Tag Archives: Nirvana

out of the coop

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) …he and i worked together on a project for a band the mortals, their first LP release titled “ritual dimension in sound.” coop actually art directed the cover photo of gorgeous calendar girl model patterned on … Continue reading

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java jive

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) a couple of days ago, there was a front page story on the Java Jive, the famous old roadside “giant teapot’ monument architecture on south tacoma way in tacoma. it’s a a weird strange old … Continue reading

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how i remember zine

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) my old pals, jesse reyes and bob newman, have started a collection of ‘zine’s from the early days of seattle. they are compiling a collection of covers on (i think) the website “newmanology”. in an … Continue reading

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history is written by the whiners

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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they’re lumberjacks and they’re okay

by Art Chantry ( art@artchanty.com ) this tshirt design has created a swirl of controversy in the local tabloids over the last couple of days. it’s to promote the annual ‘logger rodeo’ in the twin cities of hoquiam/aberdeen. up here … Continue reading

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seaweed in seattle

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): DIGGING through my crap, thinking about what to post today, i ran across this peculiar item. it’s a piece of seaweed (like the kind you purchase in small sheets in the asian food aisle in your … Continue reading

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smile : happy days were once again…

by Art Chantry ( art@artchntry.com) THIS logo was used on a very popular little (3/4″) button that was a very trendy item worn in the punk scene in seattle. it gradually was lifted and used on a tshirt for the … Continue reading

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d.i.y. perfection

you draw it stupid!!!… by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) this is one of the most brilliant and perfect logos in design history. “K” records was formed in olympia, washington, in the early 1980’s as a little indie record label intending to … Continue reading

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in the name of love… some kind of wonderful?

Godzilla with a skirt… by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) TODAY’S weird piece o’ crap that i’m posting is this little note from courtney love. orpheum records on broadway in seattle was a small independent record store (long gone) that used … Continue reading

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cartooning weatherman

from the dark, moody, bipolar corner of the nation… by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com): The northwest has contributed many wonderous things to world culture. from the dark moody bipolar corner of the nation came such tantalizing creations as the flying … Continue reading

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