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
<davidmkusum...@hotmail.com>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: jbirddougl...@cox.net
> > Subject: Somewhat OT: Phil Spector Verdict & Lana Clarkson
> > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
>
> >
> > 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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