by: Kyle K. Mann That freaky summer of 1969 that I turned 18, I choose not to go to Woodstock. I was on the East Coast in Rhode Island with a couple of fellow-musician pals. We were spaced-out 60’s kids off the leash, with tickets to the show and very […]
Kyle K. Mann here. Still thinking about Hunter Thompson’s birthday, and the fact that he’d have been 82 today, had he not killed himself. Thompson lived hard, played hard, and was pretty beat up at the end. Frankly, he looks scary when Johnny Depp sees him in the Fear and […]
July 15, 2019 First off, thanks to our readers for bearing with us while we were on hiatus. Gonzo Today currently features a selection of Gonzo Today’s greatest original content. New stuff on the way. Cheers! ***** This Saturday, July 20 2019 marks the start of Louisville’s annual Gonzofest, featuring tributes […]
WHAT WOULD SEEM As the accusations come Kings, it has to be said, forsake kingdoms. Men crowned by glory feel in the blood, Hidden thorns. Some splintered raft In the flood of a false dream of power Careening fast through disasters That leave the countries of self warped And […]
Editor’s note: for the frst ten chapters of Drug Run, look over at the side bar, or copy and paste: http://gonzotoday.com/2017/11/15/drug-run-chapters-1-7-2/ by Dr. Rocket with Ms. Gonzo Rob stared at his Olds as if he could materialize a mounted spare into the trunk by sheer force of will. The sight of […]
Editor’s note: what follows is the unedited (or more accurately, uncensored) version of John Densmore’s recent letter to the Los Angeles Times. Densmore, a noted bestselling author among his other talents, deserves better than to have those Times people cut up his work. He has been kind enough to provide […]
(Editor’s Note: The following is an encore presentation, originally posted in Gonzo Today on June 16, 2017, in recognition of the Doors, represented in person by John Densmore, being honored for the second year in a row in a special ceremony by the City of Los Angeles on January 4, […]
by Kyle K. Mann Part One As a member of a dwindling tribe of rock fans who beheld the Doors in concert, I get this a lot. “You actually SAW the Doors?” “Yep, in March ‘67, before they were famous,” I usually reply. I have had this conversation dozens of […]
By Kyle K. Mann It happens to be New Year’s Eve as I write, but it doesn’t matter what year. We got through it, and naively hope the next one will be better, somehow. Will we be around to celebrate a year from now? Except for crazy people who think […]
by Kyle K. Mann You have to realize that the late 1970’s were a time so different from our current benighted era as to be incomprehensible, even to those who lived through it and are still alive. No cell phones or iPads, no computers. No AIDS! TV’s were big ugly […]
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