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...lifestyle that's surprising for the son of a Baptist minister. His wife, who suffers from a chronic illness, has never moved to Washington. He likes night spots, parties, stogies and rock concerts (he once jumped into a mosh pit). A Harley driver, he posed for raunchy biker magazine Easyriders and a spoof calendar called Hunks on the Hill...
...subtitle is misleading. Denis Johnson’s Seek is not so much a collection of journalistic efforts as it is a fragmented memoir, diffracting observations of fringe elements at home and abroad through the prism of the author’s opinions. He travels to biker revivals, Alaska, the American Southwest and Liberia. He recounts his brief Boy Scout experiment in the Philippines. He marvels at the intersection between his values and those of violent militia members. And while Johnson always remains the outsider—a stranger attempting self-understanding through observing the natives—the strength...
...Robin was definitely an L.A. female. She had the biker tattoos and punk chic look. Dyed black hair, 21 and from South Pasadena. Which had obviously given her much to be alienated from. She was a waitress/hairstylist (Hollywood abounds in interesting hyphenates) who liked the idea of the show as a way to meet new people. Didn't she meet plenty of people in her chosen professions? "Yeah, but you can't tell them what you feel. A waitress gotta keep her mouth shut." But wouldn't she risk being voted out if she expressed her true feelings...
...early November, fitness fanatics, connected to computers featuring personalized workout data, pedal on stationary bikes. Nearby, several people scale a rock-climbing wall. All wear heart monitors on their wrists and gold-and-black T shirts bearing the logo of their facility, the Madison Health Club. As one biker gets caught up in watching the presidential candidates duke it out on TV, her heart-rate monitor starts beeping. "Oops," she says, embarrassed to draw the attention of her teacher. "That means I'm out of my target zone...
Almodovar's foundation is struggling. Last weekend's Biker Rally, a motorcycle fund raiser for the Dumas, drew small crowds. Almodovar and Giecek are bitterly arguing over money. They could lose the Dumas. Worse, the world's prostitutes found themselves too busy to come to Butte to help out, which broke Almodovar's heart as well as her bank account. This summer, in fact, only one sex worker showed up, a 23-year-old who has stripped at the Palace of Pleasure in Portland, Ore. She admits to feeling awed by the Dumas. "The mind reels--you imagine the women...