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Michelle Shocked

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The Resume

    (February 24, 1962- )
    Born in Dallas, Texas
    Birth name was Karen Michelle Johnston
    Recorded the singles 'Anchorage' (1988) and 'On the Greener Side' (1989)
    Recorded the albums 'The Texas Campfire Tapes' (1986), 'Short Sharp Shocked' (1988), 'Captain Swing' (1989), 'Arkansas Traveler' (1992), 'Kind Hearted Woman' (1994), 'Deep Natural' (2001) and 'ToHeavenURide' (2007)

Why she might be annoying:

    Her name is a pun on 'shell shocked.'
    She wrote a 'womanifesto' of her beliefs.
    She was arrested for protesting at both the Republican and Democratic conventions (1984).
    She said of one arrest, 'I start screaming and some cop is just begging me to kick him in the balls. So I do.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her mother referred to her conception as an example of the 'tragedy' of pre-marital sex.
    When she was a teen, her mother had her committed to a Dallas mental hospital where she underwent electroshock therapy.
    She was raped while traveling in Italy (1985).
    She eclectically recorded albums of folk, pop, big band and gospel music.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 20 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 84.62% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 56 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 23 Votes: 69.57% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 31 Votes: 77.42% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 51 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 59.38% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 23 Votes: 56.52% Annoying