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| From | Michael Bennett <mrhonorama@ameritech.net> |
| Subject | Re: Not Lame and Hunter S. Thompson |
| Date | Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:05:32 -0800 (PST) |
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Bruce is leaving out the fact that it was Thompson who
told him to use the phrase 'Extremely Highly
Recommended' for records he really, really, really
liked.
Mike Bennett
> ----- 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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