I have to agree with blitz on this. This thread does have a life of it's own, and I like it that way. If I just want to look at album covers with no interaction, I will flip through my record collection. It is the people just as much as the music that I am interested in. The people that bailed out to the other thread were well within their rights to do so, but, I don't see this one suffering because of it. If a post bores you or even offends you, scroll down! (BTW, very little here could really be considered offensive). You can't learn anything from a random piece of album art. I want to know the back story, why you listen to it, who you are, why should I give it a shot. All that comes from the participants, not a picture. I have learned more from this thread than I could ever have hoped for, and picked up some VERY GOOD friends along the way. If the thread has lost a couple of contributing members because it strays off point on occasion, well...as stated, there are a plethora of other threads from which to choose. Just my opinion...