Live-blogging the 2024 Election with Gonzo Today
3:00 PM Pacific time, November 5, 2024 – Polls have just closed in the first Eastern USA states. Here we go.
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A Sensation of Intense Disgust, but Don’t Give Up
Since I’m nonpartisan, certain dear friends don’t want to talk to me. Though predictable, I find it depressing. They want reinforcement, not discussion. In most of these people, there is a common thread: they rely on mainstream media for their news.
Social cues, is more like it. That input ain’t news, it’s propaganda, designed to divide us and destroy the vital fabric of human relationships based on love and mutual respect.
First RFK Jr., now Tulsi Gabbard
Gabbard became an instant hero of mine in the presidential debates of 2020 when she single-handedly took out Kamala Harris on the debate stage by pointing to the ugly fact that Harris, as a D.A. in San Francisco, was responsible for putting a lot of people involved with pot behind bars, and then Harris laughed when sometime later after the debate Harris was asked if she ever smoked pot.
Summer of Weird
There’s a theory that alien beings “harvest” human bad vibes by psychic means. They literally feed off our distress and negative energy, the theory goes. If true, they are doing a mighty good job making us all crazy. The old bumper sticker “Ignore alien orders” applies here.
Doors’ Jim Morrison girlfriend Mary Werbelow dead at 79
Gonzo Today has been informed by a reliable source that Mary F. Werbelow, Doors vocalist Jim Morrison’s first girlfriend, died in Los Angeles County on June 25, 2024. She was 79 and had been in poor health for many years
Why Your Vote is Meaningless
So let’s eat, drink and be merry. But don’t come to me seeking my participation in the vote this fall. I will spend my remaining lifetime not voting for the lesser of two weasels.
Drug Run: Chapter 15 – Love Light
Billy was playing to the crowd, the musicians on stage, and especially Suze. He performed on the blues harp with an exuberant skill she found shocking. Their first-time ever sexual consummation, only a few hours previously, fueled a crazy energy between them, linking them in an energy flux that somehow actually surpassed their earlier ecstatic union in the motel.
Gonzo Today: Still Standing Tall
Gonzo Today’s official position on U.S. politics is simple: we are disgusted by both parties. The current looming Biden/Trump rematch is an atrocity that is both scary and laughable. How is this even happening?
It’s Good to be Alive and Headed to Vegas for the Super Bowl
All are healthy, rested and hungry. It’s been 30 years since the Niners were the champs. They are due. And even Taylor Swift and all her fans can’t stop the Niners now.
Music Scenes Just Around The Corner: Muddy Creek and Co. & Rabbit In Red
As we have moved beyond the restrictive COVID lifestyle, local bands have been tenaciously working to get their music recorded and out to fans. They have hit the road and are playing gigs. Live shows happen every night somewhere. Combined this with bands choosing to put their music on vinyl means that people are buying music again as they did in the past.