Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/12

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Subject: [Leica] i got a call from VOGUE!!!
From: cochranpr at mac.com (David Cochran)
Date: Sat Nov 12 09:02:34 2005
References: <050401c5e7a9$a277b2d0$6401a8c0@milla>

Kyle, you made me cheer, then dissapoint, then laugh my arse off and 
then your pictures. I am cheering again.

peace

David, once an Olney resident, a wanderer in Broad Street...

On Nov 12, 2005, at 12:53 PM, kyle cassidy wrote:

> ... they wanted me to subscribe, 36 weeks for only $19.95, which 
> sounds like a pretty good deal.
>
> but in other news, i was invited to show at Rick Franne's gallery in 
> wilmington on December 2nd. The cleverly themed and emminantly 
> saleable show is entitled "angels". So yesterday i shot specifically 
> for the show. (you're all proud of me, i'm sure for getting out of bed 
> on a friday evening when i still have unwatched episodes of "the dukes 
> of hazard" on vhs).
>
> behold!
>
> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/lj/2005/antipathy1.jpg
>
> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/lj/2005/antipathy4.jpg
>
> i'm sure someone can correct my german on:   "Englen K?nnen Himmel 
> Nicht Leisten"  which probably sounds like "The people who are called  
> the romans they go that-a-way"
>
> So while i cross the desolate but narrow wasteland between "fine art" 
> and "selling out" (or in my case "completely unsaleable art" and 
> "plain bad idea") i will say hello to Thomas Kincade for you and we 
> will laugh over our mint julips from the front porches of our 
> adjoining plantatations. I will buy a solid gold leica. Actually, i 
> should get two. they get dinged up pretty easy. No doubt the walls 
> will be cleared by holiday shoppers drunk on the seemingly 
> never-ending angel binge. i see victoria's secret hasn't given up yet. 
> those jerks are STILL ripping me off, let me tell you. after the show, 
> i fully expect that i will be on the cover of Art in America and 
> People in the same week, after that my assistants will be really 
> backed up signing autographs and the wait could be several weeks. If 
> you want to get one, you'd better get your requests in quick so Sylvia 
> and Melanie can jot down a personal message for you. We're thinking of 
> going to an auto-pen soon; forging my name is taking up the bulk of 
> their days.
>
> kc
>
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Replies: Reply from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] i got a call from VOGUE!!!)
In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (kyle cassidy) ([Leica] i got a call from VOGUE!!!)