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Hunter S. Thompson: Champion of Breakfast (two orders of excess and a side of Hot Damn!)
I got an email from a guy high atop my honor roll today. He chimed in with a quote from a natural born spark striker and main influence, the Good Doctor himself, Hunter S. Thompson. My cracked cohort and I have shared many a near Hunter experiences in the past. We've bought tickets and taken rides.
Fortunately we never went over that vaunted edge that HST used to speak of (hence we are still living)...but we came close a few times. Somedays you need a little edge to jumpstart the engines. Today the old pipes got a bit of a rattlin' when I received this in an email:
"Breakfast is the only meal of the day that I tend to view with the same kind of traditionalized reverence that most people associate with Lunch and Dinner. I like to eat breakfast alone, and almost never before noon; anybody with a terminally jangled lifestyle needs at least one psychic anchor every twenty-four hours, and mine is breakfast.
In Hong Kong, Dallas or at home — and regardless of whether or not I have been to bed — breakfast is a personal ritual that can only be properly observed alone, and in a spirit of genuine excess. The food factor should always be massive: four Bloody Marys, two grapefruits, a pot of coffee, Rangoon crepes, a half-pound of either sausage, bacon, or corned beef hash with diced chiles, a Spanish omelette or eggs Benedict, a quart of milk, a chopped lemon for random seasoning, and something like a slice of Key lime pie, two margaritas, and six lines of the best cocaine for dessert.
Right, and there should also be two or three newspapers, all mail and messages, a telephone, a notebook for planning the next twenty-four hours and at least one source of good music…. All of which should be dealt with outside, in the warmth of a hot sun, and preferably stone naked."
- Hunter S. Thompson
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Give this bit of audio a listen. It is a reading from the 25th anniversary of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. While listening to this, my advice to you is to start drinking...heavily.
Lunch Break Lacquer: The Fatman and The Ragmag (I found my thrill with some Fats Domino vinyl and vintage Rolling Stone mags)
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Scroll through the gallery to see pics of the mag with Gregg & the Boys
Another beautiful day in London meant getting out of the office on my lunch break to claw through record bins in the eternal search for bow-down vinyl. I stopped into "On The Beat" records to see if anything jumped out at me. Something did...but it wasn't a piece of vinyl. Actually, it was a pile of old papers that got my big toe to shoot up in my boot.
In "On the Beat", aside from the crates of vinyl and other memorabilia, there are handfuls of New Music Express, Melody Maker and old Rolling Stone magazines hanging from the walls. The Rolling Stone mags are the coolest; most of them are in their original tabloid style, paper format.
There two that jumped out at me. One had an article from Hunter S. Thomson (see the post below for details and pics). The other I recognised straight away due to the image (illustration) of Gregg Allman on the cover. HA! YES! I found it!
I always have a list of "finds" when I go out looking for nuggets of buried treasure in shops like this. The list includes pictures, books, vinyl, DVDs and yes, particular copies of Rolling Stone magazine. One of the items on my "List of Finds" was Rolling Stone, issue 149 from 3rd December, 1973.
This issue is important to me because of the cover story on the Allmans. Why? This was Cameron Crowes first "cover" that he wrote for the magazine...at 16 years of age! This is his "Almost Famous" based on a true story experience. I am a massive fan of the movie and admirer of Crowe. He was the right kid, at the right place, at the right time...(envious). This one is going to go up on the shelf right next to my CC signed copy of the Almost Famous script.
I took some pics of the mag and the article.
- Check out that full page spread of Gregg and the band in the middle of the article (reminded me of the scene in Almost Famous where Stillwater got their first t-shirt: Jeff Bebe, "How can you tell? I'm just one of the out-of-focus guys.").
- Gotta love that pic of Dickey getting a tattoo
- On the inside cover of the mag, there was a blurb on how the illustration of Gregg that graces the front came to be
- And then there is last pic in the set from the mag. This appears at the end of the article. Wow. 16!
If you can get your hands on any of these "old 'Stones", do so. It is a trip to read through and get a feel for the times and happenings.
Oh yeah! I almost forgot. I did pick up a new slab of vinyl. I found me a good fats Domino album to help round out the collection: "Getaway with Fats Domino". This is not the Fats album that is on my "List of Finds", but I couldn't help myself.
p.s. the very last picture in this set is from the actual "On the Beat" shop.
