TROY MARTIN SINGS ROCKY HORROR - "Didn't We Pass A Castle?"

The Crossroads Of The World is located at 6671 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.
This is where we had our Transylvanian Party Castle.
And it's the place where I learned a LOT about people, poverty, and "the business".
Other than it being a place to stay in Hollywood, my living situation pretty much sucked.
At times, I was an emotional wreck because I was so broke all the time.
But it was also here that some wonderful things that happened to me.
I must admit, I did enjoy being recognized from the show while walking down Sunset Blvd.

Built in 1936 by Robert V. Derrah, Crossroads was one of the first open-aired shopping centers in the United States.
It looks like an ocean liner surrounded by a small village of cottage-style bungalows.
I always called it our "Transylvanian Fishing Village".
(Which makes no sense, since Transylvania is land-locked...but it sounded cool.)
Today it's private offices, just as it it was when we invaded the complex in April 1981.

Hale, Jason, and I opened up Van Nuys Freight & Supply Co. at the complex as a telephone sales boiler room.
Our neighbors were The Knack, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, and Andrew Gold.
Since we were all ROCKY HORROR fans, it became "Rocky HQ" for The Tiffany cast.
We had some hellacious parties.
The booze flowed, and the reefers were always lit. Quaaludes, cocaine, and LSD were other favorites.

We had 2 adjoining rooms. The main office, and a larger room with tables and telephones.
The main room was where all the fun usually took place, and the other room was the "Private Area."
We strived at all times to keep it all fun.
And of course, there was the music.

I remember sitting in the office one night, tripping on LSD.
Rodney On The Roq was on the radio with The Go-Go's as his guests.
They were being really obnoxious & funny...something about horses on the beach.
Rodney also played the B-52's "Party Mix" EP for the first time.
That tripped me out...I was so used the original versions of the songs and unprepared for the re-mixed versions.
It was the first time that LSD had really "blown my mind".
I sat on the couch and watched the walls melt. I laughed a lot that day.

Down the street was the Florentine Gardens, where I saw numerous punk shows.
Most notably, X, Circle Jerks, Dead Kennedys, The Gears, Mission Of Burma, and Green On Red.
Everyone was welcome, although I did have to throw out Buddy Miles.
I don't care if he played with Jimi Hendrix. He was a loud-mouthed douche bag and a bully.

In July 1981, Rick Sloane produced, wrote, and directed "Clown Whores Of Hollywood".
We shot most of it outside Crossroads in about 3 hours.
Rick later integrated this into his first feature, "Blood Theater".
It was the first film I ever did. That's me getting the pie in the face.

"CLOWN WHORES OF HOLLYWOOD"
ALISON ARNGRIM, TROY MARTIN, JOANNA MORALES
DIRECTED BY RICK SLOANE
MAKEUP BY RICHARD GIFFORD
Hollywood - 1981

Richard & I also appeared in "Invasion Of The Garter Belts", which Rick also wrote and directed.
He would later show these films at his ROCKY HORROR Conventions.

"INVASION OF THE GARTER BELTS"
RICHARD GIFFORD, TROY MARTIN
DIRECTED BY RICK SLOANE
Hollywood - 1981

It was at Crossroads that I fell in love for the very first time in my life. I mean really fell in love.
I was walking air and on Top Of The World. My life was perfect.

And then it got weird.

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