Victor Bockris on People's Court!!!

For discussion of all aspects of the New York legends.
User avatar
MJG196
Born to Lose
Posts: 2089
Joined: 11 May 2004 11:54
Location: Northern Virginia, USA
Contact:

Victor Bockris on People's Court!!!

Post by MJG196 »

Today on the The People's Court, Roberta Bailey (who?) and Victor Bockris faced off!

Bockris was being sued by Bailey for failure to repay a loan dealing w/ co-write credits to a Patti Smith biog. Legs McNeil was a witness for the defendant. Bockris looked AWFUL - sort of like Dudley Moore on a bad day. He looked drunk, hunched over the podium, unkempt and shaking with greasy hair.

Long story short, Bockris lost to the tune of $5,140. At the end when the litigants are interviewed, Legs asked if Judge Milian was married!

For those who dont know, Bockris wrote Lou Reed's "unofficial" biog, "Transformer," as well as an Andy Warhol biog.
Last edited by MJG196 on 14 Sep 2005 11:58, edited 1 time in total.
Bargain bin gold, favorite bands, concerts, photos, and my record collection: All Good Music
Changeling
Head held high
Posts: 397
Joined: 18 May 2004 15:26
Location: Boston Tea Party

Post by Changeling »

that is a riot.

He also helped write What's Welsch For Zen w/ John Cale
"Aw, You shouldn't do that. Don't you know you'll stain the carpet?"
arjan
I'm Set Free
Posts: 716
Joined: 08 Mar 2004 08:55

Re: Victor Bockris on People's Court!!!

Post by arjan »

mg196 wrote:For those who dont know, Bockris wrote Lou Reed's "unofficial" biog, "Transformer," as well as an Andy Warhol biog.
Changeling wrote:He also helped write What's Welsh For Zen w/ John Cale
Yes, and also Up-Tight with Gerard Malanga. Quite an important source of info. re. the VU (although one must be careful when all information comes from quasi one source).
sars
Head held high
Posts: 296
Joined: 12 Aug 2004 00:10
Location: utah

Post by sars »

oh my god, that's so funny. Bockris is like king of the hangers on.
بلادي بلادي الطيبة موسوع
marymight
Posts: 7
Joined: 06 Mar 2004 17:47

Post by marymight »

This is not only hilarious, but so appropriate. Thanks for the humorous and insightful report, mg!
Post Reply