Editor's Note: "For Good or Ill" - Hunter Thompson returns to Rolling Stone (1973)
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A few snaps from the Rolling Stone with Hunter's return to form
Bring on the gibberish!
I recently scored a few vintage Rolling Stone Magazine back issues at my local independent record shop. The walls are lined with these suckers. I was in there at lunch time doing my "Lunch Break Lacquer" routine and I spied a couple oldies, but damn goodies.
One of the ones I picked up was from 1963, issue number 128 with Bette Midler on the cover. Nothing against Ol' Bette, but her mug never enticed me to buy a magazine before...and may never, period. The reason why I picked it up was for the Hunter S. Thompson article, "Fear and Loathing at the Superbowl".
Hunter had been absent from the pages of the fabled rock rag for sometime (whereabouts unknown), but returned to the mag and returned to form in one fell swoop. The Superbowl was being played in Los Angeles that year., where the 'Skins" and "Fins" would go head to head in a battle of the bored in what resulted in a nationally televised snooze fest.
The night prior to the game, The Good Doctor was holed up in a San Francisco (up all night, of course) drinking coffee and Wild Turkey, smoking short Jamaican cigars, while getting "more and more wired" on the Allman Brother's, "Mountain Jam" that was howling out of four big speakers hung from each corner of the room".
The next night he made haste to LA to catch the game. He spilt the gory details all over this issue of Rolling Stone. At the bottom of the article there was a note from the editor (see pic). Apparently they were happy to have him back...as I am sure the reader's were as well.
Hunter, back on the gig..."a man on the move and just sick enough to be totally confident"
Poorman's Podcast: crawling pubs with the London locals (and Ralph Steadman) and waiting for the Faces to walk in...
via AudioBoo
"They say sing while you slave and I just get bored..." (I've got my own row to hoe and it ain't gonna be on Maggie's Farm)
When I moved to Australia in 2005, I took time off from work and went back to school to take on a full time MBA program. A lot was learned, but one of the courses I took had deep impact on me that made a fundamental change in my thinking: "Foundations of Management Thought". Forget about all the management and business bullshit for a minute. The gist of this course was about exploring centuries of philosophical theories and applying them to management practises (Blah, blah, blah...).
I was the only American in a group of twenty-two. American schooling is not like European or Eastern when it comes to learning about different world philosophies. The emphasis is just not there. It was never more evident to me until I took this course. Pretty much everyone else in the group had a much deeper knowledge of the philosophies we discussed, debated and challenged over the twelve week course.
The course itself was extremely well done. The link to the "management" was strong and well thought out. I wasn't all too concerned about how I could apply it to business as much as I was trying to grasp how this was effecting me personally. One of the philosophies we focused on was existentialism. This one grabbed me by the balls and hasn't let go since.
I wouldn't even think about trying to get into all of the different perspectives on existentialism from the different philosophers here and now. Shit, I still don't understand them all. That being said, I have done a lot of reading on the subject. My process for exploring this subject is this: read...read and learn as much as you can...you don't have to understand it all...instead, pull out the bits that are relevant to you and apply them to your process. That is what I do.
Existentialism, for me, boils down to this: live in the present, make choices and own the responsibility of the consequences (good or bad). Use the facticity of your life, combined with your personal values, to make these decisions and, if you act in good faith, enjoy the freedom that comes with being an individual. OK, that's enough of that here in this format. I love to talk about this stuff...but, it is best done over a few-four bottles of red, some good music and willing participants.
Back in 2007 when I was living in Sydney, Australia, I did a lot of reading about this subject. One of my fave things to do is to go to pubs, have a few beers and read. I find it to be so relaxing. Reading is a very solitary action, but it doesn't have to be a lonely one. I love the idea of sitting in a busy pub and being a character in the scene and reading: social and solitary in one go.
I take a lot of notes when I read. During my exploration into existentialism, I spent many a Saturday in pubs reading, leaning, building monuments, jotting down notes and putting back pints of my fave Aussie beer. I was reviewing those notes today. I thought I would share them here. These are the bits that mattered most to me at the time of my reading and research. Have a sift through them and find any nuggets that interest you...be they fool's gold or real deal Klondike truth.
