5/25/10 Send in the Clowns returns! So does Laurel Canyon! Meria & Dave McGowan. Who was Gene Clark? The Byrds; Mackenzie Phillips; David Carradine, Roman Polanski; the summer solstice and the occult in Laurel Canyon; Was Gene’s sister sacrificed on the solstice? Why the strange burial? Inbreeding; multi-generational cult; dead on the solstice; Gene’s dead body and the crowd around it; prolific songwriter, worth more dead than alive? mental illness throughout his family; 10 siblings – 7 with mental illness; Father, former military man (with mental problems); knives and guns; todays talent and celebrities – why? New Christy Minstrels gig; All the Byrds dodged the draft (so did Gene); Gene’s wife into the occult; the “Bundy Drive Boys” – who were they and what were they; Dennis Hopper & Gene – OTO members; Terry Messina – drug dealing g/f of Gene; Partying with LBJ’s daughters; dropping acid with the Beatles; David Carradine at Gene’s funeral (strange); all that and no one’s heard of Gene today….
6/22/09 Latest episode of Send in the Clowns with Meria & Dave. The saga of Laurel Canyon continues. Why has this story been hidden all these years? Dave & Laurel Canyon; Who were these people? Who were their fathers? Gene Clark – a neighbor of David Carradine in LC; Dewey Martins death; suicides by hanging; the Buffalo Springfield vs. the Monkees; the strange homes of LC; underground tunnels; Sparrows & Steppenwolf; why no Motown or black artists in Laurel Canyon? Alice Cooper & the Sunset Strip (reincarnated witch?); Who was Dr. Eugene Landy? Therapist to the stars, or handler? Who did he treat; James Taylor – former mental patient; Glen Campbell “Draft dodgers should be hung”; were they really protest songs? the riot on Sunset Strip; “Eve of Destruction”; and more.
Laurel Canyon
Gram Parsons
2/3/09 New Episode of Send In the Clowns, with Meria & Dave McGowan. Deaths of some of Dave’s characters as the story goes along; Gram Parsons bloodline, typical Laurel Canyon story; Corn Dog at Pearl Harbor; Barbara Hutton; suicides abound; Jim Morrison; Hershey; Snively; Connor Jr’s “suicide”; Ellis? Where from? Mom – alcohol poisoning; the Cambridge scene and their killer; the Boston Stranglers; DiSalvo & Manson; Albert Baez – Joan Baez’ dad; Nancy Ross; Who stole who’s girlfriend? were Gram parents swingers and alcoholics? Father committed suicide; Gram’s pals in Laurel Canyon; lots of info in this one.
Charles Manson
12/31/08 Latest episode of “Send In the Clowns” with Meria and her co-host Dave McGowan. Laurel Canyon popularity; Charles Manson – the King of Laurel Canyon? Steve Martin & Laurel Canyon; Who was Elmer Valentine?Jim Morrisons dad’s death; Doris Day, pregnant at 16; Candace Bergen & Melcher – Manson death house; Terry & Vito and the Freaks; Bruce Jonestone & Phil Spector; The Beach Boys; Lou Costello’s daughter; sexual predators “The golden penetrators”; Manson-mind control-Tate & Polanski; Were their murders staged and why? Spade Cooley -music-murder-parole-death; MK Ultra int he 60’s; Humble “Harve” Miller; David Crosby & Michael Clarke; Why Neil Young?
Laurel Canyon, California
9/19/08 All new episode of “Send In the Clowns” With Meria and her co-host Dave McGowan. Dave’s site is exploding, be patient; Obama’s missing years and Understanding the F Word; was he in grooming? the upcoming “election”; McCain’s POW years; Psycho Sarah; Who did Palin endorse? (it wasn’t McLame); the Mansons & neighboring Canyon stories; Rustic Canyon – what did Dave find? Dennis Wilson and the Mansons – what did he know and why did he die? the Nazi commune of Rustic Canyon; Charlie Manson – rock star? Who was Ed Doheny? What happened to his son? (the movie Meria tried remembering is “Rose Red” by Stephen King); Two other Laurel Canyonites: Jerry Brown and Mike Curb.
