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Losing Henry Gibson from Laugh-In and Mary Travers from Peter, Paul and Mary, sends thoughts back to 60's pop culture and who captured pop culture than Pittsburgh native Andy Warhol.

Early in Warhol's career he began to make paintings of iconic American products such as Campbell's Soup Cans from the Campbell Soup Company and Coca-Cola bottles, as well as paintings of celebrities such as Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Troy Donahue, Muhammad Ali and Elizabeth Taylor.

Jake has appeared on Interview magazine which was founded by Andy and with Jake in Pittsburgh it made me think of what he would with Jake.

With two icon roles, would Warhol have embraced the gay cowboy of BBM that was antithesis of the iconic Malboro man image that is the truest essence of pop culture?



What about Donnie Darko? From the mission of the Foundation for the Visual Arts that bears his name, founded upon his death in 1987, you think he would. "To foster innovative artistic expression and the creative process" and is "focused primarily on supporting work of a challenging and often experimental nature." It kind of describes what Richard Kelly was trying to do.


Think that Warhol would have been interesting not only Jake's roles but looking at some of the early photo shoots of Jake, Jake as well, young man boy with unconventional beauty, and then later as to see where his fame goes.

Here's a video of the Warhol museum from few years ago. Hopefully Jake gets a chance to visit.




My favorite, the mylar floating pillows. Dynamic, ever changing, and never the same. And very cool if you lay on the floor and watch the patterns.