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The house as real estate: 2023 for-sale price

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	Billy Byars, Jr. let people believe he owned the house but he actually rented it from the owner.<ref name=Bear2009 />		Billy Byars, Jr. let people believe he owned the house but he actually rented it from the owner.<ref name=Bear2009 />

	Zillow.com tracks real estate values on a house-to-house basis, and a decade ago listed the house as a duplex, divided as 8181 and 8207 Mulholland Drive. 8181 is described as two bedrooms, one bath, five rooms total, 767 square feet of construction and 13,070 square feet (0.3 acres) of land. 8207 is four bedrooms, three baths, 2,624 square feet, on 19,600 sq ft (0.45 acres) of land. The total would be 3,391 square feet, with six bedrooms and four baths, on a three-quarter acre lot. In January, 2020, Zillow does not show 8181 and lists 8207 as being 2 bedrooms, 2 baths and 1,857 sq ft, which is inconsistent with aerial photographs which show no substantial change in the house's footprint, though outbuildings have been added.<ref name="zillow">[https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8207-Mulholland-Dr-Los-Angeles-CA-90046/20031982_zpid/ 8207 Mulholland Drive] on Zillow</ref>The house was built in 1961.<ref>[https://portal.assessor.lacounty.gov/parceldetail/2381030009 8207 Mulholland Drive] listing at Los Angeles Count Assessor's Office</ref>		Zillow.com tracks real estate values on a house-to-house basis, and a decade ago listed the house as a duplex, divided as 8181 and 8207 Mulholland Drive. 8181 is described as two bedrooms, one bath, five rooms total, 767 square feet of construction and 13,070 square feet (0.3 acres) of land. 8207 is four bedrooms, three baths, 2,624 square feet, on 19,600 sq ft (0.45 acres) of land. The total would be 3,391 square feet, with six bedrooms and four baths, on a three-quarter acre lot. In January, 2020, Zillow does not show 8181 and lists 8207 as being 2 bedrooms, 2 baths and 1,857 sq ft, which is inconsistent with aerial photographs which show no substantial change in the house's footprint, though outbuildings have been added. <ref name="zillow">[https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8207-Mulholland-Dr-Los-Angeles-CA-90046/20031982_zpid/ 8207 Mulholland Drive] on Zillow</ref>The house was built in 1961.<ref>[https://portal.assessor.lacounty.gov/parceldetail/2381030009 8207 Mulholland Drive] listing at Los Angeles Count Assessor's Office</ref>

	As of November, 2023 the house is listed for sale on Zillow as part of an "extremely rare, 3.4-acre assemblage of nine legal lots" at a price of $17.9 million. Zillow says the taxes increased from $381 in 2021 to $30,809 in 2022.<ref name="zillow">		As of November, 2023 the house is listed for sale on Zillow as part of an "extremely rare, 3.4-acre assemblage of nine legal lots" at a price of $17.9 million. Zillow says the taxes increased from $381 in 2021 to $30,809 in 2022.<ref name=zillow />

	At present, the house bordering the property on the west is the residence of actor		At present, the house bordering the property on the west is the residence of actor

Sneeuwbol: /* The house as real estate */

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The house as real estate

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	Billy Byars, Jr. let people believe he owned the house but he actually rented it from the owner.<ref name=Bear2009 />		Billy Byars, Jr. let people believe he owned the house but he actually rented it from the owner.<ref name=Bear2009 />

	Zillow.com tracks real estate values on a house-to-house basis, and a decade ago listed the house as a duplex, divided as 8181 and 8207 Mulholland Drive. 8181 is described as two bedrooms, one bath, five rooms total, 767 square feet of construction and 13,070 square feet (0.3 acres) of land. 8207 is four bedrooms, three baths, 2,624 square feet, on 19,600 sq ft (0.45 acres) of land. The total would be 3,391 square feet, with six bedrooms and four baths, on a three-quarter acre lot. In January, 2020, Zillow does not show 8181 and lists 8207 as being 2 bedrooms, 2 baths and 1,857 sq ft, which is inconsistent with aerial photographs which show no substantial change in the house's footprint, though outbuildings have been added.<ref>[https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8207-Mulholland-Dr-Los-Angeles-CA-90046/20031982_zpid/ 8207 Mulholland Drive] on Zillow</ref>The house was built in 1961.<ref>[https://portal.assessor.lacounty.gov/parceldetail/2381030009 8207 Mulholland Drive] listing at Los Angeles Count Assessor's Office</ref>		Zillow.com tracks real estate values on a house-to-house basis, and a decade ago listed the house as a duplex, divided as 8181 and 8207 Mulholland Drive. 8181 is described as two bedrooms, one bath, five rooms total, 767 square feet of construction and 13,070 square feet (0.3 acres) of land. 8207 is four bedrooms, three baths, 2,624 square feet, on 19,600 sq ft (0.45 acres) of land. The total would be 3,391 square feet, with six bedrooms and four baths, on a three-quarter acre lot. In January, 2020, Zillow does not show 8181 and lists 8207 as being 2 bedrooms, 2 baths and 1,857 sq ft, which is inconsistent with aerial photographs which show no substantial change in the house's footprint, though outbuildings have been added.<ref name="zillow">[https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8207-Mulholland-Dr-Los-Angeles-CA-90046/20031982_zpid/ 8207 Mulholland Drive] on Zillow</ref>The house was built in 1961.<ref>[https://portal.assessor.lacounty.gov/parceldetail/2381030009 8207 Mulholland Drive] listing at Los Angeles Count Assessor's Office</ref>

