[lbo-talk] A scene on the Holloway Road

[James Heartfield]

Walking up Holloway Road a family of punks ahead of me, she, in leopard-skin coat, with green hair, he in untidy dread-locks, black drain pipes, a toddler in a push chair. Just ahead of them, two teenage girls, quite provocatively dressed, one in tights and pants, the other in a Ra-ra skirt high on her waist and tights printed as if they were stockings and suspenders. I can feel the punk family flinching in disapproval: 'I've got an idea: why don't you just go out naked', says Mrs Punk, loudly enough for all to hear her views of the teenagers' attire.