I always liked Martha ... she was my favorite character on The Goonies .. LOL and I loved her on The Mosquito Coast with River too .. I can't recall why they actually broke up, but I think I remember reading somewhere they stayed really good friends .. and talked all the time .. he would call her up when he was having "girl" issues, etc ..
Hmmmm .. good question .. I used to spend a lot of time at the River site "Rios Attic" a while back, but I never came across anything .. that place just got way too weird for me though .. I will have to look up some stuff now!! I am curious .. I just know she had said stuff like that about how they were still close up until he died .. I bet Martha was heartbroken just the same!!
Ah ha .. this was on Wiki about Martha and River:
"Their relationship later ended due to Plimpton's objection to his recreational drug use, which claimed his life in 1993."
Per imdb, he died 11 days before filming was completed, but apparently there was still a lot of missing footage and the movie was scrapped. The director owns the footage and said he might one day use it to do a documentary on River. There are some short clips from the movie on youtube, but I haven't seen them and I'm not sure where they came from.
I went to Gainesville again this weekend and got another picture with what I think is River's ghost. This one was outside of a bar that his band used to play at - it has a different name now, but is the same building. I had a feeling I would capture something here, and I did. It isn't an orb or anything...it is a real image. I will try to post it if I can - but it has to magnified a little or you can't really see the image. Freaky. The last ghost picture I got of him was totally recognizable...both my sister and my mom saw his image in the pic right away. Which is awesome because I thought I was losing my mind at first!I wasn't sure if I should share because the pictures are extremely special to me, but I am just really excited.
One was on my phone so I have to figure out how to get it on here, and I just tried to upload the one from this past weekend,but it doesn't work because it needs to be blown up a lot. It just looks grainy and pixel-y when I try to make it bigger. If I upload it as a regular size picture you guys won't see the image since it is in the background. I am bad with all of this uploading stuff, maybe my husband can help me or something!
Last edited by riverchick23; 08-11-2008 at 06:33 PM.
Was Al Jourgensen and Flea in River's company at the Viper Room?
I watched it recently and still think he's hot in it. I watched part of some stupid movie Christian Bale was in when he was a teenager and was thinking the same thing... lol. Both are (would be) older than me.
Flea was, don't know about Al. I thought the rumor was that Flea sold him the shit that killed him.
Cindy, that could be the one .. I just thought it was Rio's Attic .. I know his band was Alecka's Attic .. but I could be wrong! And yes, it was weird .. talk about really overly obsessed people, but to each his own!
Hahahahaha .. I think the same thing too about Christian Bale .. I was 13 when I saw "Empire of the Sun" and that's when I became a CB fan!! And I still think he is a cutie when I watch that movie (even though he is 13 in it.. LOL) but thats how old he was when I first saw him, so the memory stays!
And I do think Flea was there .. I don't remember hearing about Al though ..
PS .. I just figured out how to multi-quote!! Go me!! LOL
River's birthday is coming up this weekend. How sad.Wonder what he would look like.
Yep!! The 23rd .. I always remember that day .. I do wonder what he would look like .. BTW, did Riverchick ever post any of those pics she took of his "ghost"??
A better scolding would be for folks to read an entire thread before posting. This thread hasn't been off topic in months.
God I miss him. I too wonder what he would be like today!
Yeah! I think LSF and I have done a great job at doing that!! LOL ..
So, staying on the topic of River, and sorry if this has been discussed before, what are some favorite lines from movies, or scenes?
Oh, I have tons .. but I think my favorites are:
Running on Empty - I love the part when he goes to Lorna's (Martha Plimpton) bedroom to wake her up to spill his secret .. and then just how sweet he sounds and when he tells her he loves her .. and then the "get it on" .. LOL
Stand by Me - I love, love, love the look on his face and the way he says, "Not if I see you first" at the end before he fades away .. *tear* ..
Essential reading for you all...
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http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=73106&origin
Nice little quiz on his life
Happy early birthday, River!!! I love you, angel.It's almost unreal.
Maybe I can get one of the pictures that I have up on his b-day. I am still skeptical about putting it all out there, though. They just mean so much to me and I don't know if I want them floating around the internet, know what I mean? I just want you guys to know that I'm not full of crap about these pics, they are just very special to me.
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Happy Birthday River.
he would have been 38 tomorrow.
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Happy "38th" birthday, River!
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Didn't know that was a thing...
Happy Birthday River!! We miss you!!
I've been thinking about you all day River.Can't believe you'd be 38.
In celebration of River's birthday....
Here is a link to Aleka's Attic myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/alekasatticzero
Happy Birthday River! You are greatly missed..... I still think about you often...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIWKBblPz0U Here's a clip from the movie Silent Tongue
For those of you who get HBO, they will be showing "The Thing Called Love" at various times, today. (August 29th.)
"So many faces in and out of my life. Some will last, some will just be now and then. Life is a series of Hellos and Goodbyes, I'm afraid it's time for Goodbye again. "
I miss River Phoenix. I thought he was very talented. I've seen Stand By Me and The Thing Called Love, but I haven't seen any of his other films. Joaquin has made a big name for himself. I'm sure his brother would be proud.
I especially enjoyed Running on Empty. He was so gorgeous and such a talent, it's sad he wasted his short life on drugs. I hate it so, I do. I hate drugs and I hate the people who sell them (I'm not talking about weed here.) It's the hard stuff. Sell it and you are selling misery and death.
Last edited by cindyt; 08-29-2008 at 01:41 PM.
All of River's movies are painfully hard for me to watch.
But particularly The Thing Called Love.
Hearing him sing with that wonderful voice he had breaks my heart.![]()
He looks nothing like Joaquin. Do they have different fathers?
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
it wasnt unlimited quantities of drugs that did him in it was one potent fix.
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
I don't understand,people know that a speedball can kill you,so why do they try it?