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To: Uncle Chip; Revolting cat!

So he uses performance enhancing drugs, just like those classic rockers that people on FR love to rave about.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/arts-do-it-puke-and-get-out-the-last-waltz-made-music-and-cinema-history-the-final-concert-by-the-band-starring-their-famous-friends-it-became-a-martin-scorsese-film-rated-the-best-rock-movie-of-all-but-behind-the-scenes-there-was-mayhem-levon-helm-of-the-band-tells-the-inside-story-1369030.html

Cocaine was a big deal at the time. Bill had painted one of the dressing rooms white, walls and ceiling, and put a thick white rug on the floor. The only thing in the room was a sleek glass table with razor blades artfully strewn about. They had cut the noses out of Groucho Marx masks and pasted them up on the white walls. Hundreds of big pink noses and nostrils. A tape played sniffing noises. This was the ‘Cocteau Room’, and it was often filled with people tapping the razors on the table.


77 posted on 01/14/2014 7:02:43 PM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: a fool in paradise; humblegunner

we are all shocked by this and Humble Gunner is apparently going to need therapy.

:p


78 posted on 01/14/2014 7:04:07 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: a fool in paradise

Scorsese himself damn near died back in the late 70’s from a ‘bad’ batch of coke that made him bleed heavily.


95 posted on 01/17/2014 3:58:35 AM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (I'm tired of the Liberals and their stupidity!)
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