Convenience and finance and sometimes love.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 Oct 2023, 7:43amhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_marriage
I would have guessed that it was a truce between Irish and Italians to keep African Americans out of their neighbourhood.
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Distinct from the Louisville gentleman's club also named the Kentucky Meat Shower.revbob wrote: ↑04 Mar 2024, 9:17amKentucky Meat Shower
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_meat_shower
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I thought I knew Jerry Lee Lewis' story. I knew about the 13 year old cousin wife, I saw the shitty movie with Dennis Quaid on VH1 in probably 2002, but man his wikipedia entry is so much more crazy. I knew he married the 13 year old when he was 22, but I didn't know that she was his third wife. At 22 he was on his third marriage. The south is wild. A bunch of his kids died real young as did one of his six or seven wives.
He also just ends up with guns all the time. His drunk ass getting arrested at Graceland had this great tibit:
He also just ends up with guns all the time. His drunk ass getting arrested at Graceland had this great tibit:
Presley's astonished cousin Harold Lloyd was manning the gate and watched Lewis attempt to hurl the champagne bottle out the car window, not realizing the window was rolled up, smashing both.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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I think I've recommended it before, but Hellfire by Nick Tosches is an incredible read about Jerry Lee Lewis. It definitely gets to the core of what a maniac the man was, and argued that's part of what fueled his need to play music.matedog wrote: ↑04 Mar 2024, 10:58amI thought I knew Jerry Lee Lewis' story. I knew about the 13 year old cousin wife, I saw the shitty movie with Dennis Quaid on VH1 in probably 2002, but man his wikipedia entry is so much more crazy. I knew he married the 13 year old when he was 22, but I didn't know that she was his third wife. At 22 he was on his third marriage. The south is wild. A bunch of his kids died real young as did one of his six or seven wives.
He also just ends up with guns all the time. His drunk ass getting arrested at Graceland had this great tibit:Presley's astonished cousin Harold Lloyd was manning the gate and watched Lewis attempt to hurl the champagne bottle out the car window, not realizing the window was rolled up, smashing both.
You can pair it with this Rolling Stone article about the night Jerry almost certainly murdered his wife: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/cu ... is-179980/
Jerry is by far the worst human being whose art I still adore. Probably in part because his worst malfeasances largely happened before I was born, often decades before. It's not really ethically consistent on my part, but oh well.
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He’s probably worthy a bio read for me at this point.Flex wrote: ↑04 Mar 2024, 11:06amI think I've recommended it before, but Hellfire by Nick Tosches is an incredible read about Jerry Lee Lewis. It definitely gets to the core of what a maniac the man was, and argued that's part of what fueled his need to play music.matedog wrote: ↑04 Mar 2024, 10:58amI thought I knew Jerry Lee Lewis' story. I knew about the 13 year old cousin wife, I saw the shitty movie with Dennis Quaid on VH1 in probably 2002, but man his wikipedia entry is so much more crazy. I knew he married the 13 year old when he was 22, but I didn't know that she was his third wife. At 22 he was on his third marriage. The south is wild. A bunch of his kids died real young as did one of his six or seven wives.
He also just ends up with guns all the time. His drunk ass getting arrested at Graceland had this great tibit:Presley's astonished cousin Harold Lloyd was manning the gate and watched Lewis attempt to hurl the champagne bottle out the car window, not realizing the window was rolled up, smashing both.
You can pair it with this Rolling Stone article about the night Jerry almost certainly murdered his wife: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/cu ... is-179980/
Jerry is by far the worst human being whose art I still adore. Probably in part because his worst malfeasances largely happened before I was born, often decades before. It's not really ethically consistent on my part, but oh well.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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I don't know how any of this preempts a Kentucky Meat ShowerFlex wrote: ↑04 Mar 2024, 11:06amI think I've recommended it before, but Hellfire by Nick Tosches is an incredible read about Jerry Lee Lewis. It definitely gets to the core of what a maniac the man was, and argued that's part of what fueled his need to play music.matedog wrote: ↑04 Mar 2024, 10:58amI thought I knew Jerry Lee Lewis' story. I knew about the 13 year old cousin wife, I saw the shitty movie with Dennis Quaid on VH1 in probably 2002, but man his wikipedia entry is so much more crazy. I knew he married the 13 year old when he was 22, but I didn't know that she was his third wife. At 22 he was on his third marriage. The south is wild. A bunch of his kids died real young as did one of his six or seven wives.
He also just ends up with guns all the time. His drunk ass getting arrested at Graceland had this great tibit:Presley's astonished cousin Harold Lloyd was manning the gate and watched Lewis attempt to hurl the champagne bottle out the car window, not realizing the window was rolled up, smashing both.
You can pair it with this Rolling Stone article about the night Jerry almost certainly murdered his wife: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/cu ... is-179980/
Jerry is by far the worst human being whose art I still adore. Probably in part because his worst malfeasances largely happened before I was born, often decades before. It's not really ethically consistent on my part, but oh well.