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Fulvimari

Jeffrey Fulvimari illustrated The English Roses for Madonna.  I had the pleasure of meeting him recently, and he kind of reminded me of an attractive Inspector Clouseau.  Apparently, he was severely beaten Sunday morning coming out of Crobar.  I initially assumed it was a gay bashing of some sort, but this article kind of leads me to believe it was just thugs doing what thugs do.  Anyways, I hope he recovers quickly. 

Very scary that this shit happens in Chelsea.  Shocking, in fact.  Even if it's not a gay bashing, the fact that you can just out-of-the-blue get the shit kicked out of you for no apparent reason is really sad. 

Oh, and yes, I'll admit it: this is post-worthy because I've met him (no he's not my friend) and because, well, you know, Madonna and all.  In fact, full disclosure: I first read about the incident here.  Yes, I visit daily.  Don't hate me. 

Caravaggio

So - I want to try something new.  Educated as I am, I never had the good fortune of taking an art history class.  Musicology: that I know.  Art history: oooh, what a pretty picture!  Anyways, I always somehow come across images of artwork that I've managed to never lay eyes on before, and more often than not I am at least temporarily hypnotized.  I was thinking, then, to choose an artist every once in a while and post some images of his/her work.  I am of course not committing to actually doing any real research on these works or artists.  That's your job.  Please send comments teaching me and my readers about the images I'm posting.  Or, if anything, enjoy them yourself.  Some are pretty bad-ass.