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fifties: features of figments
Must we be nostalgic about the fifties? Pervasive influences are at work. We are not left to our own devices and nostalgic impulses do not flow as they will. They are not mirrored in their variety by the mass media, … Continue reading
turning the bull loose
Very insightful to listen to an interview between Pimm Fox of Bloomberg and Michael D. Robbins and his long experience with the New York Stock Exchange as a floor trader and later brokerage owner, a career which began in the … Continue reading
guns and psychoses
by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) i clipped this out of some newspaper back in about 1981. ronnie reagan had just been elected president and the conservative ‘revolution’ had just started. i actually had a friend move away – he left the … Continue reading
bad boomer graveyard: skin and bone
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) the beistle company (pronounced ‘bee-sill’) is probably one of the most widely distributed, widely viewed, most famous popular manufactured art in the united states. bet you never heard of them, right? but, i’ll bet you’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged american graphic design, art chantry, casper the ghost, dennison seasonal decoration, halloween decoration, michael deaver, roger corman movie, Ronald Reagan, the beistle company, the mono men, tom brokaw, tom brokaw obama
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banalities of evil
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) this is such a boring photo. when maire ( mosco) handed me this image (she took the snap), i just looked at it blankly and wondered what the hell it was. it’s absolutely nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged Banality of Evil, Edward S. Herman, genesis p. orridge, Hannah Arendt, james mcavoy, jodie foster, john hinkley, lisa peattie, maire mosco, Robert Redford, Ronald Reagan, ronald reagan assassination, Ted Bundy, throbbing gristle, Woody Allen
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when doing harm is a great biz
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) one of the things that never ceases to amaze me is the constant recall of dangerous and untested products from our market place. we all grew up with a more beneficial government and now live … Continue reading
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Tagged a long days journey into night, art chantry, bayer aspirin, cigarette advertising, doc holiday, Eugene O'Neill, Freud, graphic design, heroin addiction, leighton beezer, morphine pain killer, Ronald Reagan, sigmund freud addiction, simon glombitza, starving artist tubecular look, tape worm pills, theheroinwhores band
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apocalypse: yearning for nihilion
the Apocalypse has always held a particular fascination in the American imagination from religious fundamentalism to secular fear-mongers of nuclear holocaust, new age warnings of environmental apocalypse and economic armageddon because of greedy bankers and those sneaky poor who cheat … Continue reading
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