Sunday Idol #2 – Miss Pamela
Miss Pamela (aka Pamela Des Barres or Pamela Miller) is a rocker girl, music muse and supergroupie. She dated Mick Jagger, Keith Moon, Jim Morrison and Jimmy Page, to name a few, and hung out with all the cool music folks from the 60s and 70s. She is my greatest life and style inspiration, and that’s why she’s here at Sunday Idols.
Why you should love her: Have I mentioned she dated Mick Jagger? Yeah, I thought so.; She was free-spirited and did whatever she wanted to do. She once spent the night waiting outside the house The Beatles were staying, just to catch a glimpse of John leaving on their limo.; She got everything she could ever want: she met some of The Beatles, and she dated the guys she dreamed of dating when she was just a high school girl.; Her fashion sense was incredible. She would mix beautiful gowns with bracelets from the $1 shop, and look absolutely fabulous; She was part of Frank Zappa’s girl group The GTOs, who were all about being revolutionary girls in the music scene; She was one of the world’s first supergroupies; She searched for spirituality all through her life, in multiple ways, and came to very interesting conclusions; She wrote 4 books (I’m with the band, Let’s spend the night together, Rock Bottom and Take another piece of my heart), and the two I read were incredibly amazing. I can’t wait to buy the other two!; She still updates her blog with stories about her 61-year-old rock’n'roll life; She’s a huge fan of Jack White; She’s a breast cancer survivor; She visits James Dean’s grave once a year; She was also stunningly beautiful; Well, you know, she’s just absolutely amazing.
Random Fact: She tried to pursue an acting carreer, and got a part at Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels.
How to celebrate her: Go to a rock concert (bonus points if you can sneak in backstage and actually talk/make friends/sleep with someone in the band); Sleep with a musician; Listen to The Who, The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Frank Zappa & The Mothers of invention, The GTOs, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Gram Parsons, The White Stripes, The Dead Wheather and basically anything rock’n'roll; Draw hearts and/or stars on your face and go out; Dance, dance, dance; Write a book (or a chapter, or a short story) about your life, specially the juicy details; Dress up in crazy ways, go out and meet your friends; Call all your girl friends “Miss” and all your guy friends “Mr.”; Watch some rock’n'roll documentaries, such as Groupies, Plaster Caster or Mayor of the Sunset Strip; Watch James Dean’s movies; Hang out with your friends, listen to great music, write in your journals and gossip about boys; Make a list of people you’d like to meet/hang out with/make out with. Then try to make it happen; Tip: Her birthday is September 9th.
More Miss Pam: Her Myspace profile; Her website; Her blog.
novembro 10th, 2009 at 10:20 am
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