Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Buzz Hausner" <buzz.hausner@verizon.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 07:35 Subject: [Leica] On The Roll > The final typescript of "On the Road" was produced on a 'sort of' > continuous roll of teletype paper, not toilet paper. The roll may or > may not be continuous as it is known to have been taped together here > and there. > > Single sheets of paper...and bound books for purchase, for that > matter...are a relatively recent phenomenon, dating from about the > second and third decades of the Eighteenth Century. Jack Kerouac did > have access to single sheet paper. Bill Burroughs had access to a > Retina and a pistol. Allan Ginsburg had access to a Leica and the best > minds of his generation. > > Buzz Hausner > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Mark > Rabiner > Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 11:11 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] bw with Epson 2200...follow-up > > Last night I was watching the great Isabelle Adjani in "Histoire d'Adèle > H., L' (1975)" and she went to the bookstore to get some writing paper ! > in the beginning of the film (which I'd seen before). > She walked out with large rolls of paper. Like scrolls laid over her > shoulder. > > http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0073114/ > > As I understand it "ON the road" by Kerouac was written on one > continuous roll of toilet paper. > > I think it's called linear thinking. And strong toilet paper. Must have > been triple strength Charmin. And the right ink. Not too free flowing. > > Mark Rabiner > Portland, Oregon USA > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html