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"Jim Morrison: Friends Gathered Together" Interview part 1
An interview with Frank Lisciandro about his new book, "Jim Morrison: Friends Gathered Together". The interview reveals new information about Jim Morrison from his close friend. The new book includes interviews and conversations with 14 of Jim Morrison’s friends, colleagues, mentors and lovers; the different points of view make for a more accurate rendering, a more humane and truthful portrait. The book is available at Amazon.com. Ebooks are available for Kindle, iBook, Nook and Kobo.
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"Jim Morrison: Friends Gathered Together" new book - Q&A #1
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This video (part 1 of 3) was recorded during the Q&A session with Frank Lisciandro after the presentation of his book, "Jim Morrison: Friends Gathered Together" at Book Soup in Los Angeles. The new book includes interviews and conversations with 14 of Jim Morrison's friends, colleagues, mentors and lovers; the different points of view make for a more accurate rendering, a more humane and truthf...
Q&A #2 - "Jim Morrison: Friends Gathered Together" new book
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This video (part 2 of 3) was recorded during the Q&A session with Frank Lisciandro after the presentation of his book, "Jim Morrison: Friends Gathered Together" at Book Soup in Los Angeles. The new book includes interviews and conversations with 14 of Jim Morrison's friends, colleagues, mentors and lovers; the different points of view make for a more accurate rendering, a more humane and truthf...
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Jim was unique! Thanks Frank! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️
I liked the part where Frank was asked what he didn’t like about Jim. He paused and thought about it for a moment, then said l have nothing to say !. You could just tell how much he loved and respected him. James Douglas Morrison, the ULTIMATE AMERICAN.
I wish you had made a longer video including Frank's complete answers, as your questions are so well thought out
Arthur 2 on the rocks starring Dudley Moore was not making fun of dom deLuise or Jimbo M. ❤
Arthur 2 on the rocks stars DUDLY MORE not Roger More. Roger was OO7 Bond
Allow me to rephrase that first sentence. It seems to have aggravated the slaves of censorship. And all that I ever wanted to express was that the god damned first question seems rather stupendous. And so, perhaps to introduce some stupendousness of my own, to Mr. Lisciandro... the nearly two hundred pages of the seemingly fascinating "A Feast of Friends", which, as of these days having started reading through it, and which mostly comes across as believable, although how you first describe Mr. Morrison's mother, not insignificantly responsible for said spirit's existence and perhaps a portion of his character, too... how you describe his mother as, to the effect of... alright, but then add, to the effect of... alright, good, a good mother; were they not sufficient? Have sales of this seemingly long out of print title stalled and instead of reprinting, a new publication was seen as the better opportunity? I just have to wonder whether, you know, god damned and I am inclined to add excremental money once again beat the disgraced, ravished remains of soul.
There seems to be a scepticism developing within me. And not only because of this latest publication, raising the question of whether they are taking advantage of their disrupted friendship, and access. In "A Feast of Friends", one already can observe how the seemingly selfish abandonment of his family by Mr. Morrison was not met with criticism respectively with more criticism. A family, a home, which has contributed to who he is. It might be observed how there is an attempt to normalise the reckless behaviour of Mr. Morrison in regards to driving dangerously, especially within cities, including intentionally so with passengers. Mr. Lisciandro, you effectively describe attempted cases of grave physical harm and yet, did you find it in you to confront him and to demand for something to change, otherwise you would have to consider involving the so called authorities? At the very least, were you expressing your concerns and discussing the matter with tenacity? I of course have no insight into anything in particular but in the mentioned publication you cite some or I should write a psychologist (critical enough, free from conflicting interests?) who essentially declared the before mentioned not to be explained in a manner too inconvenient. Ah, case closed, then? A way of convenience. Although it is accompanied by the mention of him supposedly having contributed to it at certain points, there is the statement that Mr. Morrison came to loath his supposed famousness respectively the popular image. In the publication, there generally seems to be the intention of portraying Mr. Morrison as an artistic and at times inconvenient spirit, but one with a compassionate character. And yet, more than thirty paternity claims reportedly were pending to be investigated at the time of his passing. And while it could, unfortunately, as an inane classes system still founds, or results from, what is referred to society, be foreseen that themselves reckless advancements and or baseless claims would be imposed and burdened on a person of a certain, so called and supposed famousness, even if only five percent of the cases here were factual, would it not suggest the characteristic of exuberance? Is there a mention of this subject in the publication? I believe that questions such as these are important as the publication is described, its intention, to provide a previously unavailable, authentic insight also by approaching what is referred to as friends of Mr. Morrison. In contrast to the possibly generalised, if not conveniently vilified media. In itself, the aspect of friendship could raise questionmarks. As it can be a complex, difficult undertaking and aversions can arise. Are there persons amongst those who have been invited to participate who would not have a generally favourable perspective? And of those with a favourable perspective, is that because there really was such a perception or might they have lacked a (more) critical reflection? I would have to read on in order to answer this, the above mentioned and possibly other questions with even just an attempt of decisiveness.
