Press Releases

For Immediate Release, 1993

• Slugo Maneshevitz Gagarin, May 1993

Our Early PR

The above links represent an electronic compilation of Press Releases and other inspired ramblings which originated from a small Museum in East-Central Vermont in the first half of the Nineteen-Nineties. They were mailed to over a dozen local press organizations, the Burlington Vermont, and selected Boston, Massachusetts newspapers, all interested parties, in all locations, both at home and abroad, and, via radio copy, to all the ships at sea.

These little epistles have given solace to readers weary and watery-eyed from scanning never-ending column inches of Tiresome Art Criticism in the, regrettably prevalent, German Style. They have also provided some diversion as well, for Editors and Art Reviewing Professionals, who daily receive bushels of self-righteous Screeds and pompous Auto-Indulgences�—in bulk like as much silage—as the Museum's emanations are perceived, generally, as a type of salve for open head wounds—brought by the trajectories of iron tamping rods—or indeed, a tonic for those suffer�ing from the ravages of Dangerous—perhaps Federally proscribed—Drugs.

These charming little soapbox orations appear, then, in much their original form, with some modification, and not a little further proofreading. No apologies are offered for their notably eclectic spelling and other inconsistencies. For instance—Erratic Titling Characters and an Overuse of the Italic Fonts, as well as an almost complete absence of Apostrophes (considered obsolete interruptions in the flow of type by the best authorities). Responsibility for editorship and authorship, unless otherwise noted, lies solidly in the lap of David Fairbanks Ford, (Editor, Typographer, Production Manager, &c.). Other select items from local critics, in and around the Upper Valley, Burlington, Vt. and Boston, Mass., have been included, with authors permission, of course. Special Thanks are due, therefore, to Mr. James Bandler (The Rutland Herald & Times Argus, The Boston Globe), Mr. Bill Craig (The Valley News). May it Please You. Wherever you are!