The Angela Dee



farting is such sweet sorrow
NAKED PEOPLE is Time Out NY’s Critic’s Pick! Come to the show next Weds (2/1) @ 9:30pm to see why (and bring your reviewer friends, dammit!) 

NAKED PEOPLE is Time Out NY’s Critic’s Pick! Come to the show next Weds (2/1) @ 9:30pm to see why (and bring your reviewer friends, dammit!) 

NAKED PEOPLE, the show everyone is talking about, is at the UCB (Chelsea) tonight, 8pm!! $5 (which is basically FREE)

Reserve your tickets for the funniest comedy show in New York NOWWWWW!

It’s subtle, but this is why I’m not an Andy Warhol fan. I believe those who create art should care deeply. We should be obsessed. It doesn’t matter if anyone else likes it - that part I agree with. And it IS important to avoid procrastination. Artists are notorious procrastinators. But, as is reflected by the current saturation of absolute mediocrity in all areas of art, it is imperitive that we strive for brilliance in everything we do. To churn out piece after piece without thought or consideration of it’s quality is to produce a cannon of blah. And like begets like. Hence where we are today. And I think Andy Warhol - while shaking up the stuffy art-historians of his day by injecting a little “who gives a fuck?!” into the culture of art - has taught subsequent generations to be lazy. That fame, glamor and power are more important than content. If more artists (painters, sculptors, actors, dancers, filmmakers, comedians, musicians, etc) gave more of a crap about what they did, the level of work we would behold would blow our socks off. And I, for one, will follow that doctrine over anything AW has to offer until the day I die. They needed Andy Warhol back then. But we need excellence in our artists today. Bring them on. We need to be amazed.  (Doug posted this pic a while ago and I waited to post this so that there would be no association with him and what I was saying. I LOVE me some Doug! He’s awesome)

It’s subtle, but this is why I’m not an Andy Warhol fan.

I believe those who create art should care deeply. We should be obsessed.

It doesn’t matter if anyone else likes it - that part I agree with. And it IS important to avoid procrastination. Artists are notorious procrastinators. But, as is reflected by the current saturation of absolute mediocrity in all areas of art, it is imperitive that we strive for brilliance in everything we do. To churn out piece after piece without thought or consideration of it’s quality is to produce a cannon of blah. And like begets like. Hence where we are today. And I think Andy Warhol - while shaking up the stuffy art-historians of his day by injecting a little “who gives a fuck?!” into the culture of art - has taught subsequent generations to be lazy. That fame, glamor and power are more important than content.

If more artists (painters, sculptors, actors, dancers, filmmakers, comedians, musicians, etc) gave more of a crap about what they did, the level of work we would behold would blow our socks off. And I, for one, will follow that doctrine over anything AW has to offer until the day I die.

They needed Andy Warhol back then. But we need excellence in our artists today. Bring them on. We need to be amazed. 

(Doug posted this pic a while ago and I waited to post this so that there would be no association with him and what I was saying. I LOVE me some Doug! He’s awesome)

(Source: douglasjwidick)

My dad’s lamb tajine - or as I like to call it JESUSFUCKINGCHRISTTHISISSOOOOOGOOD!!! (Taken with instagram)

My dad’s lamb tajine - or as I like to call it JESUSFUCKINGCHRISTTHISISSOOOOOGOOD!!! (Taken with instagram)

Happy birthday melly-bear! (Taken with instagram)

Happy birthday melly-bear! (Taken with instagram)

MELISSA MCCARTHY!!! I LOVE it when the Academy acknowledge the funny : D EDIT: HOLY SHIT!!! Bridesmaids also got a BEST WRITING NOM!!! Wow. Love it.

MELISSA MCCARTHY!!!

I LOVE it when the Academy acknowledge the funny : D

EDIT: HOLY SHIT!!! Bridesmaids also got a BEST WRITING NOM!!! Wow. Love it.

NOSES I WANT TO TOUCH Jessica Hynes (AKA Stevenson)