Lisciando is a strange cat. He disses THE DOORS movie ( like Ray did) and claims to be on a mission to tell us what the ' real' Jim was like. Yet, if you read " Feast of Friends" his personal recollections , and those of others , portray a person just like the film version- worse even!
Brents favourite artist
Jim was an actor who once stopped understanding where his character is and where he is😔
The complacency that a person empowered by... what exactly, their internet usage, would need to have in order to make such a deterministic statement about someone who they sure as so called heaven's inexistence did not, at all, whatsoever, know. Another misinformation robot, perhaps, who knows.
Aren’t we all..
I think he was Jim's friend and will always say good things about him. But he's not trying to cash in on dirt, which is great
Always liked frank Down to earth and real
I have the book. I read it and really really enjoyed it. It was wonderful. I wish I could have met him and went to Doors concerts. (On a good day😁) He was gorgeous and I loved his voice, the low tones and those pure rock n roll screams. I don’t think Pam was good for Jim, bringing heroin around. She can piss off. Jim will always be a legend.
This is great.
Jim was spectacular! we don't have this quality of people these days. They are all phony fucks. He was real and we will not get this anymore. Our world cannot possibly produce fantastic people anymore because corporate fucking sell outs are against families. All we have is destruction of any family dynamic.
@Visions & Wonder Amo-te JIM ! Poeta, grande vocal's, culto ,inteligente , amante de cinema e ótimas leituras...a frente de seu tempo , espírito livre e personalidade única! Incomparável!!!! DOORS melhor banda de todos os tempos! Incontestável
I read this book and enjoyed it very much.
Excellent book! Thank You Frank
thanks... was it translated in French ?
I grew up in a family of alcoholics and had a Irish friend who would go from having a good time to plastered in seconds....no gradually getting buzzed...he died at 18....smashed his javelin into a oak tree.....I quit drinking at about 27yrs......I was the type that could drink all night and hold it together......I grew up on JMs music......my idea of a good time was listening to music on my Marantz stereo with my close friends....I wish Jim could have got free of the booze.
Yes. Especially since....essentially ...HE WAS SO DAMN SOBER MINDED ; his intellect was not at all befuddled, clouded; it was the sixties though- no Betty Ford clinic; lol; i feel he would have broken away from the binds of addiction and totally continued writing
Jim was a drunk, end of story.
Don't be Envious.
@@bluewendigo672 he was a drunken sailor 24/7 good riddens
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I really think that if Jim survived, he would have left performing and started writing and publishing books, but I also think that he would have been a human rights activist, this was so important to him and he felt at the time, that he was too weak to really “make things happen” the way that he wanted and this drove his alcohol and drug addiction to the highest level, to where he didn’t care anymore. I personally, am just like him.
I like this guy’s logic, proving what’s right and not bullshit.
