Fresh from the tumbleweed-ridden lands of Austin, TX and the back of Operative Joey, the SPR is proud to present the following, shamelessly political set of Action Shots, premiering with this artful, windswept portrait:
Arms Reaching Out to No One
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Next, we visit the royal palaces of Texas.
Before the Gates of Montezuma
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Inside the Gates (A Sacrifice Is Made)
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On the walls of the palace:
Joey w/ A Bush
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Lighting the Fire of Revolution
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PIONEERS
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On his journeys with the story on his back, Joey collected three tales (in his own words):
The Wilted Leaves of the Modern Art
1) The first day I wore it a couple of elderly women sitting behind me at a coffee shop asked to take my picture – they said that they loved it.
Shimmery People
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2) One day as I was walking to a diner a man, who looked rather scraggly, with a staff (although I suppose he called it a bow, does that make it a bow staff?) yelled at me to stop so that he could read it. I bit back the fear, but only for you my good sir [curator/browbeater], and let him approach. He then explained that if some guy kissed him he would probably hit him with the very staff he was toting – he then further related an event in which he did use that staff to hit someone in the head repeatedly – no worries, I made it to the diner.
Joey Is Addicted to Firepower
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3) the night of my birthday I was wearing it at a club – two older gay gentlemen asked me about it, and then laughed at the age – saying that they were about 60.
The Faces That Are Always Watching
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Where Children Go to Drown
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Holiday Cheer Lasts Forever
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Majesty:
The Man Who Learned to Fly
And so we have achieved the power of flight.
Welcome to Texas.
Mucho thanks to Joey Holloway, for wearing Cassandra’s poem; to Cassandra Gillig, for contributing the poem and turning the SPR on its side; and to Chad Redden, for being the muse.
See you next week.
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