A combo of aging, bad plastic surgery (he was almost killed in a motorcycle accident) and the difference between a studio posed photo and a snapshot on stage is really not a fair way to judge someone's looks!!!
On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Dr. Eowyn posted: "Sometimes while I wander around on the World Wide Web, > I am just struck by something I see, even though it's not about politics or > economics or America or the world. In Oscar Wilde's book, The Picture of > Dorian Gray, the eponymous Gray doesn't age, but h" Respond to this post > by replying above this line > New post on *Fellowship of the Minds* > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/> Punk rocker at 60 looks > demonically possessed > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2015/11/30/punk-rocker-at-60-looks-demonically-possessed/> > by > Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/> > > Sometimes while I wander around on the World Wide Web, I am just struck by > something I see, even though it's not about politics or economics or > America or the world. > > In Oscar Wilde's book, *The Picture of Dorian Gray*, the eponymous Gray > doesn't age, but his portrait, concealed in the attic, not only shows his > age, it shows his sins as well. Unlike the fictional Gray, however, as we > grow old, unless you get plastic surgery, our faces eventually show our > character -- what kind of person you are. > > This is one of those posts. > > Would you believe that the man in the photo below ↓ > > [image: Billy Idol, 30, in 1985] > <https://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/billy-idol-30-in-1985.jpg> > > . . . looks like this, 29 years later? ↓ > > [image: Billy Idol, 59, in 2014] > <https://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/billy-idol-59-in-2014.jpg> > > The two pics above are both images of Billy Idol (birth name William > Broad), an English punk rocker. > > The first photo was taken in 1985 when Idol was 30 years old, for a cover > story in *Rolling Stone* magazine. The second photo was taken in 2014 > when Idol was 59 years old. Today is his 60th birthday. > > It's not just the aging. It's the evil demonic visage, shown vividly in > another pic of Idol in 2014: > > [image: Billy Idol 59] > <https://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/billy-idol-59.jpg> > > *Wikipedia* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol> says Idol, born in > 1955, has two children with two women -- a son with Perri Lister; a > daughter with Linda Mathis. > > Idol is a drug addict. He claims to have first smoked marijuana at the age > of 12, and took acid at the age of 13. In 1994, he collapsed outside a Los > Angeles nightclub due to an overdose on a drug called GHB > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma-Hydroxybutyric_acid>, which was a > legal drug at the time, mainly used by weight-lifters. Idol claims that > although he has not completely renounced drug use, he now has his habit > under control. > > In 2005, Idol released an album, his 6th, called "Devil's Playground" > that reached No. 46 on the *Billboard* 200. The album's cover song is > "Plastic Jesus". Other songs on the album include "Monster," "Evil Eye," > Body Snatcher," "Stranger in My Skin" and "Man in the Kill Box". Here are > the lyrics of the blasphemous "Plastic Jesus": > > I don't care if it > Rains or freezes > As long as I've got my > Plastic Jesus > Ridin' on the dashboard > Of my car > > Through my trials > And tribulations > And my travels > Through the nation > With my plastic Jesus > I'll go far . . . . > > An if I weave around at night > Policemen think I'm very tight > They never find my bottle > Though they ask > > 'Cos plastic Jesus shelters me > For his head comes off you see > He's hollow and I use him like a flask > > Woa Woa Woa > > Save me > > I don't care if it's dark or scary > Long as I got magnetic Mary > Ridin' on the dashboard of my car . . . . > > When I'm goin' fornicatin' > I've got my ceramic Satan > Sittin' on the dashboard of my car > Women know I'm on the level > Thanks to the wide-eyed stoneware devil > Sneerin' from the dashboard of my car > > [image: Michael3] > <https://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/michael3.jpg> > > *~Eowyn* > *Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/>* | November > 30, 2015 at 11:17 am | Tags: Billy Idol > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=billy-idol>, Devil's Playground > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=devils-playground>, Oscar Wilde > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=oscar-wilde>, Plastic Jesus > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=plastic-jesus>, St. Michael the > Archangel <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=st-michael-the-archangel>, > The Picture of Dorian Gray > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=the-picture-of-dorian-gray> | > Categories: Angels <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=340154993>, Culture > War <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=20812>, Evil > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=35821819>, Saints > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=212736887>, Satanism > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=302404019>, war on Christianity > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=209856> | URL: > http://wp.me/pKuKY-wIe > > Comment > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2015/11/30/punk-rocker-at-60-looks-demonically-possessed/#respond> > See all comments > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2015/11/30/punk-rocker-at-60-looks-demonically-possessed/#comments> > > Unsubscribe > <https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=9a7ed2eca0a37fc8484230edc68d3f28&email=bovinescatologists%40gmail.com&b=CLq%7CvYsIWisaCS%26OQwZ70jzHUysHPJ.CHSdxO%3Drc3W81k-Pz%3Dx> > to no longer receive posts from Fellowship of the Minds. > Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions > <https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=9a7ed2eca0a37fc8484230edc68d3f28&email=bovinescatologists%40gmail.com>. > > > *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your browser: > > http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2015/11/30/punk-rocker-at-60-looks-demonically-possessed/ > Thanks for flying with WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com> > > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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