http://themurkyfringe.com/2009/10/thrown-over-my-life-as-a-powe-line-shoe-tosser/ Where All the Good Bodies Are Buried Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:48:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://themurkyfringe.com/2009/10/thrown-over-my-life-as-a-powe-line-shoe-tosser/#comment-1778 What’s Up with the Hanging Sneakers? « Burroughs Adding Machine Mon, 17 May 2010 12:13:46 +0000 http://themurkyfringe.com/?p=401#comment-1778 [...] True or not, the images of sneakers hanging from telephone wires in the neighborhood conjured images of gang territory. In this report from the BBC’s excellent Close-Up Series, filmmaker Ramon Goni seeks the answer. His interviewees have a variety of explanations for the shoes, ranging from memorializing a favorite pair of Chucks to gang violence to modern art pieces. The Murky Fringe offers a first-person explanation. [...] [...] True or not, the images of sneakers hanging from telephone wires in the neighborhood conjured images of gang territory. In this report from the BBC’s excellent Close-Up Series, filmmaker Ramon Goni seeks the answer. His interviewees have a variety of explanations for the shoes, ranging from memorializing a favorite pair of Chucks to gang violence to modern art pieces. The Murky Fringe offers a first-person explanation. [...]

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