I started out on the fediverse arooooound...I wanna say 2017/18 mebbe? My big start in social media was MySpace. Before that, I had a LiveJournal (which I miss mightily with all my heart). My very first computer was a Gateway PC, back when they shipped them to you in those awesome cow spot pattern boxes. I am trying to de-google my life.
I'm #ADHD and suffer from #dysthymia. I'm currently unmedicated. I can be damned moody at times, so there's your warning.
Religiously/spiritually speaking, I'm complicated. That will be a long post, when I get around to writing it. My general rule is: I have my thing. It's not everybody's thing, and that's cool. Not everybody's thing is my thing, and that's cool. Just don't be a wanker towards those whose thing ain't your thing. OM 🕉
I'm 57 years old and have come to the conclusion that we never truly appreciate the decades we grew up in until we hit middle age.
I'm single and childless, hence my user tag: TheLastOfHisName.
Today in Labor History January 31, 1971: For the second time in six months, rioting broke out during an anti-war protest in East Los Angeles. Police fired into the crowd, killing one protester. The anti-war demonstrations were organized by the Chicano Moratorium. Chicanos were dying at a higher rate during the Vietnam War than white Americans. During the August 29, 1970 protests, police killed three people, including Journalist Ruben Salazar. Oscar Zeta Acosta portrayed Salazar in his 1973 novel, “The Revolt of the Cockroach People.” Hunter S. Thompson portrayed Acosta as his “Samoan attorney” in “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.”
BroadwayWorld spoke with Iconis about the process of bringing The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical to the stage, what audiences can expect to see and hear with the musical, his recently released album, upcoming performances, and more.
Several decades ago I was in the Worcester (MA, USA) public library looking for this book and I couldn't find it where I expected to be so I asked a librarian and she looked it up and said "oh yes, it's in the travel section".
🎬 #HunterSThompson arrived in Woody Creek, CO in 1969 and was #home; he lived and wrote there for 45 years.
#Aspen was "The Hippie Capital of the World" but the fascists were trying to harsh their buzz and make the town respectable for the rich folks moving in.
In 1970, Hunter ran for Sheriff!
"Fear and Loathing in Aspen" (2021) is a fictionalized account of that time and place—a place now rep'd by #LaurenBoebert. 🙄
Interview: How Joe Iconis Is Bringing Hunter S. Thompson's Story to the Stage in a World Premiere Musical (www.broadwayworld.com)
BroadwayWorld spoke with Iconis about the process of bringing The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical to the stage, what audiences can expect to see and hear with the musical, his recently released album, upcoming performances, and more.