good evening! oh there's no better way to kick off a three day holiday weekend than with a little red wine and some delicious food - along with the latest video from my dear dolly parton (who i adore to no end) for her new single shinola (i just had the privilege of seeing dolly perform live on her backwoods barbie tour at the greek theatre which was simply phenomenal) i also scored a ticket to see the new musical 9 to 5 (with music written by ms. parton ...

Over the course of approx one month, artist Dave Decaro, who goes by the name Daveland, created a portrait of Dolly Parton as the red-headed wench from The Pirates of the Caribbean exclusively for the "Dollypop" show at the World of Wonder Storefront Gallery, which opens on Friday September 12, with a country-fried reception from 8PM to midnight. Here, ripped from his website, is the painting's progression from drawing to as-good-as-finished-save-for-the-tweaking, a work's most important moments. To see Daveland's other gorgeousness, go here. [Ed note: Look at which area Dave began his painting.] ...

Meme shamelessly yoinked from Bill's Comment PageAttack on the twin towers - 11 September 2001I used to suffer from teletext addiction. I couldn't go more than 5 minutes without quickly flicking on teletext to check the news. This is how I first became aware of what was going on. I was, proudly, watching Dolly Parton in 9 to 5 on one of the movie channels at home when I happened to flick on teletext and up came a one line, brand new news story "Plane hits World Trade Center tower". I quickly switched over to BBC News where the ...

Paul Richmond, one of the contributing artists in the World of Wonder Storefront Gallery's "Dollypop" show (opening September 12), was interviewed today in his local Columbus, Ohio, alternative journal, The Other Paper, and tells how his art not only helped him come out, but got him invited to the memorial service for Tammy Faye who, along with Dolly Parton, is a "diva inspiration" to him. Look carefully at his Oz-themed painting above: Dolly's the Good Witch and that's Paul in the ruby heels. ...

Here is a gorgeous, iconic pic of Dolly Parton with Keith Haring from back in the day (like around 1983 maybe) that I found on my computer. Just a little something to tie the World of Wonder Storefront Gallery's upcoming "Dollypop" show to the artworld. Give it a little GRAVITAS, you know. – James St James ...