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Full Ben-Fong Torres Interviews Jim Morrison & Pamela Courson 1971
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Diane Gardiner on Pamela Courson
“Pam was one of the funniest people I ever met. She was beautiful, she looked like the Snow Queen and yet she did things like collect Lugers. She had a vicious sense of humor. She loved travel because she said you never had to think about it. When you were travelling and you were a tourist, you got up and life happened to you. I liked her. She was the most dangerous girl I ever met. After Jim died and we were both just out of our heads we would do th…ings like go to Tijuana and get crazy. We’d check into sleazy hotels and go down to Rosarita Beach and drink everything in sight. One time this guy that was with us yelled some really bad things to La Policia and they came after us. One guy was trying to take the keys to Pam’s new VW away, so I hit him over the head with my shoe. And we had to pay off on our MasterCard. We ran it through at a hotel and they actually let us charge our bribe. I don’t behave like that normally. Pam had that kind of effect on me.”
– Diane from the book Break On Through
Sources:
http://www.crystal-ship.com/forum.php?cmd=messages&sid=1761&start=4575
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Pamela Des Barres on Jim Morrison
My Gloom Beauty has recently added some nice scans on Jim on her blog. I really like this one of Pamela Des Barres on Jim Morrison.
Source:
http://mygloombeauty.tumblr.com/
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Miss Pamela on Jim Morrison
Some wonderful scans I found on tumblr uploaded by http://mygloombeauty.tumblr.com/ Here is one of them written by Pamela Des Barres.
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More Jim Morrison scans from Laurel Canyon book
Some wonderful scans about Jim that I found on Tumblr, uploaded by http://mygloombeauty.tumblr.com
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Jim, Pam and Sage in Men & Dogs: A Personal History from Bogart to Bowie
From the book
Men & Dogs: A Personal History from Bogart to Bowie
By Judith Watt, Peter Dyer
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Pam’s mom Penny in Inside the Fire: My Strange Days with The Doors
Penny spoke to Cameron for his book Inside The Fire: My Strange Days with The Doors. The book was written by B. Douglas Cameron, David R. Greenland. Interesting short interview.
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Jim and Pam last address before going to Paris – 8214 Norton Avenue
This was Jim Morrison’s last home before leaving to Paris. Both he and Pam lived on the second floor. These photos are from the website http://livefastlookgood.blogspot.com/2013/05/los-angeles-doors-tour.html
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Pam’s shop Themis today
Pam’s shop ‘Themis’ is still there today as an oriental rug shop.
Photos are from:
http://livefastlookgood.blogspot.com/2013/05/los-angeles-doors-tour.html
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Mention of Themis in Rag Magazine 1970
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Art Fein on Pamela Courson
A comment about Pamela by Art Fein’s on his website:
http://www.sofein.com/mess/2009/1009/fm1009.html
“Seeing his companion Pamela (who followed him in death later in the 70s) jarred loose a memory of spending a couple of hours in her company when I first got to L.A.
I was working for a showbiz trade paper so was embraced by publicists (whose love faded, with exception, when I lost my job). This time, July, 1973, I was invited over to Chuck Berry’s pool by a friend of his who was watching his house. There I met a record company publicist, with whom my friend was sharing cocaine on the diving board. Like Woody Allen in ‘Manhattan’ I said ”Thanks, I’ve already had enough today” (it was noon), and simply sat and talked.
