The Doors Experience: People are Strange- Live and In Concert

Source:The Doors Experience- As Jim Morrison & The Doors.

"A retrospective from the first concerts of THE DOORS EXPERIENCE.
Filmed in Locations in Lower Austria by Annemarie Ruf."

From The Doors Experience

People Are Strange, that could really sum up Jim Morrison and The Doors. Jim Morrison the vocalist, who for at least a 2-3 year period was almost always seen in public in his famous and stylish black leather suit. The man looked like a leather rock god in that leather suit. The black leather jacket, the lambskin and sometimes snakeskin, skin-tight, black leather jeans, that would be called skinny leathers today as far as pants. And of course black and sometimes brown cowboy boots. And his silver concho western belt.

The Lizard King wore his skin-tight leathers and concho to accentuate his crotch (and this is a direct quote) and sometimes brought too much attention because his leather jeans were so tight and he always had his shirt tucked in to his leathers so you that plus his belt sticking out and wore a short leather jacket so again women especially could check out his midsection and rear.

Expect for perhaps the concho belt which is really more a of a western cowboy and straight women look that women like to wear with their denim jeans and look western, Morrison's leather suit and boots today would be very rock and roll. But back in the late 1960s that look on anyone man or woman would look strange. But Jim Morrison being The Lizard King pulled it off to the point that his fans perhaps especially female wanted to his him in that outfit and especially performing in that outfit.

But Morrison just didn't perform in his leather suit. Most of his public appearances he was in his leather suit with concho and cowboy boots. As well as when he was out casually and seen in public. He did his interviews and traveled in that outfit. A big part of being The Lizard King for Jim Morrison was being a leather clad rock god. That seemed strange back then but is very mainstream in rock and roll today and has been for about thirty-five years now.

National Geographic: Breakout- Prison Romance

Source:National Geographic- the actress who plays the nurse and the actor who plays George, the inmate who breakouts in this episode.

"Breakout S01E05 :Prison Romance"

From Documentaries

I saw this program I believe in the summer of 2010. And what I got out of this was this woman, who was very attractive, but must of been so lonely and desperate that she would be open to do anything, as long as she found a man that were keep her company and be able to share their lives together. And she found that man who she thought was that guy in prison who was looking for someone to play, to help him do what he wanted to do. Which was to get out of prison and continue with his criminal career.

This episode of Breakout, is like a so-called, reality TV, dating show, or online dating network episode, gone real bad. Where you have two desperate people who don't know each other at all. Where you have a nurse who should know a helluva lot better, then to get involved with a hardcore prison inmate, whose looking at maybe 40 years in prison, before he ever sees the free world legitimately. But desperate people tend to do desperate things and let their desperation call their actions.

NFL Network: NFL 1968- Super Bowl 3- Baltimore Colts vs New York Jets: 'Top 10 Upsets'

Source:NFL- Super Bowl 3 highlights.

"Joe Namath brought swagger to the forefront of the AFL-NFL battle, as he guaranteed the Jets would defeat the highly-favored Baltimore Colts in the third AFL-NFL Championship." 

From the NFL

This is perhaps my favorite time of year, its either the holiday season or the start of summer which for Marylanders is late May, because I love football history, pro football and otherwise and I have a lot of these games, at least the highlights of them in my DVD library. And out of all the games in Baltimore pro football history (whether it's the Colts, Stars, Stallions or Ravens) its this game right here. 

We'll never know this for a fact, but let's say Colts QB John Unitas, who I and a lot of others believe is the great QB of all time, including my father, is healthy for this game, the Colts beat the Jets by the amount that they were favored to. They probably either cover the seventeen point spread or come close to it. 

If John Unitas was healthy and played the whole game, this wouldn't of been the biggest blowout in Super Bowl history. The Jets did have a very good, if not great team in 1968. I'm not taking anything away from them. But just look at the game, look at those two touchdown passes that Colts QB Earl Morral missed, one of them went for an incompletion, the other fell short for an INT, Morrall misses a wide open Jimmy Orr in the end zone for a td pass early in the game.

If John Unitas is healthy and plays the whole game, the Colts in the first half probably up with a couple of scores to take control of the game. But instead go scoreless in the first half, because QB Earl Morrall, misses Jimmy Orr, who was wide-open in the end zone. And then he throws an INT, when they Colts were already in field goal territory.  And then the Colts missed chip chop field goal. We will never know this for sure, but this is the mostly likely outcome, had John Unitas been healthy and played this game.

