Tag Archives: the Byrds

handbill me down: fatal metaphors for an age

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: this is b&w photocopy (all i have anymore) of a small 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 handbill for a concert at the seattle center’s memorial stadium (now next to the EMP. hendrix played his first seattle headline … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged art chantry, Buffalo nickel, collective rock posters, gig posters, Jimi Hendrix Seattle, John Birch Society handbook, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, phase 2, psychedelic imagery, Rick Griffin, Stanley ''Mouse'' Miller, the Byrds, The Jefferson Airplane, wes wilson | Leave a comment

auto erogenous zone: hormones & hooded visual metaphors

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Art

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 →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft | 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 | Leave a comment

design of the times

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Art

Record sleeve covers in their graphic design have always had a psychographic dimension that often transcends and complements the material creating a new, and reinforcing, the intended critical content. ( dave.) Art Chantry:this may not be the very greatest record … Continue reading →