[AGL] the raw Raw Deal

[Fontaine Maverick]

And you, Mike, are quite the archivist. Great story about Bloom's day. 
Thanks for reminding me about Wayne Oakes.
And yes, that is absolutely Roger.
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From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com>
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Subject: [AGL] the raw Raw Deal



> Wayne Oakes took many of the Raw Deal photos; there

> was an album or 2 of them at the bar to look at. The

> interior shot may have been taken by Wayne.

>

> My roommate claims the gent in the center of the

> interior picture is Roger Baker. Anybody?

>

> The photo of the exterior shows the shoeshine

> stand to which one would repair for a breath of

> fresh (night) air and to smoke a joint. Fletcher

> used to complain that the next morning he had

> to sweep up all the dope butts on the sidewalk.

> And he said he was specially gravelled because Sabine

> St. was the shortcut for patrol cars returning to

> police headquarters on 7th street and what would

> they think of him? As they drove by, they couldnt

> fail to see the bar's patrons sitting on the shoeshine

> stand and copping one (to coin a phrase).

>

> i will make it a point to check out the Waterloo

> collection. Im guessing in advance that it is Leila

> Vance and Renee Dubose sitting next to Lilly.

>

> as for the literary gifts of the Raw Deal regulars,

> ha ha ha. one june friday night, i entered said

> dive coming upon Dr. Jack, a delicensed doctor

> from California (an Irish style Dr. Nick type who wrote too

> many problematic prescriptions). What day is it?

> he asked me. I thought a bit and realized that it

> was June 16, Bloom's Day. He said 'not a one of

> these literary types had a clue.'  sweet memories!