If you have any thoughts, ideas or sparks you want to strike...leave them in the comment section below. In the last page, you can see the germ of something that I have been thinking about for a while: the "American Dream" and how Thomas Jefferson and Hunter S. Thompson are joined at this hip on this.
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Another aspect of "Juddlosophy" that is part of The 6149 is...the Individual or the Original. This subject itself is an entirely different post for a different day, but I'd like to touch on a few key things relative to what this blog is about. In the sidebar, I describe The 6149 to be about "making choices, being curious and challenging conventions (oh yeah...and a whole lotta music, too)". The title to this blog itself is a play on "choice". I am a blues man. I love the blues because of the music, but also because of the stories and legends that live within the music. There is no legend (whether you consider it timeless or worthless) more identified with the Blues than the legend of the Crossroads. The Crossroads: choice personified.
Here are three people who have helped me sing the song of The 6149: Neil Young, Hunter S. Thompson and Bob Dylan.
Have a look at the subtitle to this blog. It reads: 'I've got my own row to hoe". That is adapted from a line in a fave Neil Young song, "Thrasher". In the sidebar there are two quotes: one by Hunter S. Thompson and one by Bob Dylan. These two quotes, plus the line from the Neil song, mean the world to me:
"Got my own row left to hoe" - "Thrasher", Neil Young (full lyrics)
“To see life clearly, to live it like a champion, you have to develop your own set of rules.”- Hunter S. Thompson
“I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more...” - "Maggie's Farm", Bob Dylan (full lyrics)
I think about these three lines every morning when I pull my bones out of bed. I also think about the list of people on the "Honour Roll" (found in the sidebar to the right). These are the people that I admire most and who have made an impact on my life.
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Neil Young...he is my hero. The ultimate individual. "Thrasher" is one of my fave Neil Songs. When I hear it, I want to break molds and blaze trails.
In 2007, Hunter's window put out a book called, The Gonzo Way. This book is about Hunter's "wisdom". Have a read of a previous post about my thoughts on this book and how I came to make this video (below) and the reach it had (I got a tip of the hat from Hunter's widow for this on her blog and from the publishing company put it on their website to promote the book).
Maggie's Farm: have you ever really listened to the lyrics? Yes? Ok, then...you know where I am coming from. No...well then, listen again...(waiting)...Ok, you got it now? Excellent. Listen here to Maggie's Farm played by Bob and his "electric band" at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. The impact of the song and scene it was played cannot be understated.
Stolen Melodies, Copped Riffs and Royalty Robberies: What do T-Bone Walker, Chuck Berry & Keith Richards Have in Common? (The RIff)
My wife is nowhere near the music fan that I am. She does not know (or care to know) a fraction of what I do about the songs and the story behind them are concerned. She does, though, have quite an ear for music.
She regularly surprises me when she will say, "hey, this sounds exactly like such-and-such". She asked me one time, "don't these people get mad when someone else plays their song and claims it as their own"?
Oh, boy. That is a can of worms I'm not sure I want to open up?! On second thought, why the hell not...
The history of recorded music is full of various stories about stolen melodies, copped riffs and royalty robberies. Some of the stories are legendary:
John Fogerty was sued (unsuccessfully) by his old CCR label, Fantasy Records, for sounding too much like himself! Fantasy said that "Old Man Down the Road" sounded too much like "Run Through the Jungle" and that Fogerty was plagiarising himself. What a joke. Fogerty had to go to court to defend his style. Hear for yourselves:
In an even more maddening example, Neil Young was sued by Geffen Records for not sound like himself enough. How can anyone say this about Ol' Neil?! They way the man shifts musical directions, you'd think the moon is controlling him as it does the tides (I love Neil for this reason). When Neil put out "Everybody's Rockin", Geffen sued him for making "uncharacteristic and uncommercial records". Ok, ok, maybe "Ol' '80's Cantankerous Neil" wasn't trying to break new ground with this one, but to be sued by his label...? Here is a little ditty from that album:
And then there is this story about the Aussie band, Men at Work, that is making the headline news. You all remember their 80's hit, "Land Down Under", right? How could you not remember that jaunty, lilting, flute melody in it? Larrikin Music Publishing managing director, Norm Lurie, remembers it to...from his childhood. Larrikin is now suing Men At Work for back & future royalties on the song. They claim the flute part comes from the refrain of an old Aussie children's song, the "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree".