	At present, the house bordering the property o the west is the residence of actor		As of November, 2023 the house is listed for sale on Zillow as part of an "extremely rare, 3.4-acre assemblage of nine legal lots" at a price of $17.9 million. Zillow says the taxes increased from $381 in 2021 to $30,809 in 2022.<ref name="zillow">

			At present, the house bordering the property on the west is the residence of actor
	Joaquim Phoenix.<ref>[https://sanfernandovalleyblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/celeb-re-joaquin-phoenix-buys-house.html Celeb RE in San Fernando Valley real estate blog] The article indicate the Phoenix house no long shares the long driveway to Mulholland Drive, but is accessed from Mulholland Terrace.</ref>		Joaquim Phoenix.<ref>[https://sanfernandovalleyblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/celeb-re-joaquin-phoenix-buys-house.html Celeb RE in San Fernando Valley real estate blog] The article indicate the Phoenix house no long shares the long driveway to Mulholland Drive, but is accessed from Mulholland Terrace.</ref>

	== Related places ==		==Related places==

	Lyric's activities were not confined to the pool with the cinderblock walls. When arrested in the 1973 scandal, Lyric partner and pornographer Guy Strait lived 2.4 miles away by road, at 7718 Skyhill Drive, Studio City. That is currently assessed as having 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, and 2,786 sq ft, and having been built in 1960 but having an "effective year" of 1965, which suggests it may have been expanded since Guy Strait lived there.<ref>[https://portal.assessor.lacounty.gov/parceldetail/2380004006 7718 Skyhill Drive] listing at Los Angeles Count Assessor's Office</ref>		Lyric's activities were not confined to the pool with the cinderblock walls. When arrested in the 1973 scandal, Lyric partner and pornographer Guy Strait lived 2.4 miles away by road, at 7718 Skyhill Drive, Studio City. That is currently assessed as having 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, and 2,786 sq ft, and having been built in 1960 but having an "effective year" of 1965, which suggests it may have been expanded since Guy Strait lived there.<ref>[https://portal.assessor.lacounty.gov/parceldetail/2380004006 7718 Skyhill Drive] listing at Los Angeles Count Assessor's Office</ref>
	Lyric had an office at the Crossroads of the World complex in Hollywood, 4.2 miles away down Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard. The [[Gold Cup]], famed "chicken" hangout, was only 3.2 miles away, down Laurel Canyon and Hollywood Boulevard. From Strait's house to the Gold Cup is only 3.9 miles straight down US 101. In December of 1972, Lyric was renting editing space at the Samuel Goldwyn Studios, then at the corner of Formosa Ave. and Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, 4.1 miles away.<ref name=Rubine1972>[https://voices.revealdigital.org/?a=d&d=BGJFHJH19721208.1.10 Rubine, Naomi. "The bomb at Goldwyn Studios"] ''Los Angeles Free Press'', Volume 9, issue 438, Dec 8-18, 1972. P.10</ref>		Lyric had an office at the Crossroads of the World complex in Hollywood, 4.2 miles away down Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard. The [[Gold Cup]], famed "chicken" hangout, was only 3.2 miles away, down Laurel Canyon and Hollywood Boulevard. From Strait's house to the Gold Cup is only 3.9 miles straight down US 101. In December of 1972, Lyric was renting editing space at the Samuel Goldwyn Studios, then at the corner of Formosa Ave. and Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, 4.1 miles away.<ref name="Rubine1972">[https://voices.revealdigital.org/?a=d&d=BGJFHJH19721208.1.10 Rubine, Naomi. "The bomb at Goldwyn Studios"] ''Los Angeles Free Press'', Volume 9, issue 438, Dec 8-18, 1972. P.10</ref>

