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random rumors, rhetoric, reviews, reproaches & occasional GONZO remarks about anything or anyone on GOD’s green earth from the desk of Jason W. Ashcraft
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“Like most others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid hell-raiser. I was never idle long enough to do much thinking, but I felt somehow that some of us were making real progress, that we had taken an honest road, and that the best of us would inevitably make it over the top. At the same time, I shared a dark suspicion that the life we were leading was a lost cause, that we were all actors, kidding ourselves along on a senseless odyssey. It was the tension between these two poles – a restless idealism on one hand and a sense of impending doom on the other – that kept me going.”
“You’ve got to know your limitations. I don’t know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren’t too many limitations, if I did it my way.”
“Don’t ever try and be like anybody else and don’t be afraid to take risks.”
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.”
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.”
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The Boulder Bounce Off – 22Nov2015
When I landed at 4:20 pm MT in Denver, Colorado, I suddenly decided to skip my connecting flight back to Louisville. I just had endured yet another corporate bullshit onslaught of trade show hell in Las Vegas for a week. F*ck it. Unplanned sabbatical time to mountains...
Don’t call it a comeback…I’ve been here for years.
A quick look back at how I got here and where I think I am going in this crazy music business…
OP-ED: JWA Media, Along With Other Former Associates, Gives Testimonial To Saving Country Music About Prior Employment Experience With 2911 Media & Disgraced Publicist & Manager, Kirt Webster
Please forgive me while I must use this space and platform to exercise my 1st Amendment right, while helping initiate some much needed house-cleaning within the music industry. Anyone that knows me well, or for a long time, knows that I say exactly what I mean, and mean exactly what I say.
Music Break: End of November Remembering
On May 15th of 2012 I lost my first Doberman Pinscher, Boris. Very suddenly. Soon after that I wrote a gut-spill blog post titled “Mid-May-Mourning” to this blog. Today, on November 30, I’ve lost my second Doberman Pinscher, Ballack. Once again, very suddenly. And...
Album review: Eternally Even by Jim James
Jim James has cultivated a reputation for being an experimental musician, not pledging allegiance to any one style of sound.
Food, guns and fun with the Thompsons at GonzoFest 2016
So, it’s been awhile, right? This blog. I barely post to it anymore since joining the ranks of junkyard dogs over at GonzoToday.com. Nonetheless, great things are brewing in the world of GONZO. Somehow, I’ve found myself right in the middle of the madness, assuming...
Ralph STEADman on the passing of fellow Englishman, David Bowie
Greetings GONZO lovers! I’ve had the privilege of being able to dialogue with Mister Ralph STEADman via email over many different subjects in the last few months. MANY subjects. Most of these conversations between him and I will remain private until the time comes...
Music break: Mid-May-Mourning
My best friend of the last 12 years has come to pass on this mid-May afternoon. Boris, my Doberman Pinscher, has now joined our creator in the heaven above, and did so peacefully. I could not have wished for a more perfect situation for the most loyal friend I’ve ever...