Tag Archives: Andy Warhol

“Will the REAL Billy Name Please STAND UP?” (by KPKeelan)

Posted on July 17, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > A LONG, LONG TIME AGO, IN A BAKERY FAR, FAR AWAY… … I chanced to meet a warm, wonderful woman named Marybeth. Despite the social gap between customer and food server, she was warm, open, friendly and easy … Continue reading →

Posted in WHAT- ME BLOVIATE? | Tagged Andy Warhol, Billy Name, fame, fraud, identity theft, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, lies, scams, stories | 1 Comment

KPK on the CINEMA (134): “The Films of April 2023”

Posted on May 3, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > Dudes and dudettes! It would appear we are both still alive at the time of this posting. Good thing there are always more films to see in this world- hopefully good ones! April was a pretty middling month for … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged adventure, Afrofuturism, Alan Hale, Alice Cooper, Andy Warhol, Angela Bassett, animation, Antonio Banderas, arts, biography, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, cinema, civil rights, comedy, Conan O'Brien, Connie Chung, Coolio, criticism, Daniel Radcliffe, Danielle Deadwyler, death, Devo, Diana Ross, Divine, Dr. Demento, drama, Dreamworks, Emmett Till, entertainment, environmental terrorism, Eric Appel, Evan Rachel Wood, family, fantasy, fate, feminism, films, Florence Pugh, Fredric March, Gallagher, George Miller, Harvey Guillén, heroes, Hooters, Hulk Hogan, humor, Icelandic cinema, ideas, Idris Elba, Jack Black, James LeGros, John Carradine, John Mulaney, Josh Groban, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julianne Nicholson, justice, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, labor, Larry King, Lea DeLaria, Letitia Wright, Lin-Manuel Miranda, love, Lupita Nyong’o, lynching, Madonna, Mamie Till-Bradley, Martin Freeman, Marvel Studios, Medgar Evers, Michael McKean, Mississippi, Mississippi River, monkeywrenching, movies, murder, music, musicians, Olivia Colman, opinion, Oprah Winfrey, Pablo Escobar, parody, Patton Oswalt, Pee Wee Herman, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Quinta Brunson, racism, Rainn Wilson, Ray Winstone, redemption, Regina Hall, relationships, reviews, romance, sacrifice, Salma Hayek Pinault, Salvador Dalí, Samuel Clemons, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, sequels, Seth Green, Shrek, spinoffs, steamboats, storytelling, superheroes, supernatural, Support the Girls, The Adventures of Mark Twain, the south, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Tilda Swinton, Till, Tiny Tim, Toby Huss, tragedy, U.S. history, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Whoopi Goldberg, Will Forte, wit, Wolfman Jack, Woman at War, workers | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1046): “Get WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY!”

Posted on April 10, 2023 by KPKeelan

WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY (directed by Eric Appel, 2022) **** (out of 5) . > O, bliss! This wacky pseudo-biopic of the great accordion-wielding parodyist is that rare animal- a comedy as fun (and funny!) as you hope it will … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Alice Cooper, Andy Warhol, arts, biography, cinema, comedy, Conan O'Brien, Connie Chung, Coolio, criticism, Daniel Radcliffe, Devo, Diana Ross, Divine, Dr. Demento, entertainment, Eric Appel, Evan Rachel Wood, fantasy, films, Flix Pix, Gallagher, Hulk Hogan, humor, ideas, Jack Black, Josh Groban, Julianne Nicholson, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Larry King, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Madonna, Michael McKean, movies, music, musicians, opinion, Oprah Winfrey, Pablo Escobar, parody, Patton Oswalt, Pee Wee Herman, Quinta Brunson, Rainn Wilson, reviews, Salvador Dalí, satire, Seth Green, Tiny Tim, Toby Huss, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Will Forte, wit, Wolfman Jack | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (669): “WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS (is) A MAN WITHIN”

