ABSTRACT
In his autobiography, John Densmore (1991), the drummer for the rock group the Doors, recounts an anecdote concerning an early television appearance by the group, probably in 1967. Having taped an appearance on a variety show, the Doors wanted to be able to watch themselves on television. They therefore requested that a set be placed in their backstage dressing room the night their performance was to be broadcast. Because their segment had not yet come on when they were ready to begin their concert, they took the television set onstage with them, perching it atop an amplifier with the volume turned off. When the Doors finally appeared on the television, they stopped playing midsong, turned up the television volume, and sat on the floor of the stage watching themselves, their backs to the audience. When their segment was over, they resumed playing.
