[sumo] Dreadful Commercialism of Sumo

[Attila Sali]

Thanks for the link! I have not seen this photo before.
Sharinoumi
p.sback to lurking
On Jan 6, 2008 7:39 AM, David Luke <luketrans at aol.com> wrote:

>
> I haven't seen Runners World, but from the description, it sounds
> like it may be the same photo that's on the back of Aerosmith's 1994
> album "Big Ones".  You can see that cover art at (e.g.)
>
> http://www.copertinedvd.net/audio/A/Aerosmith%20-%20big%20ones%20-%
> 20back.jpg
>
>
>
> On Jan 5, 2008, at 10:57 PM, Charles Finberg wrote:
>
> > That's what I meant.  I could be wrong, but it sure looked like
> > Mainoumi
> > from behind.
> >
> > On 1/5/08, Jim Bitgood <Jimbit2 at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> No profile in this picture. Unless you mean the silhouette of the
> >> mage from directly behind it. It's a great shot of
> >> Konishiki's "game face" though.
> >>
> >> At 19:09 1/5/2008, you wrote:
> >>> If it's the same one I recall, it was a classic Konishiki v.
> >>> Mainoumi
> >> photo,
> >>> taken from behind Mainoumi but with enough of his profile to permit
> >>> identification, which gave me the opportunity to tell my
> >>> acquaintances
> >> about
> >>> their matches.  They were very impressed by my display of
> >>> knowledge, but
> >> I
> >>> remain invisible to teenage girls.
> >>>
> >>> On 1/5/08, Jim Bitgood <Jimbit2 at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Has anyone else seen the inside back cover of the December 07 issue
> >>>> of "Runners World"?
> >>>> There is a great full page picture of Konishiki taken from
> >>>> behind his
> >>>> opponent just before tachi-ai. It's an ad for Hyundai, curiously
> >>>> enough. I assume that Konishiki got paid for the use of his image.
> >>>> Wonder if the other guy got paid for image of the back of his
> >>>> mage???
> >>>> It would be a really fantastic picture if it didn't have the
> >>>> advertising copy printed on it.
> >>
> >>         Jim
> >>         "Chitose-Taikai"
> >>
> >>
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