BY GEORGE STRANAHAN Jesus lived far out in the country where he tended to his father’s farm: his father was dying and also required tending to. There was no madre, she having died earlier, and as an only child, no hijos: his was lonely life of toil. He found simple joy, yes, in spreading the […]
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WOODY CREEK CRACK RUNS DEEP
BY PEG O’BRIEN “What do I do about these cracks in my fingertips!?” the 42-year-old construction worker exclaimed. Over the winter months the distant and exposed skin of the body loses moisture and integrity, until it finally fissures. Due to the highly sophisticated and sensitive nerve endings of the area, the pain is great. Grasping, […]
A NIGHT WITH MICHAEL FRANTI
BY ALICE COTTON MUSIC INSPIRES, PAIN IS UNIVERSAL, AND WE ALL WANT PEACE. Having recently moved to Woody Creek from San Francisco, I was extremely pleased when California resident Michael Franti came to town. He is an extra soulful, thought-provoking, heartfelt musician, and all 6 foot 5 of him is fun. Josh Burman of Mountain […]
HUNTER S. THOMPSON’S EARLY PUBLISHING:
FIRST FRUITS OF GONZO BY ERIC C. SHOAF IT CAN BE ARGUED THAT HIS FIRST BOOK HELL’S ANGELS, PUBLISHED IN 1967, BROUGHT THOMPSON THE CRITICAL ACCLAIM AND NOTICE THAT ALLOWED HIS WORK AS A JOURNALIST TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY PUNDITS AND ACADEMICS Bibliographical information on Hunter Thompson comes primarily from three sources: Kihm Winship’s […]
SPEEDISM RITUAL
RULES FOR DRIVING FAST BY HUNTER S. THOMPSON In the interest of celebrating the diversity of out beatnik-cowboy Shangri-La, The Woody Creeker would also like to include a different type of ritual that can be practiced with our without a full moon. In the words of our beloved Dr. Hunter S. Thompson: Speedism is the […]