	== External links ==		==External links==

	* [https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=a17cecfc-791a-4128-97bd-67bdb85b070e&cp=34.122899~-118.37717&lvl=21.05764&style=g&pi=0&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027 Bird's eye view] on Microsoft Bing Maps		*[https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=a17cecfc-791a-4128-97bd-67bdb85b070e&cp=34.122899~-118.37717&lvl=21.05764&style=g&pi=0&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027 Bird's eye view] on Microsoft Bing Maps
	* [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=34+07'21.85%22+N,+118+22'37.35%22W&spn=0.003738,0.010274&t=k&iwloc=A&hl=en Aerial photograph] on Google Maps		*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=34+07'21.85%22+N,+118+22'37.35%22W&spn=0.003738,0.010274&t=k&iwloc=A&hl=en Aerial photograph] on Google Maps
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190731091155/https://www.angelfire.com/retro2/sneeuwbol/ 3D reconstruction] by [[User:Sneeuwbol\|Sneeuwbol]] Adobe Atmosphere software is long unsupported.		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190731091155/https://www.angelfire.com/retro2/sneeuwbol/ 3D reconstruction] by [[User:Sneeuwbol\|Sneeuwbol]] Adobe Atmosphere software is long unsupported.
	* [https://portal.assessor.lacounty.gov/parceldetail/2381030009 8207 Mulholland Drive] listing at Los Angeles Count Assessor's Office		*[https://portal.assessor.lacounty.gov/parceldetail/2381030009 8207 Mulholland Drive] listing at Los Angeles Count Assessor's Office
	* [http://mil.library.ucsb.edu/ap_images/tg-2755/tg-2755_23-15.tif 1971 aerial photo (28.1 MB)] at UC Santa Barbara Library. Flight TG_2755, Frame 23-15. nb: North is to the left, not the top.		*[http://mil.library.ucsb.edu/ap_images/tg-2755/tg-2755_23-15.tif 1971 aerial photo (28.1 MB)] at UC Santa Barbara Library. Flight TG_2755, Frame 23-15. nb: North is to the left, not the top.

	== References ==		==References==

	[[Category:History]]		[[Category:History]]

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	== External links ==		== External links ==

	* [https://www.bing.com/maps?v=2&cp=34.~~123866~~~-118.~~377138~~&style=o&~~lvl~~=2&~~scene~~=~~3385292~~&sp=~~aN.34.123541_-118.376971~~ Bird's eye view] on Microsoft Bing Maps		* [https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=a17cecfc-791a-4128-97bd-67bdb85b070e&cp=34.122899~-118.37717&lvl=21.05764&style=g&pi=0&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027 Bird's eye view] on Microsoft Bing Maps
	* [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=34+07'21.85%22+N,+118+22'37.35%22W&spn=0.003738,0.010274&t=k&iwloc=A&hl=en Aerial photograph] on Google Maps		* [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=34+07'21.85%22+N,+118+22'37.35%22W&spn=0.003738,0.010274&t=k&iwloc=A&hl=en Aerial photograph] on Google Maps
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190731091155/https://www.angelfire.com/retro2/sneeuwbol/ 3D reconstruction] by [[User:Sneeuwbol\|Sneeuwbol]] Adobe Atmosphere software is long unsupported.		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190731091155/https://www.angelfire.com/retro2/sneeuwbol/ 3D reconstruction] by [[User:Sneeuwbol\|Sneeuwbol]] Adobe Atmosphere software is long unsupported.

