ocr: Une of the Residents talks about freak shows: In the Pickled Punk section of the D-ROM, there's a reference to one of the real treaks, Grace McDaniels, who left an indelible impression on me.Isaw her at a freak show on the Miracle Mile at the Louisiana State Fair, around 1956. Outside was a poster, a beautifully stylized banner, ofa woman with the head ofa mule. To an eleven- or twelve- year-old kid, this was about the most fascinating thingin the world. Inside there was this real person with a disease; her face had folds of skin hanging down three to four inches below her chin. A pathetic per ...
