The Imbiber was chatting with JD Fortune at Hollywood’s House of Blues a few hours after he’d been chosen in front of a national TV audience to be the lead singer of INXS.
“If there are words to describe this feeling, I can’t find them right now,” offered Fortune, who grew up in Canada idolizing the multi-platinum band that was once fronted by the late Michael Hutchence. I hadn’t asked JD to share his feelings, but if he needed to put that out there, well, who was I to quibble? To be honest, I was just hoping to have a few drinks on the band’s tab, maybe score some babes by association. What a life, eh? From here on out, JD Fortune gets to party like a rock star FOR A LIVING! Talk about your killer benefits packages.
After JD left me to go make time with an undernourished model, I made my way over to INXS guitarist Tim Farriss. I asked him if he could recall some of the wild times he’s had being a part of one of the world’s most famous bands, and he told me that the best nights were usually the ones he couldn’t remember. “But there was this one time in Paris …” he said, and I’ll leave out the rest since this is a family newspaper. Seriously, I gotta learn how to play an instrument. Dave Navarro no doubt could tell some pretty crazy stories, too, but Carmen Elektra was by his side at the “Rockstar” shindig so I thought better of asking.
There’s a point, of course, to all this party talk and name dropping and that point is that I am having a much better time than most of you … no, wait, that’s not it – the point is a shot recipe with a name that could make even Tim Farriss turn red. “(Bleeped) by a Rockstar” ■ 1 oz. Pravda vodka ■ half-ounce Triple Sec ■ half-ounce Rockstar energy drink Pour ingredients into 2 oz. shot glass and slam it. (Thirsty for more Imbiber? Pull up a barstool at www.TheImbiber.com)
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 23, 2005. Read the original PDF.