groupiesoutrageously: Groupie Cynthia Plaster Caster [Cynthia Albritton; 24.05.47] “I stopped

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Cynthia Plaster Caster [Cynthia Albritton; 24.05.47]

_{“I stopped dead in my tracks when my art teacher gave us the homework assignment: ‘Make a plaster cast,’ he said, and the object had to be solid. ‘Solid! Wait a moment,’ I thought. 'Don’t Hampton Wicks get solid? Okay, let’s make it really absurd.’”}

_{“Because as you know, part of the appeal of being a groupie is to impress your friends with the fame and success of the band—especially when we were young. It was a real treat, besides the fact the guys were good-looking and talented.”}

_{“Virginity was a major appeal. Virgins were becoming an endangered species. It was so groundbreaking for me. I mean, I thought I was in love, but you know what was most on my mind, even though I had never spoken the word 'fuck’? That plain old me had fucked Mark Lindsay. That’s all I knew—that’s all I was thinking about. And that the road to getting laid was paved in plaster.”}

_{“After that weekend, Pest and I became the Plaster Casters of Chicago. It was so silly, but silly was all we ever wanted to be! I put a generic-looking logo on the side of a small case, and thought, 'We should really learn how to do this, put all the materials in the suitcase, and make ourselves look like salesmen, traveling from hotel to hotel.’ The bands thought it was hilarious, and the word got around really fast—way before we ever figured out how to actually make a cast!” - about The Plaster Casters of Chicago}

_{“Back in those days I had a hard time bonding with the guys I worshipped because I was in disbelief that they’d want anything to do with me. I had trouble with the great in-between: the ability to relax and feel that I was up to their level or that they were down on my level—that took a while.”}

_{“I’ve been trying to figure out whether I’m an outsider or not. A lot of people believe a true outsider is insane, unlike me. I know what I do is absurd and funny, and most outsiders don’t realize their work is absurd. In fact, the reason I do it is to be as absurd as possible.”}