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all washed up the creek

and no place to go. Rinsed out by the wave of the future. … If political parties and ideologies, including the most reactionary, must constantly look ahead, they habitually look back, too, to the figures from whom they derive inspiration … Continue reading

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of the best and brightest

Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) 2 Live Crew Comics June 1991 issue, #1 (one-shot) Design: Dale Yarger (1950-2012) Another design in our ongoing tribute to my friend, Dale Yarger. Part two of two, the Table … Continue reading

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merely fresh kill

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com ) every decade has it’s little graphic design cliches. these are ubiquitous gimmicks and snappy ideas that seem to catch on like a fad and then get exhausted, yet persist long after it was ever clever. … Continue reading

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decorative design about decoration

by Art Chantry ( art@artvhantry.com) Cool as meaningless decor….hated nest ( magazine). thought it was really really bad and ignorantly designed by an amateur . i couldn’t look at it without getting furious at how stupid it was. then everybody … Continue reading

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dymo-mite

by Art Chantry ( Art@artchantry.com ) labelmaker was a big cheapo solution for typography back in the early punk days. you saw it everywhere, on record covers, posters, zines. you could literally buy a label maker gun (especially the gutbucket … Continue reading

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history is written by the whiners

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) take a good close look at this. this is what sub pop originally looked like. this was back when bruce pavitt was still a student at evergreen college in olympia, washington (the “hippie hangover state … Continue reading

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talent scouts: publishers sweep cakes

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): back when i was art directing the rocket, i had a constant parade of “talent” approaching me for work. because the rocket was literally the ONLY kiosk in town to do anything fun or kool in … Continue reading

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grunge: just more snotty bratty punk rock

When reality escapes the narrative… by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) ‘grunge’ never really existed. the big problem with the term ‘grunge’ is that it was strictly developed to replace the word ‘punk’. bruce pavitt, the creative dude behind the sub … Continue reading

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