The Dead City Alleycat 2021 was the Ghosts of the DC Streets theme... places, people, and things that are no longer part of DC... a messenger of days past showed up and did his first Alleycat

so... the Dead City Alleycat 2021 was a nod to DC past...

there were places that are no longer as they once were...

Barrel House Liquor and the Old 9:30 Club

then there were wheat paste photos of messengers who are now deceased

as well as a Spoke Card of a messenger who was hit and nearly killed... so he was back from the dead

on top of that I sent out the invite to a number of messengers past...

Zach Chariot Brown came out to race... showed some spirt by wearing a costume...

Rebecca Reilly aka Lambchop showed up to say hello

and then a messenger from 80's rolled up and at the last minute decided to race

that messenger would be Chauncey Brothers

above is a shot from Regardies magazine in the mid 1980's

Chauncey is the man in the photo at the bottom of the page

quite a time capsule

a different world... a different time

all the photos should be available on one of those links

then below...

two more shots from Regardies Magazine

on the left is my buddy Major

Major was one cool dude...

he was ahead of his time with yoga and vegetarianism

Major rocked that classic Cannondale with the 26 inch wheel in the front and the 24 inch wheel in the rear... he moved out west...

I always wondered what happened to Major

then... on the right is Jim Rapp

Jim Rapp aka Featherhead

I know what happened to Jim... after prison he was afflicted with MS where he declined slowly and then eventually died too soon

the story of Jim Rapp ends in tragedy

but in his moment

Jim Rapp was some serious energy in the DC Messenger Scene

always adding to the party

there is a City Paper Article that Jim Rapp wrote from jail

chase down that City Paper Article

it will amuse and intrigue you

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