NOSES I WANT TO TOUCH

Jessica Hynes (AKA Stevenson)

olivershmoliver: Dear Roger Waters, I have loved you for most of my life. The perfect balance of your pre-emo brooding and David Gilmour’s bluesy soundscapes is what made Pink Floyd one of the best bands of the 20th century—if not the best band. I mean, shit, man, Dark Side of the Moon is the second best-selling album of all time. It’s not my favorite Floyd album, but that’s damn cool, man.    I’m talking deep, deep fan. “Adam’s Psychedelic Breakfast” and “Absolutely Curtains” are some of my regular go-tos. So take this as the heartfelt truth of a lifelong Floyd fan: Your new tour of The Wall is bullshit! You’re charging people—at the minimum—$204 to see The Wall live? And you’re dressing your website like a back-alley Banksy-designed revolutionary coven, in an attempt to play to this moment of anti-government sentiment? BULLSHIT! This moment isn’t anti-government. It’s anti-bullshit. An honest, fair-dealing government is fine. One that cozies up to corporations at the expense of people’s well being is not. You’re playing on ideas that you don’t seem to get. Maybe it’s because you’re old. Maybe it’s because you never had a true revolutionary moment yourself. I get it. You missed Vietnam and the 21st century wars came after your prime. That’s fine. You don’t have to have had that moment. You only have to be honest. (I mean, really, what does a picture of George W. Bush holding a gun to his head beneath “sorry” and above “Should I trust the government” even mean? It means nothing. It assume it means you let some corporation craft an idea of this moment for you. Bullshit.) And the final, most egregious insult, far more offensive than that ridiculous ticket price, is this “Fallen Loved Ones” thing you’re doing. People can submit photos of their loved ones who have died in combat to be displayed at concerts during The Wall? So people will feel that they’re in some way involved in this because you’re implying a connection between The Wall and the deaths they’ve endured as a result of war? Making people feel like what you’re selling (an overpriced concert) impacts them personally is just greed parading as concern. You are selling people a dishonest emotional experience. AND YOU WROTE A FUCKING ALBUM ABOUT IT! THE VERY ALBUM YOU’RE NOW TOURING! OK, that’s it. As always, I could be wrong. I could be letting my own disappointment and distrust cloud my perception of what’s happening here. But I don’t think so. I think this really is bullshit. And I think you’re bullshit for doing it. Sincerely, Seth Wharton

olivershmoliver:

Dear Roger Waters,

I have loved you for most of my life. The perfect balance of your pre-emo brooding and David Gilmour’s bluesy soundscapes is what made Pink Floyd one of the best bands of the 20th century—if not the best band. I mean, shit, man, Dark Side of the Moon is the second best-selling album of all time. It’s not my favorite Floyd album, but that’s damn cool, man.   

I’m talking deep, deep fan. “Adam’s Psychedelic Breakfast” and “Absolutely Curtains” are some of my regular go-tos. So take this as the heartfelt truth of a lifelong Floyd fan: Your new tour of The Wall is bullshit!

You’re charging people—at the minimum—$204 to see The Wall live? And you’re dressing your website like a back-alley Banksy-designed revolutionary coven, in an attempt to play to this moment of anti-government sentiment? BULLSHIT! This moment isn’t anti-government. It’s anti-bullshit. An honest, fair-dealing government is fine. One that cozies up to corporations at the expense of people’s well being is not. You’re playing on ideas that you don’t seem to get. Maybe it’s because you’re old. Maybe it’s because you never had a true revolutionary moment yourself. I get it. You missed Vietnam and the 21st century wars came after your prime. That’s fine. You don’t have to have had that moment. You only have to be honest. (I mean, really, what does a picture of George W. Bush holding a gun to his head beneath “sorry” and above “Should I trust the government” even mean? It means nothing. It assume it means you let some corporation craft an idea of this moment for you. Bullshit.)

And the final, most egregious insult, far more offensive than that ridiculous ticket price, is this “Fallen Loved Ones” thing you’re doing. People can submit photos of their loved ones who have died in combat to be displayed at concerts during The Wall? So people will feel that they’re in some way involved in this because you’re implying a connection between The Wall and the deaths they’ve endured as a result of war? Making people feel like what you’re selling (an overpriced concert) impacts them personally is just greed parading as concern. You are selling people a dishonest emotional experience. AND YOU WROTE A FUCKING ALBUM ABOUT IT! THE VERY ALBUM YOU’RE NOW TOURING!

OK, that’s it. As always, I could be wrong. I could be letting my own disappointment and distrust cloud my perception of what’s happening here. But I don’t think so. I think this really is bullshit. And I think you’re bullshit for doing it.

Sincerely,

Seth Wharton

(via suspicious-sarah)

melaniehamlett: This homeless dog was hilarious.  He did flips in the air and such, anything he could really, to impress this kid.   (Bariloche, Patagonia, Argentina) I don’t think Melanie has any idea how incredibly STUNNING this photo is! It is gallery-worthy! I can’t even bear it. I’d like a print, please.

melaniehamlett:

This homeless dog was hilarious.  He did flips in the air and such, anything he could really, to impress this kid.  

(Bariloche, Patagonia, Argentina)

I don’t think Melanie has any idea how incredibly STUNNING this photo is! It is gallery-worthy! I can’t even bear it. I’d like a print, please.