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The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved will be brought to life in all its hallucinatory splendor at The Town Hall in New York on Friday May 5 by an extraordinary production team comprising actors Tim Robbins and Brad Hall, producer Hal Willner, composer and conductor Bill Frisell and actor and director Chloe Webb.
"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...
May 5, 2017 · THE KENTUCKY DERBY IS DECADENT AND DEPRAVED. with Tim Robbins & special guests Brad Hall & Chloe Webb. Music Composed and Conducted by Bill Frisell. Performed by Ron Miles, Curtis Fowlkes, Kenny Wollesen, Jenny Scheinman, Doug Wieselman, Eyvind Kang & Hank Roberts.
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.
Tim Robbins, appearing in The Town Hall’s May 5 concert performance of American author and journalist Hunter S. Thompson’s iconic article, “The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved,” didn’t just grow up reading Thompson’s works—he lived them for a while.
Apr 19, 2012 · Produced by Hal Wilner, the Robert Altman of all-star concept LPs, this dramatized reading of Hunter S. Thompson’s 1970 essay casts Tim Robbins in the lead, with cameos by Dr. John and Ralph...
