Sunday, August 14, 2005

Sons of Lee Marvin

For all the conspiracy theory secret society folks out there, check out the Sons of Lee Marvin:

"A secret organization exists called The Sons of Lee Marvin - it includes myself, Tom Waits, John Lurie, and Richard Bose. We're initiating Nick Cave into it too. There are many honorary members too. I have a good story about it. Six months ago Tom Waits was in a bar somewhere like Sonoma County in Northern California, and the bartender said, 'You're Tom Waits, right? A guy over there wants to talk to you.' So Tom started getting a little aggressive: 'What the fuck do you want to talk to me about? I don't know you.' And the guy said, 'What is this bullshit about the Sons of Lee Marvin?' Tom said, 'Well it's a secret organization and I'm not supposed to talk about it.' The guy said, 'I don't like it.' Tom said, 'What's it to you?' The guy said, 'I'm Lee Marvin's son' - and he really was. He thought it was insulting, but it's not, it's completely out of respect for Lee Marvin."

Jim Jarmusch: "Jim Jarmusch's Guilty Pleasures:" Film Comment, May-June, 1992, pp 35-37.

1 comment:

greatwhitebear said...

LOL..great story!