Entertainment is the opiate of the masses, drugs are are consumed religiously, and today's religion is just another form of entertainment.

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August 17, 2011 By Joe Allen

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Why Dead Celebrities?

Joe Allen

Entertainment is the opiate of the masses. Drugs are are consumed religiously. Today's religion is just another form of entertainment.
Daily interjections: @EvoPsychosis

About the Artist

Brandt Hardin
Pop Surrealist
and Iconographer

read bio here

Rock Star Martyrology

January 1:
- Hank Williams
February 2:
- Sid Vicious
February 3:
- Buddy Holly
February 4:
- Karen Carpenter
February 8:
- Del Shannon
February 19:
- Bon Scott
March 5:
- Patsy Cline
March 9:
- Biggie Smalls
March 26:
- Eazy E
April 1:
- Marvin Gaye
- Rozz Williams
April 5:
- Kurt Cobain
- Layne Staley
April 6:
-Wendy O Williams
April 8:
- Per Yngve Ohlin
— aka “Dead”
April 9:
- Phil Ochs
May 11:
- Bob Marley
May 18:
- Ian Curtis
May 25:
- Bradley Nowell
June 25:
- Michael Jackson
June 28:
- GG Allin
July 3:
- Jim Morrison
August 9:
- Jerry Garcia
August 16:
- Robert Johnson
- Elvis Presley
September 13:
- Tupac Shakur
September 18:
- Jimi Hendrix
October 4:
- Janis Joplin
October 20:
- Ronnie Van Zant
November 13:
- Ol’ Dirty Bastard
November 22:
- Michael Hutchence
November 24:
- Freddie Mercury
December 7:
- Darby Crash
December 8:
- John Lennon
- Dimebag Darrell

Pretiosa in conspectu Domini mors sanctorum eius.

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