In 1964, a clean-cut college student named
Jim Morrison appeared in a
promotional film for
Florida State University.
[previously] The following year, Jim moved to California and transferred to UCLA's film school. After earning his degree, Morrison got together with another talented young
filmmaker named
Ray Manzarek, and they started a little band called
The Doors. Jim didn't return to Florida until 1969, by which time he'd become one of the
biggest rock stars in the world. Then, in what
VH1 would later call the
31st most shocking moment in rock & roll
history, he exposed his private parts and simulated masturbation and copulation during a concert in Miami —
in front of innocent children. A felony.
[This was not the first or last run-in Jim (aka "Mr Mojo Risin", aka "The Lizard King") had with the police. But that's not to say he was all bad.] Despite the absence of any photographic evidence
(audio only), when the case
went to trial Morrison was found guilty of indecent exposure and public profanity, both misdemeanors. He was sentenced to 6 months in prison, but allowed to remain free on bail pending appeal.
[His estranged father put in a good word for him with the Department of Probation.] At the time of
Jim Morrison's death in a Parisian bath tub in 1971,
his appeal had not yet been heard.
[This is THE END.]
posted by Poolio
on Sep 3, 2007 -
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