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bootleg cover

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Dave

by Art Chantry: this is a cover of a bootleg rolling stones recording from back in 1973. they were just taking break on their legendary monster tour following the release of “Exile” and this is a tape of a concert … Continue reading →

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patchen: painting poems

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Dave

by Art Chantry: seemingly forgotten and long overlooked is kenneth patchen. this guy is one of those american originals, a guy who hacked out his own path through the wilderness and just kept hacking away his entire life. people either … Continue reading →

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beatnik lettering

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: est we forget …. this is what ‘beatnik’ lettering looked like. this is also what early ‘psychedelic’ lettering looked like until wes wilson discovered the wonders of art nouveau typography in an old art history text book … Continue reading →

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krab

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: the very first “underground, free form, community, independant” radio station in the USA was founded in 1949 by lew hall. it was KPFA in berkeley (thus ‘berserkly”) california. free form community radio seems to be one of … Continue reading →

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naughey

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: meet “naughey”. he was a little mascot made dude made of real honest naughehyde that was given away with each purchase of naughehyde furniture. a great promo item that serious crap hounds fight over today. note this … Continue reading →

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exact fit

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: this profile line drawign of hitchcock is so famous that we assume it was done by an old master celebrity illustrator like hirschfield or somebody like that. this particular version here is so ancient that you may … Continue reading →

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bye buddy

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: waylon and buddy goofing off before they caught the plane. i guess waylon decided to stay behind and do some road laundry and gave up his seat to richie valens. who finger is that?

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just shy of 15 minutes

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: i think andy was shot the day after robert f. kennedy was assassinated. so, andy didn’t QUITE get the 15 minutes he thought he should have. largely ignored when it happened.

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jack of all roads

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: jackie boy – hitting THE ROAD again. that snazzy suitcase is crammed full of toilet paper manuscripts and amphetamines.

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mystery ghouls

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: another all time classic record cover – this time by one of my all-time favorite rock bands! frankie stein & his ghouls released 5 LP’s worth of material. i have them all, and they all have great … Continue reading →

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