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18 Year old Axl Rose Mug shots…

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He sure looked a lot different back then and even though he was getting arrested he was proabably more “saner” than he is now…chuck

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Posted by Chuck Gee - October 21, 2010 at 7:24 AM

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R.I.P. Bob Guccione

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I found your Penthouse magazine to be very “informative” as a young 12 year old kid….I loved the articles and the wisdom that you shared with the world month after month…I would study those ‘articles’ over and over… We used to keep a stash of them down by the train depot in a cardboard box under the loading dock since my Mom clearly wouldn’t understand the enlightning knowledge I was receiving from Penthouse..

In reality, I always went straight for the centerfold like every other normal kid:) And then I would move on to “Dear Penthouse”…. I never thought any of those stories were made up and I couldn’t believe all the luck these people were having while I was just still just an awkward alone “practicing” lad… You sure helped alot of arm wrestlers too…chuck

DALLAS — Bob Guccione tried the seminary and spent years trying to make it as an artist before he found the niche that Hugh Hefner left for him in the late 1960s. Where Hefner’s Playboy magazine strove to surround its pinups with an upscale image, Guccione aimed for something a little more direct with Penthouse.

More explicit nudes. Sensational stories. Even more sensational letters that began, “Dear Penthouse, I never thought I’d be writing you…”

It worked for decades for Guccione, who died Wednesday in Texas at the age of 79. He estimated that Penthouse earned $4 billion during his reign as publisher. He was listed in the Forbes 400 ranking of wealthiest people with a net worth of about $400 million in 1982.

In 1984 it was the magazine that took down Miss America, publishing nude pictures of Vanessa Williams, the first black woman to hold the title. Williams, who went on to fame as a singer and actress, was forced to relinquish her crown after the release of the issue, which sold nearly 6 million copies and reportedly made $14 million.

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Posted by Chuck Gee - October 21, 2010 at 5:07 AM

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I am so over Bret Michaels news, are you?

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He’s a news whore…

POISON singer Bret Michaels‘ new VH1 reality series, “Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It”, premiered this past Monday and right out of the gate became the highest-rated program of the night. The show, which showcases the 47-year-old rocker’s life with his two daughters — Jorja, 5, and Raine, 10 — and Kristi Gibson, the mother of Michaels‘ kids, with whom he has been together on and off since 1993, quickly made its way to the top of VH1 with viewers as well as message-board activity and episode video clip downloads at VH1.com.

In a recent interview with MTV News, Michaels stated about the new series, “The inspiration for the new show was simple. Even when I was doing [the hit VH1 show] ‘Rock of Love’ … I wanted to do ‘Celebrity Apprentice’, to raise awareness for the American Diabetes Association and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation,” Michaels said. “And I’m so lucky I got to go over there and do it. And from that, the idea for this show was sort of spawned. … It’s a great balance between my passion and love for my family and my passion and love for being on the road. And they’re two different ends of the spectrum, and then you watch it collide, and the whole show is about finding that balance.”

He added, “Initially, [VH1] wanted me to do a show called ‘Rock Of Love Boat’, but I came to them with this idea, and they were interested. I said, ‘Listen, sometimes it’s going to be exciting, and sometimes it’s going to be me, scooping up dog poop … that’s life.’ And I think the authenticity of it is what people are really going to love. They’re going to see me as both a parent and a dad and also being on the road, rocking it.”