Tag Archives: The Tea Party

legal tender

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) is this what the right wing conservative movement – the ‘tea party’ and the ron paul conservatives – really want? look closely. this is called (for some reason i don’t understand) “college currency”. that term … Continue reading

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turning it into twaddle

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) this sort of item drives me crazy. “design culture” has become such a self-fulfilling masturbatory fantasy that the yuppie “good taste” culture has embraced that they even sell “designer name brands” in places like walmart … Continue reading

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signboard liberation front

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) since we’ve been doing the dirty and talking about that there sex stuff and all (“screw” is such a great conversation opener, ya know?), i thought i’d post this curious little sign. sort of sez it … Continue reading

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a few inherent problems with reality

UFO’s. Context is everything… by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) MAGAZINE COVER OF THE MONTH: summer, 1992, issue of “UFO Universe” magazine. please note that this astonishing photograph of an interplanetary unidentified flying object alien spacecraft from outer space itself … Continue reading

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cultural collision: fatal impact

The American dream, white picket fences and two cars in every garage…. Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) Magazine cover of the week!! Well, maybe the half century? When we think back on the 1950′s, the cliched vision we concoct is … Continue reading

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“CULTURAL ACUPUNCTURE” : APPROPRIATION & HIPSTER REBELLION

Pick your protest.Is this wave of political activism, from Black Bloc to Tea Party different from past manifestations? Every era has unique twists, but they are each not as different as you may think.  This time it’s different?… Natalie Zemon … Continue reading

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