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21/03/2019

Daniel Johnston’s self-released HI, HOW ARE YOU (1983). When Kurt Cobain wore a print of the album cover on a T-shirt, Johnston received instant cult status. That may be a somewhat overlooked part of Cobain’s legacy actually: he introduced many kids of my generation to scores of unknown or neglected artists, either by covering their songs, mentioning them in interviews—or wearing shirts with their names. Part of him felt uneasy and even guilty about the fact that he had so much success and they didn’t, a guilt that continued to nag at him until he died.

In 1993, Johnston was commissioned by the Sound Exchange record store in Austin, Texas, to draw a mural of Jeremiah the Innocent, the frog character featured on the cover.

Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)

The loggerhead sea turtle is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae. The average loggerhead measures around 90 cm in carapace length when fully grown.  The adult loggerhead sea turtle weighs approximately 135 kg, with the largest specimens weighing in at more than 450 kg. The skin ranges from yellow to brown in color, and the shell is typically reddish brown. The loggerhead sea turtle is found in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea. It spends most of its life in saltwater and estuarine habitats, with females briefly coming ashore to lay eggs. The loggerhead sea turtle is omnivorous, feeding mainly on bottom-dwelling invertebrates. Its large and powerful jaws serve as an effective tool for dismantling its prey. Young loggerheads are exploited by numerous predators; the eggs are especially vulnerable to terrestrial organisms. Once the turtles reach adulthood, their formidable size limits predation to large marine animals, such as sharks. The loggerhead sea turtle is considered a vulnerable species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. In total, 9 distinct population segments are under the protection of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, with 4 population segments classified as “threatened” and 5 classified as “endangered”.