Turning points

(Miss Kristi Maddocks goes from crayons to perfume.)

Kristi Maddocks, Carol Kelley (collection Kristi Maddocks)It is not quite as dramatic as turning from the living to the undead, but each of us hipsters had a point in our youth where we were bitten by the bug of the underground.

This photo is a time capsule. It was taken early in the summer of 1980 and captures me on the verge of change. By this time I was attending shows at thr Del Mar Fairgrounds and the Distillery East. I obviously still had long hair, which was deemed very uncool by the punk girls, who used to try to cut it when I was at the big shows.

The Che Underground