DJ AM Private Funeral/ Memorial September 2nd, 2009

DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) is laid to rest at Hillside Memorial Park in Culver City, CA.

Besides family, guests included best friend Travis Barker, who wore a dark, pin striped suit and shades, Seth Binzer, who was in the band Crazytown with Goldstein, and Hayley Wood, Goldstein’s ex-girlfriend, whom he was distraught over losing.

[Above Photo: Travis Barker hugs Hayley Wood]

I have heard reports that ex-fiance Nicole Richie attended, as well as Joel & Benji Madden, but have yet to see any proof of this.

Other celebrities also buried at Hillside Memorial are Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor, David Janssen, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Milton Berle, George Jessel, Allan Sherman, Vic Morrow, Jeff Chandler, Moe Howard, Dinah Shore, and Shelley Winters.

A public memorial for Goldstein is planned for Thursday evening at the Hollywood Palladium. The official invite reads: “The format of the evening will be in the style of an open 12-step meeting.”

[Photos: © BAUER-GRIFFIN.COM]

Gee, guess what?

I know this is going to come as a total shocker so don’t freak out, but Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler have split once again.

I have honestly lost count of the number of times they have bounced back and forth.

Funny, last night I saw a couple bizarre exchanges between them on Twitter. And then about an hour after Shanna had said goodnight, a random tweet saying, “i f@*%ed gerard butler” (it’s since been deleted) posted to her profile.

Ha! So I checked it out, and earlier in the day she said she’d been hacked, so this was probably the same thing. (or not?) It would really be juicy if Travis was the one who hacked into her account and posted that. Now that would be good.

So yeah, they broke up. Whoopie.

[Us]

Travis Barker and DJ AM have a late lunch at Toast in Los Angeles.

The duo hugs before going their separate ways.

[Photographs: ©BAUER-GRIFFIN.COM]

For their first performance together since the devastating Learjet crash in which they were the only survivors, Travis Barker and DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) will reunite for a show on New Years Eve.

The two friends are headlining New Year’s Nation’s Los Angeles New Year’s Eve Party at The Lot in West Hollywood.

In case you can’t make it, you can watch the streaming performance online. It will also be shown at numerous other New Year’s parties across the country.

I bet those two will have the time of their life that night. You can’t help but be inspired by those guys. And I think they are the perfect ones to ring in the new year!

If anyone attends you MUST email me photos!

Travis Barker spoke with MTV during their Total Finale Live last night, and although he seemed a little spacy, fans were thrilled to hear him speak.

Adam Goldstein, better known as DJ AM, spoke to People magazine recently, describing the horrific night that he and friend Travis Barker were almost killed in the infamous Learjet crash.

“I’ve prayed every night for the past 10 years. There’s a lot more to thank God for now. My philosophy is ‘live life to the fullest,’ (and) I was saved for a reason. Maybe I’m going to help someone else. I don’t question it. All I know is, I’m thankful I’m still here.”

Although Goldstein is more than grateful to be alive, he is mourning the loss of good friends and the pilots who were killed in the crash.

“My emotions go back and forth. At the first hospital, I screamed, ‘Thank you!’ Then I wondered, ‘Why did I live?’ I can’t believe I made it. Any second, it can all be gone.”

“I saw Travis running and flailing, trying to put out fire on his body. He screamed, ‘What do I do?’ and I said, ‘Roll!’ He did, but the fire didn’t go out,” AM continued. “He tried to rip his clothes off. I finally put the flames out by smothering him with my body. Some of my burns are from that. His sock was on fire – I burned my fingers taking it off.”

Now that’s friendship.

Goldstein’s treatment hasn’t been easy. He says at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia, he wavered “in and out of consciousness.” Then after taking a bus back to California, he received skin grafts on his arm and neck at Grossman Burn Center at Sherman Oaks Hospital.

“They shaved my head and took layers of skin from my scalp. To heal the wounds, I was in a hyperbaric chamber for 90 minutes twice daily for four days. It’s claustrophobic. One of my first nights home, I watched ‘Iron Man’ with friends. In the scene where Robert Downey Jr. comes out of the cave with a blowtorch, my whole body cringed. That night, I had a nightmare someone spilled fuel on me and was trying to light me on fire. I woke up and thought, ‘Oh my God, this is going to happen forever?’ ”

Adam knows he needs emotional therapy as well as physical, and is considering treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.

On Tuesday he attended a welcome home party, an event that raised money for Barker’s assistant, Chris “Lil Chris” Baker, and his bodyguard, Charles “Che.”

[People]

After her ex-husband survived the plane crash that left him covered in second and third degree burns, Shanna Moakler vowed to stay by his side until he was recovered.

Well, it didn’t last long.

Barker let everyone know via his MySpace earlier this week that Shanna hadn’t been to see him in over a week. I’m guessing everything’s calmed down a bit and the camera ops have thinned out. Moakler likes her publicity, and looking back, it seems as though she used the tragedy – making it all about her.

