Jim Morrison was a guy who lived a good life. I've read his biography, and I know that he was deeply into the philosophy of nihilism, which doesn't mean he was cool per se, but it does mean that he weighed up the meaning of existence, which makes him a candidate for a person of uniqueness. and his music and life in general prove that he was unique, and a legend. He stretched the boundaries of his consciousness in every direction possible, with drugs, 'thinking', art, etc. He took a stand against life, he lived it as hard an proud and deep as it's possible to. There's not many people capable of doing that. Theres not many people with the reckoning to say 'no' to insipid norms and just do their own thing. And i'm not saying everybody should too..not everyone should be a rebel..only people with the talent and uniqueness to turn rebellion into something creative and inspiring should be a rebel. Most rebels just end up dropkick shelfstackers when they grow up. And they regret it. People like Jim say no not in an angry way but in an artistic way. They don't 'skip class', they put their whole life on the line for a risk, to find out lwhat ife can be worth. Jim realized early on (i conjecture) that life, in-its-self, is worthless, it's like a blank slate for you to impose as much meaning on as you want or don't want. And he didn't want to be average. He made a collage out of living that was beautiful and totally his own; we can not know what it meant, and it would be stupid to ask; it was his life and it was golden. People should not worship him or try to emulate it. but I admire how intensely and profoundly he lived it. I don't even really like his music that much. He created all sorts of myths in his head out of Freudian psychology and went on a totally bizzarre tangent, but the sense of rapture that you can tell he feels, when you hear his music, is awesome. Jim Morrison..died at 27 in a bathtub..a short life in years but it had the density of a thousand average lives. He lived more meaningfully than most people can concieve of. What I think iit s that what makes JM special is not the way he lived his life, but the impulse he had that compelled him to live it that way. tHearts for Jim!

i had a sweet jim morrisson shirt
but i lost it at a festival

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said thanks for the insults and compliments
you'll never forget my face no more

Today a cd arrived at my house with a rare 1970's Interview with Jim Morrison at the Isle of Wight festival. John Tobler was a complete prick to Jim and it was so eerie when Jim started mumbling when asked about "future plans". All I caught was a mention of Zurich.

An later interview with Ray Manzarek at London in 1979 revealed the band was about the belief that everyone was God on the inside and this is what the band was about - I guess to paraphrase getting in touch with something spiritual throught internal exploration.

Yeah, that 1979 interview with Ray really told the story of how The Doors got together by such rare chance and everything just happened to happen in the right way for success. It was like it was never going to happen but everyone was shocked that The Doors came together.

I hear from Legs McNeil interviews that he was very well endowed.

I'm in here for some Jim love. And some Pamela love too.

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