Post #642 by mig on Fri, Apr 12, 2002 9:43 AM

Woody,

You have done the unthinkable, and totally blasphemed one of our group's most beloved heroes.

And I'm GLAD YOU DID!! BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN THINKING THE SAME THING!! I actually was going to post a similar sentiment last week (when I hit saturation after seeing the latest round of stuff from Switched On) but was too chicken to do it. So just kind of saved it as a draft and sat on it. Here's what I was going to say:

So I saw this today:
http://www.switchedongallery.com/pages/coming.html

And I realized that, and I REALLY hate to say this, I
am getting over-Shagged.

It pains me to even think it-- I have been a rabid
lunatic about Shag art since I first discovered it,
four years ago. I sweated and hungered for the first
few prints and now have five or six of them. I still
fantasize about owning an original (and am jealous of
those here who do) and I have come quite close to
getting tattoos of some of his characters.

But now looking at the pens and soaps and stuff (and
yes, I admit that I want a business card holder); and then looking
at the print on that page ('Kind of Blue') which is, I
hate to say it, nothing really new-- saturation is
occurring.

I am so excited to see that he is doing well. But I
look at the soaps and mugs and shirts and think, 'what
next'? May the tiki gods have mercy on me for saying
this, but there is serious Kinkade-ization going on
here.

mig