It pays to be a dead artist

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Wed May 16, 2007 6:50 pm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070516/en_ ... auction_dc

I like Rothko's work but damn...$73 million? Put this stuff in museums and let the masses enjoy this art instead of Joe Moneybags spending out of their ass to keep it for themselves.

hardcrow · Post by **hardcrow** » Wed May 16, 2007 8:16 pm

I had two attempts on my life in the last week, fuck these high prices for dead artists....

Headhunter · Post by **Headhunter** » Wed May 16, 2007 8:28 pm

That's what you get for selling art to clones. Shit, most of 'em don't have two dead cats to rub together, let alone any significant scratch. That original Hardcrow they're sporting in their shopping cart is their only hope. You're like the Obi Wan to their princess Leia. Well, except they want you to die.

Good to see you around, nonetheless.

hardcrow · Post by **hardcrow** » Wed May 16, 2007 8:35 pm

An excellent wytch job was attached to one of the knives that missed my dome...

Nice try....

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Wed May 16, 2007 8:35 pm

hardcrow wrote:I had two attempts on my life in the last week, fuck these high prices for dead artists....

It's definitely a thankless career but if you're great at what you do, you'll be remembered long after you're gone.

Headhunter · Post by **Headhunter** » Wed May 16, 2007 8:42 pm

hardcrow wrote:An excellent wytch job was attached to one of the knives that missed my dome...

Nice try....

What can I say? Baby's shopping cart needs some new wheels.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Wed May 16, 2007 8:52 pm

Shoalzie wrote:It's definitely a thankless career but if you're great at what you do, you'll be remembered long after you're gone.

Sincerely,

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed May 16, 2007 9:15 pm

A little bit of a stretch, but I'll RACK the Crownero reset...the intent was there.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Wed May 16, 2007 9:21 pm

Are they not great at what they do (tarding up the place)? Have you seen either of them around here lately?

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed May 16, 2007 9:39 pm

Goober McTuber wrote: Have you seen either of them around here lately?

Shot by a jealous "Vermont Husband," per chance?

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Wed May 16, 2007 9:42 pm

Dinsdale wrote:A little bit of a stretch, but I'll RACK the Crownero reset...the intent was there.

That's like racking the 1000th chick who sings Carrie Underwood at the karaoke bar. Big fucking deal. Another Crown-Cicero reset. Man, it doesn't get any better than this.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Wed May 16, 2007 11:48 pm

If you're going to karaoke bars by choice, you deserve the worst that those drunk hos are willing to belt out.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu May 17, 2007 12:31 am

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:If you're going to karaoke bars by choice, you deserve the worst that those drunk hos are willing to belt out.

Some of those drunk hos can be mighty damn entertaining. After 6 beers it's like a worst of American Idol show in 3-D.

Of course there's always the outside smoking area when it gets to be all too much. Like when 4 or 5 dudes get up all at once and scream out "Welcome to the Jungle" like roided up Chimpanzees in primal therapy. I'll never understand dudes who sing karaoke together. It's almost as gay as pink shirts.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Thu May 17, 2007 12:44 am

Not in.

The first drunken whore I ever heard butchering some song that's already awful to begin with at maximum volume was enough for me. It wasn't so "entertaining" I wanted to repeat the experience 999 more times, at least.

So you like the karaoke bars. That's cool. I don't understand them myself. Give me a quaint little hole with a couple pool tables, an outdoor patio area, good beer on tap, a jukebox, and I'm set.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu May 17, 2007 1:07 am

In defense of croak-me bars...there is no finer waters to troll for drunken has-been slumpbusters.

Not a great defense or anything, but a defense nonetheless.

Just look at karaoke bars as the Playboy Mansion for deaf guys with failing eyesight.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Thu May 17, 2007 4:47 am

BSmack wrote:
MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:If you're going to karaoke bars by choice, you deserve the worst that those drunk hos are willing to belt out.
Some of those drunk hos can be mighty damn entertaining. After 6 beers it's like a worst of American Idol show in 3-D.

So not only do you frequent karaoke bars, you also watch American Idol. Yeah, I'm sure you bagged quite the "hottie".

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu May 17, 2007 5:09 am

Goober McTuber wrote:So not only do you frequent karaoke bars, you also watch American Idol. Yeah, I'm sure you bagged quite the "hottie".

Hey, the first few episodes each year of American Idol is almost as entertaining as watching you try to form a coherent thought. After that it's a fucking bore.

What's your next hypothesis? That if you watch Bob Villa you'll bag a bearded handyman?

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Thu May 17, 2007 5:21 am

I wouldn't know. I don't watch Bob Villa either. Don't you get any sports channels?

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu May 17, 2007 5:22 am

Goober McTuber wrote:I wouldn't know. I don't watch Bob Villa either. Don't you get any sports channels?

I watched the Sabres stave off elimination tonight. Does that mean I'll fuck Tim Horton?

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Thu May 17, 2007 12:23 pm

BSmack wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:I wouldn't know. I don't watch Bob Villa either. Don't you get any sports channels?
I watched the Sabres stave off elimination tonight. Does that mean I'll fuck Tim Horton?

