Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]well leicaserfs, this is it. my ship has come in. finally, my chance to become fameous. i'm not sure that i will be able to remember all you little people in the days to come as i am rocketed to the circle of the greats, ansel adams, minor white, hcb, et. al, so if you want to get my autograph, you probably only have a matter of hours to get your request in. my impending mega-stardom will come thanks to Congressman Sam Graves, a Missouri Republican who has earmarked $273,000 to stamp out "goth culture" in his home district of Blue Springs. In a press release Graves said: "It is my hope that this funding will give the officers in the Youth Outreach Unit the tools they need to identify Goth culture leaders that are preying on our kids," as goths around the world are ground under the thumb of the federal government and turn in their black lipstick and bauhaus t-shirts in exchange for polo and dockers my goth photo project will become as valuable as doccumenting the last days of the Shakers or any of margaret bourke white's paltry dustbowl photography. for your last look at this embattled and dying culture, i give you some leicashotz: http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/goth/ yours with infinite hubris, k "soon to be so fameous i will dispose of each leica after i have run a single roll through it to be replaced by a brand new one" c - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html