Category Archives: RIP

The Junkie Priest

July 18, 2010 – 11:02 am

1985 I was working at a nightclub in Paris. Willie had played the Olympia. His guests included several of my friends. Count-no-Count, an actress, and her American husband. They were heading to Jurgen’s atelier in Montmatre. I was supposed to join them after the club closed. No one answered the phone at dawn. Later that [...]

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Johnny Deserved Better

July 17, 2010 – 10:38 pm

I ran into Johnny Thunders in Paris. He was playing at Gibus outside Republique. His manager was a German drug dealer. I owed him $200. Johnny liked that. “You don’t owe nothing for New York in Paris.” I was never friends with Johnny. A fan and I saw saddened to hear of his death in [...]

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Brian Jones RIP Long Time

July 3, 2010 – 8:44 pm

Ex-Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones was found floating at the bottom of his pool 31 year ago. The coroner declared him dead and the cause of death was listed as ‘misadventure’. Jones’ Swedish girlfriend claimed that the guitarist had been killed by a house builder. The witnesses backing this claim have refused to give their [...]

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Edith Spain 1919 – 2010 RIP

June 22, 2010 – 10:34 pm

Her kiss represented the mirage of ‘welcome home’ to the troops returning from WW2. The promise of lust. The reality of a family. The union of man and woman. Edith Shain has joined the mortal coil. Her kiss is immortal.

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THE LAST MOVIE 1971

May 30, 2010 – 3:01 am

Dennis Hopper, the outlaw actor/director/painter/fiend passed away from this world. His film career spanned decades from the 50s to the 21st Century. EASY RIDER created a genius and universal Studio bankrolled THE LAST MOVIE with a million dollars. Big money in 1970. Hopper was given free rein for his movie and he directed a film [...]

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