More likely means that your wife had the remote.

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Thu May 17, 2007 12:30 pm

Goober McTuber wrote:
BSmack wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:I wouldn't know. I don't watch Bob Villa either. Don't you get any sports channels?
I watched the Sabres stave off elimination tonight. Does that mean I'll fuck Tim Horton?
More likely means that your wife had the remote.

Good one.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu May 17, 2007 1:15 pm

Goober McTuber wrote:
BSmack wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:I wouldn't know. I don't watch Bob Villa either. Don't you get any sports channels?
I watched the Sabres stave off elimination tonight. Does that mean I'll fuck Tim Horton?
More likely means that your wife had the remote.

The wife was upstairs watching What Not To Wear.

Though I understand that in Wisconsin you are far more likely to have married a wildebeest who would not be interested in how to dress properly. So I'll understand if your women have never heard of the show.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Thu May 17, 2007 1:32 pm

BSmack wrote:The wife was upstairs watching What Not To Wear.

Though I understand that in Wisconsin you are far more likely to have married a wildebeest who would not be interested in how to dress properly. So I'll understand if your women have never heard of the show.

Keep in mind that I’m not the part of the fat little fuck demographic. I married a lovely woman who does not need to watch a TV show to know how to dress.

Of course, you married a woman who is 10 years younger than you are. You were probably 29 and she was 19. Pretty easy to wow ‘em when they’re young and stupid. And that would explain her needing to watch a TV show that tells her not to wear the striped shirt with the plaid pants.

Too bad she never watched a show called Who Not To Marry.

WAR the school of hard knocks.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu May 17, 2007 1:35 pm

Goober McTuber wrote:You were probably 29 and she was 19.

She was 26 and I was 36. Yet another swing and a miss for Goober McStupid.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Thu May 17, 2007 1:42 pm

BSmack wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:You were probably 29 and she was 19.
She was 26 and I was 36.

26 years old, and she still doesn’t know how to dress herself? Sounds like a real beaut.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu May 17, 2007 1:54 pm

Goober McTuber wrote:26 years old, and she still doesn’t know how to dress herself? Sounds like a real beaut.

I know this must come as an alien concept to guys in Cheesehead Nation. But back here where women don't consider grease drippings a satisfactory substitute for perfume, well dressed women often watch fashion shows so they can STAY well dressed.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:00 pm

What - no Shoalzie "keep it in the family" resets yet?

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:09 pm

BSmack wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:26 years old, and she still doesn’t know how to dress herself? Sounds like a real beaut.
I know this must come as an alien concept to guys in Cheesehead Nation. But back here where women don't consider grease drippings a satisfactory substitute for perfume, well dressed women often watch fashion shows so they can STAY well dressed.

Yes, Rochester must be a real hub for haute couture. Rack my wife for being able to walk into a store and pick out attractive clothing without the help of reality TV.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:17 pm

Goober McTuber wrote:haute couture.

I'm not sure what you said. But it probably means you're gay. Or French.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:20 pm

BSmack wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:haute couture.
I'm not sure what you said. But it probably means you're gay. Or French.

Or well-read.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Thu May 17, 2007 2:21 pm

Suffice it to say if you're watching cable television shows to learn how to do anything, you're clueless from the start.

This looks like the beginning stage of BSmack going for the trifecta-of-beatdowns.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:23 pm

Goober McTuber wrote:
BSmack wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:haute couture.
I'm not sure what you said. But it probably means you're gay. Or French.
Or well-read.

So you read books on fashion? What? Can't you afford cable?

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:26 pm

(l-r; BSloped, HereWeGoAgain)

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:32 pm

Goober McTuber wrote: Rack my wife for being able to walk into a store and pick out attractive clothing.

She's the dainty one on the right, isn't she? Charming.

Tom In VA · Post by **Tom In VA** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:33 pm

War Wagon wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote: Rack my wife for being able to walk into a store and pick out attractive clothing.
She's the dainty one on the right, isn't she? Charming.

*sigh* A simpler, happier time, to be a Redskins fan.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:35 pm

BSmack wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:
BSmack wrote: I'm not sure what you said. But it probably means you're gay. Or French.
Or well-read.
So you read books on fashion? What? Can't you afford cable?

I have read a number of books and magazine articles that referenced, in passing, haute couture. I understand what the term means. I also understand what the word piñata means without reading an entire book about piñatas.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:38 pm

War Wagon wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote: Rack my wife for being able to walk into a store and pick out attractive clothing.
She's the dainty one on the right, isn't she? Charming.

Well, the one on the left has the nasty cigar breath, and the one in the middle looks like shutyomouth.

Do the math.

Goddamn drive-by ankle-biter.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu May 17, 2007 3:43 pm

I also understand what the word piñata means

Me too - spanish for "BSmack"

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu May 17, 2007 3:47 pm

PSUFAN wrote:
I also understand what the word piñata means
Me too - spanish for "BSmack"

Just another drive by skidmark.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu May 17, 2007 3:58 pm

Ooooh, a foreign phrases recognition thread.

I'll go with "Plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose."

Seems fitting.