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Tag Archives: The Beatles
nowhere men on the block
by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) THIS is the single strangest record cover in the history of popular music. it is (of course) the beatles original cover design released on the “yesterday, today and tomorrow’ capitol records Lp in the US back … Continue reading
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Tagged alan livingston, art chantry, beatles the butcher block cover, Brian Epstein Beatles, bruce spizer, david dexter, george osaki, Hans Bellmer, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, robert benson, robert whitaker photographer, The Beatles
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snagging the exotic:the youthful prodigies
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
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Tagged charles peterson, ed sullivan show, hank trotter, Jeff Kleinsmith, pearl jam books, rock band girl trouble, school newspapers, SF zines, sub pop records, the american luthier, The Beatles, The Cramps, The Rocket, the rocket newspaper, the stranger seattle, tim olsen
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frank: we’re only in it for the art
Frank Zappa. A game changer. And much of the aesthetic projection can be credited to Cal Schenkel… by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) Where would we all be if there had never been a Frank Zappa? I mean, the guy … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbie Hoffman, alice cooper, Andy Warhol, art chantry, Cal Schenkel, Captain Beefheart, Francis Picabia, Frank Zappa, Jerry Rubin, joe pyne, Marcel Duchamp, Schwitters, The Beatles, the mothers of invention, The Rocket, tim olsen, wild man fischer
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won’t get fooled again:NOT a sampler but a sampling
It was a lot of money back then, and sampling has evolved to become a lucrative promotional vehicle for advertisers…. ….”I really hate the way the money grubbers constantly peck aroudn the edges at things until they can wiggle their … Continue reading
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Tagged alice cooper, art chantry, Beaver & Krause, bette midler, Bruce Springsteen, Captain Beefheart, ed sanders, George Harrison, Jethro Tull, John Van Hammersveld, Rolling Stones, t.rex, The Beatles, the Buzzcocks, The Ramones, Van Morrison, von dutch
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Dionysian frenzy: annihilating the comfortable self
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
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Tagged Eldridge Cleaver, Elvis Presley, Friedrich Nietzsche, lester bangs, Michel Foucault, Mick Jagger The Rolling Stones, robert christgau, robert palmer, The Beatles
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auto erogenous zone: hormones & hooded visual metaphors
A rocket in their pocket. The automobile, rock’n roll, and culture.The spirit of mobility, fluidity and virility. From Art Chantry: The popular notion is that the very first rock’n’roll tune ever recorded was “rock around the clock” by Bill Haley … Continue reading
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Tagged Beach Boys, Bill haley, bill haley and the comets, Elvis Presley, ferko goldinger, Ike Turner, ike turner and the rhythm kings, pat boone, The Beatles, the Byrds, The Monkees
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BEHIND THE YULETIDE AND MISTLETOE: These Buds Are For You
Santa Claus and the “Nowhere Man.” Tis’ the season to be jolly…. Though many societies and religious traditions promote entheogenic drug experiences, the Sixties brought recreation use to the forefront of popular culture. The Sixties were a decade of change, … Continue reading
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Tagged A Merry Forking Christmas, Allie Townshend, Arlen Hart, Bob Dylan, Cheech and Chong, Dana Larsen, Dixie Elixirs, Erich Goode, Evan Karp, John Lennon, Lori Dorfman, Mike Hughes, Peter Jamison, Philip S. Smith, The Beatles, Wells Tower
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