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Helter Skelter shelter 10066 Cielo Drive used to be numbered 10050, the original house razed, a new one built on the grounds, but the creepy vibes are definitely still here. And the sickos show up to be photographed before these locked gates. This photo was taken Aug. 9, 2009, on the 40th anniversary of the Manson kilings. Photograph by Christie Mullikin Jones, my equally ghouish sister.
Home, flippin' sweet, home Sitting on steps of Napoleon Dynamite's "house" in Preston, Idaho, April 7, 2009. The real owner allowed us to photograph her home, explaining we were among the thousands of people who've sought out the humble brick farmhouse over the years. Photo by Brendan Patrick Mullikin
Nix on that John Dean (left), White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973. Convicted of multiplefelonies as a result of Watergate, he went on to become a key witness for the prosecution, resulting in a reduction of his time in jail. Upon hearing that my cocker spaniel is named Checkers -- after Nixon's famous cocker spaniel -- Mr. Dean's smile turns icy. Photo taken at Bear Pond Books in Montpelier, Vt., Oct. 6, 2006. Photographer unknown
Acid reflux Las Vegas' Fremont Street hosted Woodstock TributePalooza on the 40th anniversary of the original festival. Modern technology made it possible for this fringed-jacketed time traveler to attend both events simultaneously. Photograph by Christie Mullikin Jones
Paparrazi take note Tickling the ivories with jazz pianist Lisa Hilton Sept. 3, 2009, at Catalina's Bar & Grill on Sunset Blvd. I know a fine way to play a Steinway.
Not Peter and Gordon People were always confusing Chad and Jeremy (above) with Peter and Gordon (not above). Patrick, Jeremy and Chad mug for the camera following their Nov. 8, 2009, concert at Citrus College in Glendora, Calif. They still sound great -- just like in 1964. Photograph by Christie Mullikin Jones
A couple of swells Actor Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs, Free Willy) and Patrick get close and personal at the actor's 51st birthday party on Oct. 30, 2009, at Matteo's Restaurant in Westwod, Calif. I appear, sporadically, in an edgy YouTube clip of the event, skulking around in the background, Zelig-like, with Chinatown actor Bruce Glover and his wife, Betty. Had I known the dress code I would have worn my ruffled shirt, too. Madsen said I looked like the old actor Stuart Granger. Photograph by Michael Naughton
Hooray for Hollyweird Dec. 5, 2009: The Museum of Death at 6031 Hollywood Blvd. is run by a guy named James Dean Healy and is chock-full of horrifying memorabilia and photos, including an entire room devoted to Charles Manson and the original dysfunctional Family. (Every home should have a Charles Manson room.) I traded Healy one Got Grammar? button for two Museum of Death buttons. Forty-eight-year-old Healy says he plans to be mummified once he leaves this mortal plane. If you visit, be sure to look for the original clown painting by John Wayne Gacy. Hmmm? James Dean Healy? John Wayne Gacy? Yikes! Get me the hell out of here. Photograph by Christie Mullikin Jones, my equally ghouish sister.
 An on her indeed Aug. 5, 2010: In appreciation for a piece I wrote about him, muralist Andrew Sabori added my sullen likeness to a mural outside the Big Four Ranch in Ely, Nev. The woman to my left is one of the girls, Jodi, who worked at this brothel. The mural also includes a rendering of Dashiell Hammett, so I’m in pretty good company. My friend Glenn Jochum made the worst pun about children conceived at houses of prostitution, dubbing them "Brothel Sprouts." Photographer unknown
Fonda Jane? 74 years old and looking good, Jane. Looking good. Ms. Fonda drew the biggest crowd Oct. 2, 2011, at the L.A. Women’s Expo. She was somewhat bemused when I gave her a “I’m Fonda Jane” button. “I’ll give it to my boyfriend,” she said. Photographer unknown
The Powers that be Stefanie Powers cringed a little when I put my arm around her for this photo Oct. 2, 2011, at the LA Women’s Expo. And because she is a friend of Jane Fonda I gave her a “I’m Fonda Jane” button. She acted as if it were radioactive. Photographer unknown
Marcia, Marcia, Marcia Former L.A. Deputy District Attorney Marcia Clark was nice enough to pose for a photo Oct. 2, 2011, at the L.A. Women’s Expo. We make a handsome couple, I think, with our matching beauty marks and arched eyebrows. Photographer unknown
The Motherlode Ray Collins, founding member/vocalist of the Mothers of Invention, poses, reluctantly, Oct. 22, 2011, for a photo in Claremont, Calif., where he resides. Collins sang falsetto backup vocals for various doo-wop groups in the Los Angeles area in the late 1950s and early 1960 before joining Jimmy Carl Black, Roy Estrada and Frank Zappa in 1964 to form The Soul Giants, precursor to the Mothers of Invention. Photographer unknown
A change of Lennon This John Lennon wannabe (from the waist up at least) was among the hundreds of protesters who'd taken over Los Angeles City Hall, Oct. 23, 2011, as part of the worldwide 99 percent movement. "Lennon's" button reads "Nowhere Man." Yoko, by the way, was nowhere to be seen. Oh, no! Could it be her absence was yet another example of Ono's legendary performance art. Photographer unknown
Got Dead?
Make no bones about it. These two participants in the 12th annual Dia De Los Muertos event at the Hollwood Forever Cemetery were a calcified crowd pleaser. "La Catrina" is my sister, Christie. I was trying to look like Pepe Lopez, of tequila fame, though I look a little like Andy Panda, a contemporary of Woody Woodpecker. Photograph by Dororthy Wallace
Boycott meets girl Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association, spoke at the Oct. 29-30 GreenFestival in Los Angeles, wearing the Got Muertos? button I gave her. Huerta directed the UFW’s national grape boycott, which resulted in the California table grape industry signing a three-year collective baraining agreement with the United Farm Workers in 1970. Photographer unknown
Patrick Timothy Mullikin 1274 N. College Ave. Claremont, CA 91711 | | Rogues' Gallery A collection of photos with the rich, famous and infamous, along with places and things of interest. Newer entries are at the bottom of the page.
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