tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620469952140515522011-11-23T16:44:59.226-07:00A selection of photos taken by GREGORY EGO over the years: Movers and shakers in the fields of communications and the arts. (All photos and text © Gregory Ego.) Email me: ego at gregoryego.comGregory Daurerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03491087671779850819noreply@blogger.comBlogger1371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462046995214051552.post-66474791519335684702011-11-18T12:36:00.001-07:002011-11-18T12:37:45.196-07:00

Kush Magazine published my article on rap act Das Racist, who I describe as thus: A mixture of humor and bluster. Bark and snark. Singing about White Demons and White Castle hamburgers. Cartoonish. Playing with sedition in the classic, American tradition, like a Charlie Chaplin or Abbie Hoffman. A self-referential, all-brown, Cheech and Chong meets the Three Stooges meets the Beastie Boys. Here

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Here's what I remember about the Fluid: high energy, raw power, long hair, great presence, great drive. They were the band that served the image of Denver well on the Sub Pop roster -- the first non-Seattle band signed to the label. The Fluid's drummer Garrett ShavlikRegrettably, I never got to see any of the Fluid's reunion shows, which took place

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A couple of weeks ago at the Starz Denver International Film Festival, I saw the documentary that I’d been eagerly awaiting: William S. Burroughs: A Man Within. Denver’s alternative weekly Westword published a blog about my contributions towards the film’s making--since it features some of my photos of Burroughs, as well as audio (Burroughs talking about his “shotgun art”) from my interview with

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Bassist Horace Panter and vocalist Terry Hall of The Specials. I'd add that the band was opening for The Police at the Rainbow Music Hall in Denver in 1980, when I took this photo -- but, actually, it felt more like The Police closed the show for this legendary, British ska amalgamation (and it wasn't like The Police had a bad set, by any means, either). The Specials were so hyper-manic (like

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Legendary "gonzo" writer Hunter S. Thompson, appearing at the Tattered Cover bookstore in downtown Denver and enjoying his choice of libation.Recently, I had the chance to visit Thompson's Owl Farm in Woody Creek, Colorado, accompanying other attendees of NORML's 2010 Aspen Legal Seminar at a cookout at Thompson's place:Wishing to appease the Spirit of Gonzo, I offered to read from one of the

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Jack Herer in Boulder in the early '90s.Jack Herer at the Colorado State Capitol in the early '90s, lecturing a crowd on how hemp sails fueled oceangoing exploration.Jack Herer in Lakewood, Colorado in 1991 with his friend "Captain Ed" Adair.Cannabis and the Dead Cannabis was an integral part of the Scythian cult of the dead, wherein homage was paid to the memory of their departed leaders.

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The reefer-fueled rap act Cypress Hill -- that hip hoppin' posse best known for their songs "I Wanna Get High," "Insane in the Brain," and "Hits from the Bong" -- will be appearing this Saturday at the Colorado Cannabis Convention.I saw them live once: In 1999, while attending High Times magazine's 25th Anniversary Party. I seem to recall being listed on that publication's masthead back then as

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Sin Desires Marie (2004)A couple weeks ago I was visiting Portland, Oregon. At a New Seasons grocery store, I coincidentally spied a familiar face from good, old Denver: Germaine Baca-Has, who has played drums in several bands, both there and here. The one I'm most familiar with, though, also happens to be one of my local, Denver faves from days gone by: Sin Desires Marie. Their sound was both

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Salute! Artist and punk rock chanteuse Niagara beside her seductively and destructively-themed work at the (now defunct) D.C. Gallery in Denver. September 3, 2004. Niagara not only provides an eyeful, she's provided an earful with the noise band (in its early years) Destroy All Monsters.

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The Amazing Ralph Gean singin' old school rock 'n' roll into an old school-style microphone. Guest vocalist with The Calf Branders at the Skylark Lounge in Denver. June 26, 2009.

