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| From | "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: Not Lame and Hunter S. Thompson |
| Date | Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:51:58 -0500 |
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Bruce:
Thanks for passing along that story.
Best,
John
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John L. Micek
State Government Reporter
The Morning Call
Harrisburg, Pa.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Not Lame" <popmusic@notlame.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 12:22 PM
Subject: Not Lame and Hunter S. Thompson
> > This is just devastating.
> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40737-2005Feb20.html
> >
> > I never would have become a journalist without his influence.
>
> I should not have been shocked by this, but I was. A few folks may know
this
> here, but Hunter and Not Lame have a connection. NL started in Apsen, CO
> back in late 1994. My wife and I were neighbors of his in Woody Creek(we
> lived in a dump of a run down house). He lived across the street(very
simple
> log home) and our local hang was most definitely his....The Woody Creek
> Tavern.
>
> When we moved in, the girl that livedi n the house before us, warned us
> about Hunter as we had a dog. "Don't let you dog cross the road and get
into
> Hunter's yard---he'll shoot it. He shot at my dog before"(it is rural,
dogs
> can cross road w/o harm". (if the legendary peacocks were out, we kept
out
> dog in, but did not see them that often, as I recall)
>
> My wife was *real* worried......i was familiar w/ him, so I figured I'd
just
> meet him eventually and tell him not to worry. While I was far from a
good
> friend of his, he was a fine neighbor and added plenty of color to the
> backdrop of living in such a place. (gun shots were common but not as
much
> as press has made it out....it was purely an 'occasional amusement' thing
> for him, I have a funny feeling and he did shoot only on his own property.
> Btw, Don Henley's farm was his other neighbor(he was never there...never
saw
> him in the time I lived there). THAT is a combination I would have loved
to
> see hang together. ;-)
>
> Don¹t' really have any good juicy stories of him but one small
> one.....driving home from work, which was 7AM as I had to work the night
> shift at the hotel I was working at(I did much of the work for NL while
> working in the back room at this place), I passed the Woody Creek Tavern
on
> the way home. Hunter was pulling out of bar in front of me, almost
cutting
> me off. He put on his brakes, as I did......he lifted up a brandy
snifter,
> toasted in my direction, smiled and we followed each other home. It was
> one of those bender nights, obviously. (the bar would close but Hunter
was
> there and you drinking w/ him, it stayed open until he left, if you wanted
> to)
>
> Only wish is that he did not kill himself to have his loved ones find in
> such a way.
>
> Peace
> Bruce
> @ Not Lame
>
>
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