{"id":628,"date":"2006-03-05T23:41:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-05T23:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=628"},"modified":"2006-03-05T23:41:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-05T23:41:00","slug":"628","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=628","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Painter of yuck<\/strong><\/p>\n

University Diaries goes after kitschmeister Thomas Kinkade<\/a>. It’s a “theological conundrum.” <\/p>\n

At least, says the Los Angeles Times<\/em>, he parties like an Abstract Expressionist<\/a>. (Link may expire.)<\/p>\n

In sworn testimony and interviews, [ex-employees and others] recount incidents in which an allegedly drunken Kinkade heckled illusionists Siegfried & Roy in Las Vegas, cursed a former employee’s wife who came to his aid when he fell off a barstool, and palmed a startled woman’s breasts at a signing party in South Bend, Ind.<\/em><\/p>\n

Tag: Thomas Kinkade<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Painter of yuck University Diaries goes after kitschmeister Thomas Kinkade. It’s a “theological conundrum.” At least, says the Los Angeles Times, he parties like an Abstract Expressionist. (Link may expire.) 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