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He’s written about Bob Dylan for the Saturday Evening Post in 1966.He’s written about Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys in 1967, during the making of what some call that era’s unreleased musical masterwork, SMiLE.He’s been published in Best American Short Stories.He’s co-authored a book about his ex-wife’s affair with the famously-reclusive novelist Thomas Pynchon.He’s a practitioner of book art,

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It was thirty years ago today…The Clash -- without whom I wouldn’t be who I am today (for better or worse) -- playing at the Palladium in New York City on September 21, 1979. My third rock concert. (And the first time I ever availed myself of a certain herbal substance, using the ticket stub as a “roach clip.”) A little ragged at first, the band heated up and then provided a pressure-cooker

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Richard Vincent has been described as an old-school bohemian, an "opinionated" character, a dedicated, full-time artist. That's how I like to think of him, as well. Photo taken at his Logan Street studio in the late '90s.Vincent's work has been exhibited in Tokyo, Prague, and Den Haag -- in addition to Aspen and Denver. Hailed by Denver Post art columnist Mary Voelz Chandler as a "master of

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Coming to movie screens in early 2010 is a new documentary called William S. Burroughs: A Man Within. The film contains a few of my photos, in addition to some of the audio from an interview I conducted with the brilliantly scandalous scribe.A couple of my stills can currently be seen within the film's trailer, as well. They appear just after journalist/author Victor Bockris speaks and just

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Nearly a year ago, the Democratic National Convention took place in Denver. Bush was still in office; Obama was still the hopeful contender to become the next holder of the presidency.Across town from the Democrats' back-patting shindig, though, a protest concert against the War in Iraq took place. Headlining the gig at the Denver Coliseum was Rage Against the Machine. (Joining them onstage was

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Filmmaker provocateur John Waters (Pink Flamingos, Hairspray, Cry-Baby) at a reception, following his speech and the showing of two of his favorite short films (by Kenneth Anger) at the Aspen Shortfest in 2001. Author of the essay collections Shock Value and Crackpot.Waters was introduced at the event by a friend who was also an actress in his movie Hairspray: singer Debbie Harry of Blondie.

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Cream percussionist Ginger Baker behind his drum kit. Picking up sticks and energetically playing jazz with noted, Denver-area jazz artists (e.g., Fred Hess, Ron Miles), following his participation in another of his passions: wielding his mallet and charging his horse at the ball during a polo match. Parker, Colorado. Circa late '90s.Last I'd heard, Ginger Baker now lives in South Africa, not

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South Park co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, answering reporters' impertinent questions early one morning at the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. March 1998.Parker's response to one of my queries on behalf of High Times magazine also found its way into Playboy's reportage of the same event. From my article:South Park creators and Colorado natives Trey Parker

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Jack Herer, the inspirational author of The Emperor Wears No Clothes, holding a "Grow Hemp for the War" (circa WWII) poster. Herer has sold 750,000 copies of his book, which many consider the hemp bible: detailing cannabis' uses for food, fuel, medicine, paper, and clothing. I just completed a feature interview with Herer for a future issue of Medical Marijuana News. Photo taken in 1991 in

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Tom Robbins -- author of lusty books like Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Jitterbug Perfume, and Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates -- sporting a "Jimmy Swaggart Bible College" sweatshirt.He can make paragraphs sparkle like a girl's best friend.Robbins also has a new book out. I recently interviewed him about B Is for Beer -- his "children's book about beer" -- for DRAFT magazine. Due to space

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John Holmstrom, the co-founder of Punk Magazine and former publisher of High Times, at the High Times offices in the mid-'90s. Looking like the bean-counting businessman that he was back then.Holmstrom is more widely regarded as an artist, however. I want to say that his visuals first entered my consciousness on the early Ramones album sleeves (like the cover of Road to Ruin). But I've come to

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Gonzo artist Ralph Steadman beside his renderings of writers Dr. Hunter S. Thompson and T.S. Eliot. Photo taken in Denver at Bill Havu's 1/1 Gallery in 1995 as I was writing a profile on Steadman for Juxtapoz magazine.Besides the Juxtapoz article (starting on pg. 56 at the link), I've interviewed Steadman for Salon.com (a piece translated and reprinted by a magazine for educators and librarians

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Taken from the press photo pit, directly against the stage. McNichol's Arena in Denver. December 3, 1992. Shot for Colorado Music Magazine. Bobbing up and down in time to "Touch of Grey" as I snapped away, I swear I got a smile out of Garcia.Jerry showing that he hadn't given up the ghost quite yet, back onstage after recent health problems. He got by.

