Tuesday
Oct012024
What Is Motley Teasing Now?
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 11:39AM Motley Crue is teasing a big announcement for tomorrow. It is not the release of their new EP Cancelled because that is happening on October 4th. Hopefully it isn't another greatest hits package or re-release. Is it another true world tour? That would make sense with the globe in the photo
The social posts below are subtly different. I didn't even catch it at first, but the globe view does differ. I guess we will see tomorrow. I know BKallday is excited!
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Regarding John Corabi's autobiography, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades... Him wrote the following
"I should add that he and I share a connection specific to his book. I won't divulge much. But I will say this: in his youth, he encountered a truly unsavory character. And I can say that I actually exchanged several letters with said character when I was a much younger lad too. Very, very interesting. The reasons are actually quite interesting. But the exchange was, and remains, an intriguing look into the mind of a damaged person. Nuff sed."
May I take a stab in the dark...were you mentioning, by any chance, The Shoemaker?
BTW, I'm halfway through the book and it's a great read. I'll probably post more about it after I'm finished. But so far...wow, just wow.
I exchanged nearly half a dozen letters with him. And this was back in the day. They were typed. He signed them. He also included pictures. And poetry.
The book that was written about him was by the author of "Sybil," Flora Rheta Schreiber. As a youth, I was intrigued by the first. Then I read the latter. I asked my mother if I could write to him. She responded: "I am not sure that is a good thing. But, yes, go ahead." And she read every letter he sent me before I was allowed to read it. And I read all of them. And I responded, at least until there was a stop in responses. Time moved on. But I kept those letters.
I lost those letters over the years. Wish I still had them. It was a fascinating look into a person who had a horrible, horrible life . . . and then did horrible, horrible things. Thing is, he could explain them in the most amazingly banal terms. Horrifying. And then he could discuss literature, and plays, etc. He was keen on Shakespeare. Go figure?
So, yes, Fletch. You figured it out.
No embarrassment on my end about it. I am lucky I had the parents I had, as they let me explore the world I lived in, while setting obvious parameters. I know quite a few kids who, sheltered as they were back in the late-70s and early-80s, were in for a dose of reality once they stepped out of the nest. Having parents who guide you, and still trust you, is a gift.
More to the point, Jason, Michael Myers, and Freddy all competed with real-life boogeymen that were far more real and far more terrifying. Kallinger was a case in point.
I actually thought the horrible story would have made an interesting film, something along the lines of a Fincher-esque treatment (at one point, I even thought a Scorsese-like take, a la Taxi Driver, would have been a great fit).
Glad to see you posting again, Metalboy! Always love your comments.
For other BBG readers who don't know the back story, One of John Corabi's neighbors, Joe Kallinger (aka the Shoemaker) was arrested and sentenced to life in prison for murder. Prior to his arrest, John got into an "old fashioned" fist fight with Kallinger's son and threatened to "kill him" if he ever came around his neighborhood again. A couple of months later, the boy was found murdered and Corabi was called in for questioning. Obviously he wasn't charged, but a year later the boy's father was arrested for his murder as well as several others murders (and sexual assaults) in the tri-state area. It's very reminiscent of the BTK case, as authorities found a torture chamber in the the Kallinger's basement where he regularly abused his children.
Not that my following story comes even close, but in my youth, a neighbor's car was torched by my best friend, "Vic". The victim immediately fingered my friend because they were in a dispute over money. When he was brought in for questioning, he gave the police my name as his alibi. On the night in question, I was home all night with my family playing board games and celebrating a family friend's birthday. Because the police were sure that my friend committed the arson, they thought I might be an accomplice who would provide his alibi. They quickly realized I wasn't involved and my friend was sent away. To this day, he's been in/out of jail his entire life. I mostly lost touch with him after the aforementioned arson.
When I turned 16 and got a driver's license, my parents bought me a car and my friend was recently released from a juvenile facility. My parents said to me, "You can have the car and your freedom or you can have your friendship with ""Vic". I chose the car and freedom and they warned me that if they get any reports that I have Vic in the car, it'll immediately be sold and I can ride my bike instead.
Interesting how things happen over the years, but Vic's brother in law is a retired police detective. He was influential in investigating several high profile cases, including Sara Packer- who I've mentioned on here previously. Packer was an an adoption supervisor who I had "unsavory " interactions " with. She also adopted two children of her own. Years later, Her and her boyfriend raped and murdered one of her adopted children.
The police detective retired a couple of years ago and I just learned that he was recently diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and quickly deteriorated soon after his diagnosis and had been placed in hospice care. I've reached out to the family through social media as I'm still in contact with Vic's family but his condition doesn't sound good.
It's interesting to me, though, how, connections are made in this world.
Exactly