FIRST FRUITS OF GONZO BY ERIC C. SHOAF IT CAN BE ARGUED THAT HIS FIRST BOOK HELL’S ANGELS, PUBLISHED IN 1967, BROUGHT THOMPSON THE CRITICAL ACCLAIM AND NOTICE THAT ALLOWED HIS WORK AS A JOURNALIST TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY PUNDITS AND ACADEMICS Bibliographical information on Hunter Thompson comes primarily from three sources: Kihm Winship’s […]
HISTORY LESSONS
THE ASPEN WALL POSTER: A BRIEF HISTORY
BY LYNN BURTON It’s hard to tell exactly how many Aspen Wall Posters Hunter Thompson and Tom Benton produced. The bibliography in The Great Shark Hunt says there were eight wall posters. The count gets confusing though, because Wall Poster No. 7, Thompson refers to a confiscated issue as “Lost Cause Number Six,” whose place […]
A WOODY CREEK CHILDHOOD
BY MOLLY STRANAHAN The oldest of George Stranahan’s six children, the author is writing a memoir of her childhood in Woody Creek as a gift to her father for his upcoming 75th birthday. Inspired by the first issue of The Woody Creeker, she shares with us, beginning with this installment. the memories of a dozen […]
A W/J TRIBUTE TO H.S.T
BY SHELLY WILCOX Dear Woody Creatures and Friends, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson was a genius! For the sake of all of us around Aspen, he saved the Woody Creek Valley and its rivers. He spent countless hours and attended hundreds of meetings creating and supporting land-use codes and regulations. His service to humanity and vision […]
BEST INTENTIONS
BY JIMMY IBBOTSON I like to listen to LPs when I play pool. My son and his buddies have learned to drop the needle on some areal music. I used to be able to find LPs for a buck apiece; now, I am more excited to find a mint version of Born To Run or […]
