Pix for A Toast to Poverty

1. Title frame for "A Toast to Poverty."

2. "A Toast to Poverty" was inspired by Bloomington's ranking as one of the poorest cities in the nation.

3. Moonboy ran camera for many early ROX episodes.

4. B expounds yet another point in his endless pursuit of social justice, while J enjoys a cocktail and a cigarette.

5. These were the best statistics we could find in 1993 for poverty levels in the Midwest.

6. B continues with the nonstop statistics, while J contends with umbrella difficulties.

7. XY sings: "May Day at the industrial ruin! Yes, capitalism has fallen in Bloomington!"

8. J gets ready to mix a Poor Brian's Run.

9. ROX is an educational program that teaches you, the end user, how to make a variety of pierced eggs.

10. "Easter's cancelled. They found the body."

11. John Barge celebrates Easter with the ROX crew.

12. Kelly Slinkman and MF bat the birdie at the ROX crew's Easter party.

13. Eloid! Eloid! He's our man! If he can't do it, no one can!

14. Kevin Loyal wins a dollar on a scratch-off lottery ticket. "I can eat tomorrow!"

15. Xy shows us what she's working with.

16. 'Nuff said.

17. J gets ready to mix a Blue Hawaiian.

18. Jessie Woodson juggles blocks in Dunn Meadow.

19. A quote from MIT economist Rudiger Dornbusch is always sobering.

20. Editor B on Pigeon Hill.

21. Some artistic viewers wrote in to share this hand-drawn diagram showing how the feat of autofellation might be accomplished. Please do not try this at home.

22. "Who do they think we are?"

23. J&B sign off with a patriotic flourish.

24. Our friend Mark is beside himself, or rather inside himself -- overjoyed at the prospect of appearing on ROX.

25. Respectfully submitted to the Indiana Film Society.

26. Even in the merrie month of May Editor B required a sweater — until he escaped the temperate regions and made his home in subtropical New Orleans.