Moving Target,Issue #5, Fall 1989
Yo mobiles anybody coming free anywhere at all now. Tarmac torpedo andveteran of a thousand cyclic wars, Buffalo Bill here at the controls, broadcastingfrom the ranch up the road from Camden Town. Gee boss, what's that up there?Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it's another organisation claiming torepresent us. DRA, LBCU, DRAC, DIWU, bleedin' alphabet soup, if you askme. All aboard the band waggon, where are we going? Oh, the guys up frontknow - guess who gets to do the donkey work. Unite and fight (or is itdivide and rule?). Like the Gauls in the Asterix books cc's are only frightenedof one thing - that sky is going to fall on their heads. These guys don'tthink big enough for me. Personally, the only political posting that interestsme is the currently vacant position of Ruler of the Cyclised World. Withthe omniscient Dr. Capiello as my finance minister, I couldn't fail. Exceptthat, of course, I'm burned - out and on the scrap heap at 23 years ofage. Another day, another grimy dollar and a fist full of dockets goin'nowhere. How many times have you died this week?
Some of you may have noticed that I have raised my media-profile considerablyover the past few weeks. Not content with almost entirely subverting thepages of MT with my rabid nonsense, I have managed to get the old tonsilson LBC. Those of you that missed it can obtain the 12 inch Bootleg ScratchMega-Mix in a Buffalo-Soldier Styli signed and numbered from my new company'The Mighty Buffalo Mult-i -Media Enterprise Appliance Unlimited".Price on application. My attorney is currently negotiating a price formy new syncopated, syndicated chat show 'The Buffalo Hour". Watchthis space for details and you're sure to have a smash. Media- lunches,press-releases, photo-calls, I even bought myself a Filofax (only a smallone) and they want an angle. I showed’em a nice bit of brazing by Capiellobut they didn't get the joke, What about the real stars, the guys on 'Streetwise'have you seen it? I love it myself, bags, bikes, and the geezer who losta leg in the first episode was a real cc once (contract rider for somecity firm or other) where's it all going to end ? Fibrosis of the lungs",Charlie B told me the other day. As long as I can still drink Lavazza docI don't care, I s'pose. Did you know that the first Buffalo Bill, WildWest Hero and all that, was a despatch rider too? "Among the mostnoted and daring riders of the pony-express was Hon. William F. Cody, betterknown as Buffalo Bill whose reputation is now established the world over".Alexander Majors Seventy years on the frontier (no bull shit). Art imitatinglycra or what? Have a laugh and stay a live cc see you in the street
BB.
BBPS Over a year now since the Mighty Buffalo first spoke.What's happened? Well MT has come out five times now against the odds andyou all owe Andy D. and CC. Brave a massive vote of thanx for keepin' iton the street. Their ingenuity and persistence has made this rag somethingall cc's can be proud of. I hope you find some way of showing your gratitudeand continuing support for the mag.
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