Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle, $273 big ones? I'm surprised this hasn't made the 6 PM news. Pork perhaps? Barney Kyle Cassidy wrote: > > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html