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Kurt Blumenau's avatar

I note that the Number One album in the U.S. in December 1981 and January 1982, at a time when the USS Mariner was presumably being developed, was AC/DC's For Those About To Rock, which prominently features the image and sound of a cannon. (The Young brothers also brought their stage-prop cannon to Seattle for four shows at the Coliseum in early February 1982.)

I'm sure this is pure coincidence, and that 1981-82 was simply a fertile time for cannon iconography. I still like to imagine some junior member of the M's front office listening to the record and having a brainflash: "A CANNON! That's what we need!"

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Semi G's avatar

Pierce County would like to have a word re: exploding ordinance indoors, please.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flick_of_the_Switch_Tour

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Jeff Bramhall's avatar

Do you know anything about the rainbow flag on the boat? I’ve been puzzling over it! It’s so close to when the flag was adopted in the LGBT community (1978) that it’s probably coincidence, but at the same time the M’s were the first mlb team to officially fly a pride flag 20 years later. Also, I have no idea how inclusive the PNW was 40 years ago.

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Amanda Lane Cumming's avatar

I spent quite a bit of time trying to figure that out! I feel like I remember seeing that question answered on Twitter a while back, but I couldn't find the answer when I was searching. I'm almost certain it's not a Pride flag, as cool as that would be.

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Jeff Bramhall's avatar

Thanks for responding. I did a bunch of looking as well to no avail. I guess people like rainbows.

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