I found this in a box in the attic, a completely forgotten treasure. Here’s how this photo landed in my hands:
When I was seventeen or so one of my record store coworkers approached me and said, “Hey, you like new wave don’t you?”
“Yeah.”
“Do you like Echo and the Bunnymen?”
“Yeah.”
“Well here. My friend just came back from England and he met them and got me this picture but I hate them.”
“Cool, thanks.”
Yep, pretty fascinating story, isn’t it? The big question, of course, is whether the signature is authentic. I suspected not then, and even more so now. For all I know my coworker was just messing with me, but whatever. It’s a cool photo printed on decent photographic paper, and it looks to be hand-developed. Maybe one of these days I’ll cook up a big whopping lie to give it some provenance. (No I won’t.)
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Responses to “From the Stacks: A Random Photo of Ian McCulloch”
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Great pic. Had an unexpected and mad night with the band in Chicago in 2001. If you can see this pic of an authentic all access pass signed by Mac, then you’ll see the similarity in the autograph.
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[…] Camelot Music named Sean who would occasionally suggest new music. He was the guy who gave me the signed Echo and the Bunnymen photo, for example. Sometimes I”d forget that Sean was really, really gay, and his […]
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My son saw it on my office and asked, “Is that Pat Benatar?”
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I don’t know what this says about me, but I sure do love that androgynous look. That’s a great photo…I love Echo and the Bunnymen
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