Entries Tagged as 'Artists'

The Reverend Billy and his Church of Stop Shopping –WHO???

Published on December 6th, 2007 by Malachi

I don’t buy it!
Who does this guy think he is? Calls himself The Reverend Billy and The Church of Stop Shopping?
And now he’s got this movie as well, “What would Jesus Buy?”
This…man…is banned in EVERY STARBUCKS in THE WORLD! And why, my friends? Because he tried to exorcise one of their cash registers. Yes, an [...]

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Two Alice Neel stories prompted by a new documentary about her.

Published on May 14th, 2007 by Malachi

5/14/07, 01:55 PM
The artist Alice Neel (1900-1985) had a long, difficult, varied career as a really wonderful portrait painter –mostly in and around New York City. She looked into the souls of her sitters, saw the resident conflicts and contradictions that elude most observers –and, clearly, many of the sitters themselves– and served them up [...]

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