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Psychedelic poster artist Victor Moscoso in front of his imagery. Denver. 1992.Moscoso's work is currently on display as part of the Denver Art Museum's special exhibit The Psychedelic Experience. The exhibition notes how Moscoso studied art under Bauhaus master Josef Albers -- and intentionally turned what he learned from Albers about proper color theory on its head, creating visuals that

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I've always wanted to write about one of my favorite bands of all times: Slim Cessna's Auto Club. Luckily, I just got the opportunity, penning this article for the online revival of Crawdaddy!.Here's a photo of Slim and I, as I'm grilling him about his music:Well, maybe "grilling" isn't the right word. I'll go back and edit this blog entry later on -- as I'm wont to do.And here's a photo of John

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A little over a year ago I posted a blog entry about an American blues musician who bowled me over with his playing when I saw him in Mexico in 2004: Jimi Mamou (also known as Jimmy Mamou).While visiting the onetime sleepy fishing village of Zihuatanejo, this tourist floated in one of the world's most beautifully-tranquil bays as sunset approached. And I watched a series of sunsets that a

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Abbie Hoffman showing off his "Surf Russia" pants at an appearance in Boulder in the '80s, not too long before his death. The onetime '60s radical, co-founder of the Yippies, Chicago Seven co-conspirator, fugitive, and titular author of Steal This Book.Hoffman walked onto the stage and took off a fake cast he'd been wearing, saying with a frown that everybody in Boulder always wanted to shake

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Artist David Hockney and poet Allen Ginsberg discussing photography. At Naropa in Boulder, Colorado. July 1989.

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Blackstone Valley Sinners playing a gig at the Climax Lounge in Denver on May 3, 2003. The Rhode Island-based band consisted of: Slim Cessna on guitar and vocals; Judithann on bass and vocals; and Rich Gilbert on steel guitar, dobro, banjo, piano and backup vocals.I'll be putting their disc, The Cold Hard Truth About Christmas, on the CD player today and singing along with their version of the

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Here are a couple of shots of rockin' Ralph Gean which accompanied the liner notes included in his CD releases:In the photo above, Ralph (right) holds counsel at the Lions Lair in Denver, circa 1996, with Boyd Rice (center) and Shannon Dickey (left). Rice produced the CD "A Star Unborn or What Would Have Been If What Is Hadn't Happened: The Amazing Story of: Ralph Gean" which appeared on

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Frank Kelly Rich, the publisher of Modern Drunkard Magazine, having just successfully completed "The Gauntlet" challenge: "Drink all 20 pints on tap within eight hours and your beers are free." 2008 Modern Drunkard Convention at the 3 Kings Tavern in Denver. August 31, 2008.Rich runs the magazine, putting his money where his mouth is. And he runs The Gauntlet: not having to put his money where

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Wayne Kramer makes ready to perform a most incendiary version of "Kick Out The Jams" with Rage Against the Machine, across town from the Democratic National Convention. Denver Coliseum. August 27, 2008. Here's my Huffington Post interview with Kramer that took place prior to the event. Kramer relates his experience with the MC5 at the violence-soaked '68 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

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RIP, Frank Morris (1947-2001)The late writer and poet Frank Morris listening to the lingo of carbonation.Tomorrow, I'm off to the Great American Beer Festival (GABF). I just wrote a preview article about the event for Denver Magazine. Frank helped brainstorm the very first GABF in Boulder 26 years ago. He also helped me develop a greater appreciation for -- and knowledge of -- the craft of beer.

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Eddie Spaghetti (left) and Dan "Thunder" Bolton (right) of the Supersuckers together with Marty Jones (center), singer-songwriter and spokesman for Oskar Blues Brewery. At the Oskar Blues booth at the Great American Beer Festival, 2004. Holding cans of Dale's Pale Ale -- which will turn a Supersucker into a Supersipper. Boy Howdy!

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Author William S. Burroughs (Naked Lunch, The Western Lands) mesmerizing the camera. Photo taken in Boulder, Colorado in the late-Eighties, following an interview I conducted with the cultural icon. You can read parts of the interview in this issue of the U.K. journal Headpress.(Click here for my other photos of Burroughs.)

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Steve Bloom on 4/20, promoting the book he co-authored: Pot Culture: The A-Z Guide to Stoner Language & Life. Standing beside a dragon mural (could it be Puff?) at Owsley's Golden Road in Denver. Bloom also dishes the sinsemilla scuttlebutt at his CelebStoner web site.A former music and culture editor as well as writer at High Times, Steve edited my interviews with noted authors T.C. Boyle and

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The death-defying rockabilly sounds of Whiskey Throttle. Denver's Continental Club. January 9, 2008.

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Gonzo artist Ralph Steadman impersonating his late compatriot: writer Hunter S. Thompson. Denver Newspaper Agency. November 6, 2006.An interview of mine with Steadman.

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Rock and roll legend Ralph Gean standing sorta statuesque beside the illustration that graced his show flyer below. Art exhibit and performance at the Flying Dog Brewery. Denver, Colorado. June 9, 2007.(Click here for my other Ralph Gean photos.)

