(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 […]
Ferranti portrait by Joey Feldman photos courtesy Seth Ferranti Seth Ferranti – sharp-talking, hard-working, lovable bad boy, convicted crime kingpin turned media mogul-in-training – appears to be omnipresent. After sitting on the US Marshall’s Top 15 most wanted list for two years Ferranti was sentenced to 25 years in […]
by Dr. Rocket with Ms. Gonzo Editor’s Note: For convenience, we will add new chapters at the bottom, and print the story as one complete narrative. The latest installment is Chapter 8-10. The capacity crowd at Wild Bill’s Saloon were wildly yet amiably drunk that late August night, and […]
by: Kidman J. Williams It should be noted that Zack Warren is no longer with the movie “Idiot Savant,” Will De Los Santos has filled the position of Director on the film documenting Ryan’s savage journey. And author Jerry Stahl is NOT involved in the film which was previously […]
When one’s to take an epidemiological approach to a socially impacted public health problem, the progress of such steps towards complete eradication often start ridiculously and inefficiently with that four letter word, the stigma. Indeed, much time is wasted in even discerning the value of the affected population in the […]
For the first 20 years of my life I figured I’d try anything twice. Beginning with my childhood, I was a veritable lab rat for pharmaceutical meds like Ritalin, Lithium, Prozac, Wellbutrin, you name it. I quickly discovered I hated them all and fought the forced psychological experiments with fervor. […]
Recently, it was brought to my attention that there is a perception in the neighborhood I reside in, that I’m an “asshole.” A long time ago, I’d been rather uptight and likely would’ve marked it a zero in a confrontational manner that would’ve been the verbal equivalent of pulling my […]
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