Tag Archives: Bryan Ferry

roxy for your pleasure: cultural resonance

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) sometimes the littlest things can be so radical. this is an advert for roxy music’s second LP titled “for your pleasure”. it was their first american release. their actual first record ‘virginia plain’ was only … Continue reading

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collector geeks: crying over the whole shebang

Obsessive completist collector geeks…. Art Chantry (Art@artchantry.com): While collecting records over the years,I began to become fascinated by a certain weird ‘category’ of record collecting. There are so many odd little nooks and crannies of record collecting that you never … Continue reading

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dangerous dabbling: buckaroo artwork

Many recording artists can’t seem to resist a little dabbling in the graphic arts, sometimes even doing their group’s cover design and artwork. Most should stay away…. (ed.) Art Chantry: One of the banes of graphic designers everywhere is the … Continue reading

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life on parade: playing dress up

It was the Aryan myth. It was born as a minor issue in comparative linguistics, grew into a full-fledged racial theory of history, and ended by almost devouring European civilization….. Steven Heller: In fact, Hugo Boss was the designer back … Continue reading

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