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Munly of Slim Cessna's Auto Club spotted in the crowd, mike in hand. Larimer Lounge. October 25, 2004.(More of my Slim Cessna's Auto Club photos here.)

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Although known as a grinning firebrand politician, a fiercely-controversial outsider, Dr. Ron Paul is also the humble author of a manifesto called The Revolution that recently topped the New York Times' Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller list.While John McCain has locked up the Republican nomination for President, Paul has refused to pull out of the race, forsaking party unity in order to further

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Glenn Tilbrook of the band Squeeze playing a few songs at Pints Pub, an English pub in Denver. The voice behind majestic pop tunes like “Pulling Mussels from a Shell,” “Black Coffee In Bed” and “Another Nail In My Heart.” (Although not “Cool for Cats”—that was Chris Difford on vocals on that Squeeze number, a favorite of mine.) April 25, 2002. Judging by his solo performance the previous

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Every now and then you unexpectedly run across a performer who bowls you over with his technical prowess and onstage charisma, leaving you wondering: How come I've never heard of this cat before?Such is the case with Jimi Mamou (who has, also, performed as Jimmy Mamou). When I visited Zihuatanejo, Mexico in November 2004, there just happened to be a blues club called Blue Mamou (now defunct?)

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Writer William S. Burroughs waving goodbye at Naropa in Boulder, Colorado. Late '80s.This photo was reprinted in the book The Beats: A Literary Reference.Interview excerpts of mine that were published in this volume of Headpress.(Click here for my other photos of Burroughs.)

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Ralph Gean giving the guitar a pat at the Continental Club in Denver. January 9, 2008.(Click here for my other Ralph Gean photos.)

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Writer William Gibson signing books at the Tattered Cover bookstore. February 12, 2003.Here are excerpts from a conversation of mine with Gibson that took place in the once-futuristic year of 1988, the year that his cyberpunk book Mona Lisa Overdrive was released.Gibson told me during our talk: "A guy at [a book signing] came up to me--I'd signed his books--and asked, 'Will this be worth more

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Experimental musicians Fred Frith and Janet Feder playing at the King Center, Auraria Campus, on February 22, 2004. Tapping into that realm of improvisation where order emerges from chaos.

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Becca Mhalek, formerly of Nightshark, screeching like there's blood in the ocean. The Hi-Dive. January 26, 2006.

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Ralph Gean seemingly pleased as punch with his "G" chord. Spark Gallery, Denver. January 6, 2003.(Click here for my other Ralph Gean photos.)

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Hank III displaying his latest ink (at the time). Tour bus meet-up behind the Gothic Theater in Denver. November 7, 2002.I interviewed Williams for High Times in 1999, the first writer to do so. When we first met at the Little Bear in Evergreen, Colorado, Williams introduced himself by saying, "Hi, I'm Shelton [his real first name]."As tempted as I might be to this day to refer to him as "Hank"

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Slim Cessna's Auto Club bringing in the New Year of 2004 at the Bluebird Theater in Denver.(More of my Slim Cessna's Auto Club photos here.)

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T. Coraghessan Boyle sitting for a photo at my dingy old apartment on Capitol Hill in Denver, Colorado. (The things that noted authors have to subject themselves to...) We had just completed an interview that would appear on the Salon.com web site.Shout out to Tom: I've tried to leave a couple of messages on your web site's message board, but to no avail. Hope things are going wonderful in

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Brother Wayne Kramer sustaining a note on his guitar, as well as a revolutionary and rocking career.Here's an unpublished interview (by a magazine, at least, rather than on my own web site) that I conducted with Citizen Wayne. Additionally, the late publication Prison Life ran a feature article of mine on Kramer.

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Little Fyodor doing one of his Little Fyodor dances (e.g., The Dance of the Salted Slug). June 4, 2004.

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The Tiger Man, Ralph Gean, roaring through a set at the Old Curtis Street Bar. April 29, 2005.

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RIP, Chad Ferguson (1963-2005)Chad Ferguson(Cage of Reason,Ham Hoc War Lox,Triage),bonking aboutin his inimitable way,playing percussion:drums, saw blade,the tiny metal ringthat goes"Ping!"Competitors, weexcelled onthe same team:4/4 riff drivenby a 7/4 -- orwhat have you --rhythm.Our lives,separately, oras a band of brothers,bittersweet,confused.I remainmightily impressedby his drumming prowess,

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Milan Fras of Laibach seemingly crooning industrial songs of Slovenian life. November 17, 2004. Gothic Theater.

