Speaking of back stage whiskey. Somehow I ended up backstage at a Doors concert in San Jose in 1968. Jim Morrison was slinking around in his leather pants and no shirt and offered me his whiskey bottle. He called me “little girl”. It was a memorable experience for sure.
Speaking of back stage whiskey. Somehow I ended up backstage at a Doors concert in San Jose in 1968. Jim Morrison was slinking around in his leather pants and no shirt and offered me his whiskey bottle. He called me “little girl”. It was a memorable experience for sure.
by all accounts (and I'm talking people like Bruce Botnick), he was quite an asshole. the late Eve Babitz wrote in a few places that she'd been his girlfriend before The Doors happened and that his whole deal was that he'd grown up as a fat kid, lost a lot of weight one summer by the usual means and was thereafter inclined to believe his own press.
I was a Doors fan for the first six months after the album came out, was very excited by their Fillmore East debut but for me, they lost their bloom very quickly after that.
He was widely known in LA as a supreme asshole. I do, however, have one good memory: in early October 1967, Sigma Chi Fraternity at Fullerton State College down in deepest Orangutang County, put on a concert with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and the Doors. It was held in the school gym, with a "stage about 7' x 5', a whole 3' high, and the audience sat in folding metal chairs. The Brothers - all wearing crew cuts, blue blazers with white shirts and regimental ties, tan slacks and Oxfords - glared at us "hippies" from the LA Free Press who were there to cover it, and made sure we were in a rear row. The Sweethearts of Sigma Chi, all Aryan blonde sorority chicks in little black dresses with a single strand of pearls and high heels, were seated in the front two rows. (all of this is important in light of what happened)
The Doors gave a good show. And the final song, naturally was "This Is The End." And when Morrison got to the final line, he sang: "This... Is... The... End..." as he did a forward flip over the mike stand, off the stage, to land on his feet directly in front of the Sweethearts. All of whom shrieked and leaned back in their chairs. Which toppled over into the rows behind. Which all went down like rows of dominos, spilling the audience onto the floor accompanied by more shrieks and yells.
The "domino effect" ended two rows ahead of our rear row seats. We, however, were laughing so hard that we also fell out of our seats.
I knew Oliver at the time (Platoon and In The Year of the Monkey were at one time for about six weeks in competition to see which one would go to the Philippines first), and told him the story. He even laughed when I got to the punch line. It might have saved the movie, and certainly was an "Oliver Stone joke."
NOTHING could have saved that movie (the Doors one). "Platoon" was a very well-made movie, even if I have some problems with it. I'm willing to bet I would have liked yours more. speaking of which, how can I read it?
still looking for the box that has it. Interestingly, the real guy who was the Charlie Sheen character in Platoon was friend of mine. He was wounded like that, spent a year in hospital, then one day in September 1968, he walked into the Oleo Strut and became one of the "animating presences" among the GIs we were working with. He was later the National President of Veterans for Peace for many years, active everywhere. Fought drug addiction stemming from all the morphine they gave him from the wound (which never really completely healed), Agent Orange disease too. Dave died back in 2012. I still have him in my address book, can't "edit" that entry.
Sometimes I don’t like the way the replies get jumbled up. May cats were laughing at Jim Morrison flipping off the stage and everyone falling out of their chairs. Your post about your friend, the Charlie Sheen character was based on is moving and tragic. An incredible person.
I believe he was an asshole David. Just going by my one account of his behavior/demeanor that evening back stage. I really liked The Doors when they first came out. But they lost their appeal after awhile. In fact I still listen to a lot of music from that era, but not the Doors.
I don't either. and I also still listen to plenty of late '60s stuff. The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield get played a lot. and I will always maintain that The Band was the greatest group in the world for their first two albums (especially the second). the guy singing on my avatar was involved in a fabulous album that came out a long time ago called "Largo" on which he got to play with Levon Helm and Garth Hudson. if you don't know it, check it out. I had nothing to do with it, alas.
