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WaitingWatchingLookingForAChance
Oh my God. You have no idea just how spot-on you are, Gary! Your description of a coaster nerd/Motown nerd IS me, ha ha! And I do take this as a compliment from you! Here's how obsessed I was with Motown. In my sophomore year of highschool, we had an art assignment to create a poster, book cover or some object to demonstrate the principles of graphic art/design. I chose- um, of course, to do a Motown album cover!!! Now, I had not seen The Elgins' "Darling Baby" album cover at this point, but for some obscure reason, I decided to create one of my own. Basically, I did the Four Tops Reach Out album cover but since I had no idea of what The Elgins looked like, I did this "painting"/illustration of stage lights, microphones and such against an image of the state of Illinois with the town of Elgin represented with a star next to the town's name!
Across the top, I meticulously hand-lettered the title, "THE ELGINS. DARLING BABY" in the exact same font/typeface [["California Grotesk") used on the Four Tops Reach Out album cover. I even went so far as to use the MOTOWN box logo...with BOTH lines above and below the MOTOWN! And with the same two-color scheme of blue box/purple text!!! Baby, I was just TOO nerdy for words!
Actually, the upside of it all, my teacher seemed really impressed by it and even the other kids liked it. The bonus was everyone kept asking who these Elgins were and they didn't laugh when I launched into my Motown Fan routine [[aka I talked too much!).
So yeah. You had me pegged to a tee, Gary!!!!
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