I spent my teen years in a hick-town in the 1960s and I remember that the Dave Clark Five came to play the roller rink. They were desperate, being so darkened by the Beatles shadow, they would play Anywhere. And near this town I lived in there's a place called The Union Gap. That's where Paul Revere and the Raiders are from so they played a lot of little gigs in my town. And one day in 1994 oh, I was at my favorite pizza place, which was a place where a couple from New Jersey were making New Jersey style pizzas. This guy came in and he was just all dress as if you were in a costume. He had all sorts of electronic devices that's where Paul Revere in the Raiders are from so they played a lot of little gigs in my town. And one day in 1994, I was at my favorite pizza place, which was a place where a couple from New Jersey we're making New Jersey style pizzas. This guy came in and he was just all dress as if he were in a costume. He had all sorts of electronic vices hanging from his belt and in the process of chatting with him, I found out he had stopped in on an errand for Sade who was playing The Gorge Amphitheater two nights in a row.
And the hits just keep on coming. There are only a few so-called celebrities that I really really seriously would like to meet. One of them is David Letterman and the other is Christian Bale. But I also hope I never meet them because that would indicate that their privacy was being violated by me. I like the fact that they just exist like normal people with families and things to do and the hits just keep on coming.
In Los Angeles I went to a Yes concert. I sort of thought this was a place where a lot of wonderful people would be gathered. But I was wrong. People were flicking peanut shells and cigarette butts and rocks and spitting down on the rows beneath them.
When the concert was over we got up with the crowd and started heading for the exits but you could only get to the exits by elevator escalator. I think I was about halfway down when I realized people were running back up. There was a mad panic at the bottom because the crowd was being fed into a larger crowd were there was no room even to shrug your shoulders, let alone walk out. when the concert was over we got up with the crowd and started heading for the exits but you could only get to the exits by elevator escalator. I think I was about halfway down when I realized people were running back up. there was a mad Panic at the bottom because the crowd was being fed into a larger crowd where there was no room even to shrug your shoulders, let alone walk out. A couple of big bands have had the same experience that resulted in the death of a few fans. That night we were in the Colosseum which was at maximum capacity, holding about 60,000 people. We were all lucky to get out of that place alive. I was invited by a friend to go to a dive bar in Pasadena or Eagle Rock where Steely Dan was debuting new material.I was invited by a friend to go to a dive bar in Pasadena or Eagle Rock where Steely Dan was debuting material, trying out various Studio musicians in front of an audience
A woman I knew at Art School was also married to a movie producer and she lived in this beautiful house with screened-in porches and plants hanging everywhere oh, only the most beautiful furniture and tapestries in the heart. I didn't try to get into the movies on her back oh, but she did take me to the Hollywood Bowl in the middle of the day, no other people sitting in where she and I drank a bottle of wine and ate roast chicken and cheese.
During that time when I was so young I didn't even make notes of celebrity sightings 't, even when I saw George Hamilton's wife standing in the unemployment line with me. One time when Gretchen took me to the Hollywood Bowl for an afternoon, I became aware of the fact that I wasn't really impressed by celebrities, especially movie stars. Virtually everyone I met was even either successful in the movies or as writers or activists, including Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden, who came 2 give an address to a group of us who were fighting the Vietnam War. Afterward I shook her hand and I remember noticing how long her fingers were. virtually everyone I met was even either successful in the movies or as writers or activist, including Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden, who came to give an address to a group of us who were fighting the for the rights of farmworkers and for the right of women.
Afterward I took her hand and I remembered noticing how long her fingers were. They were like mine but a third or or maybe even 50% longer. It was an absolute Freak Show.
I think I have had thousands of celebrity encounters but very few of them excited me. Not because they weren't worth getting excited about. I just felt unable to take in all the information while I was meeting them.
Now, in a way, I am a celebrity. I happen to be an expert in one field, 20th century literature with a focus on the writer Jack Kerouac. I know every single thing about him and I have read all his books several times. I always buy multiple copies so I can lend them out to people because I rarely get them back. No, in the way, I am a celebrity. I happen to be an expert in one field, 20th century literature with a focus on the writer , Jack Kerouac I know every single thing about him and I have read all his book several times. I always buy multiple copies so I can lend them out to people because I rarely get them back. Most of my books inscribed by the survivors the major actors of the situation. Unfortunately, what was going to be my claim to fame ended up and enpraging a Kerouac biographer because I exposed him as a fraud and published my findings. He sued me in the 9th Circuit Court and in the pawn shop sign his own name in 19 months the case was dismissed and he was required to pay my legal expenses. But I remember unfortunately, what was going to be my claim to fame ended up and raging a crack biography because I expose him as a fraud and published my findings. He sued me in the 9th Circuit Court and within 19 months the case was dismissed and he was required to pay my legal expenses. but I remember, he was all about being famous. He wanted to be the one who knew about Jack and he even seem to have a an actual belief that he had add Kerouac reborn in him after he died in 1969. He never took one step out onto the sidewalk to join in a group of protesters or anything. He was a big fake who had hyped himself up into a frenzy and even though his books actual beliefs that he had head Cara whack reborn in him after he died in 1969. He never took one stuff out onto the sidewalk to join in the group of protesters or anything. He was a big fake who had hyped himself up into a frenzy and even though his book were taking us circulation Andrew cunanan, he still insisted his book about Jack was the definitive work and the most important of all the biographies you. And he completely tried to destroy me. I had been a Stringer for national public radio for a few years and had pitched the story of this man and the Kerouac estate, he still insisted his book about Jack was the definitive work and the most important of all biography. and he completely tried to destroy me. I had been a Stringer for National Public Radio for a few years and had picked the story of this man and the Carolina State with 5 minutes of actualities to boot.
He was so scary to everyone that he when he intervened interfered in my upcoming National radio story, he found my editor and completely slandered me, telling lies about me so that regardless of what she believed oh, she knew that she could not do my story he was so scary to everyone that he went he intervened interfere in my upcoming national radio story, he found my editor and completely slander me, telling lies about me so that regardless of what she believed, she knew that she could not do my story because that insane person would ruin everything for her and her life New York City as punishment for allowing someone to speak the truth. He has that effect on everyone. I don't know how he functions but he seems to have a great facility and reaping doubts and lies. would have come out after her
Sorry for the taipings anti pose. I just cannot go back over and fix all the errors in my post. But I will have to save my encounter with Green Day for another time.