I’ve been wanting to make the front page of www.seanbonner.com look like that for years, or at lease wanting to use that idea for years. And now it’s finally live and I can’t stop smiling. I know it will mean next to nothing to most people but I’m giddy over it. The first person (who I didn’t tell already) who can correctly name the reference will get something as a prize. I haven’t figured out what yet, so it’s entirely possible that the prize will suck, but it will be a prize none the less. So… know what it is?
Update! We have winners! From the comments here SFSlim and Fuzzy both nailed it, though since the new blog has a fancy setting that I didn’t know about where I have to approve a comment by someone first before they can post freely their answers didn’t make it live. Also Jim O’Connell got it on Twitter. And yes, I’m a huge fan. 
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The Housemartins. People who grinned themselves to death. Nice reference, and nicely done.
Looks awesome Sean. I have no idea what you’re referencing — but it looks good.
I like how it reads like a sentence.
Damn. Now I can’t stop thinking about creating a rotating series of splash pages all done up like vintage Verve and Blue Note album covers. Or Penguin paperbacks. Oh noes. Have far too many projects already Must resist.
Eraserhead?
I like it! It’s like a singlegear blog: sleek, clean, efficient, and unemcumbered by all that extra gadgetry type stuffz. Nice!
It’s the cover of the Housemartins’ The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death. Lovely band — wouldn’t have taken you for a fan.
Great look
Nixon Watches.
Additional thought upon waking: It is clearly now necessary – nay, mandatory – that you form, and begin performing with, a band entitled “The Sean Bonner Blog”.
Love it…it’s beautiful and very serene!