Jim Morrison, The Doors.

Today in 1971, Jim Morrison was found dead of a drug overdose or perhaps a heart attack (depending on which account you read...) in a bath tub in Paris, France. No one seems to have anything nice to say about Morrison. Seems he was an unaccountable drug and alcohol addict, an unconscionable womanizer, an undependable, self-centered human being for all of his 27 years. He wrote sadistic, depressing, ominous lyrics about death and dying. There were many unique songs but none of which seem very memorable to people, none you would catch anyone humming at work. Apparently his was somewhat a wasted life. Sure, there are fans. There must have been SOME redeeming factor to his miserable, pointless existence. It's just hard to find. He's one of those people one would like to have back for just a short interview. An interview, just to ask..."What were you thinking? What?" Well, on a much lighter note. Today in 1989, we lost Mr. Magoo. (See his well protected image here.) One could hear Jim Backus as the voice of Mr. Magoo, but one could also see him as Mr. Howell in the silly but famous TV sitcom, "Gilligan's Island." Mr. Backus, we do miss you.

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Curl up and Dye, Tulia, Texas

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Hidden beneath the paneling.

Hidden beneath the paneling.
Originally uploaded by anyjazz65.

This very odd mural was hidden beneath the paneling in a kind of rec-room (store room for me) all during the 30 years that I lived in that house.

When I sold the house, the fix-up-for-sale process uncovered it. It is eight foot by eight foot. It covered half of an end wall of the room. It is very strange.

At least it WAS very strange. I had the whole room torn down. This photograph is all that remains. My old Nikon 995 just couldn’t keep the fish-eye distortion under control. I had very limited space to catch the whole wall in one shot. You can see the studs of a divider wall at the sides of the frame.

There were stories about the house when I moved in back in the 70’s. I had heard that a drug dealer lived there before me. Indeed, just after moving in, some very odd looking characters came to the back door looking for “Ziggy” and Glen and Dale.

Unfortunately, there was no way to preserve it. It was on two sheets of sheetrock nailed and taped at the center, and could not be removed without destroying it. So I took several photographs.

Lower Left Corner Detail.
Originally uploaded by anyjazz65.

Believe me I thought of eBay also! There was a small signature in the corner but the thing was nailed to the house I purchased, so I think legally it BELONGED to me and not the artist.

I bought the house about 1975 so it was painted and covered before then. I never used the room much except for storage so it went unnoticed until I was fixing up the place to sell in 2003.

There was also a very amateurish nude on the reverse of a 2 foot by 3 foot chunk of paneling that I discovered several years earlier. It self-destructed because it got wet but I photographed it also. I may post it someday when I need a lot of trouble...

There was also a bullet hole in one of the kitchen cabinet doors. Hm.