New Book Claims Some Punk Shot Van Gogh

The new book Van Gogh: The Life by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith postulates that instead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, Vinny VG may have been shot by some punk kid.  The authors acknowledge that while Van Gogh may have been institutionalized off and on throughout his life and had a death wish, on the day he died he did not behave as if he was going to kill himself, taking his paints and easel into the field and then staggering over a mile back into town.  He may have lied to protect the juvenile from prosecution.  NBCNewYork

Ooo, ooo, now there's a slasher movie idea that just needs to be made.  Can somebody say I Know What Famous Painter You Killed Last Summer?  How about Ear for an Ear?  This winter, Vin Deisel is Vincent in Fast and Van Goghne.

Google Art Project: I Get to Be Thomas Crown

It's pronounced Van Gogh.

Using their Streetview cameras in accordance with their indexing and photo posting skillz, Google has created the Google Art Project.  I can only think of two reasons to do this:  educate the masses and plan elaborate art thefts.  I plan on getting Starry Night from the MOMA any day now, just as soon as I virtually find my way to New York on Streetview and then virtually romance some Internet hottie on Second Life.  My virtual self can do anything!  Whoops, the virtual cops!  The link was dead when I found it, I swear!  Pew, Pew! OMG, what have I done!  That's okay, with the Google Prison Project upcoming I can get in and out of anywhere!

Google blog
The Thomas Crown Affair