I'd Lie Too If It Meant I'd Be A Guitar Deity

Jimi Lied! The Shirker!
Guitar God Jimi Hendrix lied and said he was gay in order not to go to war.
So says this AP report .

Hendrix's subterfuge, contained in his military medical records, is revealed for the first time in Charles R. Cross' new biography, "Room Full of Mirrors." Publicly, Hendrix always claimed he was discharged after breaking his ankle on a parachute jump, but his medical records do not mention such an injury.

In regular visits to the base psychiatrist at Fort Campbell, Ky., in spring 1962, Hendrix complained that he was in love with one of his squad mates and that he had become addicted to masturbating, Cross writes. Finally, Capt. John Halbert recommended him for discharge, citing his "homosexual tendencies."

Hendrix's legendary appetite for women negates the notion that he might have been gay, Cross writes. Nor, Cross says, was his stunt politically motivated: Contrary to his later image, Hendrix was an avowed anti-communist who exhibited little unease about the escalating U.S. role in Vietnam.

He just wanted to escape the Army to play music — he had enlisted to avoid jail time after being repeatedly arrested in stolen cars in Seattle, his hometown.

Well Jimi, Guitar-boys and Guitar-gals all around the world still salute ya!

Adventures In iComposition-Land
I was farting around on the site today and decided to check just who the most 'postal' of the members might be. Well, powermac99 led the way with over 1000 posts, but that was to be expected. The artist-user who truly posted a lot was Neumuzik, also with well over 1000 posts. then, there was the usual garrulous gaggle of folks coming in at over 500 posts. Amazingly, I clocked in at no.33 out of 23,000 users with 279 posts.

I had no idea I was that 'visible', which is to say, not much at all. But an outside observer might see me as being very active on the site. For a comparison, Pharmakeus clocked in at no.99 with 120 or so posts. So the amount of activity is essentially concentrated to about approximately 200-300 users, even though the membership stretches out to 23,000 or so as we speak.
Anyway, I thought people might find that tidbit of information interesting. I'm just going to keep posting up stuff.