Tag Archives: carl smool

instant littering: accidental chaos

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) years ago i wrote (more like assembled) a book about the history of seattle punk culture posters titled “instant litter”.. it covered roughly the years 1976-1984 (it came out in 1985). of course, all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged art chantry, Art Chantry Instant Litter, barney bubbles, carl smool, gorilla rose, helena rogers, helena rogers artist, Jamie Reid The Sex Pistols, Rainbow Tavern Seattle, seattle punk culture, Student Nurse band, the sex pistols, tomata du plenty | Leave a comment

end of the race

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Dave

Jesse Marinoff Reyes: We are saddened to learn of the passing of our friend and former colleague Dale Yarger—a terrific designer and one of my early role models. A TRUE Northwest COVER OF THE DAY:… on the background of designer … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged american graphic design, carl smool, charles r. cross, dale yarger, grant alden, jesse marinoff reyes, kim zumwalt, lisa orth, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, the rocket newspaper, tom robbins, wes anderson | 1 Comment

the grass is greener elsewhere: scratching the surface

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) this wonderful little book is one of those entirely serious volumes speculating about what life on other planets may be like. written by kenneth heuer in 1951 (P&C books), the flying saucer fad was … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged art chantry, carl barks, carl smool, flying saucer fad, gary jacobsen, higgins ink, kenneth heuer, P&C Books, pelikan ink, R.T. Crane, scratchboard art/drawing medium, seattle bumbershoot arts festival | Leave a comment

mailed momentos

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) i get weird shit in the mail. i’m not talking ‘spam’ mail. i’m talking actual weird physical crap people mail to me out of the blue. i’ve been sent just about everything you can imagine … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged american graphic design, anna banana, art chantry, carl smool, genesis p. orridge, graphic design, jay ryan artist, jay ryan design | Leave a comment

how i remember zine

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) my old pals, jesse reyes and bob newman, have started a collection of ‘zine’s from the early days of seattle. they are compiling a collection of covers on (i think) the website “newmanology”. in an … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged art chantry, bob newman the rocket, cam garrett art photographer, carl smool, craphound zine, Jesse reyes, lane d. hartwell, newmanology, Nirvana, seattle scene, snipehunt zine, stellazine, The Rocket | Leave a comment

history is written by the whiners

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) take a good close look at this. this is what sub pop originally looked like. this was back when bruce pavitt was still a student at evergreen college in olympia, washington (the “hippie hangover state … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged art chantry, ashleigh talbot, bob newman the rocket, bruce pavitt, bruce pavitt sub pop, carl smool, charles burns, clark humphrey, dale yarger, dan leigh squiers, dana higgins, david carson, david carson raygun magazine, helene silverman, jonathan poneman, kim thayill, lester bangs, linda owens, lisa orth, lynda barry early career, mark mclaughlin, Nirvana, pravda records, russ bataglia | Leave a comment

talent scouts: publishers sweep cakes

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): back when i was art directing the rocket, i had a constant parade of “talent” approaching me for work. because the rocket was literally the ONLY kiosk in town to do anything fun or kool in … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged adrian frutiger, art chantry, bob newman, bob newman the rocket, callahan comic panel artist, carl smool, charles burns, david carson, david carson raygun magazine, denny eichhorn, ed big daddy roth, gary larsen, Gary Panter, Harvey Pekar, holly tuttle, love battery, lynda barry, matt groening, Milton Glaser, pete bagge, randy willoughby, rat fink comic strip, Robert Crumb, ron huage the simpsons, sub pop records, Ted Bundy, the rocket newspaper, walter dorwin teague associates | Leave a comment

billboard liberation

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Dave

The billboard liberation movement. Taking back public space, one board at a time. … Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com): There was an epidemic of altered billboards in the Seattle area back in the early 1980′s. It happened about the time our … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged altered billboards, Billboard Liberation Front, BLF, carl smool, Lady Gaga, mark pauline, Ronald Reagan, survival research laboratories, the fartz, twin peaks | Leave a comment

smool operator: speaking poetry to power

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Dave

Divorcing the old reality…. Art Chantry ( Art@artchantry.com ): Carl Smool is not his real name. he made it up when he decided to divorce himself form his old reality back in the late ’60′s when he was a hippie … Continue reading →