How successful can you become writing faux white-reggae hits for bong-packing snowboarders? Judge for yourself:
From The Wall Street Journal Online
Nick Hexum, the lead singer for the band 311, is asking $10 million for a private island in the Florida Keys that he bought for $2.8 million three years ago.
The roughly six-acre island lies a half mile off Summerland Key, about midway between Marathon and Key West. A 3,500-square-foot house features three en-suite bedrooms, a third-floor great room with a 300-gallon aquarium, and a crow's nest balcony on the roof where Mr. Hexum says he likes to play guitar. The island also has a pool, barbecue deck, cement pier and its own propane-powered generator. Previous owner Cris Lesick says the lights stayed on even during Hurricane George in 1998, when most of the area lost power.
Ms. Lesick and her family bought the island in 1978 and built the house in 1995; they rented it out until Mr. Hexum bought it in 2003 (the Lesicks now serve as caretakers). Mr. Hexum, whose rock/alternative/reggae band 311 had two platinum-selling albums in the 1990s, renamed the island Melody Key from Money Key, and says he spent several million dollars renovating it, only to have to redo much of the work after the home and island were damaged during last year's hurricanes.
Mr. Hexum says he doesn't want to sell the island, where he has written several songs, but has too high a percentage of his assets tied up in the property, which he says is "mortgaged to the hilt." Nonetheless, Mr. Hexum, whose primary residence is in Los Angeles, says he won't accept an offer under $10 million. "Do not waste my time with $9,999,999," he says.
Apparently nobody told Nick that the bubble burst on the private-island real estate market. And does "planting premium ganja" count as "millions of dollars of improvements"? Methinks not.
Worse yet it would appear that Nick hasn't seen the M.C. Hammer episode of Behind the Music. Is it wise to super-mortgage personal real estate investments when one has yet to crack the Top 40? I think this would be proof that it would not.
And how come there's no discussion of the Des Moines crackhouse that S.A. Martinez is trying to unload? Kidding, of course. The crackhouse is in L.A.
This post is more funny "hmmmm" rather than funny "ha ha". But you already knew that.
1 comment:
Wow. 311 is one of the most positive and original bands around. It's cool if your a negative person, and choose to live your life that way, but no need to rip a good band, and good guys. They don't have to conform to mtv to hit the top 40. They sell out almost all of their shows, and are growing bigger and bigger entering nearly 2 decades. If they were a trend, and really had no substance, than they would have faded out a long time ago. Nick has earned his money, and can choose to handle his real estate however he chooses. You can spend your whole life being critical of celebrities. But these guys are actually pretty good people. Sure they have songs that mention weed in them. Oh, wow, that's so taboo. Grow up. Most of their songs have the messege of positivity and belieiving in yourself. You don't have to be a pot head or a snowboarder(?) to like good music. Anyways don't listen to this blogger guy. He's just feeling tough because his hero Prince got to play at the superbowl, which everyone enjoyed so much. "Stay Positive and Love Your Life."-311
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