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will the original paint job please own up
by Art Chantry: this is john lennon’s infamous psychedelic Bentley. supposedly, the Rolls Royce corporation attempted to buy it back and re-paint it. actually, i’ve never seen this version of that famous car before. i’ve seen at least 5 different … Continue reading
trash-culture-ville
by Art Chantry: most of us out there in trashcultureville are very familiar with the legend of the “cheap thrills” record cover. how the band asked robert crumb (their buddy) to draw the cover art. the record company used what … Continue reading
death cover
by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) rolling stone magazine’s ‘death covers’ are the koolest krap ever. i think this brian jones cover from august 1969 (#39) is the first of them (perhaps you can help me on this). since then, there’s been … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media
Tagged Brian Jones The Rolling Stones, fred woodward, Hunter S. Thompson, Janis Joplin, jann wenner, Jim Marshall, mike salisbury, Rich Griffin, Rick Griffin, robert kingsbury, roger black, roling stone death covers
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back to brown paper bags
Before the late 1930′s record albums were said to have resembled tombstones: plain brown sleeves with the name of the artist stamped onto the cover.Then came a new direction, the formation of a new axiom that was not always true, … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged a.m. cassandre, adrian dannatt, album cover art, alex steinweiss, alexey brodovitch, bob cato, dave brubeck, Helen Levitt photography, Janis Joplin, jim flora, Mati Klarwein, neil fujita, Robert Crumb, rudolph de harek, s. neil fujita, Steven Heller
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REMEMBER: ECHOES and MEMORIES
In his Rolling Stone interview,John Lennon said that it was pain which had made the great artists what they were. Memory, oh memory, what you do to me? /Today is all I really need to know. /Why do you have … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Music/Composition/Performance
Tagged A.R. Orage, Andy Warhol, Bernie Taupin, Bob Dylan, David katz, Denardo Coleman, Dr. Arthur Janov, Eliot Mintz, Elliott Landy, Elton John, Gary Tillery, J.G. Bennett, Janis Joplin, Jesse Dylan, John Lennon, John Pohl, LENNONYC American Masters Documentary, Levon Helm, Ornette Coleman, Ouspensky, P.D. Ouspensky, Peter van Schie, Rolling Stone Magazine, Tennessee Williams, The Band, Tim Buckley, Timothy Leary, Two Lefts Don't Make a Right, Yoko Ono
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