The cause of death of legendary poet and Doors frontman Jim Morrison has been called into question. The standing cause of death has been heart failure, a claim which rebutted Sam Bernett's new book 'The End: Jim Morrison'.Bernett stated that Morrison had snorted heroin and was found with foam and blood coming out of his mouth, sitting on the toilet with his head and arms hanging down by his leg...
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jim,i honor you on this day. you were my first rock & roll obsession in 7th grade whereby i scribbled your logo incessently on every free crevice of my notebooks. in honor of you, i shall watch and share this version of jim carrey doing his best jim
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After Jim Morrison indecently exposed himself on stage in Miami during the Doors 1969 tour, the band were forced to cancel shows. The following year, in support of Morrison Hotel and what would be the Doors’ final tour with Morrison, the band roared back with a full-blown tour. The tour's first stop at the Boston Arena on April 10, 1970 will be available for the first time as a three-disc set. .
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Soldier in famous photo never defeated 'demons'PINEHURST, N.C. - Officers had been to the white ranch house at 560 W. Longleaf many times before over the past year to respond to a "barricade situation." Each had ended uneventfully, with Joseph Dwyer coming out or telling police in a calm voice through the window that he was OK.But this time was different.The Iraq War veteran had called a taxi s...
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By DOUGLAS MARTINMadeleine L’Engle, who in writing more than 60 books, including childhood fables, religious meditations and science fiction, weaved emotional tapestries transcending genre and generation, died Thursday in Connecticut. She was 88.Her death, of natural causes, was announced today by her publisher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux. (Remainder of text deleted due to copyright)www.katrinaa.
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In an era before Sony brought the Walkman to the world and long before Apple unleashed the iPod to the modern world, did you ever listen to tapes? Silly question for most people over 25. What better day than Mother's Day should film director Allison Anders share her answer:Wow did I ever! I listened to 8 track tapes kids! I was thinking about this actually on the plane last night from Brazil ...
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Rock philosophers will likely argue for decades to come whether The Doors are one of the great rock bands, or simply pretentious.But you don't have to worry about that. Instead, you can listen to a streaming sampler of many, many songs from The Doors' six studio albums right now.Use this handy link:http://www.rhino.com/fun/listeningparties/77645_PartyPlayer.lassoReissue wizards Rhino Records ha...
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The great rock photographer Joel Brodsky, best known for the album covers he shot for The Doors and the Ohio Players, died of a heart attack March 1 at his Stamford, Conn. home. He was 67.Brodsky shot the dramatic cover photographs for the group's classic debut ,The Doors, and four other albums.Cover of The Best of The Doors. Photograph by Joel Brodsky.His best-known picture, according to a Wa...
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Did you ever see the reformed Doors with Ian Astbury ? He was the front man for The Cult anyway, I seen them when they played at Molson Park here in Toronto. I was presently surprised, I guess that’s because I did not expect too much but it was not bad I even got creeped out at one point. He really looked a little like him anyway, it looks like they are no more according to this press release .
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Jim Morrison may have been the Number One Douchebag in Rock and Roll History, but he was a great vocalist, The Doors made some undoubtedly great songs, and at least a couple of consistently good-to-great albums. One was Morrison Hotel, where the soon-to-be-dead lead singer gets higher on the blues than he does his own dangerously pretentious self. The latest reissue is a bit of an exercise in o...
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Rhino and Bright Midnight Archives unleash four performances from The Doors' final tour with 'Live In New York'. The latest addition to the band's acclaimed series of archival concert releases, this six-disc collection contains all four of The Doors' performances - in their entirety - recorded in 1970 at the Felt Forum in New York City. The collection will be available November 10 at all retail...
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Original Post by Chris Roberts:I’m soliciting opinions on who are the most OVERRATED rock acts of all time. Who’s in the canon that you feel should be fired? To start with, I reckon THE DOORS , THE CLASH , THE RAMONES and BOB DYLAN are incredibly pampered, mediocre, sacred cows. So sue me. Anyone else got an opinion that doesn’t obey the heritage rulebook? Thanks…JWB's reply: I can underst
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.:..:::___Alex Grey is AMAZING___:::..:.Riva Starr does a GREAT job with this version of 'The End' by The Doors. I am a HUGE Doors fan, and it takes a very well produced remix to justify posting of such a classic tune. The original full-length version of 'The End' by The Doors clocked in at an epic Eleven minutes and Forty Two seconds! This progressive journey to 'The End' is a must have for...
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As we previously reported (when TFB was oh so young), Johnny Depp was tapped to narrate Tom DiCillo’s Doors documentary, When You’re Strange, after critics at Sundance objected to DiCillo’s mellow narration of the story behind one of rock’s most...
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When Tom DiCillo's The Doors documentary When You're Strange premiered at Sundance recently, critics loved it, but were unhappy with DiCillo's narration of his own film. The Playlist reports that the narration was deemed too mellow to accompany the... There's more on this story at the following link...
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