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	* [https://www.bing.com/maps?v=2&cp=34.123866~-118.377138&style=o&lvl=2&scene=3385292&sp=aN.34.123541_-118.376971 Bird's eye view] on Microsoft Bing Maps		* [https://www.bing.com/maps?v=2&cp=34.123866~-118.377138&style=o&lvl=2&scene=3385292&sp=aN.34.123541_-118.376971 Bird's eye view] on Microsoft Bing Maps
	* [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=34+07'21.85%22+N,+118+22'37.35%22W&spn=0.003738,0.010274&t=k&iwloc=A&hl=en Aerial photograph] on Google Maps		* [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=34+07'21.85%22+N,+118+22'37.35%22W&spn=0.003738,0.010274&t=k&iwloc=A&hl=en Aerial photograph] on Google Maps
	* [https://www.angelfire.com/retro2/sneeuwbol/ 3D reconstruction] by [[User:Sneeuwbol\|Sneeuwbol]] Adobe Atmosphere software is long unsupported.		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190731091155/https://www.angelfire.com/retro2/sneeuwbol/ 3D reconstruction] by [[User:Sneeuwbol\|Sneeuwbol]] Adobe Atmosphere software is long unsupported.
	* [https://portal.assessor.lacounty.gov/parceldetail/2381030009 8207 Mulholland Drive] listing at Los Angeles Count Assessor's Office		* [https://portal.assessor.lacounty.gov/parceldetail/2381030009 8207 Mulholland Drive] listing at Los Angeles Count Assessor's Office
	* [http://mil.library.ucsb.edu/ap_images/tg-2755/tg-2755_23-15.tif 1971 aerial photo (28.1 MB)] at UC Santa Barbara Library. Flight TG_2755, Frame 23-15. nb: North is to the left, not the top.		* [http://mil.library.ucsb.edu/ap_images/tg-2755/tg-2755_23-15.tif 1971 aerial photo (28.1 MB)] at UC Santa Barbara Library. Flight TG_2755, Frame 23-15. nb: North is to the left, not the top.

	== References ==		== References ==

	[[Category:History]]		[[Category:History]]

Sneeuwbol: /* The house as real estate */ Added celeb neighbor and former boy actor

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The house as real estate: Added celeb neighbor and former boy actor

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	Zillow.com tracks real estate values on a house-to-house basis, and a decade ago listed the house as a duplex, divided as 8181 and 8207 Mulholland Drive. 8181 is described as two bedrooms, one bath, five rooms total, 767 square feet of construction and 13,070 square feet (0.3 acres) of land. 8207 is four bedrooms, three baths, 2,624 square feet, on 19,600 sq ft (0.45 acres) of land. The total would be 3,391 square feet, with six bedrooms and four baths, on a three-quarter acre lot. In January, 2020, Zillow does not show 8181 and lists 8207 as being 2 bedrooms, 2 baths and 1,857 sq ft, which is inconsistent with aerial photographs which show no substantial change in the house's footprint, though outbuildings have been added.<ref>[https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8207-Mulholland-Dr-Los-Angeles-CA-90046/20031982_zpid/ 8207 Mulholland Drive] on Zillow</ref>The house was built in 1961.<ref>[https://portal.assessor.lacounty.gov/parceldetail/2381030009 8207 Mulholland Drive] listing at Los Angeles Count Assessor's Office</ref>		Zillow.com tracks real estate values on a house-to-house basis, and a decade ago listed the house as a duplex, divided as 8181 and 8207 Mulholland Drive. 8181 is described as two bedrooms, one bath, five rooms total, 767 square feet of construction and 13,070 square feet (0.3 acres) of land. 8207 is four bedrooms, three baths, 2,624 square feet, on 19,600 sq ft (0.45 acres) of land. The total would be 3,391 square feet, with six bedrooms and four baths, on a three-quarter acre lot. In January, 2020, Zillow does not show 8181 and lists 8207 as being 2 bedrooms, 2 baths and 1,857 sq ft, which is inconsistent with aerial photographs which show no substantial change in the house's footprint, though outbuildings have been added.<ref>[https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8207-Mulholland-Dr-Los-Angeles-CA-90046/20031982_zpid/ 8207 Mulholland Drive] on Zillow</ref>The house was built in 1961.<ref>[https://portal.assessor.lacounty.gov/parceldetail/2381030009 8207 Mulholland Drive] listing at Los Angeles Count Assessor's Office</ref>

			At present, the house bordering the property o the west is the residence of actor
			Joaquim Phoenix.<ref>[https://sanfernandovalleyblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/celeb-re-joaquin-phoenix-buys-house.html Celeb RE in San Fernando Valley real estate blog] The article indicate the Phoenix house no long shares the long driveway to Mulholland Drive, but is accessed from Mulholland Terrace.</ref>

