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"The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved" is a seminal sports article written by journalist Hunter S. Thompson on the 1970 Kentucky Derby, which first appeared in Scanlan's Monthly in June of that year. The article marked the birth of what would become known as "gonzo journalism".
Jun 23, 2022 · A dramatized reading of Hunter S. Thompson ‘s The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent & Depraved will be pressed on vinyl for the first time, out July 15 via Shimmy-Disc/Paris Records. The reading...
- Angie Martoccio
And it began, as so many of Thompson’s adventures would, with drinks at a bar. “The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved”. By Hunter S. Thompson. From Scanlan’s, June 1970. Welcome to Derbytown. 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 ...
The Town Hall presents The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved on Friday, May 5 th; Tribute to Gonzo Journalist Hunter S. Thompson and Illustrator Ralph Steadman . Starring Tim Robbins, with Special Guests Brad Hall and Chloe Webb Music Composed & Conducted by Bill Frisell, Performed by Ron Miles, Curtis Fowlkes,
Apr 6, 2012 · It's called 'The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved'. Tim Robbins play Hunter S with support from Dr John, Ralph Steadman, Annie Ross, John Joyce III and Will Forte as they cover Thompson’s classic Gonzo reportage on the 1970 Derby.
- ABC Radio National
Apr 19, 2012 · The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved. By Will Hermes. April 19, 2012. Produced by Hal Wilner, the Robert Altman of all-star concept LPs, this dramatized reading of Hunter S....
Jun 1, 1970 · Narrated by actor Tim Robbins, with lush, jazzy musical accompaniment by the legendary Bill Frisell, "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved" captures Thompson in his most hilarious and paranoid vision of a Vietnam-era Lexington afternoon, doomed to be sabotaged by Black Panthers, white supremacists, and the whisky gentry, with ...