Posted on July 19, 2022 by KPKeelan

WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS: A MAN WITHIN (directed by Yony Leyser, 2010) **** (out of 5) . > Influential iconoclastic gay poet, junky, writer, artist, philosopher, performer, rebel, critic, sinner, malcontent, scholar, gun-enthusiast and grandfather of punk William Severus Burroughs was born … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged A Man Within, Alan Ginsberg, Andy Warhol, arts, biography, cinema, criticism, David Cronenberg, Deborah Harry, films, Frank Zappa, Gus Van Sant, Hunter S. Thompson, ideas, Iggy Pop, Jack Kerouac, Jello Biafra, Joe Strummer, John Waters, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kurt Cobain, Laurie Anderson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lou Reed, Michael Stipe, Mick Jagger, movies, opinion, Patti Smith, Peter Welles, pop icons, reviews, Sting, The Edge, William S. Burroughs, Yony Leyser | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (598): “KPK Looks at 13 MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests”

Posted on June 14, 2022 by KPKeelan

(directed by Andy Warhol, 2009) *** (out of 5) . > It was impossible to watch this without thinking of THE ARTIST IS PRESENT, the breathtaking piece by fascinating performance artist Marina Abramović. . 13 MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged 13 Most Beautiful Songs, Andy Warhol, art, artists, celebrity, cinema, criticism, Dennis Hopper, documentaries, Edie Sedgewick, filmmaking, films, humanity, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lou Reed, movies, opinion, pop culture, reviews, Salvador Dalí, screen tests | Leave a comment

“UNMASKED” (a poem by KPKeelan) [5-29-13]

Posted on May 29, 2022 by KPKeelan

(for Andy Warhol and Marina Abramović) . It can be a very uncomfortable thing to sit still and Be with someone. The silence between you becomes a roar, the passing of each moment becomes a palpable thing. Automatic masks are … Continue reading →

Posted in From 2013: Poems From a Turbulent Year | Tagged 2013, Andy Warhol, art, being, communication, honesty, humanity, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, life, longing, love, Marina Abramović, pain, poems, poetry, reality, relationships, silence, stillness, tenderness, the soul | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (17): The Films of May 2013

Posted on May 2, 2021 by KPKeelan

. I saw 30 films the month of May, 2013, nearly one per day. You don’t have to read it all in one sitting. I didn’t watch them, all in one sitting! (Ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Chorus line, A Game of Shadows, American Dreamz, Andy Warhol, Angels in the Dust, Behind the Candelabra, Bolt, cinema, Clash of the Titans, entertainment, film criticism, films, Invaders From Mars, Kevin Keelan, Knuckleball, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Machuca, Magic Mike, Midnight's Children, movies, Not Fade Away, opinion, reviews, Robin Hood, Solas, Strike, Tchoupitoulas, The Arrangement, The Cowboys, The Fantasticks, The Impossible, The Intouchables, The Legend of Bagger Vance, The Long Good Friday, Tongues Untied, Vivre Sa Vie, Wrath of the Titans, Wreck-It Ralph | Leave a comment

“Patti Smith Remembers Robert Mapplethorpe in JUST KIDS” (by KPKeelan)

Posted on March 6, 2020 by KPKeelan

. > I brought this autobiography of Patti Smith’s life with artistic soulmate Robert Mapplethorpe with me to Ireland for some vacation reading and enjoyed it very much- though I did find it a bit of a mixed bag. . … Continue reading →

Posted in WHAT- ME BLOVIATE? | Tagged Andy Warhol, art, Billy Name, books, fashion, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, memoirs, memory, New York, opinion, Patti Smith, photography, poetry, Robert Mapplethorpe, rock and roll, stories, Tom Verlaine, William Burrows | 3 Comments

Tag Archives: Andy Warhol

“Will the REAL Billy Name Please STAND UP?” (by KPKeelan)

KPK on the CINEMA (134): “The Films of April 2023”

FLIX PIX (1046): “Get WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY!”

FLIX PIX (669): “WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS (is) A MAN WITHIN”

FLIX PIX (598): “KPK Looks at 13 MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests”

“UNMASKED” (a poem by KPKeelan) [5-29-13]

KPK on the CINEMA (17): The Films of May 2013

“Patti Smith Remembers Robert Mapplethorpe in JUST KIDS” (by KPKeelan)

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