The Jets played very well but they also got some big breaks, like not having to face the best QB in pro football, until the second half when he wasn't at full strength. And the Colts simply not playing well as they should've and leaving two touchdowns on the field, as well as another touchdown in the second half.

Mariah Carey Vevo: 'All I Want For Christmas is You'

Source:Mariah Carey- all she wants for Christmas.

"Watch the official music video for "All I Want For Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey"  

From Mariah Carey 

"The Most Popular Christmas Song on YouTube Should Come as a Surprise to Literally No One" 

Source:Pop Sugar- Christmas Baby Mariah Carey. 

From Pop Sugar

Nobody sings this song better or as well, she actually makes it worth listening to. I've always thought Christmas music was pretty boring before Mariah Carey and saw it as a way to bring the 1950s back to life and return to the world of Leave it To Beaver or Father Knows Best, or whatever show from that era that wan't to use. But Mariah Carey with her incredibly sweet voice and overwhelming adorable presence and her R&B sound, makes Christmas music fun and worth listening to.

Mariah is someone who can make ordinary material sound interesting and great material sound incredible. Because of her delivery, the fact that she writes her own music and produces her own music, there's this strong feeling of realness and genuineness with her that you don't get from other performers and perhaps a lot of other performers. 

All I Want For Christmas, is a great Christmas song which might not sound like much talking about holiday music. But coming from Mariah it sounds like great music because it actually is.

ABC News: 20/20- Pierre Salinger: Grace Kelly Interview (1982)

Source:World of Flowers- Princess Grace Kelly, being interviewed by Pierre Salinger in 1982.

“Grace Kelly – Her complete last interview: 22 June 1982.” 

From World of Flowers 

Princess Baby Face of Monaco, was my first reaction to this video. Because that is the first that I saw and you add that incredible smile that Grace always had and that just adds to that.

She doesn’t look like she aged much since her Hollywood star years of the 1950s. And if there’s one woman who you would think looks like a European princess, it just might be Grace Kelly.

The thing being that Europe is such a diverse place ethnically and Grace looks more like an Anglo princess (being of Irish descent) than a Mediterranean princess.

Sophia Loren would be the Mediterranean princes. (At least in my opinion) But Grace always did have the look and class of royalty from her time growing up Philadelphia, even though you would never guess Philadelphia by the way she talked, all the way up to being Princess of Monaco. 

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The Doors Absolute Live: 'The Doors Full Concert Live in London (1968)'

Source:The Doors Absolute Alive- Jim Morrison and The Doors: Live in London, England, in 1968.

"The Doors live at The Roundhouse in London, England. 

1968-09-07 London, The Roundhouse (1st set)

Five To One 00:00

Break On Through (To The Other Side) 5:10

When The Music's Over 8:57" 

From The Doors Absolute Live

If only The Doors were big even in the early 1970s, but certainly the mid and late 1970s, we would really see how great of a band that they were and how great of a performer Jim Morrison was. But they were big in the late 1960s, but color TV and film was even important and and had a big presence then. But that is a different story of why so much footage of The Doors was in black and white. 

Color TV and film, was prevalent in the late 1960s and how a lot of Americans were able to see their TV and films, if they just had a color TV. Because the music in this concert and show, was very good, but the footage is somewhat blurry. And sort of looks like a card game in a card room with all the players smoking cigars making the footage somewhat smokey. 

If a colorized version of this concert ever became available like movies from the 1950s and 40s were colorized, I would be one of the first people to buy The Doors Live in London in concert, or record it on demand. Because this is a really good show from them. 

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CBS News: 'Larry Hagman Dies at 81 Years Old'

Source:CBS News- covering the death of actor Larry Hagman.

"Actor Larry Hagman, famous for his role as J.R. Ewing in the popular television show "Dallas," has died. Manuel Bojorquez reports." 

From CBS News

Even though Larry Hagman's career was more than Major Tony Nelson on I Dream of Jeanie and JR Ewing on Dallas, he did other TV and some movies, including playing a late entry presidential candidate in the movie Primary Colors from 1998, when I think of Larry Hagman, I think of the clever and witty (I apologize for my language, prick) who could make people laugh, while being a prick, including the people he was being prickly to. 

The JR Ewing character had this incredible ability to size up people he was dealing with and know exactly where they were most vulnerable and where to hit them, if he felt the need to do so. Which is I guess is a great characteristic to have in business where JR Ewing was a very successful Dallas oilman. He could be a prick and make you laugh at the same time, because when he was critiquing someone, a lot of times he was accurate and not pulling things out of hot air or making things up but simply speaking the truth about who he was talking about. Which is a great skill for anyone to have, to be able to size people up.