Date:  Sat, 4 Aug 2007 12:00AM PDT)
From:   
John French <mosshead7@yahoo.com>
Subject:  hanging w/ Robby Krieger: an afternoon & evening
To:  LA woman   myspace.com/yeahjaqui
yeah, that was really cool - that was during an afternoon before he was to perform two shows later that evening. in the afternoon while we were hanging out i had given him a book of poems i compiled called "in this place."

then during the first show his manager approached me and stated that robby was really impressed by my poetry and he wanted me on the guest list for the second show so we could continue to hang out and talk some more. we hung out in-between shows while he signed autographs and then i was to stick around after the second show. i was truly elated but also really stoned at the time too and in one of those moods - this reporter for penn state's collegian paper was there aand we'd hang out a bit - she took me to a native american indian pow-wow outside of state college, pa before - and she knew the bartender well and was scoring free scotches so she'd get one and i'd grab it from her and slam it back again and again.

so during the second i really felt the words jim used to say about himself - being that he viewed himself as a clown who blew things at crucial moments (for more on this see wallace fowlie's clowns and angels - fowlie also wrote rebel as poet: rimbaud and jim morrison which is one of the most insightful, intellectual books on jim - and via fowlie's notable authority in the world of literature, academia and psychoanalysis, he responsible for elevating jim's status from neandrathal rockstar to that of a bonified poet) = yeah, so any way i bailed during the second show and "wandered in the neon grove."

i also have a couple cool stories about my friendship w/ wallace fowlie and also the few times i hung out w/ robby kreigar's son, wayland, who plays in robby's band and was also in that band, bloodline.

i'll email those to you some other time.

have a great day...

best of the roses around jim's grave,
john
 

 

 

LA woman

 
wow
thats cool that you talked to robby krieger
i wish i had that opportunity

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From: john _ mystrawhat.com
Date: Aug 17, 2007 12:53 AM


Subject: Drugs and Stars: a Showbiz Tonight Special Report
To: showbiztonight@cnn.com
CC: "Julia Allison" <julia@juliaallison.com>
This was well teased. I actually couldn't wait for it to come on. It was well done too. Of course, I am fascinated by certain characters covered in this piece and, others, not as much. Moreover, Julia Allison truly helps make any piece "pop."

Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Chris Farley, Jerry Garcia = I find these cases to be fascinating subjects and, in general, have been inspired and bewitched by them for many years because of their true magical genius and also the magical grassroots pathways which led them through the doors of fame - which cannot be said for the likes of Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Ritchie. Nevertheless, I am still interested in their cases but it’s just an interest rather than an intriguing passion that could be linked to the words and pages of deep insight provided in such literary illumination like in Angels and Clowns.

One afternoon in a bar room I had the opportunity to hang with Robby Krieger of the Doors back in like ’93 and I reserved a couple of questions about Jim Morrison to slip into the good conversation we were carrying. One of them was about Jim’s excessive use of drugs – I asked if he really did all those drugs or if that was part of a propagated myth – and Roby replied that Jim did allot of drugs – that they all did allot of drugs – and they did allot of acid – and when Jim was on acid he was cool with everyone – that it was like a communal thing and consciousness. However, Jim loved to drink. And when Jim drank he became an instant asshole. And Jim loved to drink. The other question I asked was about all the women ;)

Jim casts such a big shadow in the valley of rock stardom; thank God I found his poetry in a space of abundant light.

Drugs and Stars: Showbiz Tonight Special Report = Great piece = A+++

And, by the way, Brooke is doing a spectacular job holding down the fort as a solo host.

Best of the Roses,
John French
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