My Encounter with Hunter

December 21, 2017 Kyle K. Mann 0

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 […]

Drug Run | Chapters 1-10

November 15, 2017 Kyle K. Mann 0

by Dr. Rocket with Ms. Gonzo The capacity crowd at Wild Bill’s Saloon were wildly yet amiably drunk that late August night, and some had also gotten high out in the parking lot. All were on their feet. The sweaty young Texas hipsters knew that this was the final performance […]

Celebrating a Half Century of the Music of Frank Zappa

June 5, 2017 Doc Jeffurious 0

by Doc Jeffurious Higgason By the time Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention released their second album Absolutely Free in May of 1967, the group had already fixed itself as a strident, intelligent satirical mirror that reflected back the pretentious aspects of American pop culture. At that particular juncture […]

The Doors First Album and Mary Werbelow: 50 Years on

December 30, 2016 Kyle K. Mann 0

by Kyle K. Mann (Note: A Nov. 15, 2017 update is included at the bottom. This article first appeared in GonzoToday.com on Dec. 30, 2016.) January 4, 1967: Imagine it. It’s a new year, and there is some amazing music floating around, like nothing we had ever heard before. A […]

A Quick Talk with Benicio Del Toro

April 22, 2016 Gonzo Today 0

  Interview by Chris Dodds Art by Joey Feldman How familiar were you with Hunter and his relationship with Oscar before you started working on the film? Just the fact that Oscar Acosta was in a picture with Hunter on the back cover of the first edition of the book […]