Bruce et al;
While I certainly have never personally broken the law or done any jail
time....oh my God, why is my nose growing?
My past transgressions aside; I can remember when being a celebrity and
getting arrested was not cool, hip, or trendy. It was a major career
faux pas, and while some of the celebrity run-ins with the criminal
justice system may not have resulted in total career ruination, the
arrests certainly caused major hiccups in some famous folks'
livelihoods. Robert Mitchum comes to mind with his pot bust. I also
remember George Maharis being popped for performing immoral acts with
another man in a gas station rest room (George Michaels is SUCH a
copycat!) Let's not forget Chuck Berry, busted for violating the Mann
Act at the height of his stellar musical career
Sadly, today's tragically hip celebs seem to think it's a badge of honor
to be busted for whatever. And...why not? They get special treatment in
jail due to their celebrity status, and they're usually out on bail with
hours, if not minutes. Without any fear of real punishment, it becomes
some sort of sick game for these spoiled weenies with too much money and
not enough brains. I wish they'd throw these people in with the general
population at the Los Angeles County Jail; they'd last 2 minutes at
most. "Paris WHO? Gimme them shoes before I kick your skinny butt!!" (I
will not bore you with the details, but I can tell you from personal
experience; jail sucks. You hear the cell door slam, you look at the
people you're locked up with, and you go into raw survival mode. My last
name ain't Hilton, so I got tossed in with some real bad boys.
Fortunately, there were enough fans of my music in there (see, I DID
play the celebrity card!) so that I emerged unscathed and unsullied
after a relatively short stay. Others were not so lucky. It's a bad
place to be, so behave yourselves. )
I will go to sleep tonight with a smile on my face, thinking of Phil
Spector soon walking into a cell. Hopefully, his cell mate will be a
large black man named Bubba, who will be saying, "Come on over, Phil
baby! I got a wall of sound for your ass! Dah-doo-ron-ron, girlfriend!"
So Bruce...when can we expect a book of celebrity mug shots from you?
Greg Douglass
Bruce Hershenson wrote:
Much more impressive to me than Greg's membership in the Steve Miller
Band is that he personally collected most of the AIP titles before
many of the MoPo members were born!
I have often thought they should set up a celebrity court in Los
Angeles, and televise it 24/7, but there would be too many cases just
for one channel.
Maybe Greg or some other MoPo member can shed some light on this for
me. Is the reason so many celebrities break the law with such
regularity these days, as opposed to long ago, simply a case of their
not getting away with near as much these days, or are there truly far
more celebrity criminals now, and do they now (or did they then)
simply think they were above the law, and entitled to disregard it as
they wished?
Bruce
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 7:23 PM, David Kusumoto
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
No Greg -- I never speak for all, but I myself believe that these
are the kind of personal stories that flesh out the experiences,
attitudes and character traits of fellow MoPo members -- that are
often hidden -- or misleading -- behind the bare text of e-mails.
I've always found your background fascinating, especially because
until recently I had no idea that one of our members wrote many of
the songs my wife and I cherished as fans of the Steve Miller
Band. Yeah, there are subject boundaries made of harder metal
than others -- we know what they are and try to proceed
cautiously/delicately and sensitively when we post. But your
story as posted below is a personal experience as it relates to
the entertainment industry and hence still has great
fascination/interest to people like me. I was cheered about the
verdict before your post (and frustrated that Spector's trial(s)
seemed to go on and on) -- but I'm even more cheered to know that
there was someone (you) -- on these boards who had a personal
stake in the outcome. Best, -d.
> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:42:12 -0700
> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> Subject: Somewhat OT: Phil Spector Verdict & Lana Clarkson
> To: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
>
> I was immensely cheered today to see that Phil Spector was finally
> rightfully convicted for the murder of Lana Clarkson. Lana was a
> beautiful, vibrant woman, and a former girlfriend of mine during my
> "rock star" days. I met her in her home town of Cloverdale, in
Northern
> California, where we became good friends. After she moved to
Hollywood
> to make her fortune, we dated for awhile.
> We drifted apart, I married, and I was at the Courts show at the
Beverly
> Garland Holiday Inn several years ago. My wife and I were
walking around
> looking at posters to buy when this six-foot tall Amazon came up
and
> started squeezing the breath out of me. It was Lana, in her full
> "Barbarian Queen" outfit. My wife gave me a "What th...?" look.
I very,
> very quickly introduced them, and we sat down with Ms.Clarkson
to catch
> up. .
> While she was very aware of her approaching fortieth birthday,
saying it
> was an unhappy milestone for someone whose looks were her
career, but
> she was upbeat and busy reinventing herself. She was embarrassed
about
> being at the Courts show; I told her to stop being ridiculous,
and told
> her about playing crappy disco music upon occasion to make a
buck. Lana
> was certainly not the suicidal type, and if she did off herself,
she
> wouldn't have shot herself in the mouth. She was too aware of
her beauty
> to leave a corpse with a gaping gunshot wound to the mouth. (I
saw the
> police photos; Lana would have been appalled.)
> We stayed in touch, mostly via e-mail, and she was busy putting
together
> a one woman show when the emails abruptly ceased. I found out a
few days
> later that she had been shot and killed by Spector. (I knew
Spector had
> shot /someone, /but it was several days before I knew it was
Lana.)I
> have been waiting for this moment ever since. Spector AND O.J in
jail? I
> almost have faith in the American justice system again.
> I apologize for my venting, but I DID mention movie posters in
the post,
> so hopefully Scott will let me off with a slap on the wrist.
> Greg Douglass
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