22 June 2017

Rest in peace longtime Doors bodyguard Tony Funches







"Rest in peace longtime Doors bodyguard Tony Funches (far right in photo). Here he is with Doors manager Bill Siddons and Ray Manzarek. This unpublished photo was taken by Robby Krieger when The Doors were in Hawaii in 1970."


The Robby Krieger Archives



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04 May 2017

Rainbow Bar & Grill and Whisky a Go-Go Owner Mario Maglieri Dead at 93



"Mario Maglieri, the owner and co-founder of both the Rainbow Bar & Grill and the Whisky a Go-Go on the Sunset Strip, died Thursday morning. He was 93."

LA Weekly



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21 April 2017

"Jim Morrison, Friedrich Nietzsche e la tragedia greca" curato dal prof. Donato Loscalzo






"Venerdì 21 aprile alle ore 21.00, presso Palazzo della Penna, si terrà l'incontro "Jim Morrison, Friedrich Nietzsche e la tragedia greca" curato dal prof. Donato Loscalzo con le atmosfere di Luigi Mameli."

24 February 2017

Sémaphore : un festival dédié à Jim Morrison



"Pour sa douzième édition, le festival de la parole poétique, Sémaphore, a choisi pour thème un hommage à Jim Morrison. Cinq jours de poésie à Moëlan-sur-Mer et Quimper."


Ouest-France



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18 January 2017

Searching for Jim Morrison's Ghost in Gentrified Venice



"If you haven’t been to Venice lately, it’s almost unrecognizable. The onetime Venice West, home soil for L.A.’s bohemia, has become Silicon Beach — the gentrified colony for Google, Yahoo! and Snapchat — where a decent one-bedroom apartment runs $3,000 a month."



Jeff Weiss



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05 January 2017

Day of the Doors with Rita Wilde







"Rita Wilde sat down with John Densmore and Robby Krieger of The Doors in honor of January 4th officially becoming "Day of the Doors" in Los Angeles!"

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27 December 2016

January 4 to be proclaimed "Day of The Doors" in Los Angeles




"The Doors’ 50th Anniversary Year Begins With January 4 Event In Venice, Where The Band Was Formed, With Official Proclamation And Appearances By Founding Members John Densmore And Robby Krieger"


www.thedoors.com



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09 November 2016

Good Vibrations – Le visioni in Jim Morrison






"Ecco il podcast della rassegna di sabato 5 novembre tenuta presso il Palazzo del Turismo, Gianni D’Elia ci presenta le visioni in Jim Morrison."


Radio Talpa'Z



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13 July 2016

Sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll with Little House star Charlotte Stewart!



“Day’s guest: Charlotte Stewart, actress, “Twin Peaks,” “Little House on the prairie,” “Eraserhead,” author, “Little House in the Hollywood Hills: A Bad Girl's Guide to Becoming Miss Beadle, Mary X, and Me””.


Mr. Media



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03 July 2016

Awakening the Ghost of Jim Morrison




"As we walked up a lane and approached a row of tightly clustered graves, we noticed a crowd had gathered. We heard strange, ethereal music, which I recognized as “End of the Night” from the Doors’ first album. The air was filled with the smell of sweet incense. Not only had we found Morrison’s grave, we had stumbled on to the 10th anniversary of his death."




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10 April 2016

1974: The Golden Scarab, A Rhythm Myth



"While everyone knows Ray Manzarek as the keyboard player, and founding member of The Doors, not many know about his extensive career following his time with The Doors. This is the first in a series of articles focusing on Ray’s “post-Doors” solo projects and collaborations."


David Dutkowski



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06 December 2015

Conversations with Patricia Kennealy-Morrison



"I couldn’t say where Jim’s divine side led him: Dionysus, certainly, as has been well documented."

The Wild Hunt



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