Friday, January 30, 2009
FIVE TO ONE BABY, ONE IN FIVE ...
So it seems that Joaquin Phoenix was not actually turning into a drink and drug addled train wreck after announcing his retirement from acting. His dishevelled, beardy appearance, announcement of a new career as a rapper (?) and erratic behaviour in public were all an act - part of an "art project" if you will.I wonder if Jim Morrison's "decline" into a bloated shadow of his former self started out as a similar art project that went horribly wrong?
There has been a lot of speculation about Jim's death, but, for some years now, I've known exactly what happened.
I found out the truth while watching a wonderful and long forgotten series called The Rock 'n' Roll Years.
It used to feature headlines from news stories in a particular year with news footage and a soundtrack of hits from that year.
The best bits were the incongruous ones (for instance, some film of Sir Anthony Eden walking to a Downing Street meeting about the Suez crisis accompanied by Perez Prado's mournful Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White ... well, I made that up, but you get the idea).
On the Rock 'n' Roll Years, they played The Doors' Riders On The Storm while the subtitles announced the following, very slowly, at the bottom of the screen:
WILD MAN OF ROCK ...
JIM MORRISON DIES AFTER ...
FALLING INTO A ...
STEEP DECLINE.
... so that was it. Jim Morrison actually died on a motoring holiday in North Wales! Bloody hell. Not surprising, is it? Some of those hidden bends are really dangerous, and I've been on many a hazardous journey through Snowdonia where there appears to be a five hundred foot drop at the edge of the road. What with Jim's capacity for booze and drugs, no wonder he ended up meeting his maker!
Should've stuck to a stay at a static caravan park in East Angular. No steep declines there, Jim!
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By the way, talking of five to one, one in five ... I've just found out that this is my five hundredth post. I hereby give you my permission to get completely bladdered, because any excuse will do for most of you.
Labels: Jim Morrison, Joaquin Phoenix, North Wales, steep declines, The Rock 'n' Roll Years
