Gossip in the Bakersfield and global music scene - By N.L. Belardes
Drug addict rocker Pete Doherty, the on again off again lover of Kate Moss, has been photographed doing the despicable: injecting a young girl on his kitchen floor with heroin. Oh yes, and there's a photo of him doing it too.
Now I took shit for writing about old Bakersfield rocker being a schleprock and drinking. And I can say, I was present when an 'Unnamed' group of Bakersfield rockers took some heavy doses of drugs. But this takes the cake. I should say I don't fraternize with the local drugged up rockers. That's part of why I mostly avoid Jerry's Pizza. Too many kids with glazed over eyes for my taste. And I don't hang out with those rockers anymore; one time was enough. Keep the drugs away from me.
And no, I don't think everyone at Jerry's ala the Pizza-a-go-go is addicted to drugs. Drugs are a huge problem in not just American society, but the world. I worked in factories for years as a youngster and saw people doing drugs all the time to stay awake, or just because they had no direction in life but a dead end factory job. Drugs helped those schleprocks pass their boring lives. Or so they think. I believe drugs just sunk them further in pits of despair, seeped and drowning quagmires of lifelessness in a world of drugged up carelessness. One guy was busted for drugs after accidentally dropping the forks of a forklift on another guy's foot. Ouch. A month later I read about the druggie getting knifed in a Tehachapi prison. That's real world stuff, kids.
One Sun reader writes, "If that girl were my daughter lying there on the floor, Pete's fans would not have to worry about him killing himself with an overdose."
Maybe there should be a doping law in rock and roll. I mean, aren't they role models too? Sorry, you are banned from three gigs at Gigantic Vintage.
What would you do if that were your kid and you saw that photo on the Internet? Does this happen in Bakersfield? What percentage do you think there might be of such a drug problem in the Bakersfield rock scene compared to an LA or a London rock scene?
Now I took shit for writing about old Bakersfield rocker being a schleprock and drinking. And I can say, I was present when an 'Unnamed' group of Bakersfield rockers took some heavy doses of drugs. But this takes the cake. I should say I don't fraternize with the local drugged up rockers. That's part of why I mostly avoid Jerry's Pizza. Too many kids with glazed over eyes for my taste. And I don't hang out with those rockers anymore; one time was enough. Keep the drugs away from me.
And no, I don't think everyone at Jerry's ala the Pizza-a-go-go is addicted to drugs. Drugs are a huge problem in not just American society, but the world. I worked in factories for years as a youngster and saw people doing drugs all the time to stay awake, or just because they had no direction in life but a dead end factory job. Drugs helped those schleprocks pass their boring lives. Or so they think. I believe drugs just sunk them further in pits of despair, seeped and drowning quagmires of lifelessness in a world of drugged up carelessness. One guy was busted for drugs after accidentally dropping the forks of a forklift on another guy's foot. Ouch. A month later I read about the druggie getting knifed in a Tehachapi prison. That's real world stuff, kids.
One Sun reader writes, "If that girl were my daughter lying there on the floor, Pete's fans would not have to worry about him killing himself with an overdose."
Maybe there should be a doping law in rock and roll. I mean, aren't they role models too? Sorry, you are banned from three gigs at Gigantic Vintage.
What would you do if that were your kid and you saw that photo on the Internet? Does this happen in Bakersfield? What percentage do you think there might be of such a drug problem in the Bakersfield rock scene compared to an LA or a London rock scene?
This entry was posted by N.L. Belardes, on
Friday, April 28, 2006.
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That picture is sooo shocking and outrageous! That guy should be shot!
I just can't grasp what his goal was, I mean the girl was already comatose..hes a sick sumbitch and for all their liberal-ness I hope the U.K. hangs him.
Pete definetly has drug problems, He always has even when he was in the Liberteins. I hope he can kick his crack/coke/heroin addiction, but probably not till he almost kills himself.
theDale
another year
Damn... the link to the photo is dead now.
What does the Kate Moss story have to do with Bakersfield?
If you can't see the point of the article, I don't know what to tell ya...
Gossip... that's what I always thought it was. No way are 5th and 6th graders smoking pot in the bathroom, or doing crank by 8th grade. Right? I mean... right? Being a mother of two very stable, productive teenagers.. well... I can shock you with the stories they have come home with.
Mom, remember my best friend from 3rd grade? I don't hang out with him anymore because he started doing drugs.
Mom, guess who got expelled from school for possesion of ecstasy? Lily, my friend with her other group of friends.
What does this story have to do with Bakersfield? This stuff happens everywhere. Even in our little Bakers Patch. Take care of your children. And don't think it can't happen to you. Stories and pictures like that should be eye openers and conversations starters in your homes. With your children, your nieces, nephews, whatever.
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