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freaks : gabba gabba mantra
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) tod browning’s bizarre masterpiece, “freaks”, also seems to introduce an interesting tweak in movie title typography. i imagine there are earlier examples, but this is the earliest i’ve found of a sort of ‘interactive’ typographic … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged art chantry, bela lugosi, Edgar Allen Poe, joey ramone, john carpenter director, john carpenter the thing, kurt rusell the thing, kurt russell, lon chaney, robert massin, robert massin "condom" type, The Ramones, the ramones gabba gabba, Tod Browning, Tod Browning Freaks 1932
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empty pages
by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com ) there’s a new internet game out there called “famous record covers without the dead guys.” this one is a pip. …it’s properly spelled ‘lewd’. however, in this particular case, “doing ‘LUDE things” seems much more … Continue reading
anti graphics: the cult of un-think
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) in 1977, when i clipped this ad (35 long years ago), you have to remember what the pop world was actually like. ‘star wars’ and ‘saturday night fever’ were still brand new movies playing … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged american graphic design, art chantry, carl jung synchronicity, creem magazine, David Bowie, fleetwood mac, graphic design, Guy Debord, jackson browne, jamie reid situationist, Jamie Reid The Sex Pistols, lester bangs, linda ronstadt, Malcolm McLaren, patti smith, sid viscious, t.rex, The Ramones, the sex pistols
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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
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Music/Composition/Performance
Tagged bruce pavitt, bruce pavitt sub pop, butthole surfers, cat butt, david carson, david carson raygun magazine, dennis white desperate times, flop grunge band, gorilla gardens, jo smitty, lester bangs, maire masco, mark mclaughlin, MLB, mr. epp & the calculations, mudhoney sub pop, nirvana nevermind, pravda records, randy willoughby, the godz, The Ramones, walter dorwin teague associates, zine desperate times
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shocked into violence
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) one of the great things about early punk was the experimentation. the punk explosion that happened nearly all over the world within a couple of months, yes, it was that fast) broke the pop … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged american graphic design, andrew horn, art chantry, commercial arts magazine, fingerprintz british punk, gillian anderson, gillian anderson x-files, klaus nomi, matt heckert, patrick coyne CA magazine, peter blecha, steve ahlbom, survival research laboratories, television music group, The Dead Kennedys, the nomi song, the nomi song andrew horn, The Ramones, tim girvin, tim girvin design
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post punk: johnny rotten
by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) I’m not very comfortable with the new popular label “post punk”. to begin with, it denotes a time frame – it comes after ‘punk’, right? ok, so how do we define 1) “punk” and IT’S time … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Music/Composition/Performance
Tagged Curt Cobain, Greil Marcus, Iggy Pop, jah wobble, Jamie Reid The Sex Pistols, john lydon, Johnny Rotten Sex Pistols, joy division, keith levene, MOJO magazine, phil strongman, post punk, Public Image Limited, The Ramones, the sex pistols, the sonics, Velvet Underground
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poster boys
by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) …here’s another franko poster that really blew my socks off. i’ve never seen anybody do anything remotely like this before or since. for a ‘second color’ on this poster, he literally dipped his hand in red … Continue reading
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Tagged art chantry, bette midler, bumbershoot, frank edie, franko posters, gorilla rose, manhattan transfer, New York Dolls, penelope houston, punk rock history, Steven Heller, the dils, The Ramones, tomata du plenty, Ze Whiz Kidz
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won’t get fooled again:NOT a sampler but a sampling
It was a lot of money back then, and sampling has evolved to become a lucrative promotional vehicle for advertisers…. ….”I really hate the way the money grubbers constantly peck aroudn the edges at things until they can wiggle their … Continue reading
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Tagged alice cooper, art chantry, Beaver & Krause, bette midler, Bruce Springsteen, Captain Beefheart, ed sanders, George Harrison, Jethro Tull, John Van Hammersveld, Rolling Stones, t.rex, The Beatles, the Buzzcocks, The Ramones, Van Morrison, von dutch
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