I saw this news story about renewed interest in Jim Morrison’s death while researching online today. Sam Bernett, a former nightclub manager in France, has released a new book, The End: Jim Morrison, detailing what he claims is the truth about the night the legendary singer died. Apparently, the book is soon to be published.
It’s anyone’s guess how relevant this new story will be to the debate, but I immediately checked out some books of Jim’s published poetry which include some journal entries.
Wilderness: The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison, Volume 1
Lords and New Creatures
The American Night: Writings of …read more

One of the reasons I enjoy keeping a journal is the privacy allowed within the pages. I can be boring, write badly, rave and rant, if I want to and no one else needs to know. If I write the same in a personal blog I can never permit myself to be so banal.
Is this the same for you? Do you keep an online journal/blog? How much do you reveal?
This entry was prompted by reading Mark Savage’s column at BBC News. In particular this part caught my eye:
“What personal bloggers are writing is more than a diary, …read more

Catherine Jones of Western Mail asks some interesting questions about why people decide to write their thoughts and feelings down in a journal. She examines the recent published entries from the diaries of the secretary of England’s Deputy Prime Minister. Catherine berates the secretary’s journal entries as banal and “excruciating.” The secretary was having an affair with the Deputy Prime Minister, yet mentions how much she slept at night and other mundane moments of life, rather than revealing juicy information about their elicit affair.
While the need for detail is necessary for great journal writing, a certain amount of boring …read more