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End of Tobacco Road For Quentin?
You never kill-off a historic bad guy like Manson! Has he gotten threats? Mick should have gotten away. He falls onto the merry ground and his Demin jacket is found impaled on the horn of the unicorn, but, Mick is nowhere to be found. I heard that Charlie had a double, a stunt man. I…
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Road Trip Women
Originally posted on Rosamond Press: I have been on the road with three beautiful women in three great cars. I drove Rena from Oakland to Winnemucca in a 1950 Dodge Coronet. I drove with my wife and step-daughter from New York to Oakland in a Thunderbird. I drove with Keith and Barrie Zorthian in a…
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My Beautiful Former Wife
Originally posted on Rosamond Press: I found a recent photo of my former wife yesterday, and felt a stirring down below even though she in seventy-six. This is a beautiful and handsome woman, then and now. When you have made beautiful love to a woman, it stays with you – at least with me. Mary…
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Oakland Johnny and Tommy
Originally posted on Rosamond Press: 1966: American actor Clint Eastwood squints while smoking a cigarette between his teeth in a still from director Sergio Leone’s film ‘The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.’ Eastwood wears a wide-brimmed leather hat. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) My best friend Paul Drake took up acting and became a…
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Obituary: Bryan MacLean
Here is my friends obituary. Bryan sand at my wedding to Mary Ann Tharaldsen. John Presco Bryan started playing guitar in 1963/64. He got a job at the Balladeer before it changed its name to the Troubadour Club, playing back-up blues guitar. It was here he met the pre Byrds Jet Set while dating Jackie…
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Garth Brooks and The Knights
I talked to Marilyn Reed yesterday and she told me Kathy Wilson gathered a thousand singers, most of them Gospel, in Autzen stadium to sing along with Garth Brooks. This is quite an accomplishment. Congratulations, Kathy. Kathy is good friends with Kenny Reed who she wanted in the Brooks concert, but both the Reeds had…
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The Lyman and Manson Family
I lived three blocks down the street from the Lyman Family who took over about twelve houses on Fort Hill. My niece, Drew Benton shares the same DNA with Jessie Benton and Mel’s child by Jessie. Quentin Taranteno could have had a fictional showdown in Roxbury, with the Lyman Family, but he didn’t. He will…
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Marilyn Will Give Book Review
Originally posted on Rosamond Press: I just got off the phone with Marilyn, my childhood sweetheart, who is going to order and read Tom Snyder’s book. She recalled a art show Christine had in Brentwood, that is mind altering. It backs up of what I have been saying. Marilyn had many memories of my sister.…
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Stanley and Rose-Marie
Originally posted on Rosamond Press: My childhood sweetheart sent me a text today. She is struggling with a Evil Tooth. The sins we carry for the bad choices we made – make. ‘Spit all those evil teeth out of your mouth girl – before they kill you!” The greatest pain, in Marilyn’s soul and being,…
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Vineland Oregon
Originally posted on Rosamond Press: Here is the model for Vineland Oregon. Zoyd Wheeler Books of The Times; ‘Vineland,’ Pynchon’s First Novel in 17 Years By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPTDEC. 26, 1989 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Share Tweet Email More Save About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from…