Tag Archives: lester bangs

history is written by the whiners

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) take a good close look at this. this is what sub pop originally looked like. this was back when bruce pavitt was still a student at evergreen college in olympia, washington (the “hippie hangover state … Continue reading →

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anti graphics: the cult of un-think

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Dave

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) in 1977, when i clipped this ad (35 long years ago), you have to remember what the pop world was actually like. ‘star wars’ and ‘saturday night fever’ were still brand new movies playing … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged american graphic design, art chantry, carl jung synchronicity, creem magazine, David Bowie, fleetwood mac, graphic design, Guy Debord, jackson browne, jamie reid situationist, Jamie Reid The Sex Pistols, lester bangs, linda ronstadt, Malcolm McLaren, patti smith, sid viscious, t.rex, The Ramones, the sex pistols | Leave a comment

grunge: just more snotty bratty punk rock

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Art

When reality escapes the narrative… by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) ‘grunge’ never really existed. the big problem with the term ‘grunge’ is that it was strictly developed to replace the word ‘punk’. bruce pavitt, the creative dude behind the sub … Continue reading →

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Dionysian frenzy: annihilating the comfortable self

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Dave

Try to find your way home. Only if you lose yourself can you find yourself ….such is the message of the eternal orgy of spring…. When Dionysus arrived at a new place, though, accompanied by his followers, the “maenads” or … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Music/Composition/Performance | Tagged Eldridge Cleaver, Elvis Presley, Friedrich Nietzsche, lester bangs, Michel Foucault, Mick Jagger The Rolling Stones, robert christgau, robert palmer, The Beatles | Leave a comment

A dionysian frenzy: a downer of a deity?

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Dave

Only if you lose yourself can you find yourself? This is the message of the eternal orgy of spring. Is Dionysus really the god of rock n’ roll? The god, superhuman power, force of nature,call him what you like, known … Continue reading →