Wasn't the Internets supposed to supersede the old underground newspapers in supplying a voice of dissent? Do you suppose that the Internet hasn't produced an fine examples of e-Gonzo Journalism because the media moguls don't want voices of dissention and protest to be heard? What ever happened to mainstream media coverage of the blogisphere?
There is a great speculative fiction book about using a replica of Hemingway's typewriter titled "The Hemingway Hoax." Where is our copy of that book?
Herb Caen's typewriter is on display (at an inaccessible location?) in a newspaper office in San Francisco. What ever happened to the typewriter used by the famed Berkeley native who was Caen's good friend and biggest rival and used the nom de plume Freddy Francisco? What was that guy's real name?
At one point, when Freddy Francisco and Herb Caen would prowl the nightclub beat together, a rookie cop stopped them and told them they were under arrest. The response was: "Do you know who you are trying to arrest?" The young policeman marched them down to the local station house and when they entered the desk sergeant recognized the two veteran (and influential) journalists, laughed uncontrollably, and then managed to ask the officer: "Do you know who you are trying to arrest?" Does that sound like a Gonzo legend or not?
What did the production company do with the typewriter they used in "The Rum Diary"? Now that they don't need it, would they be interested in selling it?
Writing in the City of San Francisco's August 10, 1975 issue, Freddy Francisco stated: "It should be explained that this was a juicy era in San Francisco journalism. The Chief (William Randolph Hearst) was still dominating all newspaper activities the way Alexander had ruled the ancient world." Isn't Rupert Murdoch carrying on that tradition to this very day?
Now the disk jockey will play some Forties era -- tunes such as "Baby, it's cold outside," "Riders in the sky," and "Buttons and bows." We have to go look for a new column topic. Have a "when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" type week.
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