David Crosby Arrested on Marijuana, Gun Charges

AP ^ | Mar 6, 2004 | Donna De La Cruz

[Thebaddog]

Musician David Crosby was arrested on marijuana and gun possession charges early Saturday at a Times Square hotel, hours after earning a standing ovation at a New Jersey concert, police said. Crosby, 62, a two-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was arrested at 1 a.m. at the DoubleTree Suites Hotel with an ounce of marijuana, a .45-caliber handgun and a knife in his possession, police said.

The singer had performed Friday night with his band, CPR, at a Wayne, N.J., college. One night earlier, they had played at the B.B. King Blues Club in Manhattan.

[Thebaddog]

What could a person add to this human interest story? Bummer, dude.

[cmsgop]

Next he will father a kid to a Lesbian..........

[John Thornton]

I'm sure glad he was given a new liver. He was probably getting ready to perform for the Million Moms.

[Pharmboy]

Ya gotsta use the search button

[Feiny]

If he left the baggage in his room.....why did they need to go thru it to check for identification?

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

after earning a standing ovation at a New Jersey concert

This guy would be given a standing ovation if they brought him out on stage dead drunk and stood him up with a broomstick.

[VOA]

Crosby, 62, a two-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was arrested at
1 a.m. at the DoubleTree Suites Hotel with an ounce of marijuana, a .45-caliber handgun
and a knife in his possession, police said.

Looks like Crosby was just a bit too discombobulated to assemble the whole survival
kit that Slim Pickens listed while piloting that B-52 in "Doctor Strangelove".

But I'll give Crosby an honorable mention for giving it a good try during these metrosexual times.

[raloxk]

He's a good leftist. Gun laws apply to you, not him.

[robertpaulsen]

"Survival Kit contents check. In them you will find: one 45 caliber automatic, two boxes of ammunition, four days concentrated emergency rations, one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills, one miniature combination Rooshan phrase book and Bible, one hundred dollars in rubles, one hundred dollars in gold, nine packs of chewing gum, one issue of prophylactics, three lipsticks, three pair of nylon stockings -- shoot, a fellah could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff...."

A little bit of trivia for you. Right before the Dr. Strangelove came out, JFK was assassinated. The original script had Slim Pickens saying, "shoot, a fellah could have a pretty good weekend in Dallas with all that stuff." It was then overdubbed, but you can read his lips saying "Dallas".

[Pharmboy]

He says "Vegas," right?

[VOA]

A little bit of trivia for you. Right before the Dr. Strangelove came out,
JFK was assassinated. The original script had Slim Pickens saying, "shoot,
a fellah could have a pretty good weekend in Dallas with all that stuff."

Very cool. I hadn't heard that one before.

I'll try to bring something to the table. Talk-radio/movie-reviewer
Michael Medved claims that it the "Dr. Strangelove" character was not a
caricature based on Dr. Edward Teller...but on Henry Kissinger because he'd
written some nuclear deterence papers a bit before the movie had been made.

Myself....I'm stickin' with Dr. Teller as the real-life Dr. Strangelove!

As for David Crosby...two-time inductee of The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame,
biological father of his own kids and some lesbian's kids, survivor of a liver transplant
and the 1960-1970s, and runnin' around with some weed, a .45 Colt and a blade...
like some old commercial said:
"Some People Just Know How To Live!"

[robertpaulsen]

When the movie was made, Slim Pickens actually said "Dallas". You can read his lips.

After JFK's assassination, the audio in the film was overdubbed by Slim Pickens saying "Vegas".

[robertpaulsen]

General Turgidson is based on General Curtis LeMay ('Bombs Away' LeMay).

There's a whole bunch of Dr.Strangelove trivia here. One of my top 10 favorite movies.

[IronJack]

Loser. Sperm donor. Hypocrite.

[texas booster]

with an ounce of marijuana, a .45-caliber handgun and a knife in his possession

Let's see what kind of trouble a celebrity gets into for having a gun - gasp! in Noo Yawk City.

I think that overall, pot is decriminalized in almost all of America. For celebs, the decriminalization is complete.