Tag Archives: sub pop records

clothing the emperor

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: great moments in trash culture history… this is the legendary and notorious “lexicon of grunge.” back in the glory days of the seattle scene (aka, ‘grunge’). it happened so FAST that like overnight the entire city was … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged american pop culture, art chantry, daniel house c/z records, Grunge Culture, Guy Debord Situationist, lexicon of grunge, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, seattle grunge scene, sub pop records | 1 Comment

label makers ( exhibit a )

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) back in the late 80′s, i met a guy starting a new record label. his name was dave crider and his label was called “estrus”. (yeah, ESTRUS. look it up.) i’d been doing work for sub … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged art chantry, bettie page, bruce pavitt, bruce pavitt sub pop, chris coop cooper, darren merinuk, dave crider, dave crider estrus records, ed big daddy roth, ed fotheringham, frank kozik, joe newton, peter bagge, Richard M. Powers, sub pop records, the mono men, the mortals estrus records | Leave a comment

talent scouts: publishers sweep cakes

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): back when i was art directing the rocket, i had a constant parade of “talent” approaching me for work. because the rocket was literally the ONLY kiosk in town to do anything fun or kool in … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged adrian frutiger, art chantry, bob newman, bob newman the rocket, callahan comic panel artist, carl smool, charles burns, david carson, david carson raygun magazine, denny eichhorn, ed big daddy roth, gary larsen, Gary Panter, Harvey Pekar, holly tuttle, love battery, lynda barry, matt groening, Milton Glaser, pete bagge, randy willoughby, rat fink comic strip, Robert Crumb, ron huage the simpsons, sub pop records, Ted Bundy, the rocket newspaper, walter dorwin teague associates | Leave a comment

‘zines

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) usually, i try no tot do this, but i’m enthusiastically endorsing a recent product here. this book, Fanzines by teal triggs, is absolutely great. if nothing else, the COLLECTION of great ‘zines she reproduces here is … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged art chantry, bruce pavitt, butthole surfers, chronicle books, dennis white, fanzines by teal triggs, husker du, jello biafra, maire masco, pravda records, sonic youth, soundgarden, sub pop records, susan silver, teal triggs, the world of 'zines | Leave a comment

seaweed in seattle

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Dave

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 →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Abbie Hoffman, art chantry, bruce pavitt, CZ Records, dan house cz records, daniel house, emmet grogan, Jeff Kleinsmith, jonathan poneman, New York Dolls, Nirvana, peter coyote, seattle grunge scene, Skin Yard, soundgarden, sub pop records, the Diggers, the gits, the sonics | Leave a comment

snagging the exotic:the youthful prodigies

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Art

graphic design is language not art… by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): School papers are made by dorks and nerds. you just never find cheer leaders and jocks working on them (except part-time sports reporting). It’s basically the place where any kid … Continue reading →