	== Related places ==		== Related places ==

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	The house at the summit of the Hollywood Hills has views west and south to Los Angeles and the Pacific and north to the San Fernando Valley. At least two Lyric films, ''[[Swim Party]]'' and ''[[Spring Break]]'', featuring [[Peter Glawson]] and others of the Lyric boys, mostly in the nude, were filmed around the pool with the cinderblock walls. ''Swim Party'' had panoramic shots of the views that made it possible to identify the location.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190731091154/http://www.angelfire.com/retro2/sneeuwbol/tech.html How the pool was found]</ref> Not only the backyard but the house's interior served as a backdrop for photos. The living room, a "bachelor pad [which] boasts massive oaken beams and other touches of baronial elegance" [Viola Hegyi ~~Swisher,~~ "Generating "''The Genesis Children''", ''After Dark'', September 1972, p. 18] appeared in Lyric's magazines with nude boys around its pool table.		The house at the summit of the Hollywood Hills has views west and south to Los Angeles and the Pacific and north to the San Fernando Valley. At least two Lyric films, ''[[Swim Party]]'' and ''[[Spring Break]]'', featuring [[Peter Glawson]] and others of the Lyric boys, mostly in the nude, were filmed around the pool with the cinderblock walls. ''Swim Party'' had panoramic shots of the views that made it possible to identify the location.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190731091154/http://www.angelfire.com/retro2/sneeuwbol/tech.html How the pool was found]</ref> Not only the backyard but the house's interior served as a backdrop for photos. The living room, a "bachelor pad [which] boasts massive oaken beams and other touches of baronial elegance" <ref name=Swisher>Swisher, Viola Hegyi. "Generating ''The Genesis Children''". ''After Dark'', September 1972, p. 18.</ref> appeared in Lyric's magazines with nude boys around its pool table.

	The Lyric portfolio did not include pornography, but its offerings were distributed through DOM/Lyric, a collaboration with [[Guy Strait]], who did however produce pornography including child pornography, and lived only a few miles from the Lyric studio.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/947893/guy_strait_arrest_1/ Pair Arraigned in Case Involving Homosexuals]. ''The Van Nuys News''. 7 September 1973, p. 8</ref> There's no indication Strait filmed at home: police claimed a film made in a hotel led them to him in 1973,(needs source) and in his 1976 arrest the appellate court said, "the defendant came to the Holiday Inn in Rockford, Illinois, in March of 1972, to shoot a pornographic movie"<ref>[http://www.leagle.com/decision/197765152IllApp3d599_1557/PEOPLE%20v.%20STRAIT 52 Ill. App.3d 599 (1977) 367 N.E.2d 768]</ref>		The Lyric portfolio did not include pornography, but its offerings were distributed through DOM/Lyric, a collaboration with [[Guy Strait]], who did however produce pornography including child pornography, and lived only a few miles from the Lyric studio.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/947893/guy_strait_arrest_1/ Pair Arraigned in Case Involving Homosexuals]. ''The Van Nuys News''. 7 September 1973, p. 8</ref> There's no indication Strait filmed at home: police claimed a film made in a hotel led them to him in 1973,(needs source) and in his 1976 arrest the appellate court said, "the defendant came to the Holiday Inn in Rockford, Illinois, in March of 1972, to shoot a pornographic movie"<ref>[http://www.leagle.com/decision/197765152IllApp3d599_1557/PEOPLE%20v.%20STRAIT 52 Ill. App.3d 599 (1977) 367 N.E.2d 768]</ref>

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	== Home to the Lyric Boys ==		== Home to the Lyric Boys ==
	In 2006, Anthony Aikman, director of ''The Genesis Children'', told in an interview of traveling to Los Angeles after the end of filming, along with the Lyric boys, the film's adult actor, Vincent Child, Byars and his ~~factorum~~ William Johnson:		In 2006, Anthony Aikman, director of ''The Genesis Children'', told in an interview of traveling to Los Angeles after the end of filming, along with the Lyric boys, the film's adult actor, Vincent Child, Byars and his factotum William Johnson:
	<blockquote>This busy house also included Byars pet snake, which was allowed free roam of the house, and a Beddington Terrier dog. One of Billy's only rules at the house was that if you wanted to swim in the pool you had to swim naked.		<blockquote>This busy house also included Byars's pet snake, which was allowed free roam of the house, and a Beddington Terrier dog.<ref>Likely a Bedlington Terrier, a breed listed by the American Kennel Club. The AKC has no Beddington Terrier.</ref> One of Billy's only rules at the house was that if you wanted to swim in the pool you had to swim naked.
	On one occasion, the dog got loose and everyone started to run naked down the road to try to catch it. The group was almost run over by a shocked elderly couple coming around the corner in their car. Aikman claims that the car actually left the pavement and hit a tree, resulting in the fire brigade racing up Mulholland with sirens and bells wailing. The dog can be seen in many Lyric photo shoots and short films shot at the pool location.		On one occasion, the dog got loose and everyone started to run naked down the road to try to catch it. The group was almost run over by a shocked elderly couple coming around the corner in their car. Aikman claims that the car actually left the pavement and hit a tree, resulting in the fire brigade racing up Mulholland with sirens and bells wailing. The dog can be seen in many Lyric photo shoots and short films shot at the pool location.

