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Tag Archives: The Beatles
bootleg cover
by Art Chantry: this is a cover of a bootleg rolling stones recording from back in 1973. they were just taking break on their legendary monster tour following the release of “Exile” and this is a tape of a concert … Continue reading
a hard day’s light a match
by Art Chantry: now THAT’s promo!! this is from back in the old days when things were cheap, labor cost nothing and the crazy idea of doing a custom stationery as a natural part of movie promotions seemed like a … Continue reading
an illustrated poe: distraught and distrubing
by Art Chantry lit snobs abhor genre fiction. that’s why we all sniff at successful writers like stephen king and and john grisham and say things like, “yes, he’s good, but he’s “popular” ya know?” as if the idea that … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged american industrial merchant culture, art chantry, Arthur Rackham, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, john grisham, rackham poe illustrations, stephen king, The Beatles, the beatles records, The Monkees
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church supper
by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) On July 6th, 1957, two teenagers—John Lennon and Paul McCartney—are introduced to one another at a fête at the St. Peter’s Church Hall in Woolton, England, where Lennon’s band … Continue reading
don’t look back
walk away and don’t look back. Posted without comment.
yellow sub
by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) The Beatles: Yellow Submarine Signet, 1968 Illustration by (or developed from) Heinz Edelmann Thanks to the BoomUnderground Facebook page for reminding us that in 1968, Yellow Submarine opened. We … Continue reading
beatlemania : because we said so
Celebrity as a cultural signifier. The need for the sacrificial. Are myths to a large degree, constructions, fabrications, which are conspirational in nature? Something to serve a base need as a substitute for finding meaning in life. Here, the victim … Continue reading
imagine if you can: yes!
John Lennon’s message was fairly straightforward: don’t swallow wholesale what you’ve been told. Affirm your independence or it will be taken from you. Assert your individuality. Don’t let yourself be imprisoned by rules and regulations devised by others. All easier … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Music/Composition/Performance
Tagged Gary Tillery, John Lennon, knotted gun statue, knotted gun strategy, Marshall Crenshaw, non-violence project foundation, Paul McCartney, Rene Descartes, Ringo Starr, Slavoj Zizek, steve forbert, Tennessee Williams, The Beatles, Viktor Frankl, Yoko Ono
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gettin’ yer ya ya’s out
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) this is the rolling stones playing live at the 1965 seattle teen spectacular. this photo is taken by the legendary jini dellaccio (probably the greatest “undiscovered” rock photographer of all time.) the band is performing … Continue reading
when they were fab
The optical unconscious.The truth shoppers would have to parse through all the footage to strip away the false consciousness maintained under the neo-liberal economic model with regard to video and film. Cult values and elements of the ritual predominate and … Continue reading
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