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truman kaput & harry the hipster
It was an era of the general entertainer. Ronny Graham’s parents were both vaudeville players towards the end of that epoch and Graham was a multi-talented performer: comedian, composer, lyricist, actor. Like his contemporaries which were Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce … Continue reading
dallas and american extreme: grassy knoll design
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) the first time i visited dallas, texas, was a miserable trip. i’d been invited down there to give one of my little ‘talks’ (show slides of my work, cuss a lot). i’d not bargained on … Continue reading
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Tagged art chantry, buffalo george toomer, ed gein garage, george toomer american extremes, Jack Kerouac, JFK assassination, John F. Kennedy, john wayne gacy painting, Lenny Bruce, phil hollenbeck, the grassy knoll, westlake square shopping mall, William Burroughs
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personal totem: getting sentimental on a primal nasty
Getty nasty and rude; a little cheeky fresh and punky before the PC Nazis neutered the magic. …. Art Chantry (Art@artchantry.com): Last week I was at a thrift store and found a stash of old National Lampoons from the early … Continue reading
filling in the pauses: the aural gaze
Creating a new genre of music. Improvisation, “making shit up” when you articulate the pauses and these gaps, these silent but charged spaces become the content and assume the central position in the compositional structure….. Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) : … Continue reading
EFFING THIS & EFFING THAT: ART & POLITICS OF FUDDLE DUDDLE
Puritanism: as “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” ( H.L. Mencken ) Fornication Under Consent of the King. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. Fuckedandfarfromhome. The F-Bomb ….”How do you people really feel about doing it? Isn’t that about … Continue reading
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