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Munly and Slim of Slim Cessna's Auto Club going "Insane in the Samhain." Halloween, 2003. Larimer Lounge, Denver.(More of my Slim Cessna's Auto Club photos here.)

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David Amram tickling the ivories in tribute to Jack Kerouac. Part of a celebration in honor of the author, who Amram collaborated with at jazz poetry readings and on the score of the film "Pull My Daisy." Denver Public Library. October 14, 2007.Calling Amram a man of multi-talents almost sells him short: he's an accomplished symphonic composer, conductor, jazz musician, writer, and player of the

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Beer writer Fred Eckhardt displaying his credentials. Not only has Eckhardt written about some of the tastiest ales on the planet, he's had one of them named after him (Fred, made by Portland, Oregon's Hair of the Dog Brewing Company).

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No anesthetic needed: Ade Blackburn of the Liverpool band Clinic blowing notes on his melodica. Bluebird Theater. May 18, 2004.

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The late poet Allen Ginsberg sitting for a photo. Boulder, Colorado. 1991. Hard to believe he's been dead for a decade, now. Boulder doesn't seem quite the same to me anymore without his annual summer readings there.I spent the weekend watching the extras included on the two-DVD set of Jerry Aronson's documentary on the writer, The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg. I was mightily impressed by how

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A little, shameless self-promotion. The self-portrait on the cover of my CD "I Want To Be A Billionaire."

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Ralph Gean performing at the Denver underground art space Monkey Mania. January 4, 2004.

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Noted health adviser Dr. Andrew Weil holding several of his titles.Here are excerpts from an interview I conducted with Weil in 1995 (the year the photo was taken). His answers were as pinpoint precise as they were informative. I'm sure he would agree: a spoonful of a natural sugar substitute helps the medicine go down.

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Munly of Slim Cessna's Auto Club sipping on a cocktail.Larimer Lounge. August 2, 2003.

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John Cale making an in-store appearance at the old Twist and Shout location in Denver. The best vocalist in The Velvet Underground, arguably.I saw Cale play a solo show at a club called The Broadway back in the late '80s. He performed an abbreviated set and encore. "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak," he said before ending his gig.Luckily, the flesh is healthier these days. And the

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Cartoonist Harry Lyrico hoofing his artwork outside of a Denver gallery: skull-painted shoes.He seemed surprised that I knew who he was; but, years ago, we both attended parties thrown by mutual acquaintances.I, also, recall that Lyrico used to draw a superbly surreal cartoon strip for a local arts publication called ICON.A-OK, Lyrico.

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Johnny Strike surveying the goings-on on Calle Venus ("Venus Street") in Mazatlan, Mexico. Getting inspiration from way-out places. January 2002.A postage stamp-sized, black-and-white version of the image above was used as the author photo within Strike's last book, Ports of Hell.Strike celebrates a dual release at Amoeba Music in San Francisco next week. Coming out: a book of his short stories,

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Mishka Shubaly singing songs of heartbreaks & hangovers last night at the Capsule Gallery in Denver. Celebrating the release of his new CD, How To Make A Bad Situation Worse.Mostly, a group of friends turned out to enjoy, once again, Shubaly's incisive lyricism and witty, onstage banter. Making sure, like good patrons, that Mishka acquires enough gas money to get to the next city, where he

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Ralph Gean howlin' at the Hi-Dive. January 21, 2006.

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Sun Ra and his Arkestra traveling the Spaceways. Recapitulating the birth of the universe/jazz and setting the stage for mankind's migration into the cosmos.Election Night End of the World Party. November 8, 1988. The Broadway, Denver.

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Slim Cessna contemplating the fiery pit?Bender's Tavern. July 24, 2005.

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Niagara exhibiting her artwork at the D.C. Gallery in Denver. September 3, 2004. I even bought a print -- and, for me, that's saying something.I told Niagara that I'd just discovered the music by her band Destroy All Monsters, and how much I liked the lyrics to the song "Bored": the way she sings with ennui about the prosaic ants and moths. She said someone else had said the same thing to her

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DeVotchKa playing its brand of gypsy/klezmer/latin/gaucho/bump-n-grind music. Labor Day weekend, 2004.Perhaps you've heard the Denver band's music in the films "Everything Is Illuminated" or "Little Miss Sunshine."

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Writer and graphic designer Jules Siegel in Cancun, Mexico. 2002. Living the expatriate life for over 25 years.

