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label makers ( exhibit a )
by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) back in the late 80’s, i met a guy starting a new record label. his name was dave crider and his label was called “estrus”. (yeah, ESTRUS. look it up.) i’d been doing work for sub … Continue reading
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Tagged art chantry, bettie page, bruce pavitt, bruce pavitt sub pop, chris coop cooper, darren merinuk, dave crider, dave crider estrus records, ed big daddy roth, ed fotheringham, frank kozik, joe newton, peter bagge, Richard M. Powers, sub pop records, the mono men, the mortals estrus records
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bernstein: tears and tailspin
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) cheer yourself up and go listen to (steven) jesse bernstein’s “party balloon.” when he put out that record, he made it a point of using his full name. dunno why. nobody ever called him anything … Continue reading
ufo : the magic of hustle
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) one of the things that endlessly fascinates me about graphic design is the way that manipulation, fraud and pranks become reality. over and over again i stumble across cases where some graphics person’s little joke … Continue reading
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Tagged art chantry, bruce pavitt, bruce pavitt sub pop, dan house cz records, grunge marketing, harsh realm TV show, jeff ross, john mortenson, lexicon of grunge, megan jasper, roswell affair, UFO's, UMMO logo, Woody Allen
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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
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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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‘zines
by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) usually, i try no tot do this, but i’m enthusiastically endorsing a recent product here. this book, Fanzines by teal triggs, is absolutely great. if nothing else, the COLLECTION of great ‘zines she reproduces here is … Continue reading
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Tagged art chantry, bruce pavitt, butthole surfers, chronicle books, dennis white, fanzines by teal triggs, husker du, jello biafra, maire masco, pravda records, sonic youth, soundgarden, sub pop records, susan silver, teal triggs, the world of 'zines
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seaweed in seattle
by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): DIGGING through my crap, thinking about what to post today, i ran across this peculiar item. it’s a piece of seaweed (like the kind you purchase in small sheets in the asian food aisle in your … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbie Hoffman, art chantry, bruce pavitt, CZ Records, dan house cz records, daniel house, emmet grogan, Jeff Kleinsmith, jonathan poneman, New York Dolls, Nirvana, peter coyote, seattle grunge scene, Skin Yard, soundgarden, sub pop records, the Diggers, the gits, the sonics
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d.i.y. perfection
you draw it stupid!!!… by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) this is one of the most brilliant and perfect logos in design history. “K” records was formed in olympia, washington, in the early 1980’s as a little indie record label intending to … Continue reading
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Tagged art chantry, beat happening, Beck, bratmobile, bruce pavitt, calvin johnson, Curt Cobain, curt cobain k logo tattoo, curt cobain tattoo, John Foster, john foster OP magazine, K Records, mary lou lord, mecca normal, Nirvana
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comp : the magic performance
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
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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
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designer of genius
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