In the photos where she was snapped paying a visit to her children’s father, she was seen sobbing with no makeup on and in hospital scrubs. Don’t think the cameras found her – I think she found the cameras. I actually thought it was odd when it all happened, but at the time thought it was in bad taste to bring it up.

Moakler’s hospital pics remind me of when Paris Hilton was being carted off to jail. You saw her bawling in the back of the cop car because she had her face pointed towards all the hundreds of cameras. She wasn’t hiding anything.These Hollywood women sure as hell know how to work the cameras – and the public.

Moakler uses every opportunity to get exposure. Remember her big ol’ divorce party? She couldn’t wait to show off that cake!

ANYHOW, after all that ranting – Shanna is over Travis’ tragedy and on to bedding Gerard Butler. The two were snapped getting cozy at a Hollywood hotspot last night. Watch out boy, she’ll chew you up!

Travis Barker took to his MySpace page as a means to communicate with fans from the hospial bed and to update them on his condition.

Here are the pictures he posted accompanied by his exact words.

Thank you
I want to give my deepest thanks to everyone who has helped deal with the current situation. First and foremost, Chris and Che were my friends. I would give up anything to have them here with us today, healthy and happy. To call them my employees does them such a disservice, as they were so much more than that. Chris was my best friend before anything else, and I can never put into words how much he will be missed. Che was an amazing person as well, and I was honored to have him in my life.

I am simply amazed and will be forever grateful for all the support everyone has shown to Chris and Che’s families. Its a testament to how many lives they touched in a positive way.

Hospital Life!
Like the doctors said from the beginning, its been a slow recovery process. I am coming up on the 7th of my surgeries Monday. Today I finally was able to move all my fingers on my right hand. Every step seems huge at this point, and Im doing EVERYTHING I can possibly do to get back to my kids. Yes, I did start eating meat again, but if it helps me to be home holding my little humans sooner, then its all worth it. The staff here are all bomb! Dr. Grossman and his staff are the best. The BOSS Barbara, and nurses Betty, Jay , Emily, Julio, Lolita, and Stephanie (with the best scrubs ever!) are all taking the best care of me.

My good friend Armen has been kind enough to save me from the hospital food, and brings Jamba Juice, Wahoos, or whatever else I need to keep my calories and protein levels high.

Despite any rumors you might have heard via my EX-wife Shanna Moakler, who I have not seen since the week I checked in, Ive been treated amazingly well, both here in LA and in Georgia. The hospitals Ive been treated at are THE BEST.

My friends and family have been amazing. My pops has been with me ANY time I need him. My sisters, James, Skinhead Rob, Daniel, Hoover, Armen and of course Ricardo and Nicole, have all shown amazing support. JD and Mark Hoppus both took the time to come visit and offer their support as well. Estevan Oriol even came in with a calendar.
Saying “thank you” to all these guys just wouldn’t be enough…

I got to see AM the other day. Seeing him after he was discharged was an inspiration. I saw just how awesome the doctors’ work here is, and got to see how well he is doing. I am so happy to see him doing well, and we are both so lucky and grateful that we are alive today.

Im even using some of this time to help design the summer ‘09 Famous line. Maxx, Jose, Bill have been awesome helping to keep the machine going. These are some seriously dedicated people, and Im lucky to call them friends.

Now Im just counting the days until I can leave. I cant wait to get home to play drums with my son, and go for bike rides with my daughter. I cant wait to see the pictures from Landon’s “Jack and Sally Nightmare Before Christmas” birthday party that we had for him today. I am bummed that I couldn’t be there, but thank God Ill be around to see many, many more.

Thank you everyone for your support!

Us magazine met up with Travis Barker at the Grossman Burn Center in Los Angeles where he just had another surgery to treat the third degree burns he sustained after surviving the September 19th Learjet crash.

Travis disclosed to the magazine that being involved in a plane crash was always a fear of his.

“I hate planes. My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened – well, I’m just thankful to be alive. I’m just grateful to be here at all.”

How are you doing?

“I am doing the best I can possibly be. I’m so anxious to get out of here. …I’ve just been in surgery after surgery. I have third degree burns basically from my feet up to my waist and both hands. One of my hands was second degree burns and one was third degree burns. I’m trying to have a quick recovery and play the drums again and be able to hold my kids again. [Barker has two children, Landon, 5, and Alabama, 2, with Moakler.] I’m going nuts not being able to see them and spend time with them!”

After over 25 years as a vegetarian, you had to start eating meat again. Why?

“I need protein from food rather than just protein supplements. I changed my diet. I would do anything I possibly could if they said like, ‘There’s a possibility you might heal faster if you do eat meat or just change your eating habits.’ So I did. I don’t regret it at all, I feel so much better.”

How much longer will you be in the hospital?

“Oh gosh, I hope not much longer. I sit here and I read books and watch TV. I think if this surgery went well, I’ll be here for at most two weeks.”