Will the real Tony Rollo please stand up ?

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There has been some questions and confusion with some of the emails I have received recently.

“I requested friends on Facebook – why didn’t you answer?” … “Did you get my TWEET?”

… and so on …

Let me clear a few things up … officially.

As Popeye put it: “I yam wut I yam.”

Or Frank Zappa: “You are what you is.”

The photos of me on this site are me – but like David Burne sang with his band Talking Heads:

“I’ve changed my hairstyle so many times now – I don’t know what I look like.”

– I am based in Nashville.

As in; “Welcome to Music City USA – now yall go home.”

I spend most of my time in a technological cave pushing the limits of my poor machines … I come out into the sun occasionally to work our crops or ride my Kawasaki ZL-900. Other than that, I can be found in the kitchen charring something that was once on the hoof.

The rest is up to you to decide.

The internet and search engines are wonderful – but names can be duplicated by impostors.

However, the other people using my name seem to have achieved it legitimately.

At least my name isn’t John Smith or things could be worse ! :-)

Here is who I am NOT ~~~

– I am not a DJ from Italy – and his “music” is awful!  (sorry dude) And the music I do / have done is FAR from “minimal”.

– I do not have a back-up band called “The Midnight Band”. That guy is Tony RALLO.

– I am not a photojournalist from the 1960s.

I get a call about once a month asking for permission to use a photograph that was in Time, Newsweek, Life or some other magazine published back in the 60s and 70s.

That Tony Rollo was a quite famous photojournalist and has since passed on. In his time of fame, I was cutting up those magazines to make collages in elementary grade art class.

It is just ironic that I am also a photographer and cinematographer – although it is a partial aspect of my productions.

– I do not do Facebook or Myspace or those “flavor of the month” social media sites.

Nope – I have no tatoos or extra holes in my body – just the ones God gave me when I came out of the factory. Still the same paint job and treads too!

– I do not live in Canada. I don’t know who that guy is – but he apparently financed a feature film once. Hmmmmm … ;-)

– I do not live in Europe and remix albums for Madonna or Lady Gaga – not my bag !

– I am not a football player. ( that’s two “L’s” and not one “M” as in Tony Romo )
Although I still have my Rodger Staubach rookie card I got with the bubble gum as a kid.

 

Thanks for your time and attention. I hope that clears things up …

Now, go out and annoy a politician.

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