Tag Archives: drugs

Excerpt from Jeff Ragsdale’s “All I Need is Plutonium”

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Jeff Ragsdale

A refreshingly insensitive look at being drunk, high, gun-toting, and arrested. Continue reading →

Posted in Literature, Memoir | Tagged adderall, all i need is plutonium, breast feeding in jail, brett easton ellis, drinking, drugs, drunks, excerpt, FBI, jail, james dean, jeff ragsdale, lonely, staying away from brett easton ellis | Leave a comment

THE MARTYR WITH A THOUSAND FACES

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Lawrence Benner

Sometimes, the actors are so distractingly famous that latex appliances are required to aid in the suspension of disbelief. Nicole Kidman glues on a prosthetic nose, fills her pockets with rocks, walks into a pond . . . and Oscar history. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged Biopic, drugs, Hollywood, Infinite Jest, Jesus, jimi hendrix, Moitley Croyah, Music, Oliver Stone, Patsy Cline, phonies, Sex, the Doors, The End of The Tour, The Weeklings | Leave a comment

An Excerpt from “Gun Needle Spoon”

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Patrick O'Neil

A taste of the new memoir, dropping on Tuesday, from the only Weeklings contributor who has ever robbed a bank. Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir | Tagged bank robbers, drugs, Dzanc Books, memoir, Patrick O'Neal, recovery | Leave a comment

Elvis Presley’s Shining Moment: the ’68 Comeback Special

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Robert Burke Warren

Although most folks don’t know it, Black Leather Elvis was the best Elvis, and Robert Burke Warren explains why. Black Leather Elvis, who rose briefly in 1968 before drugs and despair ruined him, will steal your rock and roll heart. Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Rock City, Popped Culture, Popular Culture, The Arts, The Weeklings | Tagged 68 comeback special, amphetamines, dllaudid, drugs, Elvis, elvis in memphis, Elvis Presley, priscilla presley, quaaludes, rock n roll, suspicious minds | 7 Comments

Sunday Light and Word – Bars on All Our Windows

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Hank Cherry

“Searching the angles of chance” Continue reading →

Posted in Sunday Light and Word | Tagged bars, Blonde hair, carved up tree, confinement, Corruption of youth, drugs, Freedom, Jaguar, jail, Louisiana, mud, New Orleans, Probation, shoes, Short timer, Sunday Light and Word, Sunday Sermon, Tent city | Leave a comment

Debunking the Bunk Police: Test Your Molly and Other Lessons in Narcotics

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Kiran Herbert

Kiran Herbert penetrates a misrepresented scene to discuss the culture of drug use, phony substances, and the Bunk Police’s harm prevention model. Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir | Tagged DEA, drugs, Ketamine, LSD, Methamphetamine, Molly, Phish, The Bunk Police, The Gorge | 5 Comments

Monday Rock City: Get in the (Mini)Van: Interview with Canadian Rock Scribe Brent Jensen

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Jamie Blaine

JM Blaine talks to Canadian rock journalist Brent Jensen about his self-published memoir, his wince-inducing encounter with Gene Simmons and his cross-country drive with a former roadie for Poison. Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Rock City | Tagged books, Brent Jensen, canada, drugs, gene simmons, JM Blaine, KISS, Krokus, Malice, memoirs, Music, Poison, roadtrips, rock and roll, Rock journalism, rock n roll, self-publishing, Sex | 2 Comments