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In Defense of Sucky Axl Rose
Not-So-Hot In Cleveland: Guns N' Roses, sans Axl, at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Tortured artists have a long and ambivalent relationship with peer recognition. They secretly want to be liked, of...
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The Sultan of Sad
Boys Cry: Robert Smith, lead singer of the Cure, was born on this date in 1959. Happy birthday, Robert Smith. It’s hard to believe that the seminal voice of emo-eighties turns fifty-three today. Truth...
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No Free Pudding
As a special guarantee for anyone who “likes” the Tortured Artists Facebook page this week, we’re promising to never offer free pudding. Quintessential tortured artist Jim Morrison loved pudding. A...
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There Will Be Amy Winehouse’s Blood
Ladylike, a painting created with Amy Winehouse’s blood, sold for $56K this weekend Pink Floyd equated “bleeding hearts and artists” more than thirty years ago, and apparently they were on to...
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Is Pop Music Getting Sadder?
A new study released by the American Psychological Association is challenging conventional wisdom on the unremitting suckiness of pop music. The study, which was published in the journal Psychology of...
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Father’s Day Doesn’t Have to Be Torture
So Dad’s not much of a reader, you say? Well, before you run out to get him yet another set of golf balls (and pray that he doesn’t notice you got him the same thing last year), why not introduce the...
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The Cult of the 27 Club
Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse all died at the age of 27. Their legacies are part of a dubious mythology known as the 27 Club. My article on The Huffington...
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Nick Jonas Is Maria Callas Reincarnated
Some sleuthing has uncovered a surprising fact that is sure to turn the tortured artist world upside down: Nick Jonas is Maria Callas reincarnated. Callas, the famously tortured opera singer whose...
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The Death Vortex: Jack Kerouac, Francois Truffaut, Shannon Hoon, Fred Berry
Well, October 21 is apparently some kind of bizarre death vortex for tortured artists. Among the influential tortured artists who died on this day are beat writer Jack Kerouac, French New Wave...
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Season’s Broodings
Folks, if you’re still looking for the perfect gift for that temperamental artist in your life, don’t settle for another Bob Ross DVD box set. Stop by Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or your favorite indie...
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