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  -Soul Music Legend Sly Stone: Homeless and Living In a Van Amerigo Vespucci  Sep-25-11 09:15 AM   #0 
  - No, he's houseless. He's happy with his choice of home. nt  greyl   Sep-25-11 09:18 AM   #1 
  - He might not be all that happy--he probably could use some medication.  MADem   Sep-25-11 09:50 AM   #6 
     - His problem is too much medication. Reportedly.  DrunkenBoat   Sep-25-11 08:16 PM   #58 
        - Well, I'm talking about the sorts of medications that level out brain chemistry,  MADem   Sep-25-11 11:49 PM   #68 
           - I'd say that once you've used cocaine, pcp etc. near-daily for 30 years, nothing levels you out.  DrunkenBoat   Sep-26-11 02:45 AM   #69 
  - I'm speechless.  rucky   Sep-25-11 09:19 AM   #2 
  - me too. I still listen to his music. I know the area he's staying in.  Liberal_in_LA   Sep-25-11 01:58 PM   #46 
  - Hot Fun in the Summertime  Ezlivin   Sep-25-11 09:32 AM   #3 
  - Oh, Yes!...Hot Fun is a hot song...One of the best.. n/t  whathehell   Sep-25-11 12:34 PM   #34 
  - Why do artists sell their music publishing rights?  Pool Hall Ace   Sep-25-11 09:37 AM   #4 
  - They've usually overspent, need a quick infusion of cash...sometimes  MADem   Sep-25-11 09:47 AM   #5 
  - It was (still is?) common practice for a label to make the acquisition of an artist's...  MilesColtrane   Sep-25-11 12:10 PM   #27 
  - I knew Dewey Martin of Buffalo Springfield, in the late 70s...  GReedDiamond   Sep-25-11 10:39 PM   #65 
     - I just read Dewey's Wikipedia page. Very sad. :(  Pool Hall Ace   Sep-26-11 07:48 PM   #79 
        - I just read it myself, for the first time...  GReedDiamond   Sep-26-11 08:38 PM   #80 
           - Oh wow. Were you on the Gong Show appearance?  Pool Hall Ace   Sep-28-11 09:00 AM   #83 
              - If you're referring to the Gong Show appearance...  GReedDiamond   Sep-28-11 09:47 AM   #84 
  - he's probably putting on a happy face for his audience. Doubtful he is really  cutlassmama   Sep-25-11 09:57 AM   #7 
  - hard for me to feel sorry for somebody who blew through $1 million  hfojvt   Sep-25-11 09:59 AM   #8 
  - The assumption is that he is penniless since he doesn't  whistler162   Sep-25-11 10:31 AM   #9 
  - No. His "assistant and driver" is the son of a local family who lets him shower at their house.  Leopolds Ghost   Sep-25-11 10:40 AM   #14 
  - Thank you.  H2O Man   Sep-25-11 10:43 AM   #18 
  - You think 1 millions dollars can last for 20+ years?  lunatica   Sep-25-11 12:26 PM   #31 
     - I know it can  hfojvt   Sep-25-11 01:07 PM   #37 
     - Plus interest rates were really high in the 1980's  Raine   Sep-25-11 07:14 PM   #50 
     - $1 million will buy you a $4,000 per month tax free annuity for the rest of your life  Major Nikon   Sep-25-11 01:29 PM   #41 
     - Even if you just stuffed it in your mattress, that's $50,000 a year,  trackfan   Sep-25-11 01:50 PM   #43 
     - If I had a million in a lump sum  Codeine   Sep-25-11 06:03 PM   #49 
        - yes, you could and i could...but there's a mental illness problem here  pitohui   Sep-25-11 10:49 PM   #66 
  - I saw Sly in concert once...  kentuck   Sep-25-11 10:34 AM   #10 
  - Sad.  H2O Man   Sep-25-11 10:35 AM   #11 
  - He should have shown up for more of his gigs, I guess  Warpy   Sep-25-11 10:37 AM   #12 
  - Sly had a huge nervous breakdown from psychedelic drugs, didn't he?  Leopolds Ghost   Sep-25-11 10:41 AM   #16 
     - He was so erratic I don't think anybody really ever knew what the problem was  Warpy   Sep-25-11 10:49 AM   #19 
     - That thin line  H2O Man   Sep-25-11 10:59 AM   #20 
     - Drug abuse is a symptom of mental illness.  hunter   Sep-25-11 11:16 AM   #26 
        - Thank you, mental illness is sadly still stigmatized.  amyrose2712   Sep-25-11 08:06 PM   #56 
        - No, drug abuse is not necessarily a symptom of mental illness. That's just silly.  DrunkenBoat   Sep-25-11 08:18 PM   #59 
           - Drug abuse, not drug use...  hunter   Sep-25-11 10:06 PM   #60 
              - Drug use, drug abuse: neither necessarily a symptom of mental illness.  DrunkenBoat   Sep-25-11 10:13 PM   #61 
                 - So you consider drug use a moral failing?  hunter   Sep-25-11 10:22 PM   #63 
