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What’s in his name

No name experimentation. The men from uncle… Art Chantry. Art@artchantry.com Some stars are so big that we call them by their first names only – Cher, Bing, Madonna, Elvis, Ozzy. It takes a certain celebrity status to achieve that sort … Continue reading

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design of the times

Record sleeve covers in their graphic design have always had a psychographic dimension that often transcends and complements the material creating a new, and reinforcing, the intended critical content. ( dave.) Art Chantry:this may not be the very greatest record … Continue reading

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ROMA CHRISTMAS CARAVAN: A Nomadic Santa

A Gypsy Christmas Carol from 1893 in England: King Pharim sat a-musing, A musing all alone; There came a blessed Saviour, And all to him unknown. Say, where did you come from, good man, Oh, where did you then pass? … Continue reading

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INSTANT GRATIFICATION:Mysterious Strangers of the New Dispensation

“Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking.” ( J.M. Keynes ) An aristocratic disdain permeated the Bloomsbury group. A contempt for the masses as well as the bourgeois. They were … Continue reading

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MUSIC & MADNESS: AN IMP OF A LIBRETTO

A cursed libretto is not your typical campfire ghost story.Its not a joking anecdote to be easily dismissed either. Its one helluva an imp who has displayed wildly inconsistent behavior over the years.  The specific association of music and madness … Continue reading

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