another fan named paul gorish. gorish, an amateur photographer, had come to know lennon personally. one of his photos was later used as the cover for len onon s posthumous single watching the wheels. when i got there there was a guy standing outside the archway on the right side as you went into the dakota. he was standing there holding a copy of doubling fantasy in his left arm. and this guy approahed me and he said to me are you waiting for lennon? so i said yes. and he said do you work for john? and i said no. and he said, oh. he said, my name is mark. he said, i m from hawaii. what struck me strange is when he said that he had a southern accent. so i said, well, if you re from hawaii, how come you have a southern accent? and he said, well, originally i m from georgia. and i said, oh. so i then said, well, where are you staying while you re in the city? and with that he turned to me and said, why do you want to