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lee hazelwood: if its monday morning

by Art Chantry: Lee hazlewood was a radio DJ, who hooked up with Duane Eddy and The Rebels (he recorded/captured that ‘twangy’ sound in an empty grain silo, according to one story) and made all those amazing records with eddy. … Continue reading

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honor blackman: jumpstart

by Art Chantry: Honor Blackman was the first to introduce the leather jump suit to pop culture in her original Avengers role of Dr. Cathy Gale. but she was only around a season or two a- before the avengers was … Continue reading

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unchained

by Art Chantry: the munsters had the george barris designed “munster coach”. grandpa munster had the george barris designed “dragula”. so, what did poor little eddie munster get? he got this wonderful stingray style bike fabricated out of chains! this … Continue reading

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gregory: longshots needed

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stanley is concerned about Hal

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pop horror

by Art Chantry: in pop horror and exploitation movies, there’s alway seems to be THE guy who plays the weird-oh roles. i’m not talking about the STARS (lon chaney sr. & jr., bela lugosi, boris karloff, christopher lee, peter cushing, … Continue reading

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still more george

by Art Chantry: david pearson’s design for the new penguin books edition of george orwell’s “1984”. it’s beyond brilliant!

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ufo: creating the mythology

BY Art Chantry: when i was a wee lad, i was totally into ufo’s. back in the mid/late sixties, i read all i could about them. i was fascinated by the whole phenomenon. i didn’t read science fiction books, i … Continue reading

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ransom

by Art Chantry: this is the terrorists’ “mug shot’ of kidnapped former FBI agent robert levinson. they apparently used the finest technology at their disposal to create this realistic “ransom note message” for him on their desktop publishing software systems. … Continue reading

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beginning with boris

by Art Chantry: in my eternal quest to find the origins of the dreaded “hot rod monster”, i have been reminded (by jordi duro) of this particular image. this ad here is illustrated by boris artzybasheff (from fortune magazine, 1952.) … Continue reading

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