Speaking of back stage whiskey. Somehow I ended up backstage at a Doors concert in San Jose in 1968. Jim Morrison was slinking around in his leather pants and no shirt and offered me his whiskey bottle. He called me “little girl”. It was a memorable experience for sure.
You're lucky you escaped safe, in 1968.
by all accounts (and I'm talking people like Bruce Botnick), he was quite an asshole. the late Eve Babitz wrote in a few places that she'd been his girlfriend before The Doors happened and that his whole deal was that he'd grown up as a fat kid, lost a lot of weight one summer by the usual means and was thereafter inclined to believe his own press.
I was a Doors fan for the first six months after the album came out, was very excited by their Fillmore East debut but for me, they lost their bloom very quickly after that.
sorry if I'm offending any Doors fans...
He was widely known in LA as a supreme asshole. I do, however, have one good memory: in early October 1967, Sigma Chi Fraternity at Fullerton State College down in deepest Orangutang County, put on a concert with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and the Doors. It was held in the school gym, with a "stage about 7' x 5', a whole 3' high, and the audience sat in folding metal chairs. The Brothers - all wearing crew cuts, blue blazers with white shirts and regimental ties, tan slacks and Oxfords - glared at us "hippies" from the LA Free Press who were there to cover it, and made sure we were in a rear row. The Sweethearts of Sigma Chi, all Aryan blonde sorority chicks in little black dresses with a single strand of pearls and high heels, were seated in the front two rows. (all of this is important in light of what happened)
The Doors gave a good show. And the final song, naturally was "This Is The End." And when Morrison got to the final line, he sang: "This... Is... The... End..." as he did a forward flip over the mike stand, off the stage, to land on his feet directly in front of the Sweethearts. All of whom shrieked and leaned back in their chairs. Which toppled over into the rows behind. Which all went down like rows of dominos, spilling the audience onto the floor accompanied by more shrieks and yells.
The "domino effect" ended two rows ahead of our rear row seats. We, however, were laughing so hard that we also fell out of our seats.
now THAT is truly a fabulous story. and jeez...it never made it into the wretched Oliver Stone movie. I wonder why.
that was an Oliver Stone joke.
I knew Oliver at the time (Platoon and In The Year of the Monkey were at one time for about six weeks in competition to see which one would go to the Philippines first), and told him the story. He even laughed when I got to the punch line. It might have saved the movie, and certainly was an "Oliver Stone joke."
NOTHING could have saved that movie (the Doors one). "Platoon" was a very well-made movie, even if I have some problems with it. I'm willing to bet I would have liked yours more. speaking of which, how can I read it?
that was obviously some kind of a hint.
still looking for the box that has it. Interestingly, the real guy who was the Charlie Sheen character in Platoon was friend of mine. He was wounded like that, spent a year in hospital, then one day in September 1968, he walked into the Oleo Strut and became one of the "animating presences" among the GIs we were working with. He was later the National President of Veterans for Peace for many years, active everywhere. Fought drug addiction stemming from all the morphine they gave him from the wound (which never really completely healed), Agent Orange disease too. Dave died back in 2012. I still have him in my address book, can't "edit" that entry.
Sometimes I don’t like the way the replies get jumbled up. May cats were laughing at Jim Morrison flipping off the stage and everyone falling out of their chairs. Your post about your friend, the Charlie Sheen character was based on is moving and tragic. An incredible person.
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I believe he was an asshole David. Just going by my one account of his behavior/demeanor that evening back stage. I really liked The Doors when they first came out. But they lost their appeal after awhile. In fact I still listen to a lot of music from that era, but not the Doors.
I don't either. and I also still listen to plenty of late '60s stuff. The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield get played a lot. and I will always maintain that The Band was the greatest group in the world for their first two albums (especially the second). the guy singing on my avatar was involved in a fabulous album that came out a long time ago called "Largo" on which he got to play with Levon Helm and Garth Hudson. if you don't know it, check it out. I had nothing to do with it, alas.