                    - I consider drug use ubiquitous to all cultures & times & see no need to frame it in  DrunkenBoat   Sep-25-11 10:34 PM   #64 
     - He's done huge amounts of blow.  MilesColtrane   Sep-25-11 12:15 PM   #28 
     - I could not find that information anywhere, and am interested. If  Zorra   Sep-25-11 12:30 PM   #33 
  - This sounds like a choice...and he clearly still has some money  ProgressiveProfessor   Sep-25-11 10:39 AM   #13 
  - Read the article again  Leopolds Ghost   Sep-25-11 10:42 AM   #17 
  - No, that's the kind of thing reporters write to give the subject  EFerrari   Sep-25-11 12:37 PM   #36 
  - I'm sad to hear that.  begin_within   Sep-25-11 10:40 AM   #15 
  - I think this is an appropriate time to listen to the following: ;_;  Leopolds Ghost   Sep-25-11 11:01 AM   #21 
  - What a tremendous talent, and a great music innovater...  Joe Fields   Sep-25-11 11:02 AM   #22 
  - Right.  H2O Man   Sep-25-11 11:03 AM   #23 
     - I smile just thinking of the tunes and the times  Warren Stupidity   Sep-25-11 12:19 PM   #29 
  - When I saw him he was so stoned he couldn't perform.  leftyladyfrommo   Sep-25-11 11:04 AM   #24 
  - very sad. nt  xchrom   Sep-25-11 11:05 AM   #25 
  - I remember that Mike Douglas (NOT Kirk's son) had him on as a co-host a time or two  BuelahWitch   Sep-25-11 12:22 PM   #30 
  - Here's Sly and the Family Stone performing on The Mike Douglas Show in 1974  cpwm17   Sep-26-11 07:00 PM   #78 
     - Thanks!  BuelahWitch   Sep-26-11 10:55 PM   #82 
  - In better days...  MilesColtrane   Sep-25-11 12:28 PM   #32 
  - I love all their songs...that group was awesome!  Catherine Vincent   Sep-26-11 04:53 PM   #73 
  - I LOVE LOVE LOVE Sly.  Gregorian   Sep-25-11 12:36 PM   #35 
  - Two of the all-time BEST Rock-Pop songs:  WinkyDink   Sep-25-11 01:11 PM   #38 
  - If this doesn't put a smile on one's face, they're already dead  Gregorian   Sep-25-11 01:18 PM   #39 
  - I miss beats like these in today's Pop music. I miss real instruments like the trumpet, too!  WinkyDink   Sep-25-11 01:22 PM   #40 
     - It's a different world now. I was a professional trumpet player once.  Gregorian   Sep-25-11 01:52 PM   #44 
        - Right on, most current music is stolen from some previous band.  sarcasmo   Sep-25-11 07:24 PM   #51 
        - You have no idea of my envy of you!! I played trombone (my father learned from Old Man Dorsey, as he  WinkyDink   Sep-26-11 06:24 PM   #77 
           - I'd have possibly spent my life as a trumpet player  Gregorian   Sep-26-11 08:54 PM   #81 
  - OMG, I used to listen to both of those over and over and  Greybnk48   Sep-25-11 08:08 PM   #57 
  - Coke must be a hellva drug..  HipChick   Sep-25-11 01:42 PM   #42 
  - Believe me, it is. I did it for a while and stopped  RebelOne   Sep-26-11 05:18 PM   #75 
  - NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Liberal_in_LA   Sep-25-11 01:55 PM   #45 
  - The comments TMZ allows to be posted, remind me of just one reason why I hate that site.  MilesColtrane   Sep-25-11 02:59 PM   #47 
  - I never read the comments...you're right, they are almost always vile.  Amerigo Vespucci   Sep-25-11 04:43 PM   #48 
     - I do appreciate it, even though it's not good news.  MilesColtrane   Sep-25-11 10:18 PM   #62 
  - Someone ought to buy him a nice tour bus to live in  htuttle   Sep-25-11 07:56 PM   #52 
  - TMZ comments? Some of the comments here are a bit bothersome too. nt  amyrose2712   Sep-25-11 08:04 PM   #53 
  - Did anyone stop and consider than he may suffer from mental illness?  devilgrrl   Sep-25-11 08:05 PM   #54 
  - sounds like a schizo affective disorder to me  pitohui   Sep-25-11 10:53 PM   #67 
  - Hey Music Lover...  SidDithers   Sep-25-11 08:05 PM   #55 
  - Attn: Lady Gaga  Laughing Mirror   Sep-26-11 08:05 AM   #70 
  - This is sad, but still, if I had a million dollars in 1984, I doubt that I'd be homeless now.  mistertrickster   Sep-26-11 09:59 AM   #71 
  - This is a lot of bunk  Catherine Vincent   Sep-26-11 04:39 PM   #72 
  - Whne was the tribute to him at the Grammys...not that long ago, I think...  joeybee12   Sep-26-11 04:54 PM   #74 
  - Update.. comments to article on another site say he's been offered help but refuses.  Liberal_in_LA   Sep-26-11 06:18 PM   #76 
 

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