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"I got to skate the Olympic Oval!" An excited DiMond praised the
Calgary facility, built for the 1988 Winter Olympics, "gorgeous, pristine."

"I loved Edmonton," she said. "It's a hip little town." That'll be news to
my friends.

As for the fans she encountered, there was a weird split between the
folkies who remember the Mekons and the newer ones familiar with The Waco
Brother. The
Mekons' fans were
obsesses. Timms
called them
"'loomers,'"
DiMond said,
"because they
loom over her." "I
could be dead and
they couldn't
care."

Gently
seeking some
sizzle to sell my
steak, what of her
van mates?

Timms can
be "intimidating."
and Langford is
"amazing, decent,
intelligent,
generous." He
has more integrity
than anybody."

I'll bet he
wouldn't try to
make money off of
the efforts of
others. I tried and
couldn't.

Ah, but
what the H-E-
double-
hockey-sticks, Bloodshot was kind enough to ship me a couple free CDs. Lo and
behold, in the booklet accompanying Down to the Promises Land is one of my
snapshots of the Sadies. A tiny slice of posterity instead of profits, I can live
with that.

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[Below photo]:
Sally Timms