Check out this link to see/hear the similarities between the two. When done watching, please proceed to vomit in your lap. This lawsuit is a joke, too. Post Script: I lived in in Sydney for five years...Vegamite sandwiches are good.
Crazy stories, hunh? Can you imagine if the guy that wrote "Happy Birthday" had it copyrighted!?! We'd all be in court!
There are many, many, MANY other examples like this. Sadly, most of them are about money. What I want to do is celebrate influence. A few months ago I wrote a post about artists wearing their influences on their sleeves.This may be a quasi-Part II to that one. In that post I quoted two people:
Neil Young: "It's all one song". (read here for the story behind that quote)
Hunter S. Thompson: "I've been plagiarising all my life. Its called learning".
And that is exactly what it is, isn't it...learning. You like/listen to someone. They have an impact on you. You are influenced by them. You take on some of the characteristics in your own playing. You develop your own sound from this. Is this stealing or is this influence?
Case in point: where would we be without T-Bone Walker, Chuck Berry and Keith Richards? My guess is the insane asylum from having to listen to Pat Boone for a decade longer than we should have.
Let's have some good ol' music fun with influence using these three R&R behemoths.
T-Bone Walker was an early pioneer (in the truest sense of the word) with the electric guitar sound. Once he plugged it in, he made that fiddle squeal and sing out like no one had ever heard before. Surely that would influence young hot-shot guitarists; and it did. Hendrix stated that T-Bone was a big influence. Even more importantly, Chuck Berry sites T-Bone as one of his two biggest influences (Louis Jordan being the other). We all know Chuck's sound, right? Yes, but was it really Chuck's in the first place? Listen to this T-Bone cut, "T-Bone Boogie", that predates any Chuck recordings:
"WOW", right? Chuck has bitched and moaned for years about how he got robbed by people stealing his sound. Most famously, he sued the Beach Boys for stealing the riff from "Sweet Little Sixteen" and won (check out this cool site called, "Sounds Just Like" for a Berry/Beach Boys comparison). Yeah, Chuck, I guess you were influenced by T-Bone. Have a listen to one of Berry's Great 28, "Bye, Bye Johnny". Sound a little like, "T-Bone Boogie"? Hell, yes.
Now we all know that there are a lot of "Chuck's children out there playin' his licks" (thanks for that lyric, Bob Seeger), none more famously than Keith Richards. Keith is an unabashed Chuck disciple. Keith has said that all he wanted to do when he started out playing was, "to sound like Chuck Berry". Chuck's riffs are found all throughout Keef's playing with the Stones and with his solo band, the X-Pensive Winos. Here is a track off his first solo album, "Talk is Cheap". Listen for those Chuck riffs like they "were ringing a bell". Also, Johnny Johnson, Chuck's long-time pianist is on this track pounding out on the 88's.
There are way too many Chuck/Keef stories to talk about here. You should watch the most excellent movie, "Hail, Hail Rock & Roll" to get a feel for the relationship Master and Pupil had. Here is a clip of the two Gunslingers "learning" how to play "Carol".
There you have it: influence in all it's rock and roll glory. It is cool to listen to those three songs in succession to see how that guitar riff has evolved. Can you think of any other great cascading riff lineage?
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Bonus Cut:
While we're at it, here is one last example: the Bo Diddley Beat. Bo's Beat was the new sliced-bread and may never be topped. Here is an early Bo classic and a song by the Allman Brothers from the same name:
It's not what you play, it's how you play it: live music puts a tiger in my tank
"Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel. I have always needed Fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio."
That is a quote by one of my heroes: Hunter S. Thompson. Hunter...I miss your honesty, your true grit and your wisdom. Oh, your wisdom; the wisdom found in this statement prances and preens like one of your precious proud peacocks. I can't agree more with what Hunter is saying here: Music = Fuel.
I want to take that one step further. If music is indeed fuel, then live music is super-unleaded; high-test; moonshine.
I've been heavily into the live portion of my collection as of late. Great live albums/songs are touchstones to me. If I need a pick me up, if I need to be jolted or if I just need a cheap thrill...I can always turn to some fave live music.
