Last Days Here Page #5

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goofy features

like caricature features

and I just have an odd taste

in men

That's just the way it is

- All right Bobby!

- Who bought the candles?

It has a freaking pentagram

on it

No wait hold on==

The change is pretty massive

To my understanding he was

smoking toxic amounts of crack

- Make a wish

- He went from that to this

and has smoked no crack

since he moved to Philly

- Whoo!

- He's been through

so much more life than me

But it's the kind of

like life

where you don't really grow

as a person

He's kind of remained

frozen in time a little bit

and I kind of like that

about him

I mean in his heart too

he'll always be young

I think

You look good in those pants

He looks pretty

- Long as she can say that

that's okay by me baby

I'm doing all right then

Now I'm still here

If I can have someone

as beautiful as this

say I'm pretty

something's happening here

- # Loving you #

# Well, it takes away

the blues #

- And now it's so crazy

watching you know him

in this short amount of time

grow up

and make up for the time

where his growth was like

really stunted

Stuff where he would have

no clue what to do before

like his debit card

checking account

the social security card

he doesn't have a problem

with that stuff anymore

He's gotten the hang of it

- I don't miss him

I really don't

There's a nice sense of peace

now

- I do a great deal

- He misses him terribly

- A great deal

The fact that he is using

whatever strength he has left

to preserve whatever

self-confidence he has

is something

that I am proud of

He commented on the phone for

the first time today actually

"I love you Dad"

- It's amazing

the transformation in this guy

He looks good

He sounds good

It's the person I thought

or hoped I'd be dealing with

from the get-go

He's been jamming with

other musicians

He just seems kind of

more focused

and definitely more in touch

with music lately

- The Hallie situation

I hate to talk so much

about it

but it is really that integral

in my life

Hallie Liebling

I got mad love

for Hallie Liebling

Yep

She's gonna be my Liebling

She's my little Liebling

- We're about three hours and

Finally going to meet

the infamous Geof O'Keefe

after talking to him for==

gosh I don't know

When you're in a record store

and you pick up that record

man

you just almost don't know

what you're in for

Not only is it a journey

of the mind

but sometimes

it's a real exodus man

I fell in love with this band

and now I feel like I'm kind of

becoming part of the story

It's a friggin' honor

I wouldn't trade it

for anything in the world

Bobby makes my f***ing hair

fall out

I'm telling you dude

But at the end of the day it's

gonna be worth it you know?

It really is

F***ing psyched

People are gonna be able to dig

a new record man

That's kick-ass enough for me

Geof is such an important part

of the formation

of this awesome band

I'm hoping we really get Geof

excited about it as well

and he's willing to

you know deal with Bobby

and forget about the past

or deal with some of the

bullshit for the greater good

which is gonna be an awesome

new Pentagram record

from the==with the original

members you know?

And new members too

[heavy metal music]

- "Pentagram has not only

developed

"a small but faithful following

in the Washington area

but major record companies

have also taken an interest"

Well

[laughs]

Think it was a bar of soap from

Ramada Inn New York City

when we did that

Columbia Records session

So I'm guessing

- Yeah it smells like failure

- [laughs]

Oh man

Bobby and my special project

The Douche Bags

by The Douche Bags

- "A friend told me he heard

from a connection

"that Bobby left and Pentagram

now has a female singer

"If this is true

I'm doomed

"It seems unlikely

but anything's possible

Christ I got to know"

- "These two talented musicians

make up

"one of the most successful

and popular bands today

"Between the two of them

"they play a wide range

of instruments:

bass lead guitar drums

female organ and leslies"

- [laughs]

"We'd like to wreak metal havoc

in Britain

"The only problem so far is

we can't get out

of Washington"

- "Pentagram closed the show

with a nightcap

"Any finesse got crushed

and pushed aside

by a boring tidal wave

of sound"

[laughter]

Well this just shows

where things had ended

December '7 6

"Singer wanted

"Former members of Pentagram

"require a singer

of professional caliber

"in the David Coverdale/

Paul Rodgers mold

We do not want a singer

with an ego problem"

I met Bobby Liebling

in probably 1 967 '68

I noticed that he was carrying

record albums with him

a lot of times

on the school bus

and I was just starting

to get into cool music

He was playing in a band at the

time called Shades of Darkness

He was doing stuff that I was

only dreaming about==

playing in bands and going out

with girls and all this stuff

So I really kind of idolized

this guy

Coming out of the psychedelic

hippie '60s

and going into the '70s

it was really a sense

of artistic freedom

like there were no boundaries

We could do what we wanted

wanting to make music

and make movies

We weren't conscious of being

in any type

of situation

or artistic environment

We just knew we wanted to do

what we wanted to do

I have really good memories

of Bobby

from a certain period of time

to a certain period of time

And then bad things started

to happen

and there was a few years

of that

and eventually

I just decided

"I don't want any part

of this"

There was just

too much negativity to==

outweighing the positive

you know?

Things got so bad

with the relationship

between our managers

Skip and Tom

And the band wanted to know

what was going on

because they were still

our managers

so Skip said

"Well you can interview me

"but just you know

write down the questions

"and come out

with your tape recorder

and I'll record the answers

onto a tape recorder"

- One, two, three, four

- Skip basically didn't want

to be around Bobby

So we had to conduct

our band interview

with our own manager by tape

- How do you expect to promote

the single wholeheartedly

when you won't even meet with

the band you're producing?

Skip?

- First of all, I don't expect

to promote

- Bobby's very driven

with what==

and very passionate about

his music and that's good

But I have a feeling that

over the years

that's been you know==

one of Bobby's main problems is

the freedom of Bobby

doing nothing

except sex drugs

rock and roll

I mean that is it

to a tee

And I realize

some people say

from an artistic standpoint

"Bravo" you know?

"You've got your vision

You're sticking to it"

On the other hand

you know

everyone that's been with you

has walked away over the years

or fled in terror

because they realize you're not

ever gonna compromise

or you know cooperate

I haven't talked to Bobby

in over 20 years

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