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45 rpm: ultimate teenager product
by Art Chantry: here’s a cool bit of packaging that i found the other day. never seen anything quite like it. this is a 45 cover (a 7″ vinyl record). you might note that it’s roughly shaped like an xmas … Continue reading
decal shock of the garage
by Art Chantry: here’s a photo of those garageshock water transfer decal ticket stubs i mention din my last essay about impko. each one was sold on each day of the 4-day event. you used it as a pass in … Continue reading
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Tagged 3B tavern bellingham, art chantry, dave crider, dave crider estrus records, Garage Shock Festival, Garage Shock Festival Bellingham, Garageshock, Garageshock water transfer decal stubs, impko decal company, Impko decal company bogota New Jersey, Madame Pickwick, mysterion screen print, The Apemen group, the splash four live, water-transfer decals
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Impko: some cheezy pop history
by Art Chantry: this thing is a called a water-transfer decal, specifically, this is a souvenir travel decal. you know the ones, you’ve seen them everywhere all your life. i always referred to them as ‘winnebago decals’, because you saw … Continue reading
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Tagged art chantry, dave crider, dave crider estrus records, don monteverde, ed big daddy roth, impko decal company, Impko decal company bogota New Jersey, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Monte's Monsters, water-transfer decals, winnebago decals
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45 rpm: warping and skipping along
by Art Chantry: the first of the two 45′s here is for a band called “jack o’ fire” (a crazed lo-fi punk blues) and the other is for a band called “the screamin’ furys” (much more of a classic garage … Continue reading
lack of green for sleeves
by Art Chantry: this is a much earlier estrus 45 sleeve. it was done in the earlier punk ‘baggie sleeve style. the way this thing worked was you had your print shop make the sleeve this size and then you’d … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged art chantry, dave crider, Dave Crider Estrus, estrus crust club membership, estrus records, jack white, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Record artwork, record packaging, Satan's Pilgrims group, the Galaxy trio, The White Stripes
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poof and gone
by Art Chantry: this is a random selection (grabbed off the top of a pile of hundreds) of estrus records 45 covers i did for dave crider at estrus records. right now dave is reissuing some of his catalog through … Continue reading
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Tagged american graphic design, art chantry, dave crider, dave crider estrus records, DIY rock, estrus records, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, mettalic pms inks, The Gimmicks Estrus, The Hellacopters Estrus, The Insomniacs Estrus, The Makers Estrus, The Ray-Ons Estrus, The Volcanos Estrus
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lone wolves
by Art Chantry: More vintage Estrus Records (and ESCORT SERVICES) graphic treasures this was s et four prom or playing cards for the untamed youth’s “live at the sahara, las vegas.” each card had the graphic from the back cover … Continue reading
godzilla : wag the monster
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) this great little photo has been circulating on the net recently. it brings to mind the tale (tail?) a friend of mine (dave crider) has about actually being allowed into the toho ‘monster’ museum on … Continue reading
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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swizzle swag
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) Tales from the invisible republic. The new old-weird America… about 20 years ago, i worked on my first swizzle stick project. my client/pal dave crider at estrus records decided he wanted swizzle stick to go … Continue reading
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Tagged 45 collection the cocktail companion, american advertising niches, art chantry, dave crider, dave crider estrus records, Griel Marcus, Luc Sante, macdonald's coffee swizzle sticks, swizzle stick, The Invisible Republic, tiki outrigger paddle, trader vic swizzle stick, trader vic's
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