Case in point...I am trolling the back catalog lately in anticipation for three purchases that will happen in the next two weeks: all of them live.
I love this time of the year. Record labels are putting out lush box sets hoping to hook holiday gift buyers and solo splurgers. I am a
record company's chum; sharks sniff me out and attack and rip me...and my wallet...to shreds. Bring it on. These sets tend to be grandiose with a price tag to match. It is not that I have money to burn...if I did I would be an arsonist...but I know what I like and what I gots-ta have.
The three sets I am pacing the floor for are:
The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out [40th Anniversary Deluxe Version]. This is the proud black panther crawlin' up and down my hall. As far as live music goes, this may be the best show of 'em all: a flat-out, hands-down, sure-bet live masterpiece. This set has the whole kit and caboodle: Three LPs, three CDs, one DVD, books, posters and a lock of Mick's pubic hair. Go HERE to check out this magnificent booty.
This album may contain my fave live tune EVER: "Little Queenie". This song has it all: Mick teases the home crowd with a shout out ("You talk a lot New York City...."), it is a cover tune and it takes that cover tune and turns it into a stone cold monster...a raunchy, only when the moon is full, full-tilt, evil-twin version. It also has multiple guitar solos in it. "Little Queenie" sets the standard for what live rock and roll can be. All this and it has Keef Richards playing some of the his best riffs ever. Dirty.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: quot; target="_blank">The Live Anthology. Four CDs of live TP & The HBs from way back to right now. Everything I hear about this positions it as bow-down material. I think I have to go BluRay version for this.
Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom - Live. I'm going for vinyl on this one. When ever I get done with a Tom Waits listening session I am unsure whether or not red means stop and green means go. Tom Waits swims against the current.
Live music...it is going to be my fuel for the holidays. I want to share a few fave live tunes with you. There is NO WAY I could begin to put together a list of ALL of my faves...not possible. What I have for you here are ten front-burner faves that I always can turn to when my gage reads "E".
Normally I like to embed a playlist here in this post; I couldn't find all the songs I wanted to share. Instead, I am gifting them to you in a download. Tis the season, eh? Here is what you will find in the playlist, including a bit of twitter'esque commentary on each:
- Everyday I have the Blues (BB King - "Live at the Regal"): this is the first song on the album. The crowd is in BBs hand before Lucille's second solo rings out.
- Live Wire (AC/DC - "Bonfire"): This takes place in a radio studio with a small live crowd. How do they strike sparks this fast?! Combustible music.
- Mean Woman Blues (Jerry Lee Lewis - "Live at the Star Club, Hamburg Germany"): Pure, unadulterated raw power. The Killer is on fucking fire here.
- Walk It Talk It (Lou Reed - "American Poet"): Again this one is recorded live in a radio studio. Lou Reed is a rock and roller on this one...it has a definite Chuck Berry sound.
- Cowgirl in the Sand (Neil Young - "Live at the Fillmore"): Neil covers the spectrum of his guitar playing abilities on this: intense. Listen to Jack Nitschze's haunting piano: creepy.
- Little Queenie (Rolling Stones - "Ya-Ya's"): Like I said, this is unmatched R&R.
- Don't Think Twice Its Alright (Eric Clapton - "Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Special"): "Bobfest", as dubbed by Neil. This might be Clapton's last great performance. The second guitar solo makes your head shake involuntarily. Whew. And...its a cover song.
- Emotionally Yours (The O'Jays - "Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Special"): Wow...this song has that rising power that takes you soaring with it. Emotional, indeed...
- Caravan (Van Morrison - "Last Waltz") - Another qualifier of live greatness: the all-star jam. Van takes this one over the top with a handful of crescendos...and with a crazy purple spandex outfit [yikes!]
- You Don't Know Like I Know: (Sam & Dave - "The Complete Stax Singles, Disk 4"): Arguably two of the greatest live performers ever. Listen to the fun and excitement in this one. You can't help but move to it.
Download the "Live Moonshine" playlist HERE.
You might need a tumbler of Wild Turkey with plenty of ice for this: Hunter S. Thompson, Hotel Rooms and One and a Half Suitcases...
