k.d. lang: Prairie Fire
Dave Zimmer, BAM, 30 June 1989
WELCOME TO the Griffith Park Pony Rides. Assorted toddlers, most of them 2- or 3-something, are circling a dusty track, strapped onto tired ponies. Not exactly the Wild West, but it is kinda rustic for LA and becomes the prospective setting for a photo shoot.
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