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Christopher and Curtis deep-dive into the the sweeping Trump victory through the lens of Fear & Loathing, Campaign Trail '72. This includes many trends in common (history repeating?) and a few dangers unique to our age. Is that a reassuring sign that we've "been here before," or does it offer depressing evidence that we've actually learned virtually nothing in all those decades?
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How the monkey getting high on Hunter's drugs led to the famed Kentucky Derby column! Ron Turner, famed Bay Area publisher, tells all, including how he used to discuss Ayn Rand with Hunter, how San Francisco created gonzo, and how the city still remains a font of creativity today. Curtis and Christopher listen at the feet of one of the fathers of gonzo, and so can you.
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Curtis and Christopher take on the malaise of the 2024 election which brings "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail" to a new level.
But worry not. Suicide is not the result. We explore some craziness along the way, and compliment "Colonel" Johnny Depp on his new art exhibit in NYC which features quite a lot of Hunter Thompson.
We talk about drinking with Christopher Hitchens and the upcoming Gonzofest in New Orleans in May 2025. -
The (oft considered) first time Hunter S. Thompson used the title “Fear and Loathing” came as a result of his attendance at the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago—when a cop pushed a billy club into him like a “spear”. Will the police act the same amidst the legions of Gaza protesters descending on the Windy City for this week’s Democratic convention? Curtis Robinson and Christopher Tidmore analyze the parallels and differences to Hunter’s experience in 1968.
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After two years of citing how close the 2024 race resembled Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, Curtis and Christopher finally conclude that "we have regressed" to 1968. What would Hunter have thought of these "nine days in July" from attempted assignation to effective candidate resignation? And we discuss how Kentucky is Vance, whether Hunter was a Hillbilly, and if Harris is less Chisholm than Humphrey? And most importantly, will the Chicago convention protests resemble 1968?
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Colorado is weird in a particularly gonzo kind of way. It is both free thinking and libertarian practical, the kind of place that one politician described, "Where a gay married couple defends their weed farm with automatic weapons." It is Hunter's kind of place, and he was proud to call it home. But why is Colorado the perfect gonzoland? Curtis and Christopher explore the history and development of the state – and why it is NOT called Idaho.
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Curtis and Christopher examine the Trump Trial and the comparisons of this election to "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72". We come to a sudden realization. It is actually 1968, all over again.
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From Shirley Chisholm to Cornel West, Curtis and Christopher return to the "sacred text" of Fear and Loathing '72 and see that the 2024 election seems to be having a similar impact on the Black Vote – in reverse. Could West challenging Biden as an Independent have the opposite impact of Chisholm running as Democrat for President? George McGovern's great gift to the Democratic Party was solidifying the Black vote in future elections. Could a similar set of circumstances as '72 be unraveling that partisan achievement?
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From the over-under on Super Bowl cut-aways to a certain singer and the chances that RFK Jr. gets onto enough ballots to make a difference, Christopher & Curtis cite Hunter's writing and note that the distance from sports to politics grows shorter by the day. That is, if it ever existed at all. Trigger alert: Somebody sees a crowded presidential debate stage.
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The Trump victory in Iowa's presidential caucus is tipoff for the 2024 election cycle, and of course that sends us back to Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, '72. In particular, Curtis and Christoper note that, to see the parallels, you begin by realizing that objective vs. subjective did not end with Richard Nixon.
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Kent Fielding, yes the one from GonzoFest, visits H-G to discuss that San Diego bio-musical. We offer perfectly legal fair-use snippets from the show that you can find on YouTube and ponder the chances that the musical, which is now closed, might make its way to Broadway. And just wait for the part about that big Jann Wenner controversy.
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Jimmy Buffet: An HST Friend and Too Much Fun Club Charter Member Has Left the Boat
From those stories about wild long-distance bills in Key West to playing backup for Hunter during an Aspen High School book event (there's video and audio... wait until you hear what he did after he blows out the flip-flop in 1977!), we bid farewell to a truly Gonzo original. -
Looking back on hours of Hunter S. Thompson stories, our hosts find that Gonzoland is clearly in good hands, next-generation wise. Also, the wealth of diversity remains strong – and, of course, the credibility of this being The Last G'Fest is always in question.
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Ron Whitehead declared GonzoFest 10 "the last and final," but will his protégés carry on the Louisville tradition? Listen how Hunter S. Thompson influences Gen Z to this day, and how the Gonzo spirit shall live on in his hometown – and across the nation – with Kent Fielding and the heirs to GonzoFest, Ella Rennekamp and Elizabeth Colon-Nelson.
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She was Hunter S. Thompson's first book editor, helping craft the Hells Angels book. She was also a friend and, as readers of her book "Keep This Quiet" know, "special friend." Some even say she was a muse at the most critical time of his career... she certainly pulls no punches during a live interview from Louisville.
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Matt Hahn speaks on Hunter's writing style, his fear of failure as a literary motivator, those who knew him (and those who did not), and how the 1996 tribute and the 2010 GonzoFest are bookends of literary legend. Also, Curtis reflects on the hat Hunter gave him...and how it is a symbol of how Hunter brought friends together.
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If terms like "The Hashbury is the Capital of the Hippies" or "Non-Student Left" are triggering for you, then of course you already know (and likely love) Peter Richardson. His book "Savage Journey" looks at Hunter's formative literary years in San Francisco and helps make the case for "gonzo" stemming from those Bay Area nights. If that floats your boat, then AFTER listening here you might enjoy this 2022 C-Span video from a City Lights Bookstore virtual event: San Francisco: Cradle of Gonzo?
If terms like "The Hashbury is the Capital of the Hippies" or "Non-Student Left" are triggering for you, then of course you already know (and likely love) Peter Richardson. His book "Savage Journey" looks at Hunter's formative literary years in San Francisco and helps make the case for "gonzo" stemming from those Bay Area nights. If that floats your boat, then AFTER listening here you might enjoy this 2022 C-Span video from a City Lights Bookstore virtual event.
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LIVE AT GONZOFEST: WHAT'S IT WORTH TO YA?
Since GonzoFest is at least part swap-meet, the legendary Hunter-stuff collector and market guru "Jackalope," from the Instagram of the same name, joins C&C to discuss what's hot... and to address a few totally hypothetical items that may include a UK baseball cap Hunter brought back from the 1996 Louisville homecoming. -
You think you might be a bit OCD on HST? Well, Dr. John Brick is not just one of the nation's leading experts on Hunter S. Thompson, but his dissertation actually tracks the changes and rewrites to Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas. You can start with the changes from the Rolling Stone publication to the book. Spoiler alert: Lawyers get involved! And he also explores who the characters were in real life, and how/why HST edited his most famous work. Also: Dr. Brick explains how he teaches Hunter to the next generation.
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