After a while Pamela came and joined us. She never started a sentence without “Jim used to say” and seemed very spaced out. At the afternoon’s end I drove her to her apartment on Detroit Street, near 3rd & La Brea, and that was that.“
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8214 Norton Ave is planned to be demolished
Information about Jim’s Last home in the US. There’s plans to demolish it. From trulia.com
8214 Norton Ave Now is your chance to own a piece of Rock ‘n Roll Real Estate history! Rock legend Jim Morrison of “The Doors” home is up for grabs, only for the 2nd time since 1932 with its destiny uncertain. Known worldwide amongst Doors fans as “JIM MORRISON’S LAST KNOWN U.S. RESIDENCE” the 6 unit bldg. located @ 8214 W. Norton Ave., West Hollywood, is one step away from final approval by City Council as a Historical Landmark bldg. and change of use to a Bed & Breakfast. Once approved, it would be the 1st designated Weho landmark based on a famous person having lived there. It would also no longer be under Weho rent control laws. Other Weho B & B’s are currently deriving approx. $550 income per night per unit. If you’re just looking for a multi-residential real estate investment, this may be the building for you where the Ben Fong Torres Rolling Stone Magazine interview took place. If the famous building is sold to a developer, the owner plans to hold an onsite auction so Doors fans can buy original items such as “The Doors” from the building before it is demolished and replaced with 8 new units @ 1200 SF each (or even more if some were designated “afforable housing”) on the lot. Tours are currently offered at $20 per person.
http://www.trulia.com/property/3206568657-8214-Norton-Ave-West-Hollywood-CA-90046#photo-5
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Pamela is featured in the book Behind Every Great Man: The Forgotten Women Behind the World’s Famous and Infamous
Behind Every Great Man: The Forgotten Women Behind the World’s Famous and Infamous
by Marlene Wagman-Geller
From Amazon:
PROLOGUE
REMEMBER THE LADIES
Over the centuries, the saying, “Behind every great man is a great woman” has proven to be more than a girl-power chant. As it turns out, the long shadows cast by alpha males throughout history have obscured many stories of truly intriguing women who acted as their right hands and muses, the magicians behind the screen. For these intrepid females, supporting their famous husbands and partners by helping them achieve their destinies was frequently a Herculean task, accomplished in spite of sagas of alcoholism, infidelity, breakdowns, divorce, and despair (usually on the men’s part).
How did these women do it? Were they members of some more evolved species than the rest of us-equipped to handle the good, the bad, and the ugly sides of power? By casting light on the wife (or girlfriend) behind the famous man, we can begin to understand these “better halves” who left indelible lines on the visage of history through their husbands and their own works. The fairer sex has consistently been relegated to the footnotes of time under the label of “so-and-so’s lover,” “wife,” or “widow.” As Dorothy Parker observed in “The Little Hours,” “Oh, well, it’s a man’s world.” It is time for them to emerge from the shadows, both because their stories shed new insight on the famous men featured in history and because their own lives are equally as fascinating. In the feminist essay, “A Room of One’s Own,” Virginia Woolf stated, “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” Behind Every Great Man explores the biographies of those who never received a room of their own to shine or whose rooms and stories have never been properly explored.
Wives have generally been the untold half of history, so this book offers a different perspective on history than what we expect: it tells the story of these famous men (and one woman) from the wives’ point of view. Public lives and private lives are indivisible, and the detail of the marital relationships of some of the most well-known men gives a rounded picture that helps history come alive. Each chapter explores the real-life Lady Macbeths and Carmela Sopranos whose love humanized their men while often dehumanizing themselves.
But the women profiled here are not those who commandeered time in the spotlight themselves, as their biographies and stories are already part of our cultural psyche. Hence there are no chapters devoted to Eleanor Roosevelt or Hillary Rodham Clinton. The criteria for inclusion entail marriage to a famous spouse who outshone them in the pages of time. While Oscar Wilde is known as the literary great imprisoned for “the love that dare not speak its name,” few know of Constance (an apt name for Oscar’s semper fidelis spouse), who found herself wed to Europe’s most (in)famous homosexual. Mohandas Gandhi is a world icon, depicted with his ever-present spinning wheel, but what about Mrs. Mohandas? She bore him four sons, fasted when he was imprisoned, and died in Aga Khan Prison for complicity in fighting to wrest her country from the yoke of the British Raj. While everyone is familiar with Germany’s notorious Nazi dictator and his trademark mustache, few know much about his mystery woman, Eva Braun-Hitler’s consort for fourteen years and wife for forty hours. Their relationship leaves lingering questions: was she the First Lady of Nazism or just an apolitical blond who lived in his Bavarian mountain retreat, oblivious to the genocide of which her lover was architect? Can one love a monster and yet not be evil oneself? Find out the answers to these questions and countless others about the remarkable yet little-known women behind history’s famous (and infamous) men.
