The Mystique of Fear and Loathing
The marvelous achievement of Hunter S. Thompson and Ralph Steadman was that they were able to build on Kerouac’s feverish road dream of something bigger beyond the horizon and flip it…
Articles by Kyle K. Mann
Jim Morrison: Still Hot, Still Sexy and Still Dead 50 Years Gone
His towering rage on being informed that the other Doors had sold their number one hit, “Light My Fire,” for a Buick television commercial, is a landmark of the entire era.
Noted UFO Scientist Says Craft Recovered Near First Atomic Bomb Test
by Kyle K. Mann – Gonzo Today Contributing Editor and Publisher UFO scientist Dr. Jacques F. Vallee states that new legacy evidence indicates that the U.S. military took possession of a crashed flying craft and it’s “occupants” near the site of the first atomic bomb test in July, 1945. The […]
Sierra Drummond: the Gonzo Today Interview
Seriously, now. Trust me. You will have to listen to [Mom] the song, readers. Sierra’s voice is shockingly unique. It’s a slow mellow shuffle, paced by world-class drummer and brilliant father Burleigh Drummond, and a tasty keyboard solo by the song’s subject, her mom… It’s indescribable.
The Beach Boys Sell Out
…the Beach Boys legacy is now in Irving Azoff’s grimy hands. This is like your childhood sweetheart, the one you always loved, marrying the class bully, the guy who made your life a living hell.
A State of Permanent Shock
Yeah the dead people are lining up out there. Does it matter what you did in life, when you are dead? In the lifespan of the multiverse, perhaps not, but we will find out, won’t we? All of us together, again in that moment before the latest Big Bang.
Back to Live-blogging the 2020 U.S. Election: the aftermath drags on
Whoever wins, we are screwed bigtime, and later this month I am leaving the USA for Costa Rica, to take another look at getting out of the Evil Empire for good.
Live-blogging the U.S. Election of 2020
I turn on the news radio. Trump is a point behind Biden in crucial Florida, but the conservative Panhandle has not been counted. Gonna be close, it looks like.
Still Hooked on the Doors, and Mary Werbelow
What an illustration of the Law of Unintended Consequences. Toss the dude out of your house and two years later he goes iconic, and four years after he becomes a superstar he dies and becomes legendary.
‘The Hell’s Angels Letters’ – the Gonzo Today review
It is simply extraordinary to read these missives over a half century later. Take note of HST’s phrasing, which point the way to Fear and Loathing. Enjoy his outrage, which crackles off of the page like dry lightning in a tinder dry forest.