Don’t worry, mates, for this post contains no actual picture of Pete Doherty naked. This is merely a discussion of how someone happened to catch a glimpse of our antihero in the buff…
As discussed once before, Duff McKagen has been not only pursuing musical life after Guns ‘n’ Roses (and Velvet Revolver… are they still together?) but has been writing a weekly column for Seattle Weekly. While some of his columns do lack a certain self-awareness, the bloke is mostly lucid and, obviously, enjoys the benefit of a competent editor. Generally speaking, Duff’s writing voice is a candid and rather enjoyable one, and his latest piece describes the very odd sights of London:
​As I stated last week, my band Loaded is back on tour and back in the UK, where we have been reasonably well received this year. We have a new drummer, Isaac Carpenter, who has never been to Europe or the UK…cool.
I knew there was something I liked about Isaac other than his incredible musicianship. I flew here from L.A. while the rest of the band flew in from Seattle. (I arrived hours after them.) I asked Isaac how his first transatlantic flight was, and he replied that he was teary the whole flight because he watched It’s a Wonderful Life and Good Will Hunting on the trip. It’s a Wonderful Life is my all-time favorite movie, which in itself probably speaks volumes about my imagined romantic ideals. We are on a ferry now from Scotland to Northern Ireland, and Isaac and I are unashamedly discussing the pros of The Notebook.
On Isaac’s first morning in London, he noticed a naked and blanketed drunk man falling off a tour bus down near where our gear was to be picked up (a semi-famous rehearsal and storage facility named John Henry’s). The naked man then got into a cab with two ladies. Isaac realized it was none other than Pete Doherty. A good first day in England, I would say. Definitely something to write home about.
Duff seems a bit too excited about the vision of a naked Pete Doherty, but I’m actually more disturbed by his choice of reading material. Dude used to be such a badass.