I was listening to the iPod this morning while strolling the London footpaths. The Shuffle was working its magic, offering up a wicked three-in-a-row of My Morning Jacket > Chuck Berry > Waylon Jennings. With The Shuffle it is a serendipitous sound surfing, never know what is coming next.
What I got next was from The Gonzo Tapes. The Gonzo Tapes is a five CD set of audio recording of and by Hunter S. Thompson. The recordings of Hunter's mumbles, slurs and twisted Kentucky drawl cover the years of 1965-1975 and it over 100 tracks long.
If you are devout Hunter fan (like I am) you will find this utterly fascinating if not overwhelming. It is both exhilarating and exhausting to listen to 9I mean this in a good way). When I indulge in repeat listens (of which there are many) I like to be alone in the house, turn it up very loud and double up on that tumbler of Wild Turkey. The extreme volume squelches out any other sounds in the house and disrupts any clear thoughts you may have; hang on and listen.
The Gonzo Tapes track that came up is from the Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas era. It is Hunter surveying the carnage in the hotel room after a week's stay with "Dr.Gonzo". He is riffing on the scene for a matter of record. If you are familiar with the book, you can see the germs of the vibrant imagery and dark happenings expertly transcribed in the pages of the book.
It is a fun tour of an apparently debauched and ravaged hotel room. His blasé attitude is cavalier in light of the looming deadline, the heavy room tab and the severe state of his being ("I should be put in a rest home...if not a jail."). My favourite part is at 3:57 when he says, "I have no guilt". He means it, too (The Gonzo Way, Lesson #7: "Never apologise, never explain").
Here, listen and enjoy:
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Hunter was a massive fan of music. It was most often a central character in his best works. Here is a quote on music from the Good Doctor:
"Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel. I have always needed Fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio."
Dammit. I miss Hunter.
In 1999, Hunter was asked by a UK label to string together a playlist of his favourite Fuel to be packaged up for sale. It was called, "Where Were You When the Fun Stopped". Back when I lived in the States, I ordered a copy from the UK by mail. It is classic Hunter. The quote above is from the liner notes.
There are the obvious choices (obvious if you know Hunter) from Zevon, Dylan, The Airplane, Buffet and Lovett. There are also a few savvy selection of which you may never heard. Here is the coolest one of the collection:
"The Ballad of Thunder Road": Who knew Robert Mitchum sang, let alone sang bad-assed shit?! Hunter chose the Mitchum's reading of the song from the name of the same movie Mitchum Starred in.
You willing to bet Hunter stepped hard on the gas when he heard these lyrics? I would.
Roarin’ out of Harlan, revvin’ up his mill
He shot the gap at Cumberland, and screamed by Maynordsville
With G-men on his taillights, roadblocks up ahead
The mountain boy took roads that even Angels feared to tred.
He shot the gap at Cumberland, and screamed by Maynordsville
With G-men on his taillights, roadblocks up ahead
The mountain boy took roads that even Angels feared to tred.
Tune Tags
Fuel for your fire:
The Goods
Prior posts on Hunter from The 6149:
- The Gonzo Way: Tribute to Hunter S. Thompson (video)
- Words of Wisdom: The Gonzo Way (Audio Download)
- Ancient Gonzo Wisdom (not the same thing as an "Ancient Chinese Secret")
Lookee Here! (links):
- "The Gonzo Tapes" at Amazon.com
- Hunter's wife Anita's blog: Owl Farm
- Lyrics to "The Ballad of Thunder Road"
- "Where Were You When The Fun Stopped" at Amazon.com (sample the tunes there.
- Ballad of Thunder Road - Robert Mitchum
- I Smell A Rat - Howlin' Wolf
- Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
- The Hula-Hula Boys - Warren Zevon
- Maggie May - Rod Stewart
- The Wild Side of Life / It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Hank Thompson feat. Kitty Wells & Tanya Tucker
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- Mr Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan
- Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
- If I Had A Boat - Lyle Lovett
- Stars On The Water - Rodney Crowell
- Carmelita - Flaco Jiminez feat. Dwight Yoakam
- Why Don't We Get Drunk - Jimmy Buffett
- American Pie - Don McClean
- White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
- The Weight- The Band
- Melissa - The Allman Brothers Band
- Battle Hymn of the Republic - Herbie Mann
