Was trying to figure out what I ordered and forgotten about after a package arrived from Amazon this morning. Usually I am waiting eagerly for new books to arrive, so I was a little perplexed. I opened it up to find
"The Dirt" the collaborative autobiography from Motley Crue.
Mr O'Neil had send it to me from New York. He said it made him think of me and my big hair when I used to hang out on Sunset Strip and Hollywood Boulevard with all the rockers when I worked in the music industry.
Jeez, talk about the fun flashbacks I had thinking about when I moved to LA.
I fondly recall my first day in Los Angeles when I saw Don Henley at the
Tower Records buying his own album. I knew LA was the place for me, quickly relocating from San Deigo after about 3 weeks. Of course all the clubs that have changed since then,
Gazzari's isn't there anymore it's became the Billboard Live and then the Key Club. I wanna the big haired boys of the Eighties back and I want them to come swing by
Boardners for a cocktail with me.
When I got to town I shared a house in Silverlake and immediately wanted to see all the Hollywood night spots I'd read about. The "Riot house" (Hyatt Hotel) from
Hammer of the Gods, The Whiskey from
No One Here Gets Out Alive, The Rainbow Room from all those GnR videos. It was certainly exciting to be around the places so many rock legends had played. Played hard.
Well flashback Friday is being cut short I've got a ton to do today, but I'm sure to be back reminiscing again another day.
Was plowing through my website all day and trying to get this java-scripted photo album working when I got totally side-tracked. After a quick visit to Live Journal I read something razorart said about a person looking like Lee Ving. Which of course turned into a whole thing about movies in the 80's and the search was on.
I was trying to figure out what the name of the movie he was in, but I could only remember his name in the movie (Piggy) and not the title. Thanks to indiefilms for telling me it was Get Crazy which was directed by Allan Arkush who also did another favorite of mine - Rock and Roll High School. It's got Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Lou Reed, Malcolm McDowell and John Desmore of the Doors - a must music movie see.
So off I go on the web looking at movie sites which brings me to thinking about Night Flight in the 80's with Alison Steele and all the great music movies they used to show. I remember staying up late drinking Tab and smoking Marlboro Lights watching all the shows. Ah, the pre-MTV generation.
Now off to find more on Night Flight and see if I can find a copy of Ladies and Gentleman the Fabulous Stains.