	Since several of the "Lyric boys" were under legal custody of Byars as foster children, on one occasion the Los Angeles County Department of Child Services notified Byars that they would be coming by the house the next day for an inspection/visitation. Byars and friends quickly went on a shopping trip to buy books, tables and a portable blackboard. By the time the Child Services officials came to inspect the next day, Byars had set up an outdoor classroom complete with Vincent Child, black cape and all, acting as the boys teacher. Byars received rave reviews by the impressed county officials.<ref name=Bear2009>[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.motss/3Bq0xnS8o4c Usenet Post] by "Edward Bear", who also used "Ballog", on Genesis Children, based on interview with Anthony Aikman.</ref></blockquote>		Since several of the "Lyric boys" were under legal custody of Byars as foster children, on one occasion the Los Angeles County Department of Child Services notified Byars that they would be coming by the house the next day for an inspection/visitation. Byars and friends quickly went on a shopping trip to buy books, tables and a portable blackboard. By the time the Child Services officials came to inspect the next day, Byars had set up an outdoor classroom complete with Vincent Child, black cape and all, acting as the boys' teacher. Byars received rave reviews by the impressed county officials.<ref name=Bear2009>[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.motss/3Bq0xnS8o4c Usenet Post] by "Edward Bear", who also used "Ballog", on Genesis Children, based on interview with Anthony Aikman.</ref></blockquote>

	== Residents and denizens ==		== Residents and denizens ==

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Terry Stuart

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	===Terry Stuart===		===Terry Stuart===
	"Terry Stuart~~" appears to be the alias of one of the~~ Lyric ~~Boys~~ who aged out of modeling and into ~~another~~ role at Lyric.		Terry Stuart, possibly his real name, is a Lyric Boy who aged out of modeling and into the role of "boy wrangler" at Lyric.

	~~In almost all of Lyrics' magazines,~~ Byars would give each ~~specific~~ issue a "title" and ~~include~~ a mostly fictitious "story line~~" about the photos included~~. ~~In one particular~~ issue that featured the Lyric boys swimming~~, naked as usual,~~ at the Mulholland Drive home, ~~Byars wrote about the Lyric boys~~ "...visiting Uncle Terry and Uncle Bill..." at their home for a summer swim.(needs source) ONE Archives' Erotic and physique studios photography includes 84 photographic prints from Lyric, which "include the following models: Joey, Terry Stuart, Jim, Damon".<ref>[https://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/calaong/2014-051_erotic_photos.pdf#page=46 Catalog Finding Aid]		Byars would usually give each issue of the various Lyric magazines a title and a mostly fictitious story line. An issue that featured photos of the Lyric boys swimming at the Mulholland Drive home, naked as usual, claims they were "...visiting Uncle Terry and Uncle Bill..." at their home for a summer swim. (needs source) ONE Archives' Erotic and physique studios photography includes 84 photographic prints from Lyric, which "include the following models: Joey, '''Terry Stuart''', Jim, Damon".<ref>[https://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/calaong/2014-051_erotic_photos.pdf#page=46 Catalog Finding Aid]
	ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California</ref>		ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California</ref>

	The name Terry Stuart was used in publications:		The name Terry Stuart was used in a number of publications:

	One of the earliest appearances of Billy Byars' Lyric Studios upon the gay "physique magazine" scene in California appeared in the magazine ''Muscle Teens'', Volume 1 #1, Oct 1965 published by Y.P. Productions. This issue featured photographs of various nude teen males including the soon to be famous 15 year old "Terry Stuart".<ref>[http://www.timinvermont.com/vintage/mags1.html Current Magazine Listing] Tim in Vermont still lists the issue, described not as nude but "posing strap"</ref>		One of the earliest appearances of Billy Byars' Lyric Studios upon the gay "physique magazine" scene in California appeared in the magazine ''Muscle Teens'', Volume 1 #1, Oct 1965 published by Y.P. Productions. This issue featured photographs of various nude teen males including the soon to be famous 15 year old "Terry Stuart".<ref>[http://www.timinvermont.com/vintage/mags1.html Current Magazine Listing] Tim in Vermont still lists the issue, described not as nude but "posing strap"</ref>

	~~Online rumor persistently identifies a figure called "Terry Stuart" or "Uncle Terry" associated with the Lyric studio and Byars.~~ One Lyric short was reportedly titled ''[[Uncle Terry's Pool]]''. Usenet posts mention ~~a "~~Terry Stuart" as sharing Mr. Byars's house; as a former physique model; as the owner of the house with the pool with the cinderblock walls; as being Peter Glawson's uncle; as the person Mr. Glawson lived with; or as all of the above.		One Lyric short was reportedly titled ''[[Uncle Terry's Pool]]''. Usenet posts mention Terry Stuart as sharing Mr. Byars's house; as a former physique model; as the owner of the house with the pool with the cinderblock walls; as being Peter Glawson's uncle; as the person Mr. Glawson lived with; or as all of the above.

