Howdy from Texas

OK I went through my archives of photos from this summer that I had meant to post... and the glorious results are:

"Dallas Area Rapid Transit Photos" - from buses, trains, stations in Dallas

"Texas Rangers Baseball Game" - from a Rangers game, sorry "sportsfans", I did not actually take any shots of the game, just the crowd.

"Day Trip" and "Xtian Wrestling Federation", described below:

On November 4, 2006, we first took a day trip to Farmersville, Princeton, and McKinney Texas.
In the evening, we took a trip out to Rockwall, Texas, for an exhibition by the "Christian Wrestling Federation"(!)
For some reason, while at the xtian wrestling, I kept thinking about Pastor Ted Haggard...

All collections will make you feel wonderful about the state of humanity and can be found only at thorrific.com!!!

www.thorrific.com/

You will find both collections at thorrific.com, under Visual Art > Photographs

Thank you
Thor
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REVIEWS of Thorrific photographs from Tom Moody:

Regarding State Fair of Texas 2006 photos:
www.digitalmediatree.com/tommo...38074/
"It's fall, and that means it's time for another installment of Thor Johnson's Texas State Fair Photos. The collection is here: [2.6 MB flash file]. And below are a few examples. I never cease to marvel at the overeating epidemic that seems to have struck the state since I left in '95. More of Johnson's photos, videos, and music here, and an earlier post on him is here. The photos really strike a chord with me--they're like the perfect combo of love and hate, sarcasm and pathos. It's unusual to see this kind of clarity of vision in a photographer--most get all absorbed with technique, as opposed to being a raw, outraged eye opening itself up to all the available stimuli in an environment like this. Somebody could probably take the same "kind" of photos at Coney Island in NY, but I don't think anyone here hates Coney Island or its denizens. Whereas, Texas (especially Dallas, where these are taken) has this layer of righteousness that suffuses ordinary ignorance and exploitation, making it seem more pernicious. I know Johnson loathes the false piety but as I said, there is also love in these photos. I went to the State Fair a number of times and it was always a kick."

Regarding photos of the "Christian Wrestling Federation" in Rockwall, Texas:
www.digitalmediatree.com/tommo...38291/
Thor Johnson, photo of Christian Wrestling Federation event in Rockwall County, Texas (near Dallas). More photos documenting the match. One funny thing about Johnson's photos is he seems to be invisible. He is obviously all over the room, yet none of the locals are reacting to his presence. You'd think they'd have better radar for Satanic, I mean, sardonic intent.
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Review of State Fair of Texas 2006 photos by Chas Bowie of Your Daily Awesome:
www.yourdailyawesome.com/2006/...ekend/
"Thorrific has taken the best (if meanest) photos of the Fair I’ve ever seen, but his fancy website won’t allow me to grab the jpegs. (Just navigate to the Photos section.) His site will probably make you never want to step foot in Texas, but that would just be your loss. Where else is a dancing chicken tell you if you’re going to get rich or not?"