Musicality of the Mundane: A Screeching Weasel Ballad

Paul Russel, the creator of the Screeching Weasel logo did this cover art for my article about my condensed history of Screeching Weasel through the eyes of a flower delivery man.  Check it out!
Musicality of the Mundane: A Screeching Weasel Ballad


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