The Mysterious Girl

I still like this old blackwhite photo because it pretty much shows the person I ran into - 1982 or 1983. Her makeup was less elaborate than in her music videos, and it only made her look better. I cannot recall a precise time nor a place. Old travel records say it was Munich or Berlin.

While all else is faded and blurred, Laurie made a crystal-clear impression. And no wonder, since I was only 14 and she, at 19, was so long-legged and so grown-up. She was fabulous.

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The Sources

Looks like the web is indeed pretty short on Laurie. The only source outside Le Quebec origins on the sun-flooded shores of Greece, where a gentleman named George Vastardis tackles the noble task of lauding the lady.

The other major source is the venerable Marc Fontaine, who diligently preserves the visual heritage of the Nudimension project on YouTube - topping it all off with a video expressly dedicated to Laurie.

I am, it seems, the third individual on the world wide web to mention Laurie as more than a sideline in Trans-X history. Such an exclusive club we are. But then, good taste happens to be a trait of the few. Everything is as it should be.

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Where's Laurie?

I accidentially discover that a woman who I thought would have her own cult following on the web, is non-existent online. Sign of the times. One can easily guess the reasons.

Reason 1 ... Style.
In these days of blatant vulgarity, Laurie's sophisticated type is just not the vogue anymore. Instead, a neverending supply of women who pretty much flair like street hookers is feeding the video charts. A dumbed-down populace won't notice the difference. Modern times.

Reason 2 ... Class.
Laurie is classified as an antidote against Britney-Spearosis, the popular disease of our time. Her IQ and attitude differ so radically from the spirit of 2000-and-beyond, that it became an obvious impossibility to promote her.

Reason 3 ... Dress.
Laurie sticks in my memory as one of the last women in pop music who actually wore dresses, not underwear or fetish garment. Being sexy but not being cheap - a logical impossibility in our day.

More reasons abound, but I'm going to simply hit Enter instead and start this blog.

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