Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like what Denis Leary said about Motley Crue on his comedy record "No Cure For Cancer." "How come every time a rock star overdoses on drugs and dies, its always the really talented ones like Jimmy Hendrix or Janis Joplin? The rock stars that you want to see die of drug overdoses NEVER do! Like, Motley Crue, would never fuckin overdose, man, NEVER! You could put them in a whole room full of crack, and 5 hours later, they'd come back out: 'rock on, man!!!' Shit, they're still alive! They're probably going to make a double live album now, GOD DAMN IT!" -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 5/10/13 10:07 PM, "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: >If you are a fan of Motley Crue, then average also becomes an >overestimation (-: >Cheers >Jayanand > > >On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Chris Williams <zoeica at mac.com> wrote: > >> You're calling me an average joe!!! >> >> Chris Williams >> 504-231-6261 >> www.zoeicaimages.net >> >> Sent from my iholga >> >> >> On May 10, 2013, at 9:54 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Chris, Don't forget that it is the average Joe that funds Motley >>Crue, by >> > attending their live shows and buying their records. They do not get >>rich >> > as if by magic, you know. >> > Cheers >> > Jayanand >> > >> > >> > On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 2:41 AM, Chris Crawford < >> > chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: >> > >> >> I disagree. There are a LOT more photographers than there are rich >> >> celebrities, or even rich non-celebrities. Leica just doesn't give a >> fuck >> >> about us, because if they did, they'd have to produce cameras that >>are >> as >> >> reliable as Canon and Nikon and they'd have to sell them at prices >> >> photographers could pay. That takes real work, so they took the easy >>way >> >> out. >> >> >> >> Since Motley Crue uses Leica digital, does that mean if I start >>snorting >> >> $1000 a day in Cocaine that Leica will give me a camera too? Oh Hell, >> if I >> >> could afford the Coke, I'd just buy my own damned camera and keep my >> >> health. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Chris Crawford >> >> Fine Art Photography >> >> Fort Wayne, Indiana >> >> 260-437-8990 >> >> >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> >> >> >> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! >> >> >> >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >> >> Become a fan on Facebook >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 5/10/13 4:40 PM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Tina you are thinking like a photographer only ;-) Leicas are luxury >> goods >> >>> conveying status as well as unique photographic tools. Image and >> profile >> >>> sell cameras too. If they only sold cameras to dedicated >>photographers >> >>> like >> >>> you they would be broke. (and there would be no Leicas for dedicated >> >>> photographers!). >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> *Fun tickets in my pocket, visions in my brain* -- Jimmy Buffett >> >>> >> >>> Cheers >> >>> Geoff >> >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On 11 May 2013 06:34, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> LUG: >> >>>> >> >>>> I do not understand Leica's obsession with "celebrity >>photographers" >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >> >> >>http://loudwire.com/motley-crue-nikki-sixx-leica-camera-photography-serie >> >>>> s/ >> >>>> >> >>>> Tina >> >>>> >> >>>> -- >> >>>> Tina Manley, ASMP >> >>>> www.tinamanley.com >> >>>> >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>> Leica Users Group. >> >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>information >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Leica Users Group. >> >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Leica Users Group. >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information