Fear and loathing in a Police State

December 27, 2014 Gonzo Today 0

By Sean Brady With the current events in New York City fresh in my mind – the Murder of Eric Gardener in Staten Island, the shooting of unarmed Michael brown in Ferguson Missouri, the shooting of unarmed Akai Gurley in a Brooklyn stairwell, the shooting death of seven year old […]

Dancing with an epileptic 8-legged shark

December 26, 2014 Gonzo Today 0

by Grant Goodwine As an artist, Recently I’ve found myself winding up in discussions and asked for advice from other creative people- usually involving their frustrations in their works. Or about how much of a perfectionist they are and how frustrated they get when it doesn’t turn out the exact […]

Nodding Out on Old Cape Cod

December 26, 2014 David Pratt 0

By David Pratt “I awoke from The Sickness at the age of forty-five, calm, and sane, and in reasonably good health except for a weakened liver and the look of borrowed flesh common to all who survive The Sickness.”  – William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch “When I was doing drugs, […]

The Magic of Christmas and Fat Greedy Bastards

December 24, 2014 Gonzo Today 0

By: Ernie Hurt Despite the fact I haven’t seen a snowflake in a month; I am beginning to feel that old Yule tide spirit. The type of feeling that makes hot cocoa taste better, and warm fires most inviting. The nip in the air brings on memories of past, some […]

Seeking the Center

December 21, 2014 Gonzo Today 0

In a World With No Boundaries, How Can You Find The Center? or, How Do You Know Where The Center Is If You can’t Tell Where The Edges Are? By: Dan Hallo “Popular and regular governments have always applied themselves to increase the number, strength, power, riches, and courage, of […]

Tom Shroder Takes a Trip

December 20, 2014 Gonzo Today 0

by Tom Shroder – from reset.me Dec. 2, 2014 Though I began researching Acid Test, a book about the revival of research into the use of psychedelic drugs for healing, in 2007, my interest in the subject really began 30 years earlier, when I was a college student at the […]

Disrobing the Sheep

December 18, 2014 David Pratt 0

Or: Recession, Oppression and The Third Law of Motion “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” – Sir Isaac Newton Aside from Newtonian physics being pretty much obliterated by Einstein and Hawkins and nano-physics and quantum physics and string theory and particle wave theory and multiverses and […]

Tale of the Dark Troubadour

December 15, 2014 Donnie Casto II 0

Donnie Casto II The average observant eye, this man was at best a prototype. Three times in his life, he had faced death and survived. Perhaps it was a spiritual blessing from the Cherokee roots that flowed through his veins. Maybe it was his Nordic temperament to survive the coldest […]

The Price of Sanity

December 15, 2014 Gonzo Today 0

In the many varied towns I have lived in, I’ve had the opportunity to meet a lot of different people. Not to sound harsh, but a great deal of them seemed, to me, to need some sort of therapy. It’s no surprise to me most of them will never see […]