If Jim was alive today ... he’d look like this guy now ?!
Really that’s what you’re getting out of this!!! Guess what people age and if you’re blessed you will too🤡 Stop It
I see about two possibilities... either someone who is in denial about those rather less insightful to downright meaningless numbers in their pseudonym, or an underage soul at risk of drowning in a virtual sea of overstimulation. And one that smells like weeks old diarrhea.
I love the story at the end 💛🌼✨
In his book Ray said Frank didnt like Jim at UCLA before The Doors . But when The Doors became famous Frank became one of Jims biggest sycophant , sucking up to Jim and laughing too loud at his jokes ..Ray was pretty disgusted by it .
There is something about Frank that I strongly dislike. Jim had lots of leeches around himself, unfortunately.
@@Dzanarika1 ..and he was bright enough to know it , musta got him down .
Wow, the story of the ring box vendor is all you ever need to know about JDM. One of a very, very few certifiable geniuses who were demonstrably kind to the people at the lowest rungs of society. You can judge a man by how he treats those far below his class.
JDM's sense of humor was different when he was hammered. Frank shoulda pointed that out I think. It got a bit darker when he was wrecked, but otherwise he was a good natured guy who loved to laugh. That's the Jim that the media was never that interested in, and is lesser known.
you watched Stoned which was so inaccurate and not who Jim was...so bs
@@aryalogo6624 WTF are you saying? "You watched Stoned"? If you mean that I watched the horrible Oliver Stone Doors movie, yes I did at the premiere actually. It sucked HUGE and is full of lies and bullshit. It's like you're agreeing with me as you tell me my comment is BS. WTF?
I have read countless books on Jim Morrison and from them I conclude that Jim was a very deep person and a very gifted poet (and melodist) I don't believe that it is possible to think at those depths without a very soft soul and a soul as soft as that will absorb a hell of a lot of mankinds injustice to it's own kind.
Beautiful thought. He had the soul of a clown, in his words. But so much of his work, and the intended imagery & references, flies well above the heads of his audience, to this day. A true genius.
@@ChorusArtists yeah agreed, the soul of a clown for sure, after all, a clown has a very soft and sad soul alone in a circus of fools.
Good shit !
Those films were BOOTLEGGED for years like HWY and Feat of friends
1960s were just Communist
Good for them.May all be communists.
Joe, just shave and go home. Communists as opposed to what? This is not the 1950’s anymore.
Read this work cover to cover. It is the most REAL account of James Douglas as a person, as a man, as a family member, a friend, a mate, a person. Why? Because these folks knew him before fame and some during the fame BUT the book shows these bonds that transcends commercial success.
Si alguien lo podría subtitular en español..
This is one of the few people who has sought to bring something like the truth to the general public. An excellent photographer, and good person.
Read his poetry. Exactly. My first book of JM i read was The American Night. Fantastic collection of writings by him that get to the heart of who he was.
Somebody once said to Jim that he was anything the other person who he was with thought he was and Jim replied 'cruel but true'.
I find it fascinating how different everyone's perspectives on Jim Morrison are. Partially this is because every person has many sides to them, which they show to different people and then every observer has their angle on what they see. Clearly Frank Lisciandro being Jim's trusted friend saw his best sides and desires to as well, while on the opposite side we have David Crosby's bitter insecure reaction. As someone who has always had Jim's music and poetry in my life since about 1975 (14) I celebrate his demonic and angelic sides and find his single greatest performance to be the 1970 Isle of Wight concert where there is no 'entertainment', just his most compact intense performance of his strongest song poetry. Unlike Fran I never knew him personally but his energy lives on in the music and poetry. If I had to choose the one observer of Jim I appreciate and trust the most that would have to be John Densmore. He does not naturally embellish, as though that was needed but embellishment is a negative. Think of Oliver Stone's awful film. Far better but also queasy at times is 'cosmic' Ray who loves his own raphsodies about Jim, building up the story and myth. John LOVED Jim the man and the art and despaired for him, both appreciating Jim and CREATING WITH HIM! His drumming was percussion to JIm's voice. He confronted Jim because he was NOT embellishing. He was sincere, had integrity, in a way lacking in both the more 'liberal' Robby and Ray who called him a 'communist' because of his insistence of respecting Jim's commitment to true MORALITY in spiritual art and caring in a way I KNOW Jim would have appreciated.
