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in Adams Morgan... a familar face

the camera is an interesting tool
the camera mixes aspects of the introvert and the extrovert
hiding behind the camera
pushing the camera in people's faces

the camera connects me to the culture
the camera gives me a chance to make contact with people

strangers become friends

it is always good to see friends

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Lefty? yes... Lefty

Lefty? yes... Lefty... you remember Lefty anyone who attended a punk show in Washington DC in the mid 80's most certainly knew who Lefty was... Lefty would be another prime canidate for a DC Punk Documentary lets see what a GOOGLE brings up when I do a search for "DC Skinhead, Lefty" Black Punk Time at Rocktober Magazine gave me this- LEFTY - When D.C. produced Iron Cross, who many hail as the first American skinhead band, trouble was bound to follow. With D.C.'s Black majority population, Nazi-inspired skinhead racism wasn't going to be business a usual, and one of the ways this manifested itself was surprising. Amazingly, the leader of the early 80s D.C. Skins was not an Aryan, but Kendall Hall, a hulking Black woman, better known as Lefty. Adorned with swastikas, Lefty and her violent followers disrupted shows, stole Doc Martins off kids' feet, brawled with bikers, stomped Jews, gay bashed and most shockingly, supported Reagan. Iron Cross, denouncing th...

Race Report Dead City Alleycat 2024 - Day of the Dead Edition (attempt number 2 to get some words down)

it is Thursday morning... sipping my coffee and thinking that it has been nearly a week since the Dead City Alleycat if I want to write a race report I best get to it not only do I need to wrap up the report I need to put away the Alleycat and all of its parts All of the Check Point Puzzle Pieces and Post Race Prizes Lawn Darts need to go into the Shed or the curb Sell the Kid Department Store Low Rider Bikes SWAG and Prizes that were not used in the event are still in the living room make room to put that stuff back in the basement save for the next Gwadzilla Alleycat got to put the day behind me and move forward the day was amazing need to focus on moving forward not sure what direction to go with this "Race Report" as I did not race I did not race the 2024 Dead City Alleycat... I hosted the 2024 Dead City Alleycat yesterday downtown on the bike doing deliveries about town I saw people who had raced and I passed places that were checkpoints this week we had elections so ma...

China Block is officially no longer Chinese... Hooterstown... Potbellytown... Verizontown... but not Chinatown... The Kung Fu Gift Store is closed which is one of the last throwbacks to Chinatown being Chinese

Chinatown's Kung Fu Gift Shop is no more! say it is not so... please say it is not so earlier this week my younger son Grant said he wanted to go to Chinatown so that he could buy something at the Kung Fu Gift Shop he wanted some sort of weapon... not nunchucks or a knife... but something more so when passing this shop on my bike headed home from work I saw the 20-50% off sale on the window well... I did not realize that the shoe would drop so fast EVICTED! US Marshals and a large crew of movers evicted... evacuated... cleared out GONE! DONE! the last Chinese soldier standing is no more Chinatown has very little Chinese left... maybe not enough to call it Chinatown... not even enough to be known as Chinablock oh no... say it is not so change not all change is good but change is inevitable bummer... the Gift Store was associated with a Kung Fu martial arts studio my guess... that is no more... maybe it will move... maybe it f...

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