The Associated Press reports that a new book is rewriting the final hours of The Doors' singer's life.
" ... former Paris nightclub manager is telling a different story. In a new book, Sam Bernett says that Morrison died in a toilet stall of his club after what he believes was a heroin overdose."
I don't know, it sounds like he has a lot to gain with such unprovable material.
And who's this war correspondent tending bars and getting wasted in Paris? I want that job.
Link to the AP Story "New Questions about Jim Morrison's Death."
-David Downs
by Rob Harvilla
Poignant Video Imagery
R. Kelly and Usher playing pickup basketball in the "Same Girl" video.
Neither of them is worth a damn in the low post.
Patriotic Gestures
Watching some dude absolutely shred to Van Halen's "Jump" on the electronic drum simulator in a video arcade on the boardwalk along the Jersey Shore on the Fourth of July.
America: Fuck, yeah.
Pro Wrestling / Environmental Policy
The e-mail subject line "WWF Experts Available at Live Earth."
Momentarily really confusing.
Most romantic comedies are abysmally trite. They either show the cute, quirky blonde fumbling along until she meets Mr. Dashing and it all works out in the end, or they show the cute, quirky blonde fumbling … well, actually most of them seem to work things out seamlessly by the end, in that hunky dory Kate Hudson-Drew Barrymore sorta way. Rarely is there a movie about sex and the single gal that’s as awkward and funny and just plain real as Broken English (although Me and You and Everyone We Know comes in as a close second).
(Photo by Scott Van Velsor)
Page McConnnell
June 10, 2007
The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA.
Better than: Bursting into flames from a mid-summer lightning strike.
Download: Page McConnell, Roy McNeill
While Page McConnell -- the spastic and highly skilled keyboardist from Phish -- at the Fillmore was probably what filled the joint, groovy happenings occurred pre-show upstairs in the poster room and on-stage with the opening act.
The Klaxons, 9 at Great American Music Hall. $16.
“New rave: the plaything of a group of east London art kids; a multi-tentacled neon revolution; a rebirth of punk flying alongside the soul of dance music and under the influence of lost weekends on interstellar ketamine terror-cruises. And you know what else? It's a fucking albatross around the neck of the most thrilling and visionary band Britain's had in more than a decade. Klaxons? They're just a bunch of new rave scenesters, right? Wrong. When new rave's legacy has become little more than a serotonin drought in the brains of its disciples, 'Myths Of The Near Future' will remain one of the most dynamic, intense and totally lunatic pop records of the early 21st century.” --NME
Mad Caddies, 8 at Slim’s. $16.
“Did anyone forget to tell these guys that Ska music peaked about the same time as me...during my high school graduation? Probably not and that's just fine. The Mad Caddies hail from the Santa Barbara area and formed around 1995 - during the 'Third Wave Ska Movement.' Keep It Going reps a mish-mash of sounds circling the Ska foundation, so don't pickle em' just Ska. Call them a nicely formed mature sound with excellent composition and mainstream sensibilities: drawing from reggae, jazz, swing, rockabilly, pop, and polka.” --The Owl
Pistolera, 9:30 at Café Du Nord. $10.
“PIstolera is the brainchild of Sandra Velasquez, a woman who grew up in San Diego listening to the music of Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana and Sonic Youth. But her childhood wasn't all about the rock'n'roll. "In the living room," she says, "my mother was pumping cumbia, merengue and Mexican pop music." And the result of such a diverse crop of influences can be heard in her music. Pistolera melds the sass of indie rock with traditional Latin sounds to create compelling pop melodies, all of it sung entirely in Spanish.” --Billboard
