Jim Morrison...light show tribute to Doors @ Vegas Freemont Experience!

It was like a zoo on Freemont street last night as tourists poured into the historical part of downtown Vegas to participate in the summer of 70’s music madness celebration.

Live bands revved up audiences, street vendors managed to entice out-of-towners into snapping up their novel souvenirs of Sin city, and barkeeps kept the booze flowing to quench an unstoppable thirst that was triggered by a tropical heat wave this past week that caused the mercury to soar to 110 degrees Fahrenheit.

At dusk, after the sun slipped beyond the horizon a golden ball of fury, the night sky was still thick with a muggy goo that was almost stifling.

By the way, the Freemont Experience is now presenting a dazzling light show at 9 p.m. every evening which features the provocative - at times haunting - rock 'n roll music of legendary Jim Morrison and the Doors.

The madding crowds enthusiastically sang along and danced in the streets last night as they gazed skyward and gobbled up all the delicious sights and sounds the dazzling light extravaganza offered up.

Tonight, I intend to trot back and capture the segment on HD video, with the aim of posting the clip on my YouTube site.

See ‘ya there!
 

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Troubadour...nightclub where Elton John, James Taylor & The Doors got their big breaks! WeHo...

The celebrated Troubadour first opened its doors way back in 1957 when West Hollywood was still a wild unincorporated town!

The legendary Doors allegedly signed their 1st record deal after a record exec caught their act LIVE! and in the raw.

Sir Elton John, Tom Waits, and James Taylor appeared on a regular basis in the halcyon days of their illustrious musical careers, too.

Today, a gig at Doug Weston's Troubadour is still a status booster, no matter how 'ya cut it.

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Jim Morrison...ghost haunting Alta Cienega Motel? Caught on HD Video by Julian Ayrs!

Jim Morrison may be haunting his old digs at the Alta Cienega Motel in West Hollywood.

Yesterday, after I shot some footage of the Motel from across the street, I zoomed in for an up-close image of the name of the cozy little establishment.

After my lens settled on the end position, I was about to fade to black. Suddenly, something very eerie occurred. An orange & yellow light sprang to life and not only illuminated the face of the Motel - but also - cast a warm glow in the center of my video!

Watch the video quite closely and see for yourselves. Was it a coinicidence that the light came on when it did? Or, was Morrison's ghost playing tricks with me?

I am a well-known psychic and I used to appear each week on a TV Show about the occult - Tomorrow's Fortune - on CKVU TV in Vancouver, B.C.

Was the Doors lead singer keen on the fact he might be able to use my "sensitivity" to acknowledge to die-hard fans that his spirit is alive and that he is haunting the Alta Cienega Motel? It was quite a mystical experience to me.

Shot on HD Video on Saturday May 16th (2009).

Jim Morrison...historical "Doors" haunts in West Hollywood!

If you head about seventy-five feet west of La Cienega Boulevard on Santa Monica, you'll encounter a quaint little watering hole known as the Benvenuto Cafe.

Out front - a brass plaque notes that in 1970 - the location was a sound-mix studio for the "Doors".

Ironically, this is where the legendary band recorded, "LA WOMAN".

And, just around the corner a few steps North of Santa Monica Boulevard, there is a small motel by the name of the "Alta Cienega" where the lead singer for the band once rested his weary head.

The sensuous rock star - Jim Morrison - resided in Number "32" from 1968 until 1970. In fact, the room is still decorated with Jim's portrait and personal belongings!

I recall reading in a biography somewhere that Jim was inclined to take up lodging there because on occasion he was inclined to get a DUI. Because the "Alta Cienega" was central to all his local haunts, he was able to zip around the neighborhood without much difficulty sans automobile.

And, if you caught the film bio on Jim Morrison - starring Val Kilmer - then you are undoubtedly aware that about a mile down the strip (just shy of Beverly Hills at Doheny Drive) the "Doors" landed their first record contract while playing at the celebrated "Troubadour".

But, other celebs tended to hang out in the neighborhood, too.

When I first trundled into West Hollywood, I stayed at the Tropicana Motel just down a-ways from the Benvenuto Cafe. Back in the seventies, a whole raft of rock stars trashed the rooms there. And usually, ended up at Duke's the next morning for breakfast, none-the-worse for wear.

After the Tropicana was torn down to make way for the Ramada Inn - in keeping with the history of the location - the owners installed Pop Art posters of rock celebrities in each theme-based suite.

Ah, those were the good old days!


The Tropicana Motel was a tacky ramshackle structure which resonated with character!

Aldous Huxley...on Mescaline! The "Doors of Perception" open...

On the free book shelf at the Bodhi Tree, I stumbled across a rare find.

Ah, a pristine copy of the "Doors of Perception" by Aldous Huxley which chronicles his experimentation with the hallucinogenic drug, mescaline.

During that time span, Huxley fervently explored the inner workings of his mind at a quaint little house in Llano in the Mojave Desert.

The big thrust was on the topic of contemplation, mysticism, and a mind-expanding experiment that would lead him to conclude that both "mescaline" and the controversial drug "lysergic acid" (LSD) were "drugs of distinction" which should be exploited for their "supernaturally brilliant visionary experience".

The book went on to become a best-seller in the psychedelic 1960s and inspired the name of the legendary rock band "The Doors".

For those of you into trivia, Huxley also appeared on the sleeve of a landmark Beatles album - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - which scholars and Beatle fans alike are quick to point out featured a curiously surreal tune - "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" - which they assert refers to an LSD trip embarked on by the fab four.

In retrospect, the mind-bending adventure on the part of Huxley, appeared to be brought on by a lofty quest to go beyond this realm of existence.

The book is rife with colorful insightful text.

"The urge to transcend self-conscious self-hood is, as I have said, a principal appetite of the soul. When, for whatever reason, men and women fail to transcend themselves by means of worship, good works, and spiritual excesses, they are apt to resort to religion's chemical surrogates such as alcohol and "goof pills" in the modern West, alcohol and opium in the East, hashish in the Mohammedan world, alcohol and marijuana in Central America, alcohol and coca in the Andes, alcohol and the barbiturates in the more up-to-date regions of South America."

However, Huxley never deluded himself, if we are to believe his musings in one telling section of the cult classic.

"I am not so foolish as to equate what happens under the influence of mescaline or of any other drug, prepared or in the future preparable, with the realization of the end and ultimate purpose of human life: enlightenment, the beatific vision. All I am suggesting is that the mescaline experience is what Catholic theologians call a "gratuitous grace", not necessary to salvation but potentially helpful and to be accepted thankfully, if made available."

"To be shaken out of the ruts of ordinary perception, to be shown for a few timeless hours the outer and the inner world, not as they appear to an animal obsessed with survival or to a human being obsessed with words and notions, but as they are apprehended, directly and unconditionally, by "Mind at Large" - this is an experience of inestimable value to everyone and especially to the intellectual."

A number of the profound ponderings and other-worldly observations put forth here were undoubtedly triggered by the potent swagger of the mind-altering drug.

A worthwhile read, if you can find it in print.

He said what?

"An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex."

Jim Morrison...star images!