I met Luke myself at the 3rd Conference. I had lived nearby and went back to the apartment to get my pet macaw, Charo. I thought she would look cute in my "interview" plus she had been cooped up in her cage all day. I was led to believe that most everyone would be at Baywalk joining in on an anti-Bush demonstration that was already in the making by some seperate organization. I was only gone 45 minutes or so, and when I got back Baywalk was mostly deserted so I walked around Jannus Landing hoping to run into some folks from the conference.
I finally spied Luke and Sammie sitting outside a Fresco type place and Luke was doing an 'interview' of Sammie. Upon seeing Charo, Sammie tells Luke, oh get her on camera, or something like that. Luke turned the camera my way and pointed it at my bird and that is when I realized that the damn thing was'nt even on!!! There was no light on in that viewpiece thing and the red record light was not on. Now you could all say "But Bob, maybe he turned it off to save film and was just trying to act polite." I say bullshit on that. I was there. He turned the camera that had been off all the time and merely pretended to include me in the "footage."
In my opinion, he was just trying to get laid, had some toys from his job to add to credibility and just played it through. I hope he DID get laid, because he put forth a great performance worthy of an Oscar Nomination. He put me off for more than 2 hours the final day of the conference and I just said fuck it then and went home. I had offered to take him to ALL the different Straight buildings and make him privy to 20 year old graffitti and stuff that could really add to shit and make it more interesting, but I guess since I did'nt have CLEAVAGE and maybe a NICE ASS that my input did'nt mean shit.
Okay, so maybe I was a little let down, I have since deleted the inflammatory stuff and we'll just let bygones be bygones. Nobody is perfect, so I will just wait and see if the forces that be get ahold of me to see what can be done to rectify the situation. I am even willing to create my own footage that Mr. Luke can use to enhance his own undertakings.
My point is this, we can't bring these people to trial, that has been met with defeat and resistance. What we can do is simply SPEND our own talents and efforts to create a cohesive and telling presentation of what we all went through. This is America, and if we can present our teenage angst and agonies at the hands of the evil minions behind Straight Incorporated, it may even prove ENTERTAINING to the masses. This country is just sick enough to sit down every say, Tuesday night, and watch another fun filled episode of STRAIGHT INDEED, or what ever other title can be made of a fun filled show depicting the brainwashing and power-mad struggle to control the youth of our country through the Seventies and Eighties. I think it is high time that we get through wringing out our tear filled hankies and make some serious MONEY off of our suffering over the years.
