Hunter in NYC in the Sixties
I met Hunter in NYC in 1967 and Paul Krassner, through Hunter, at the same time. We had dinner together and the two of them discussed a story for "The Realist," a very popular underground publication that Paul founded and edited. It was a crackling dinner, witty and fast-moving. The articles below have to do, mostly, with that time period, being mementoes or later write-ups. "Keep This Quiet!" tells the story of those days. A few of the articles below take the story into the present-day.
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Paul Krassner's Second Letter
Diving into my garage boxes, I found a follow-up note from Paul Krassner that confirms what I remembered: he explains that in my absence (I was in Las...
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Meeting Paul Krassner
Paul Krassner, one of Hunter's friends, was then and is now an underground satirist. He founded The Realist and I happened to meet him in New York Ci
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Paul Krassner and Charlie Hebdo
The iconic photo above is copyrighted by Summer of Love photographer Gene Anthony and for sale as a print for $200 at Wolfgang's Vault here.
Cultur
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"Ancient" Photo - NYC
--Digging way back into the past:
The above photo is from the time I met Hunter S. Thompson. Hunter gave me the Keep This Quiet! cover photo of hi
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Rory Feehan on Keep This Quiet!
“This is my life,
I’m satisfied.
So watch it, babe.
Don’t try to keep me tied.”
---And I Like It –Jefferson Airplane song
In the ever expanding...
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Hunter Thompson Letter
1966
Christmas is the period when Hunter typically blazed into New York City in the late 60s, though when I met him first in person it was February...
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Travis Irvine Tribute to Hunter
Huff Post's Tribute ten years later. - by Travis Irvine - begins:
In February 2005, I was an intern at the NBC News Bureau in London. My job was to w