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Like I say, good art is a good thing. You won't catch me saying anything different. I'm just saying in a musical context it's clearly not the thing that matters most. There's no way it possibly can be. I love a well packaged record, but if it's a shitty cd-r with felt tip on that contains excellent music I'll probably love it just as much. Besides, in a 'scene' (for want of a better word) where most records are sold online by distros or actually at gigs by the bands, appealing to the casual browser is far less important (so I suppose we're coming at it from different angles).
And in terms of posters, I agree that an eye catching poster can definitely be a useful tool for snaring the otherwise disinterested or unknowing onlooker, but as I say, the moment you put up a really great poster, it gets nicked, and then it's absolutely no use by way of attracting anyone. I'm not trying to say that the posters I churn out are cunningly designed not to be stolen, because they're not, but at least they present the information clearly (and I think describing the bands is pretty crucial if you're doing small gigs) and they're likely to be up for more than a couple of days.
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