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	A January 1999 Usenet post describes the cover of an issue of Lyric’s “[[Naked Boyhood]]” magazine, probably Vol 1, #2, as showing “young Peter [Glawson] on the Gulf Coast of Texas with his Uncle Terry (middle) and an unknown adult friend.”		A January 1999 Usenet post describes the cover of an issue of Lyric’s “[[Naked Boyhood]]” magazine, probably Vol 1, #2, as showing “young Peter [Glawson] on the Gulf Coast of Texas with his Uncle Terry (middle) and an unknown adult friend.”

	There is no "Terry" in the list of those arrested in the 1973 scandal, ~~and no "Terry"~~ in the extensive credits of ''The Genesis Children''. Three of the others accused with Mr. Byars in the 1973 case were also said to be from Hollywood. All three are roughly ten years younger than Byars. At least one of them was acquitted at trial in 1973. All are possible candidates for "Terry", but "Terry" could well be someone else.		There is no "Terry" nor any "Stuart" on the list of those arrested in the 1973 scandal, nor does either name appear in the extensive credits of ''The Genesis Children''. Three of the others accused with Mr. Byars in the 1973 case were also said to be from Hollywood. All three are roughly ten years younger than Byars. At least one of them was acquitted at trial in 1973. All are possible candidates for Terry, but Terry could well be someone else.

			The manager of Billy Byars, Sr.'s Royal Oaks Farm was named Stuart, and Terry might have been some relation.<ref>"Byars-Dayson Angus Sale Set Wednesday", ''Tyler Courier-Times'' (Tyler, Texas) 02 Oct 1955, Page 14. Includes a photo of "Tommie E. Stuart, Byars's farm manager"</ref> The Social Security Birth Database finds several "Terry Stuarts" born in Texas within five years of 1950; a Tyler high school yearbook has a Tommy Stuart of about the right age.

	== Varied houseguests ==		== Varied houseguests ==

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	The house at the summit of the Hollywood Hills has views west and south to Los Angeles and the Pacific and north to the San Fernando Valley. At least two Lyric films, ''[[Swim Party]]'' and ''[[Spring Break]]'', featuring [[Peter Glawson]] and others of the Lyric boys, mostly in the nude, were filmed around the pool with the cinderblock walls. ''Swim Party'' had panoramic shots of the views that made it possible to identify the location.<ref>[http://www.angelfire.com/retro2/sneeuwbol/tech.html How the pool was found]</ref> Not only the backyard but the house's interior served as a backdrop for photos. The living room, a "bachelor pad [which] boasts massive oaken beams and other touches of baronial elegance" [Viola Hegyi Swisher, "Generating "''The Genesis Children''", ''After Dark'', September 1972, p. 18] appeared in Lyric's magazines with nude boys around its pool table.		The house at the summit of the Hollywood Hills has views west and south to Los Angeles and the Pacific and north to the San Fernando Valley. At least two Lyric films, ''[[Swim Party]]'' and ''[[Spring Break]]'', featuring [[Peter Glawson]] and others of the Lyric boys, mostly in the nude, were filmed around the pool with the cinderblock walls. ''Swim Party'' had panoramic shots of the views that made it possible to identify the location.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190731091154/http://www.angelfire.com/retro2/sneeuwbol/tech.html How the pool was found]</ref> Not only the backyard but the house's interior served as a backdrop for photos. The living room, a "bachelor pad [which] boasts massive oaken beams and other touches of baronial elegance" [Viola Hegyi Swisher, "Generating "''The Genesis Children''", ''After Dark'', September 1972, p. 18] appeared in Lyric's magazines with nude boys around its pool table.

