Tag Archives: The Invisible Republic

swizzle swag

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) Tales from the invisible republic. The new old-weird America… about 20 years ago, i worked on my first swizzle stick project. my client/pal dave crider at estrus records decided he wanted swizzle stick to go … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged 45 collection the cocktail companion, american advertising niches, art chantry, dave crider, dave crider estrus records, Griel Marcus, Luc Sante, macdonald's coffee swizzle sticks, swizzle stick, The Invisible Republic, tiki outrigger paddle, trader vic swizzle stick, trader vic's | Leave a comment

CONFIDENCE MEN:Masquerade, Myth and Art

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Dave

For the confidence man to find a comfortable home in the heart of American culture, he needed a mask. And humor has often become an intricate part of the disguise. From the Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor in blackface which … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous | Tagged Al Jolson, American Humor: A Study of the national Character, Bob Dylan, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Constance Rourke, Eddie Cantor, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Greil Marcus, Griel Marcus, Hannah Arendt, Henry James, Herman Melville, I'm Not there, Luc Sante, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, The Confidence man, The Invisible Republic, The Old Weird America | Leave a comment

Blake & The Invisible Republic

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Dave

What musicologist and culture critic Griel Marcus termed ”the old weird America” , an invisible republic that lingers in the background and is interwoven into the fabric of everyday life. Bob Dylan and The Band’s ‘‘The Basement Tapes” was recorded, … Continue reading →