatles and RPGs
connected the early days of tabletop roleplaying games to the Fab Four in this fun article:
Appendix LP Podcast
The first episode of the Appendix LP Podcast will drop later this week. Many thanks to Travis Miller from the Grumpy Wizard blog for being my first guest!
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Killing Technology
The controversial use of artificial intelligence in creating music and in generating roleplaying game art and content continues to make noise. This article called ChatGPT’s Storytelling Chops Are No Match for Dungeons and Dragons combines both trends by name-dropping Appendix LP bands Hawkwind and Blue Oyster Cult.
Michael Moorcock News
Speaking of Hawkwind, Steven Wilson’s remix of the band’s Warrior on the Edge of Time album was recently released on vinyl. The album is based on Michael Moorcock’s Eternal Champion and features lyrics and voice from Moorcock. Louder Than War provided this detailed review of the new release.
In other Moorcock news, a graphic novel collecting the first six issues of Moorcock’s Multiverse comic series is scheduled to be released on October. It features art by comic legend Walt Simonson and includes storylines featuring Moorcock characters such as Elric of Melnibone. Below is an interview with Michael Moorcock where he talks about the graphic novel and much more: