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The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved will be brought to life in all its hallucinatory splendor at The Town Hall in New York on Friday May 5 by an extraordinary production team comprising actors Tim Robbins and Brad Hall, producer Hal Willner, composer and conductor Bill Frisell and actor and director Chloe Webb.
"The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved" is a seminal sports article written by journalist Hunter S. Thompson on the 1970 Kentucky Derby, which first appeared in Scanlan's Monthly in June of that year. The article marked the birth of what would become known as "gonzo journalism".
The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved. Written under duress by Hunter S. Thompson. Sketched with eyebrow pencil and lipstick by Ralph Steadman. The following essay was originally published in Scanlan's Monthly, vol. 1, no. 4, June 1970. I got off the plane around midnight and no one spoke as I crossed the dark runway to the terminal.
“The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved” By Hunter S. Thompson. From Scanlan’s, June 1970. Welcome to Derbytown. I GOT OFF the plane around midnight and no one spoke as I crossed the dark runway to the terminal. The air was thick and hot, like wandering into a steam bath.
Jun 23, 2022 · A dramatized reading of Hunter S. Thompson ‘s The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent & Depraved will be pressed on vinyl for the first time, out July 15 via Shimmy-Disc/Paris Records. The reading...
The new album The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved (429/Paris) is essentially a radio drama based word-for-word on Hunter S. Thompson’s legendary article about the 1970 horse race for Scanlan’s Monthly.
Apr 19, 2012 · Produced by Hal Wilner, the Robert Altman of all-star concept LPs, this dramatized reading of Hunter S. Thompson’s 1970 essay casts Tim Robbins in the lead, with cameos by Dr. John and Ralph...
