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Title: Benzos & Booze = No Thomas Kinkade
Post by: jaydub on May 09, 2012, 12:02:50 am
How did we miss this guy's curtain call?  Not that I'm particularly eager to crap on a fellow's memory, but I can recall that once or twice we had made passing reference to Fine Art for the Low Brow.
The medical examiner's report (one month post-mortem) is calling it an accidental overdose - but it looks as though combining the two is some folks' idea of a party.
Title: Re: Benzos & Booze = No Thomas Kinkade
Post by: miles on May 09, 2012, 01:58:17 am
The medical examiner's report (one month post-mortem) is calling it an accidental overdose - but it looks as though combining the two is some folks' idea of a party.

You could definitely do worse for a party. A xanax and a couple beers is like the ultimate social lubricant as far as I'm concerned. But yeah, that's dangerous shit.

I was thinking the other day about his somewhat negative reputation. He's obviously skilled. Is it just that his work is a little too precious?
Title: Re: Benzos & Booze = No Thomas Kinkade
Post by: Nabubrush on May 09, 2012, 03:01:09 am
Didn't see this one. I've talked to several artists about him. He's talented in a way - but he's really cartoony. Sort of the boy band of artists. And not Hanson or the Jackson 5.
Title: Re: Benzos & Booze = No Thomas Kinkade
Post by: greenkoolayd on May 09, 2012, 06:53:07 am
with any luck no one will post any of his cartoonishly heart warming bull crap on FB.
Title: Re: Benzos & Booze = No Thomas Kinkade
Post by: KeithHernandez on May 09, 2012, 07:05:08 am
Yeah, good combo.  Way to fuck it up brokaw.
Title: Re: Benzos & Booze = No Thomas Kinkade
Post by: wombat on May 09, 2012, 12:18:55 pm
Sort of the boy band of artists. And not Hanson or the Jackson 5.

That's a wonderful analogy.