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Nels Cline has played with Thurston Moore, Mike Watt, Willie Nelson, and Wilco. And, sometimes, he's even played with the Nels Cline Trio.Cline delivering experimental guitar work at Monkey Mania in Denver. October 2, 2002.

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The specs make the man. Ralph Gean playing at the Lion's Lair in Denver.

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Last night, undoubtedly, thousands of glasses of beer across the globe were hoisted in memory of Michael Jackson, the late, beer-guide author and creator of the short-lived but influential, TV travel narrative, "The Beer Hunter."Jackson transformed the simple act of appreciating a beer into an art form--one filled with history, geography, and taste complexities.Cheers!

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The late Michael Jackson explaining strong, aged ales, which are meant to be cellared, and how their character can change in the bottle over the years. New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado in 2003.Parkinon's Disease had slowed the man down. But, he still attended the Great American Beer Festival in 2006. And he continued to write, enlighten, and entertain for as long as he could,

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The legendary, ale connoisseur and late, beer writer Michael Jackson.RIP with a heavenly pint of IPA, Michael.

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Picking up where his grandfather left off, Hank Williams III proves that, sometimes, the best hereditary traits skip a generation -- as in his case, luckily.Bluebird Theater. February 1, 2004.

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Old Brand Auto Club at the Taste of Colorado festival. From left to right: Slim Cessna (vocals, guitar), Jon Killough (drums), John Rumley (bass), Glenn Taylor (pedal steel), and Frank Hauser, Jr. (vocals, accordion, guitar). As potently smooth as aged whiskey.

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Michael R. Aldrich (aka "Doctor Dope"), who wrote the first doctoral dissertation on cannabis in the United States, holding the "I Speak For Freedom" award he won as a high-school debater. Onetime curator of the Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library. Still speaking for freedom.

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Members of The Poontang Wranglers playing their amusing brand of jug band music at a place noted for jugs of a different sort: San Francisco's nudie establishment, the Lusty Lady.The band features Michael Lucas (Phantom Surfers, CRIME) on washtub bass and Henry Rosenthal (aka Hank Rank, CRIME) on ukulele.Lucas whispers the punchline to the ethnic joke that the "Commodore" will deliver in his

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The Ralph Gean Appreciation Society (from left to right): Boyd Rice, Ralph Gean, Shannon Dickey, and Jello Biafra.Ralph reconciling opposites, bringing people together, with the power of music.Monkey Mania, Denver. January 4, 2004.

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Brian Campbell performing his end of the operation: laying down surgically-precise, bass riffs, and augmenting Clinic's hypnotic, atmospheric music.Bluebird Theater. May 18, 2004.

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The late, gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, along with his choice of beverage, during a book store appearance at Denver's Tattered Cover in LoDo."Do you want some whiskey?" Thompson jokingly asked a young boy who had accompanied his father to meet the writer.

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Ralph Steadman signing artwork that he designed for Denver's Flying Dog Brewery. Great American Beer Festival, 2004.The illustration includes the slogan "Good Beer, No Shit." And these words of wisdom from Ralph's longtime collaborator, the late Hunter S. Thompson: "Good people drink good beer."Good Art, No Shit.[My interview with Steadman.]

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Ralph Gean displaying a mysterious affinity for the Two of Diamonds at the Hi-Dive. January 20, 2006.

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Slim Cessna taking a Halloween, nicotine break onstage at the Larimer Lounge in 2003.

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The late poet, promoter of literature, activist, and Beat Generation icon, Allen Ginsberg reading from his work at Naropa in Boulder, CO.

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Blowing cerebral notes with his horn, Ron Miles sounds out--pensively and, at times, explosively.I've heard the man play in various combos for over twenty years now, and I look forward to discovering how he sounds twenty years hence. In addition to groups he's led under his own name, I've caught Miles with Fred Hess' Boulder Creative Music Ensemble, Bill Frisell, Ginger Baker, and notable, Denver

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The Emmas rocked my world one night at the Hi-Dive in Denver. Now I learn, the band's defunct. My luck.

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Steven Wishnia, journalist and author of the books Exit 25 Utopia, Invincible Coney Island, and The Cannabis Companion. Former bass player for the punk band False Prophets. Partying at High Times' 25th Anniversary Party in 1999.

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T. Coraghessan Boyle reading from his book A Friend of the Earth. Timber-sized, dark humor abounds in Boyle's work.Here's one of my interviews with Boyle.

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The Rev. Dwight Pentecost of Slim Cessna's Auto Club twanging away on his double-necked instrument of devotion.

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