Mr. Mojo Risin

When I was in high school I did a book report on a biography of Jim Morrison, which happened to be written by his bandmate and friend, John Densmore. This started what has turned into a life-long love of this band. I read all the books about them. I have all their music. I have seen the Doors movie so many times I have lost track. If I could have lived back in that time, I would have been a groupie. Not one of those groupies, just a music groupie, I swear.

Although I do love Jim Morrison, he has this gravitational pull about him that makes you both love him and feel a bit sorry for him all at once; what drew me more to The Doors was the band dynamic itself. Jim was a hot mess if there ever was one. Without the massive amount of drugs and alcohol, he probably wasn't all that talented. The rest of the band was insanely talented, both individually and as a whole. One of their biggest talents as a whole was the ability to keep up with Jim, who never could quite do things the right way.

Anyway, the reason today's post is about The Doors is because of the movie "When You're Strange", a new documentary about The Doors that was recently out in select theaters only; however, if you were lucky you could catch it on the PBS show American Masters, which I did. I loved the documentary. There were a few things about The Doors that I didn't know (where the name Mr. Mojo Risin' came from). There were also things that I had forgotten, but was glad to be reminded of again. Watching the documentary made me miss my old obsession. One that had been put to rest many years ago. So, I today set my I-pod playlist to "The Doors" and had myself a rock out session in honor of this band. Keep on risin'.