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Florida to Wipe Jim Morrison's Indecent Exposure Conviction

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:29:39 CST

Jim Morrison was appealing his conviction for indecent exposure when he died in 1971. Nearly 40 years later, he'll finally get his wish: Florida Gov. Charlie Crist will pardon Morrison today, a day after the Doors singer would have turned 67. Surviving band members still insist Morrison never actually exposed...

Charlie Crist to Pardon Jim Morrison?

Matt Cantor — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 06:45:19 CST

His Senate bid may have failed, but outgoing Florida Gov. Charlie Crist may still make his mark ... on rock and roll history: He’s considering pardoning Jim Morrison for indecent exposure charges at a 1969 concert. “It's something I’m willing to look into in the time I have left,” Crist told...

Jim Morrison Is Not in This Photo

Nick McMaster — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:27:48 CDT

Jim Morrison is still dead. Repeat: Still dead. Unfortunately, and just in time for Halloween, researchers in a new book assert that an old photo taken of a visitor to Morrison's grave does indeed show the singer's ghostly image rising, complains Lou Carlozo. These supposed experts rule out weird lighting...

Rock N' Roll's Worst Lyricists

Sophie Goldstein — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:57:29 CDT

Just because you can play a guitar doesn't mean you know how to string a sentence together. Blender looks back at rock's cringe-worthy lyricists: Sting Neal Peart, Rush Scott Stapp, Creed

Jim Morrison OD'd in Paris Club: Book

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:02:40 CDT

A former nightclub manager has reopened the mystery of cult rocker Jim Morrison's death 36 years ago at the age of 27. The official story is that the Doors legend died of a heart attack in a bath in his Paris hotel. But the manager insists in a new French...