A conversation with Jann Wenner

with Jann S. Wenner
in Current Affairs, Books, Music
on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 * * * * *

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A conversation with Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone magazine about Hunter S. Thompson and the book he co-authored * Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson*.

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    1. BC Kelly  10/26/2008 05:15 PM Report

      Discussion on the 60s (about 14 minutes in) - That was the time many finally saw the reality of the total transformation of the Planet following WWII into a New World as described with shorthand phrases like Global Village. Can be argued some had seen this much sooner - Kerouac, for example - but few could argue by the 60s it was not self evident to almost every Baby Boomer waiting for a Thompson to come along and put it in words. ----- That reality is about to become crystalized for any remaining skeptics now in Fall of 2008.

    2. j. edward tipre  07/10/2008 07:10 PM Report

      Used Mr. Wenner's comment on Hunter Thompson's suicide as subject of a blog comparing Wenner's view to Michel de Montaigne, the 16th century French essayist.

      http://www.sentenceparts.blogspot.com

      A good interview. Thank you.

      jt

    3. Iqbal Faizer  12/03/2007 02:34 AM Report

      Charlie, you interrupted him! At the very end, Wenner was talking about his favorite albums, and you cut him off at the mention of Bruce Springsteen. He might have said Radiohead's new album, "In Rainbows". Also, Rollingstone has been a long-time fervent supporter of the underappreciated new "Battlestar Galactica," recognizing its political relevance and dramatic realism. Maybe ask him about it.

      Behold:

      http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9183391/intergalactic_terror

      The only tidbit I'd add is that the article wrongly singles out the cruelty among "the other" more than the equivalent cruelty waged by the "heroes", as the show's writers intended.