The Doors comics

Here is Allan Oldstreet a guy that claims he knew Jim in Miami,
Florida in 1970 when Jim was there for his trial days.
The encounter was brief but Alan guarantees that it was worth a book. As it seems, they didn´t even get along with each other...Anyway, Alan received us in his house and prepared us a tuna fish plate with fries and salad (I hate both!). "One of Jim´s favorite at the time", he says. Well, read the interview and judge for yourself!

Hi Alan, what were you doing back in 1970 in Miami?

Alan: I was finishing college, my family is actually from New York. My father was a milionaire and I lived in Miami supported by my family.

What was your first sight of Jim Morrison?

They came over inside the building the middle of the night, making noises and I was studing so I got into the corridor and told them to "shut up". I recognized him because his face was in the news. Jim said "I´m sorry" and they left. A sad look in his eye...I could see both Indian and a white man´s forces struggling for power inside him. He was a shaman.

You said you "knew" him, how did your relationship with Morrison finally started?

We didn´t meet again until the last couple of days. In the day before his last audience at the trial, I saw him walking into the building. He looked tired and sad, so I said to him I was sorry for the bad impression and invited him and his friends for dinner. We had fun talking about wine and women. After they drink all my liquor they went to look for more in a bar. I was tired so I said I was staying. Morrison gave me a piece of paper with some handwritten poetry

Lucky you!

I know.

Can you show it???

I´ll only show the last verse cause I´m publishing a book, you know. Here it is:

And that was it? your encounter...

No, before they left my apartment I invited them to ride my new boat.

Really? Did you take pictures of that?

Yes. Here is one, I won´t tell you how many I have. I´m showing you one, the others are saved.

...For the book.

Right!

So, tell me the rest of the story.

The rest of the story is that they didn´t realize what kind of square I was, they were there to have some fun in a cool boat. But soon I discovered what kind of "long hair" they were...They screwed with my girlfriend and I knew that, because I was on the other side of the boat... They said cruel profanities into my wife's ears and I just got there and said the ride was over.

And what will you call the book?

It will be called "Across the sea". You know, Jim told me interesting stuff that he was thinking at the time...that he never told anybody!

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Do you believe in these stories? Are those really Jim´s words on that piece of paper? Who Knows! Who cares!!! This is just another story from The Doors comics!

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