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Comment on Setting the Alice in Chains Record Straight by Donna

Donna — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:56:47 +0000

Bravo. Thank you for calling this garbage out, particularly the blatant lies told by Rubio. I’m not a journalist, but I am a ride-or-die Layne Staley fan that pays attention. I cannot believe that charges haven’t been brought upon this fraud (Adriana Rubio) for bilking people out of over $100 per copy for her Bullshit Fairy Tale. I knew that book was crap by just reading exerpts Layne supposedly said when she was promoting it (countless times in countless ways). Layne simply didn’t speak the way she quoted him, ever. Further, it was well known throughout his career that he hated interviews and he hated talking about himself, particularly about his addictions. He was so physically ill at the time she claims to have interviewed him, there is no way he would have been physically capable, or remotely interested, in laughing and carrying on a lengthy interview. No way. Sadly, anyone who has suffered from opiate addiction and concomitant illnesses brought about from long term abuse knows what calacity he was likely in. I’ve read and seen just about every piece done on Layne, particularly interviews with him, and you (the author) nailed this, in my humble opinion. She’s a joke, and a fraud, and it’s a disgrace to Layne’s memory to even open the front cover of her “novel.” Thank you for an accurate and detailed report supporting your claims. People need to see what kind of lunacy is out there and not breed ignorance by spreading false information.

Comment on Setting the Alice in Chains Record Straight by Robby

Robby — Thu, 02 May 2013 12:13:59 +0000

I have never read her book I did some research into it and nobody said anything good about it. With that said I read somewhere on the internet (I know you can’t believe everything you read on the internet) from a friend of Laynes who was kinda living with him a year or 2 before he had died that Layne only had 2 rules to living in his condo. First one was that you do not talk about his drug habit, second was absolutely no listening to any Alice in Chains. Where any of that is true or not I don’t know but say if it was, Layne definitely wouldn’t be quoting any Alice in Chains during his last months alive especially if you weren’t aloud to listen to them in his pad. I wouldn’t think he would quote their songs anyways even if he was still with the band…?

Comment on Setting the Alice in Chains Record Straight by David

David — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:02:04 +0000

Thanks… I’m still hard at work on the book. I’ll eventually make some sort of public announcement when I have more news to report about the status of the book.

Comment on Setting the Alice in Chains Record Straight by Stan

Stan — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:09:59 +0000

hello david, i have been reading up on your material and i am really looking forward to the book. can you give any updates on it?

Comment on Statement from Liz Coats by Amber

Amber — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:25:11 +0000

Thank u 4 working so hard 2 spread the truth about Layne. unfortunately i bought this book bc its all there was (as well as brandons book). i look forward 2 any new info from u. hope ur book comes soon
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Comment on Setting the Alice in Chains Record Straight by JT

JT — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:09:58 +0000

Yes, Layne was troubled, and so was Mike …..mostly by the addictions that ultimately killed them. I can’t and won’t go into it too deeply but Mike and I lived under the same roof for awhile in the early 90′s (yes I have the photos to prove it). I met Laynes mother once….she was a straight-shooter and a very nice lady who suffered hell-on-earth as any mother of a heroin addict would. The same hell-on-earth as Mikes mom Gayle. I recall asking Mike at one point why he always got so high (and/or low) all the time and he replied “I travel all over the planet and everywhere I go people give me the best drugs in the world for free! What would you do?” This was shortly after they had signed their first recording contract and were still touring europe, well before they played a tour here in the US. Instead of it improving as they got bigger and bigger it only got worse.

I was only around her a few times, but Demri was a sweetheart, and she and Layne considered themselves soul-mates.

I have to say that some “gray-areas” in Mikes story could possibly be due to the simple fact that he was SO stoned for so long that I seriouslly doubt ( and know for a fact while I was there) that he had absolutely NO clue WTF he was doing most of the time….that and the fact that he loved to fuck with peoples heads. Oh, the stories I could tell……

Comment on Setting the Alice in Chains Record Straight by Chris

Chris — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:46:06 +0000

After reading the few excerpts from Rubio’s book here, I definitely would not read it. What terrible writing! And the guy who published it actually claims to have “edited” it? Yikes! Anyway, thanks for helping to set the record straight on both the Staley and Starr “bios.” Looking forward to yours!

Comment on Sarah Palin, Paul Revere, and Revisionist History by Kelley Tobosa

Kelley Tobosa — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:10:05 +0000

Sarah palin is a great politician and she is a hard liner too in my opinion. ;

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Comment on 2012 Election Predictions by David

David — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:21:00 +0000

If Romney loses Florida (possible) and/or North Carolina (a less likely possibility), he’s done.

Comment on 2012 Election Predictions by danielfee

danielfee — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:10:53 +0000

The “Final Prediction” map is the fearless prediction that I put out there 3 weeks ago. It still looks like that is the one that will hold on election day. Although I do think there is a better chance of Obama taking Florida now as opposed to a few weeks ago. So we could be looking at 332 to 206.