Saturday, November 22, 2025

what is it called when several interesting things collide at one time of interest? Synchronicity, a term coined by Carl Jung, or maybe Concurrent


Dalis Car, the music duo of Murphy and Karn, made an album of music, and used Maxfield Parrish's most famous painting for the album cover... as you can sell about anything if you slap incredible art on it, (ie, advertising) referencing Salvador Dali, because Murphy had a friend that had dreamed of buying a car from Dali https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalis_Car 

Dali's vehicles, which I've thoroughly explored  (VW Bug, Datsun, Cadillac, etc https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search?q=dali) and , 

So, music, art, and cars. Bingo: obscure music album no one ever heard of, The Waking Hour, made in 1984, which might have been trying to get people to buy it my mistake, as it was using the Parrish painting Daybreak, which was used the year before by the Moody Blues 


Daybreak by Parrish, is the most popular art print of the 20th century, based on number of prints made: one for every four American homes. 

According to the National Museum of American Illustration, it has outsold Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans and Leonardo's Last Supper.






https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daybreak_(painting) the models were his regular models, Kitty Owen (granddaughter of William Jennings Bryan), and Parrish's daughter

Mel Gibson's wife bought it for 7.6 million. Sold it for 5.2

Mel's son in law is Kenny Wayne Shepherd, a Mopar guy, and motivator to Year One to remake the Road Runner horn. https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Kenny%20Wayne%20Shepherd and KWS has a logo made by Foose  https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/11/kenny-wayne-sheppards-newest-mopar-and.html for his '63 Super Stock 330 Dodge. 

KSW is most famous for a song, Blue on Black, that is my favorite of his music, and it was rereleased for a charity fundraiser for the Gary Sinise Foundation, and the metal gods got Brian May of Queen to do a guitar solo in it...  https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2019/04/coffee-and-dunts-video-these-artists.html and I'm sure we all respect the hell out of Gary Sinise!

And this incredible heavy metal remake is similar to the remake of Sound of Silence, which was amazingly performed by Disturbed in 2015.... the gradual strengthening and build up is amazing.  


I have all that cluttering my brain. Is it any wonder I get so little done? I wasted over an hour just drilling into this to post, because of the many things I like so much, all coming together at once, in this Dalis Car use of Maxfield Parrish's painting. 

For similar stings of things, see Connections, one of my favorite tv shows, a series of science documentaries created by James Burke
It is known for showing how seemingly unrelated events and discoveries throughout history are interconnected and led to modern technology, because of its engaging presentations, and the "aha!" moments it provides by revealing the connections between past events and present-day inventions, scientific discoveries and historical events building upon one another to create modern technology. 

The show creator and host, James Burke, traces the links between diverse historical events, scientific achievements, and the inventions we use today. 
Example: The series might show how 18th-century merchant concerns about ship bottoms led to the creation of nylon, or how medieval European use of fire in winter contributed to the development of the motor car. 
 It's enthusiastic and humorous presentation, historical re-enactments, and detailed working models, resulted in it being a widely considered as a classic documentary series.

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  1. I love this record.

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  2. My sister has a couple of Parrish's Prints. A zillion years ago a lady who invited me home had many on her walls. When watching old movies on TCM every once in a while you can spot one in the background of a scene.

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    1. there is one in the background of a scene in Stanger Things, Jason and the Talking Oak, 1905 !

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