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In Remembrance
Somehow the top of the world quickly turned into bottom, and I’m dragging a load that I wish I’d forgotten. Now it’s pulling me down. Into the Antarctic ground. But what the north hath giveth, the south hath taketh away. Had the world in my hands, but I misshaped […]
The Dark is the Spice of Life
The dark is the spice of life, isn’t it? Too much optimism is saccharine, so sweet it makes you sick. The darkness balances with an uncanny atmosphere that inspires feelings of mystery and mysticism. To delve so deep there’s nothing but thick black blood and roots – that’s to […]
Bernie Keeps Rolling Along Anyway
Bernie Sanders won in a couple of primary states last night — moving Hillary Clinton one step closer to the nomination and, thereby, Donald Trump one step closer to the White House. Watching the country creep closer to doom is not my idea of fun — but it’s not like what […]
Preparing for My Morning Jacket’s Two Sold-Out Hometown Shows
Louisville-based My Morning Jacket returns to their hometown for two epic performances at Iroquois Amphitheater on May 12 & 13 with openers Twin Limb. It was in the echo chamber of MMJ’s salad days, retaining all of the unrefined, crisp guitar and crooning James charm that further pushed them to international success. […]
Fear and Loathing in Louisville: A Night with Laila Nabulsi
GonzoToday Presents an evening with Laila Nabulsi for a screening of “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” for GonzoFest 2016 in Louisville Kentucky at the Baxter Avenue Filmworks. The event included a meet and greet with Laila, a Q&A hosted by Gill Holland and a book/DVD signing. The event was […]
Chapters 8 thru 10
Art by Dan Reece READ CHAPTERS 1-7 CHAPTER 8 He made a cup of tea with the three packets of sugar he’d saved from his breakfast. Filling the hot-pot, he took a good look at his eyes in the mirror and decided that they were yellower and markedly more bloodshot […]
WAITING TO BE FED: Decadence & Depravity at the 142nd Kentucky Derby
by John Paul Wright We’re only 24 hours away from the 142nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville. In the spirit of HST’s “The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent & Depraved” piece for Rolling Stone, the GT News Department brings you the gritty side of the debauched and bourbon-soaked […]
WHEN CAN GRANDPA STOP RISKING JAIL FOR BUYING WEED?
“I have always loved marijuana. It has been a source of joy and comfort to me for many years. And I still think of it as a basic staple of life, along with beer and ice and grapefruits, and millions of Americans agree with me.” – Hunter S. Thompson Here […]
A Day at the Races with Hunter: by STEADman
This week marks 46 years since Scanlan’s Monthly published Hunter S. Thompson’s legendary piece, The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved. words, art and photos courtesy of Ralph Steadman I had only just arrived in America in late April of 1970 and was staying with a friend in the […]
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