Tag Archives: The Rocket

how i remember zine

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) my old pals, jesse reyes and bob newman, have started a collection of ‘zine’s from the early days of seattle. they are compiling a collection of covers on (i think) the website “newmanology”. in an … Continue reading →

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dymo-mite

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Art

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 →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged american graphic design, art chantry, bob newman the rocket, david carson, david carson raygun magazine, duran duran record cover, grant alden, grant alden the rocket, jess helms NEA, Jesse Helms, Joan Baez, joan baez LP cover, labelmaker, larry reid, larry reid coca, poster art, punk aesthetic, The Rocket | Leave a comment

finding beauty in the abysmal

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Art

…the classic flower in the dustbin… by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) THIS is the first punk poster i ever saw. i was attending western washington state college (now, ‘university’) in bellingham, washington. it was 1978 and i was a student trying … Continue reading →

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in the name of love… some kind of wonderful?

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Art

Godzilla with a skirt… by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) TODAY’S weird piece o’ crap that i’m posting is this little note from courtney love. orpheum records on broadway in seattle was a small independent record store (long gone) that used … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Music/Composition/Performance | Tagged art chantry, Courtney Love, courtney love hole, Curt Cobain, joey ramone, jonathan poneman, Kurt Cobain, Lux Interior, Nirvana, orpheum records seattle, The Rocket | Leave a comment

comp : the magic performance

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Art

Just another reject… by art chantry ( art@artchantry.com) THIS is called a ‘comp’ (in the old lingo of graphic design). a MARKER comp. some of my friends used to called them ‘squeakies’ because of the sound marking pens make when … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged american graphic design, art chantry, bruce pavitt, gig posters, gigposters, graphic design, KCMU, KEXP satellite, MARKER comp., paul allen, paul allen KCMU, paul allen microsoft, rock posters, sonic youth, The Rocket, the rocket newspaper, tipper gore | Leave a comment

snagging the exotic:the youthful prodigies

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Art

graphic design is language not art… by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): School papers are made by dorks and nerds. you just never find cheer leaders and jocks working on them (except part-time sports reporting). It’s basically the place where any kid … Continue reading →

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frank: we’re only in it for the art

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Art

Frank Zappa. A game changer. And much of the aesthetic projection can be credited to Cal Schenkel… by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) Where would we all be if there had never been a Frank Zappa? I mean, the guy … Continue reading →

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designer of genius

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Art

Human perfectibility. It does exist…. Art Chantry (art@artchanty.com ) This is one of my all-time favorite posters. it’s from 30 years ago, but I still look at it every once in a while when I need a re-charge in my … Continue reading →

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on parade : throw who under the float?

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Art

Guest blog from graphic designer Art Chantry…. Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com): I hate Parade magazine. What a piece of utter drek. Real crapola. It has no merit of value beyond that of an advertising circular. In fact, that’s where my … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged american graphic design, ann powers, art chantry, cher, glitterhaus, graphic design, greg mortensen, jeff gilbert, queen latifah, richard baker parade, sonny and cher, sub pop, The Rocket | Leave a comment

when going forward is backward

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Art

you can take the boy out of punk, but not punk out of the man… Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): One day, awhile I was working as art director at the rocket back in about 1988 or so (i can’t remember the … Continue reading →