Apparently, Kathy McCarty, of the seminal band
hesitates right upon the brink of being known as a JFK Conspiracy buff.
From the Chronicle:
The Austin Chronicle Features: The JFKonspiracy
By far the defining moment of my trip to Dallas happened while listening to a speech given by Beverly Oliver, an eyewitness who actually was there. On November 22, 1963, Oliver was 19 years old. She was one of the bystanders closest to the motorcade and is easily visible in the now-famous Zapruder film. Like Abraham Zapruder, she also was filming the presidential motorcade with a home movie camera -- but because of her position, it is likely that her film showed both the Texas School Book Depository and the Grassy Knoll. It probably won't surprise anyone that her film was confiscated by “government agents” (one of whom she later identified as FBI agent Regis Kennedy) and that her film has never been seen or heard of again.
Read more here.
Oh, and apparently, Glass Eye is back together as band. Yayyy! I suppose I'll have to send some dough Austex way, and pick up this new album forthwith. I used to be a Glass Eye proselytizer, sneaking in as many Glass Eye tunes into the Magnolia South playlist as possible. Ahhh, memories.
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I remember what we were doing in Rio de Janeiro when President Kennedy was shot. First we heard news on the radio, during dinnertime, he had been badly shot. I started sobbing. Maybe fifteen minutes later, the newscast announced President Kennedy had died. JFK was quite popular in the pre-dictatorship era in Brazil, as were his programs for help abroad.
Quite frankly, I know the Warren report was "fake" but in the end, Johnson did carry and sign into effect all the laws JFK had promised the people of the USA.
So, if the the intent of the assassination was to prevent us from
having a Civil Rights Act, the killer(s) misunderestimated LBJ.
If you have ever seen the movie, Slacker, which has Kathy McCarty as a character, there is a character who is a serious JFK conspiracy buff.
Was there a conspiracy? Who knows. I've also read that it was the Chicago mob, after Robert Kennedy broke an implied promise to leave them alone in return for help in the 1960 election.