Read the rest of the prologue on Amazon
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New unpublished picture of Pamela
A new unpublished picture of Pam from 1968 posted by http://doorsiana.tumblr.com/
The picture is from a set of photos taken of Pam backstage at a Doors concert. One was released many years ago by a fan like this new unpublished one.
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New rare photo of Jim Morrison with Pamela Courson at the Cheetah Club NYC 1967
Jim Morrison with Girlfriend Pamela Courson at the Cheetah Club NYC 1967. The picture is owned and sold by Oscar Abolafia. If you would like to purchase one for yourself, go to the photographer’s website http://www.oscarabolafia.nl/product/uncategorized/jim-morrison/
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Jim and Pam share a smile in Paris
Great picture of Jim and Pam in Paris uploaded by https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pamela-Courson-She-Dances-In-a-Ring-of-Fire/
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The connection between Slash and Jim Morrison
Ola Hudson was a fashion designer in the 60’s and 70’s. She also happened to be the mother of one of the most famous guitarist in the world, Slash.
Pamela Courson was a model at the time she met Ola and they became good friends during a modeling photo shoot. Pam modeled for some of Ola’s pieces and helped around in Ola’s boutique Skitzo from time to time. Jim later became good friends with Ola through Pam. When Ola had to leave for work related business, it was Pamela who babysat for Ola’s children, taking care of little slash and his brother.
Born in 1946, same year as Pam, Ola Hudson was also a costume designer whose clients included Ringo Starr, John Lennon and David Bowie.
Ola Hudson died of lung cancer in 2009.
All photos from http://www.slashparadise.com/
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Song lyrics written by Pamela Courson
Handwritten lyrics by Pamela Courson. Provided by
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pamela-Courson-She-Dances-In-a-Ring-of-Fire/
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Jim and Pam Love Street home 1974
Picture of Jim and Pam’s Laurel Canyon home in 1974. This is the original way the house looked before it was renovated. Photo provided by https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pamela-Courson-She-Dances-In-a-Ring-of-Fire/526308087482227?fref=nf
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New rare outtake of Jim and Pam from Themis
I’ll just copy and paste directly from the website who posted this photo and information which was https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pamela-Courson-She-Dances-In-a-Ring-of-Fire
Frank Lisciandro: What about Pam’s shop, Themis?
Babe: I remember being around there one day when somebody delivered this long box. And I was the only one there to receive it, so I received it, and I was intrigued by it. It was a box about eight-by-eight inches and about eight-feet long. I’m wondering what the hell is in here. So I opened it up and it was a goddamn seven-foot Narwhal tusk. I mean it was perfect, spiraled out like a unicorn horn. That’s my memories of Themis.…
Frank: Do you think Jim and Pam were ever married?
Babe: No. [Bill] Siddons would have known about it, or Jim at some time would have told somebody about it: you or me or somebody. I figure she had a very supportive influence on his poetry and never missed a chance to rag on him when he went off track. And when he went off fucking around she was always on his ass to get back on the track of his poetry.
Frank: Do you think she was more material-minded than Jim?
Babe: No, no, no way. She wasn’t material-minded; that’s what he loved about her. She realized the beauty of what he was trying to do and his soul. She didn’t care about the material aspect or any of the stuff. That was her whole thing about being against the other Doors, and the office, and everything else. It didn’t have to do with that they weren’t making any more money; it was just that they were wasting his creativity.”
Excerpt from Frank Lisciandro’s interview with Babe Hill in his excellently candid “Jim Morrison: Friends Gathered Together”.
Photograph is a rarely seen image of Jim and Pam from Pamela Courson’s clothing shop Themis, shot by photographer Raeanne Rubenstein.
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