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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 09:15 AM Original message |
Soul Music Legend Sly Stone: Homeless and Living In a Van |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. No, he's houseless. He's happy with his choice of home. nt |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. He might not be all that happy--he probably could use some medication. |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
58. His problem is too much medication. Reportedly. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Well, I'm talking about the sorts of medications that level out brain chemistry, |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 02:45 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. I'd say that once you've used cocaine, pcp etc. near-daily for 30 years, nothing levels you out. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm speechless. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. me too. I still listen to his music. I know the area he's staying in. |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. Hot Fun in the Summertime |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Oh, Yes!...Hot Fun is a hot song...One of the best.. n/t |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. Why do artists sell their music publishing rights? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. They've usually overspent, need a quick infusion of cash...sometimes |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. It was (still is?) common practice for a label to make the acquisition of an artist's... |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
65. I knew Dewey Martin of Buffalo Springfield, in the late 70s... |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #65 |
79. I just read Dewey's Wikipedia page. Very sad. :( |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. I just read it myself, for the first time... |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:00 AM Response to Reply #80 |
83. Oh wow. Were you on the Gong Show appearance? |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #83 |
84. If you're referring to the Gong Show appearance... |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
7. he's probably putting on a happy face for his audience. Doubtful he is really |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
8. hard for me to feel sorry for somebody who blew through $1 million |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. The assumption is that he is penniless since he doesn't |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. No. His "assistant and driver" is the son of a local family who lets him shower at their house. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Thank you. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. You think 1 millions dollars can last for 20+ years? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I know it can |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. Plus interest rates were really high in the 1980's |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. $1 million will buy you a $4,000 per month tax free annuity for the rest of your life |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Even if you just stuffed it in your mattress, that's $50,000 a year, |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. If I had a million in a lump sum |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #49 |
66. yes, you could and i could...but there's a mental illness problem here |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
10. I saw Sly in concert once... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. Sad. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
12. He should have shown up for more of his gigs, I guess |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Sly had a huge nervous breakdown from psychedelic drugs, didn't he? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. He was so erratic I don't think anybody really ever knew what the problem was |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. That thin line |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Drug abuse is a symptom of mental illness. |
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amyrose2712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
56. Thank you, mental illness is sadly still stigmatized. |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
59. No, drug abuse is not necessarily a symptom of mental illness. That's just silly. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Drug abuse, not drug use... |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Drug use, drug abuse: neither necessarily a symptom of mental illness. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. So you consider drug use a moral failing? |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. I consider drug use ubiquitous to all cultures & times & see no need to frame it in |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. He's done huge amounts of blow. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. I could not find that information anywhere, and am interested. If |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
13. This sounds like a choice...and he clearly still has some money |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Read the article again |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. No, that's the kind of thing reporters write to give the subject |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
15. I'm sad to hear that. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
21. I think this is an appropriate time to listen to the following: ;_; |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
22. What a tremendous talent, and a great music innovater... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Right. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I smile just thinking of the tunes and the times |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
24. When I saw him he was so stoned he couldn't perform. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
25. very sad. nt |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
30. I remember that Mike Douglas (NOT Kirk's son) had him on as a co-host a time or two |
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cpwm17 (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
78. Here's Sly and the Family Stone performing on The Mike Douglas Show in 1974 |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Thanks! |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
32. In better days... |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
73. I love all their songs...that group was awesome! |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
35. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Sly. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
38. Two of the all-time BEST Rock-Pop songs: |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. If this doesn't put a smile on one's face, they're already dead |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I miss beats like these in today's Pop music. I miss real instruments like the trumpet, too! |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. It's a different world now. I was a professional trumpet player once. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Right on, most current music is stolen from some previous band. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
77. You have no idea of my envy of you!! I played trombone (my father learned from Old Man Dorsey, as he |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. I'd have possibly spent my life as a trumpet player |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #38 |
57. OMG, I used to listen to both of those over and over and |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
42. Coke must be a hellva drug.. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
75. Believe me, it is. I did it for a while and stopped |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
45. NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
47. The comments TMZ allows to be posted, remind me of just one reason why I hate that site. |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I never read the comments...you're right, they are almost always vile. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #48 |
62. I do appreciate it, even though it's not good news. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
52. Someone ought to buy him a nice tour bus to live in |
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amyrose2712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
53. TMZ comments? Some of the comments here are a bit bothersome too. nt |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
54. Did anyone stop and consider than he may suffer from mental illness? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
67. sounds like a schizo affective disorder to me |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
55. Hey Music Lover... |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
70. Attn: Lady Gaga |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
71. This is sad, but still, if I had a million dollars in 1984, I doubt that I'd be homeless now. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
72. This is a lot of bunk |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
74. Whne was the tribute to him at the Grammys...not that long ago, I think... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
76. Update.. comments to article on another site say he's been offered help but refuses. |
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