poster art by Grant Goodwin . I was asked to be part of the Hunter Thompson GonzoFest 2026 in New York City to talk about how he connected to the Beat Generation. We ended up doing a kinda roundtable jam on the subject with an all-star cast — Kurt Hemmer moderating, biographers David Wills & […]
“Hunter Thompson and The Beat Generation” panel at GonzoFest in NYC
July 31st, 2026 · 11 Comments · Kerouac and The Beats
Tags: Allen Ginsberg·Bob Dylan·Buddy Holly·Chuck Berry·Dexter Gordon·Douglas Brinkley·Gregory Corso·Hunter Thompson·Jack Kerouac·Jefferson Airplane·Little Richard·Mark Twain·Neal Cassady·New York City·The Beatles·The Grateful Dead·The Rolling Stones·Tom Waits·Walt Whitman·William Burroughs
Red Roses, Green Gold theater review
October 17th, 2017 · 13 Comments · Grateful Dead, Movies, New York City
New Hunter-Garcia Musical comes up Roses . . Hear ye! Hear ye! Behold — a re-imagining of the Hunter-Garcia songbook. New life. New arrangements. New band. New set. New stage. New story. If you’d like a fresh way to approach Grateful Dead music — go to this show. If you like the Dead and theater […]
Tags: George Walker·Grateful Dead·Jerry Garcia·Neal Cassady·New York City·Phil Lesh·Robert Hunter
The Dalai Lama in Central Park in 1999
February 26th, 2017 · 8 Comments · New York City, Poetry, Weird Things About Me
. Dalai-Rama! or The Light at the End of the Tunnel is the Twinkle in Your Own Eye! . In the days leading up to This Great Spirit Gathering in Central Park, The news reports were predicting 20,000 people or something. I was thinking, “This is going to be a LOT bigger than that!” I […]
Tags: Bill Clinton·Central Park·Dalai Lama·Lenny Bruce·New York City·Vincent Van Gogh