	The Lyric portfolio did not include pornography, but its offerings were distributed through DOM/Lyric, a collaboration with [[Guy Strait]], who did however produce pornography including child pornography, and lived only a few miles from the Lyric studio.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/947893/guy_strait_arrest_1/ Pair Arraigned in Case Involving Homosexuals]. ''The Van Nuys News''. 7 September 1973, p. 8</ref> There's no indication Strait filmed at home: police claimed a film made in a hotel led them to him in 1973,(needs source) and in his 1976 arrest the appellate court said, "the defendant came to the Holiday Inn in Rockford, Illinois, in March of 1972, to shoot a pornographic movie"<ref>[http://www.leagle.com/decision/197765152IllApp3d599_1557/PEOPLE%20v.%20STRAIT 52 Ill. App.3d 599 (1977) 367 N.E.2d 768]</ref>		The Lyric portfolio did not include pornography, but its offerings were distributed through DOM/Lyric, a collaboration with [[Guy Strait]], who did however produce pornography including child pornography, and lived only a few miles from the Lyric studio.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/947893/guy_strait_arrest_1/ Pair Arraigned in Case Involving Homosexuals]. ''The Van Nuys News''. 7 September 1973, p. 8</ref> There's no indication Strait filmed at home: police claimed a film made in a hotel led them to him in 1973,(needs source) and in his 1976 arrest the appellate court said, "the defendant came to the Holiday Inn in Rockford, Illinois, in March of 1972, to shoot a pornographic movie"<ref>[http://www.leagle.com/decision/197765152IllApp3d599_1557/PEOPLE%20v.%20STRAIT 52 Ill. App.3d 599 (1977) 367 N.E.2d 768]</ref>

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	The Lyric portfolio did not include pornography, but its offerings were distributed through DOM/Lyric, a collaboration with [[Guy Strait]], who did however produce pornography including child pornography, and lived only a few miles from the Lyric studio.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/947893/guy_strait_arrest_1/ Pair Arraigned in Case Involving Homosexuals]. ''The Van Nuys News''. 7 September 1973, p. 8</ref> There's no indication Strait filmed at home: police claimed a film made in a hotel led them to him in 1973,(needs source) and in his 1976 arrest the appellate court said, "the defendant came to the Holiday Inn in Rockford, Illinois, in March of 1972, to shoot a pornographic movie"<ref>[http://www.leagle.com/decision/197765152IllApp3d599_1557/PEOPLE%20v.%20STRAIT 52 Ill. App.3d 599 (1977) 367 N.E.2d 768]</ref>		The Lyric portfolio did not include pornography, but its offerings were distributed through DOM/Lyric, a collaboration with [[Guy Strait]], who did however produce pornography including child pornography, and lived only a few miles from the Lyric studio.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/947893/guy_strait_arrest_1/ Pair Arraigned in Case Involving Homosexuals]. ''The Van Nuys News''. 7 September 1973, p. 8</ref> There's no indication Strait filmed at home: police claimed a film made in a hotel led them to him in 1973,(needs source) and in his 1976 arrest the appellate court said, "the defendant came to the Holiday Inn in Rockford, Illinois, in March of 1972, to shoot a pornographic movie"<ref>[http://www.leagle.com/decision/197765152IllApp3d599_1557/PEOPLE%20v.%20STRAIT 52 Ill. App.3d 599 (1977) 367 N.E.2d 768]</ref>

	The pool with the cinderblock walls which appears in many Lyric shorts changed over time. Early photos show the walls painted white, and a diving board. The diving board was removed, although the base remains, and the walls repainted. In some films the cinderblock walls appear to be black or purplish, but still photos taken at the same time, or perhaps printed from a frame of the 16mm negative, show the walls to be royal blue. "Many older films have taken on a distinct purplish cast, caused by the rapid fading of the cyan and yellow image dyes."<ref>[https://www.filmpreservation.org/preservation-basics/color-dye-fading Color Dye Fading]. National Film Preservation Foundation. ~~https://www.filmpreservation.org/preservation-basics/color-dye-fading~~</ref> The video files that circulate on the Internet and the DVDs available commercially may have been made from old or deteriorated 8mm films.		The pool with the cinderblock walls which appears in many Lyric shorts changed over time. Early photos show the walls painted white, and a diving board. The diving board was removed, although the base remains, and the walls repainted. In some films the cinderblock walls appear to be black or purplish, but still photos taken at the same time, or perhaps printed from a frame of the 16mm negative, show the walls to be royal blue. "Many older films have taken on a distinct purplish cast, caused by the rapid fading of the cyan and yellow image dyes."<ref>[https://www.filmpreservation.org/preservation-basics/color-dye-fading Color Dye Fading]. National Film Preservation Foundation.</ref> The video files that circulate on the Internet and the DVDs available commercially may have been made from old or deteriorated 8mm films.

	== Home to the Lyric Boys ==		== Home to the Lyric Boys ==