They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover but if it’s a record instead maybe that’s OK? This week on Click Vortex, Sam and Jason are talking album sleeves: the good, bad, and ugly from artists like the Beatles, Big Bear, Megadeth, Molly Hatchet, Rolling Stones, and more.

Get hip to Hipgnosis, learn the secret history of Sgt. Pepper’s iconic sleeve, and check out perhaps the best album cover ever created by Pen & Pixel (famous for their No Limit and Cash Money covers). 

Plus: Bo Diddley‘s rules for life, RIP Toby Keith, and news about this weekend’s free vinyl record showcase here at WASTOIDS HQ: Cactus Music Market. 

This week’s pop culture recommendations:

Sam suggests the mindblowing collection of zines scanned and archived in the Archive.org Zine collection. And Jason suggests listening to the Paul Giamatti’s far out history and esoterica podcast Chinwag with Stephen Asmal. Start with the William Shatner episode and take it from there.