This is a picture of Pleasant Gehman that we made in 1978 (i think).
She and I are the Keynote Speakers for the upcoming Punk Scholars Network Conference which takes place August 6 & 7 at DePaul University in Chicago, IL.
We have been working on our presentation, and in the spirit of efficiency and cross-promotion, some of my talk will be from my memoir. Here’s how I introduce Pleasant in my book, and that’s how I’ll introduce her at the conference:
She sashayed into the dorm lobby with authority in her black leather motorcycle jacket, blue jeans and white majorette boots, complete with the tassels safety-pinned in place: a proto-punk Sally Bowles, in many ways. I was also in CABARET mode, putting together my best Marisa Berenson fancy dress look at the time, trying to pose as “official” with duties that night (all I had to do was pay the band).