Tag Archives: george barris

unchained

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Dave

by Art Chantry: the munsters had the george barris designed “munster coach”. grandpa munster had the george barris designed “dragula”. so, what did poor little eddie munster get? he got this wonderful stingray style bike fabricated out of chains! this … Continue reading →

Posted in Shake Your Hips | Tagged art chantry, Eddie Munster, george barris, George Barris Custom, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Skip Barrett, Von Dutch design | Leave a comment

stooging

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: this guy here (in the foreground) is a real honest-to-gawd rocknroll hero. you likely have never heard of the guy. his name is Don Gallucci. i found this autographed publicity photo (taken by the legendary jini dellaccio) … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged art chantry, Don Galluci, george barris, Jim Valley, jini dellaccio, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Rockin' Robin Roberts, Terry Melcher, The Kingsmen, The Sonics Tacoma, The Stooges | Leave a comment

bachelor cartoonist: surreal sleaze

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) one of things i really enjoy about sifting through old magazines – particularly trashy second and third string specialty magazines – is finding hidden treasure. among the many amazing things you suddenly trip across in … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged art chantry, don martin, george barris, Jack Kerouac, julie newmar, Lee Friedlander, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Richard Powers, ronald searle, russ meyer, stan shaw, Virgil Partch | Leave a comment

men with pin stripes

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Dave

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Rod & Custom (Combined with HOP UP) March 1955 issue Photograph: Ralph Poole Design: Wayne Bender Art Director: Wayne Bender The cover’s custom station wagon by kustom-king George Barris … Continue reading →

Posted in Shake Your Hips, Uncategorized | Tagged art summers, bill harrah, dean jeffries, ed big daddy roth, george barris, hokey ass message boards, jesse marinoff reyes, ralph poole, von dutch, wayne bender | Leave a comment

the peacock and the porsche

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Dave

Is conspicuous consumption a mating relevant signal? Veblen never really studied the issue, though he took pains to depict the long history of showy displays of wealth. But the theory that blatant displays of resources are designed to get reproductive … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Charles Darwin, george barris, jerry seinfeld, jerry seinfeld porsche, porsche advertising, porsche carrera GT, porsche ownership, taylor and harrison marketing consultants, the munster mobile, the munsters, Thorstein Veblen, Tony Curtis | Leave a comment

snapshot from another galaxy

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Art

vox equipment…. by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): This little advert is from circa 1965-66. it advertises the local hipster music supply shop in lakewood near clover park high school (home of the local rich kids). that shop was the epicenter of … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged art chantry, bobby floyd, bobby radnitch, clover park high school, george barris, jerry roslie, Karen Black, liverpool five, paul revere and the raiders, semina magazine, TAMI show, terri garr, Terry Melcher, the hearsemen, toni basil, wallace berman semina group | Leave a comment

war on wheels: unhealthy at any speed

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Dave

The war on cars. reclaim your streets. From the outset the car was associated with stardom, wealth and the American Dream. From the outset it was a fetish object initially associated with the upper classes in the first decades of … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged Allen Ginsberg, bianca mugyenyi, david perry, Diego Rivera, Francis Picabia, george barris, Ginsberg, heathcote williams, hot wheels indianopolis 500, Jack Kerouac, james j. flink, John Sloan, Milan Kundera, Reclaim the Streets, Rick Salutin, simon waldron hot wheels, Theodor Adorno, William S. Burroughs, yves engler | Leave a comment

its a virus, i tell ya!

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Art

Once you catch the bug… by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com ): One time, while I was being tattooed, I was in so much pain that i actually started to hallucinate. no joke. After it was over, I curled up in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged alton kelly, art blog, art chantry, darryl starbird, daryl starbird, dean cushenberry, don monteverde, ed roth, george barris, jung archetype, juztapoz robert williams, kenneth howard von dutch, madame pickwick art blog, phil cushenberry, Robert Williams, stanley miller, von dutch | Leave a comment

“why bother?”:infiltrating the subconscious

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Dave

Robert Crumb and the visual language of post modernity. The human experience thudding along; our shared autobiography… Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): It’s a sunny Saturday and I want to work in my yard and also I need to do a poster … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged art chantry, Charles Schultz, ed big daddy roth, ed roth, george barris, matt groening, pettibon, Robert Crumb, Simpsons, von dutch | Leave a comment

LA confidential: ultra vox & roll over beethoven

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Dave

California, and Los Angeles used to pretty cool…. Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) One of the things we’ve forgotten about is just how cool Los Angeles was in the mid-sixties. Maybe our forgetting was intentional, actually. After them hippies went … Continue reading →