It just feels right to post this now

[struggle4progress]

[seabeyond]

1. ha, first song ever i got the words all correct.

both my boys ran in here amazed i knew the words to a song. then rolled eyes when they saw the words

and yes

i sang it. was fun

thanks

[LNM]

2. Perfect!

Thanks.

[Chan790]

3. It just feels right to respond with this now.

The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved
Written under duress by Hunter S. Thompson
Sketched with eyebrow pencil and lipstick by Ralph Steadman



The following essay was originally published in Scanlan's Monthly, vol. 1, no. 4, June 1970.
http://brianb.freeshell.org/a/kddd.pdf

I got off the plane around midnight and no one spoke as I crossed the
dark runway to the terminal. The air was thick and hot, like wandering
into a steam bath. Inside, people hugged each other and shook
hands...big grins and a whoop here and there: "By God! You old
bastard! Good to see you, boy! Damn good...and I mean it!"
In the air-conditioned lounge I met a man from Houston who said his
name was something or other--"but just call me Jimbo"--and he was here
to get it on. "I'm ready for anything, by God! Anything at all. Yeah,
what are you drinkin?" I ordered a Margarita with ice, but he wouldn't
hear of it: "Naw, naw...what the hell kind of drink is that for
Kentucky Derby time? What's wrong with you, boy?" He grinned and
winked at the bartender. "Goddam, we gotta educate this boy. Get him
some good whiskey..."
I shrugged. "Okay, a double Old Fitz on ice." Jimbo nodded his approval.

...

If you've never read it and some dirty and offensive words don't bother you, this is the original piece of gonzo journalism and a riot to read.

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. I'm gonna see if the library has his "Hell's Angels", written while and after riding with them...

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... and STILL (I think) the definitive book on that motorcycle club. The last line
is pure POWERFUL Hunter Thompson.
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I want to find where their leader, Sonny Barger, claimed that if they would just
send the Hell's Angels and their bikes over to Vietnam with a ton o' weapons,
they'd have the situation cleared up in a matter of weeks.
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Now, Sonny was an impressive badass man, but that was one of the more pathetic
chest-beating utterly ridiculous boasts that I've ever heard. At some point more
recently, Ted Nugent has said something similar "if I HAD gone"... something about
"killed' 'em all".
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Those two boasts were prime examples of the ego meeting the maniac.
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