I’ve passed this guy many times. I always thought he was scary and weird.<\/p>\n
I stop by to interview him this morning but he’s not at his regular spot — dancing beside the gas station near Burton Way.<\/p>\n
I finally find him alone with his piled-high red shopping cart in an alley. He’s dressed in black spandex as usual and shuffles papers in a folder.<\/p>\n
He’s grimy and disturbed.<\/p>\n
I extend my hand when I introduce myself. He won’t shake hands. He says he doesn’t want to talk. He doesn’t want me to take his photo.<\/p>\n
He keeps saying, "No, no, man. I appreciate it."<\/p>\n
He moves away from me.<\/p>\n
I leave him alone.<\/p>\n
From today’s WSJ<\/a>:<\/p>\n LOS ANGELES — The newest sensation at the center of Hollywood’s fashion scene isn’t a famous designer or starlet. It’s a 56-year-old homeless man who spends his days dancing on roller skates.<\/p>\n John Wesley Jermyn has been a fixture in West Los Angeles for more than 20 years. Nicknamed "The Crazy Robertson" and "The Robertson Dancer," he is a constant presence on a stretch of Robertson Boulevard that has become the city’s trendiest shopping corridor and a prime strolling spot for tourists and movie stars. Among locals and online, there’s much speculation about Mr. Jermyn’s personal history, including one oft-repeated rumor that he’s a secretive millionaire.<\/p>\n …A star athlete in high school, Mr. Jermyn was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 1969 Major League Baseball draft. He attended Pepperdine University and played a season for a Los Angeles Dodgers’ minor-league team in Bellingham, Wash. (He hit just .205 and made 12 errors in 63 games, according to the Society for American Baseball Research.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve passed this guy many times. I always thought he was scary and weird. I stop by to interview him this morning but he’s not at his regular spot — dancing beside the gas station near Burton Way. I finally … Continue reading