I love Stone's film. It's messy and entertaining. I think Jim would have a good laugh at it and view it as a comedy. On another note, I live in Los Angeles and ran into Ray at a DVD store on Pico in the early 2000s. I would go there every Tuesday to load up on new releases. I saw someone with their back to me with a stack of DVDs that matched mine and made some off-handed comment that I can't exactly remember. He turned around and we started talking about film and the whole time I was thinking, "Oh my God, I'm talking to a legend." I finally worked up the nerve and casually said, "I'm a big fan of your music." He was very gracious and we continued to talk about film and "Jimbo" and Ray's refusal to watch Stone's film because he felt like it didn't honor the memory of Jim. I countered that the movie had its merits and turned on a lot of young people to their music, which he appreciated. We talked about when he knew it was over, when the spirit had left Jim. He seemed very protective of him, like an older brother. His wife Dorothy finally walked up, he introduced her and they left. Sweet guy.
Frank is obviously promoting his book but I do think that he was a man who knew Jim well for a long time and has some cred.
just some?
I would have loved to be a friend of Jims He was such an intresting charactor
No regard whatsoever for the inane aspect of so called, supposed famousness? Importantly, absolutely important. If that is so, inverted crossing my fingers for you, buddy!
Thank you frank for your enlightening story.I think Jim Morrison was the greatest person who ever lived
wtf
I thought it was Jesus Christ,
@@leonmarkham675 You have real proof of your claim?
I borrowed his lawnmower.
Darren Parkinson did you cut his grass ?
@@georgeross7531 He probably smoked it.x
Love the book. Glad to stumble across this wonderful interview with Frank.
Appreciate the book immensely. Couldn't put it down until I finished it. I have a different view of who Jim was altogether now. Thanks.
I wonder what more could actually be learned about JM.
Believe me, much more!
@@Dzanarika1 Tell me a little of what you might have if you don’t mind
Hi Frank! I'm Max from Liverpool UK and have collected every book I could find about Jim over the years,I am so excited to read your book as I have always been more interested in the real well read and intelligent Jim Morrison love his poetry and hated that bloody Oliver Stone movie (Lol) i have Been waiting for a book like this to come out, I can't wait to read it , thanks again! max
Pam is the bitch that got Jim killed with her damn heroin
Toujours en anglais les interviews 😁
moi je comprends, mais je me demande s'il existe une traduction de ce livre... ils pourraient sous titrer ceci dit.
It is my experience that alcoholics are depressed.
no all of them are depressed some people are just addicted to booze like smoking its a drug
Back then (As One Knows) There was No ‘AA’ or ‘Betty Ford Clinic’, As Alice Copper (Vince)- Jim’s Friend Said; the Only ‘Fix’ or Solution Back then, was the Mental Psychiatric Ward (And How Extreme Was That) -Jim was Self-Medicating and (Thinking) Jim was Calming or ‘Depressing’ his Mind/Brain from Over Processing or Creating-All the Time(Once a Poet) Your Always Thing and Analyzing and Being with someone like ‘Bubble-Head’ Pam; Can NOT Be EASY~
When they are 27 they aren't even a tenth of the way to the bottom of actual ennui
I very much enjoyed the book -- in particular, the interviews with Fud Ford, Ron Alan, Vince Treanor, Eva Gardonyi and of course Babe Hill -- a lot more insight and a great deal more to work with in terms of a fuller perspective of Morrison. I wish it were available years ago....
It was called Feast of Friends in 1991.
Jim Morrison was a beautiful man with talent ..